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Good breakfast today
Usually I have a cottage cheese, oatmeal, and egg white pancake for breakfast, but I felt like changing it up today. so I made an omelet, using one whole egg and a half cup of egg whites. I chopped up about a quarter of a medium sized white onion, chopped a strip of turkey bacon and used that for the filling, along with an…
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Polish sausage
Does anyone know how many calories a link of polish sausage is and of a good web site that will tell me information like this a calorie counter for food thanks
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does this count?
When they give the calorie count for fruit in a jar in light syrup, does that include the syrup or just the fruit? My instincts tell me it includes the syrup? Right or wrong? I don't eat the syrupy part...
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Giving Blood and eating more?
I just got done donating blood, and I know that you are supposed to drink an extra 32 oz of water to help replenish the blood, but are you also supposed to eat more (other than the cookies and juice that they provide you when you are finished)? I was just curious.
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CalTrac
I just got back from a physical and my doctor suggested I get a CalTrac. I was wondering has anyone tried this and has it been helpful?
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Why chocolate is better for you than blueberries and low-fat
I thought this was a pretty interesting article so worthwhile sharing. "Why chocolate is better for you than blueberries and low-fat food won't help you slim: The diet myths that could be ruining your health" By Jenny Stocks…
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dont understand..
I dont understand why your supposed to eat your work out calories. if i burn 300 calories on the treadmill how am i going to loose the weight if i eat those calories back? I dont get it. And my mom was the one that asked me this which made me wonder. Does anyone have any insight on this?
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Calorie Amount
Ok I am getting anxiety over the amount of calories that I am consuming. I am giving myself 1200 a day, but the more people I talk to the more people tell me that this is way too few and that my body will go into starvation. I have 65 more pounds to loose to get to my goal weight so I don't want to do anything that will…
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woooopsie dooopsies
Went out for dinner last night to Friendly's and ate over 2 days worth of calories lol. my B. I'm going to the gym today though. Its back on baby!
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Thai Food
Hi all Am going to pick your brains, am having a Thai Take away with some girlfriends tomorrow night and as I hardly ever eat Thai was wondering what some good low fat / cal dishes are, thank you loads in advance xxx
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Subtracting Fiber Intake From Daily Carb Intake - Anyone?
I was reading the attached article which states that those who watch calories and eat a lot of fiber can deduct the fiber count from the carb count. Anyone interested can read the attached. Before I get happy, I need one of our experts to weigh in because somedays I can easily triple my daily fiber allowance. The article…
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Question: Do you wash bananas?
Another post about pre-washed vegetables reminded me of this topic: washing bananas. I've always washed bananas when they come home from the store, after learning years ago about the dirty shipping environment and also the pesticides used on bananas coming from foreign countries. And then recently, right here in the US, a…
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Favorite low/no cal caffeine fixes
Besides coffee, what are some of your favorite low or no cal energy drinks? I drink iced lattes a couple times a week because I don't like regular coffee and creamer. I also drink Cherry Coke Zero and Crystal Light Wild Strawberry Energy. I'd like something else to throw in the mix because I want to keep my lattes to a…
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Frozen Food Factory
I'm in the quality assurance department for a frozen vegetable company so all day long im eating frozen vegetables and sometimes fruit making it really hard to count calories since i'm not measuring anything. Any suggestions?
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Fell in love with a cookie
Strange Topic name I know. haha I went grocery shopping at my favorite market Trader Joe's. Right by the check stand I found 100 calorie oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. They are so yummy. To me they taste like famous amos cookies without all the calories. They sell them 6 packages to a box for $2.99. So good when you're…
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Frozen Food Factory
I'm in the quality assurance department for a frozen vegetable company so all day long im eating frozen vegetables and sometimes fruit making it really hard to count calories since i'm not measuring anything. Any suggestions?
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Poison!!
I bought a few containers of Dannon Light and Fit yogurt knowing that I don't handle the artificial sweeteners very well, and I was right, I have felt awful all week, today I actually read the front of one of the cups, they put fructose, sucralose, aspartame AND acesulfame K in it ~ jeesh, someone should tell them that…
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What's Up With Turkey?
What exactly is it that makes ground turkey so much better for us than ground beef??? I just had a really yummy turkey burger. It was so yummy in fact that I became more and more convinced with each bite that it was actually not as healthy as it seemed to be. Paranoia led me to pondering the above question, and so I did a…
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It's either Food or Cigarettes?
Alright, here's my back story. I quit smoking around 3 months ago now. I quit without even knowing that I had quit after smoking for almost 9 years. I gave birth to my beautiful daughter in May last year and didn't/don't want her to associate the nasty smell of ciggs with her Mommy. Growing up and still today I deal with…
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All Natural Protein Powder?
Can anyone recommend a good chocolate protein powder? Preferably without artificial flavors and the like. Any advice is appreciated! thanks!
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1200 calories
Should I be doing more than 1200 calories? But I sit at a computer all day and I'm trying to get walks in on my 15 min breaks, and also trying to get some excercise at home as well! But I feel like I'm always hungry, but I'm also doing portion control, so I think that is my biggest down fall that I was eating way too much.…
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Mad at Carl's Jr
This bugs me!!! There new CRANBERRY WALNUT apple salad is advertised as being only 300 calories... but the CRANBERRIES and WALNUTS are not counted as part of the 300 calories.. You have to add them... YIKES!!! Julia
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Increasing water causing kidney pain???
Ok, I've been doing wonderfully at eating clean. I don't drink coffee, ever. I do drink diet coke but I have severely cut back and am down to about 20 oz (or less) per day. I've also been drinking about 60-80 oz of water daily. We have Culligan at work and at home we have city water. Since I've upped my water, I've been…
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it's official
Okay, I just got back from Walmart and bought a digital scale for weighing my food out accurately. I am bound and determined to do this right this time! When it says 4 oz of Chicken breast, 4 oz it is.
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cooking egg whites
Ok, am I doing it wrong or does this happen to everyone. If I make scrambled egg whites, its gets gross & runny. Like all the water separates. Ive gotten egg whites out (fast food) on English muffins but they looked normal, not all watery. Am I doing something wrong?
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lunch???
I dont know what to get for lunch! I'm hungryyyy
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STOP and GO Guide
My guidance counselor friend at school gave me this great guide. Our school district is on a Wellness kick just like everyone else. Well she gave me this guide called The STOP & GO grocery guide by Steven G. Aldana, PhD. It is a complete guide of items found in the grocery store. It is set up like a stop light. Red items…
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Camping Food Suggestions
I am heading camping this weekend! I DO NOT WANT TO sit around the campfire munching on Doritos. I have already thought that I could slice up some cucumbers, grab a jar of LARGE pickles. I am watching carbs more, but also calories! Any other suggestions for food while camping would be helpful....
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Food for traveling
Does anyone have idea's what I should bring for an 8 hour road trip. I would prefer to skip the restaurant and not be snacking the whole time but actually have 2 meals in the car.
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Protein, what are your limits?
For some reason my food diary has my protein set at 54g. EVERY day I go over that. Is that bad? Am I hindering my weight loss by going over my protein? I don't know that I could cut out any more of my proteins...aren't they good for us to get? Any insight into this would be great. If I do need to cut back on my protein, I…