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Ruby Red Grapefruit
LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE these! I have been eating a whole one everyday and they only have 110 calories and 12 grams of FIBER! They are so wonderful! Thanks for letting me share!
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Chobani Greek Yogurt
Greek Yogurt. I follow quite a few 'this is what i eat' blogs, and I see lots of people eating this Chobani yogurt. So I googled it to see where I could find it to buy here in Southern Ontario. Hmm can only search for locations in the states via the website. does anyone else here in Southern Ontario know where i can find…
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is a variety important?
I live in residence, so it is obviously very difficult to eat healthy nevermind eating a variety of different foods! I feel like im eating the same things everyday... Also, I do the same thing at the gym everyday. Is this bad?
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Caffeine??
So I've stopped drinking pop all together, and I can definitely feel a change in my body, especially the fact that I become tired during the day much easier. So my question for everyone is this : what foods or drinks do you eat that give your body energy without all of the excess sugar? Any help would be greatly…
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Cutting soda from my diet
I haven't had a diet or a regular soda for about 5 days now- I had a UTI and the doctor said to cut out all the soft drinks for a little while. I'm drinking water, and lots of cranberry juice. I feel a lot better now that I've detoxed from all the caffeine. I even feel as if I have lost a little weight (maybe just not…
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Healthy, filling afternoon snack for 13 year old boy
I need some filling light meal/heavy snack options that my picky 13 year old son can eat after school but before football practice. On nights he has football practice, I literally have 30 minutes to get home and get him to practice. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks MFP!
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Foods that react as ..
Does anyone know foods that can react as laxatives and give you lots of diarrhoea? Example - Sweet patato
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OhYeah Protein Shakes
Has anyone else tried the OhYeah Protein Shakes. They are soooooooo goooooood. My favorites are the Vanilla Creme and the Cookies and Creme. They also have Chocolate Milkshake and Banana Creme. They are only 220 calories 32 grams protein, 4 grams carbs (1 fiber 3 sugar), 9 grams fat, 70% of calcium, 350 sodium, 490…
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Quick/Easy/HEALTHY Dinner Options or Takeout
I am sitting here trying to figure out what to eat for dinner. I've ate pretty well all day and don't want to mess it up with this meal. What are some quick and easy and don't forget HEALTHY dinner options? What are some meals you could get takeout that would be HEALTHY?
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Has anyone done South Beach Diet?
Hello, I am very curious about the South Beach Diet. I was wondering if anyone has done it and can give me tips. Is it a healthy diet to follow? are you able to eat 1200 calories on veggies and protein? any info would be good. Thank you
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egyptian anyone?
did I even spell that right? anywho...... my chinese exchange student and I are own our own for dinner tonight and thought we would try a new egyptian restaurant that opened. anyone ever had egyptian food? what is good, and good for you?
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alcohol... enough said
Hey everyone! so my best friends birthday is coming up, and she wants to drink!! i love drinking, and especially since its for my best friend, however by that time, i will have made so much progress, and i dont wan to fail, and feel guilty again!! Any low cal booze out there?? hahahaha.. yaaa.. I guess i could just do…
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Help with sodium please
So yesterday I posted about how I was following sodium levels in my diet now because I feel we all have too much. Feel free to look at my public diary i know its kinda strange I have weird tastes but has anyone got any ideas to lower sodium levels in food baring in mind two things. 1. After i run out this time, i will be…
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Raw Vegan Diet
Hello everyone, I was wondering if there were any other raw foodies on myfitnesspal? I'd be great to be able to share recipes or something with fellow raw vegans. :) Also, for any of you who don't know what raw vegan is exactly I'll explain. Raw Vegan diets, like regular vegan diets don't contain meat or dairy, but raw…
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Portion size visual
Great link for seeing portion sizes and another place to look up calories for foods that may not be listed here. http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-food-calorie-counter?e=SEARCH FOOD OR BEVERAGE
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Food recall - HVP - link to list of foods!
http://specials.msn.com/A-List/HPV-Products-Recall.aspx?cp-documentid=23633953&imageindex=1&cp-searchtext=hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) recalls&FORM=MSNIIT This is a link to a list of foods that have the Hydrolized Vegetable Protein that is being recalled. There are LOTS!
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Aspartame / Artificial Sweetner
Hi Winners, I have a question that hopefully someone can answer for me. It aspartame bad for your weight loss goals? If it is, can anyone recommend an alternative sweetner that isn't bad for your body or that would be counter productive to weightloss. I use quite a bit of equal in my travel mug of coffee and drink drink…
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Multi-Vitamin question
I just ordered some multi vitamins from GNC and they came today in the mail. It is the Womens Ultra Mega Active vitamin. After reading the back, some of the DV's of the vitamins and minerals in it are so high. Like, Vitamin b-6 is 2500% of the DV, and B12 is 833%.Thiamin is 3330%. Is this safe? The serving size is 2…
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What's going on?
Before I joined MFP, I was lucky to get 800 calories a day. I wasn't hungry and had to force myself to eat just to get that much in. Since joining, I eat at least 1200 calories a day most days...never under 1000 though. I exercise as I always have....5 days a week, for 65-80 minutes per day. I've been working on eating…
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Calories per day/when pregnant..?..?..?..
Ok, so I'm only about 3 weeks pregnant right now and I know that for the first 3 months my body does not need to take in any extra calories. After that I was told 300 extra calories is what I add; BUT my question is this: ADD to what?!?!? Do I add the 300 calories to what I had my max calories as when I was trying to drop…
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Help with nutrients for a home made pudding
Since the doctor recommended my wife and I to cut out milk-based products we have substituted soy milk, which seems to work very well. My wife makes a delicious soy milk custard pudding, but when I searched for it there was nothing quite "right" in the database. The pudding is about the size of a dinner plate, and we cut…
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Healthy Food and Recipe Ideas
Hi All, Just wondering would any one know of any websites that have healthy food ideas and alternatives to foods. Also like comparing foods for example eating a chocolate bar compared to yoghurt LOL... Thanks Raq
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Quoting Jillian Michaels from her Facebook....
"HFC is NOT like sugar. HFC is CORN & sugar is sugar cane. Totally seperate plants. They are two very different forms of sugar, which are metabolised very differently by the body. That's why HFC is the culprit for so many different illnesses. But HFC is in everything cause corn is subsidized by government."
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so simple, yet so hard for people (me included) to grasp
I really enjoyed Michael Pollan's book Food Rules Seven Words: "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." and Seven Simple Rules: 1. Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food. "When you pick up that box of portable yogurt tubes, or eat something with 15 ingredients you can't pronounce, ask…
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Homemade Pizza Ideas?
I LOVE pizza! I don't like to order it because the fast food pizzas are all so packed with calories and fat. I know Lean Cuisine and Smart Ones have good, "healthy" TV dinner pizzas, but I need to feed my husband and daughter too. What are some pretty basic, healthy pizzas? I would like to use some kind of pita instead of…
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Working out in the morning...eat before or after?
I have recently started working out in the morning as soon as I get up. Curious as to if anybody konws if it's a good idea to eat before or after a workout or possibly both.
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Strawberry Mousse - yummy!
Have tried a fab new way to make strawberry mousse, the low cal way!! Powdered strawberry jelly, made up with half the amount of boiling water, leave to semi-set. Mix about 5 crushed strawberries with low cal strawberry yoghurt, blend together with the half set jelly, then leave in fridge to set again for about an…
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HUNGRY!!
I don't know what it is, but I am soooo hungry lately! I've been eating 3 to 4 hours apart (like I have for the past couple years) and eat 1700 calories right now on this diet I started a week ago. I never get hungry and i'm used to eating 1200 calories a day. Every 2 hours I get soooo hungry again. What's going on?…
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lettuce wrap
has anyone had these and are they low calorie or just stick to steamed chicken and broccoli with brown rice.
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Pot Roast??
What is the best cut for pot roast?? I'm confused?? Shoulder Butt Roast? Beef Chuck Roast??