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dinner=180 calories!!
Went to the grocery tonight b/c I didn't have much left (in the way of calories) for dinner. I wanted to see if I could find something that wouldn't put me over for the day. The closest grocery to me is Kroger so I thought I'd go there. I came out victorious!! Found some amazing things... My entire dinner turned out to be…
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Potato Chip Laxatives? O.O
Okay, so potato chips/anything crunchy and greasy used to be my favorite snacks. Yesterday for the first time in... probably over a year, I had potato chips to curb an insane salt craving. Not a lot either - just the crumbs at the bottom of DH's bowl, maybe equal to 2 chips total. It wasn't at all satisfying - it felt like…
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Craving water?
It seems the more water I drink the more water I want. I drink about 120 oz a day and am floating in water and still want more. I am not sure if this is related to sodium or what. Does anybody else seem like they can't get enough water to drink?
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A site to find healthy food at resturants in or out of town
I thought i would share this because i ran into a lot of people that didn't know about this site which shocked me because it such a life saver sometimes.... it shows calories and fat in food you would find at resturants and it only shows healthy options just put in your zip code or city and select how much u wanna spend…
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all SLIM FAST---RECALLED
Saw this in the news.... for those that drink slim fast!! (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. (AP) - Unilever PLC's U.S. subsidiary says it has recalled all canned Slim Fast drinks because of the possibility of bacterial contamination that could cause diarrhea, nausea and…
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Baking Oils
What are the healthier oils to use for baking? I see recipes that call for vegtable oil, is that ok? I use olive oil when I'm cooking but is it too strongly flavoured for baking? Is this a dumb question? Sorry!
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BRC-EL POLLO LOCO
Does anyone know how many calories in BRC?
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Booze calories
I like to have drinks on the weekends, usually a Friday night. I get really bad hangovers, and the only thing to cure it seems to be really greasy food. I have heard a lot of people who have this problem also. And, if I have too many I tend to even have a binge before bed that night, eating whatever is in sight. I know the…
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Replacing unhealthy items in recipes
Does anyone know what you can use to reduce/replace crisco in a recipe? Its a sugar cookie recipe that I need to seriously lighten up. Is there a website you can go to for what to use to healthy-up your existing recipes? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!! Thanks!!
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headaches while dieting
Anyone else get them? I have them constantly, advil doesnt touch em? Am I doing something wrong?
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Looking to add flavour to a veggie wrap - suggestions?
Can anyone recommend a (tasty) low calorie sauce/dressing that will hide the fact that I'm eating a veggie wrap? haha. Thanks.
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This morning's Tim Horton's breakfast
This morning after doing a particular hard bootcamp workout, I thought it would be a great idea to have a Tim Horton's coffee and a bagel for breakfast. Even though I had a plain yogurt and blackberry breakfast in my backpack which I was going to eat at the end of my workout, I decided it would be a nice Friday morning…
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food torture
so is there any kinds of food people around you eat a lot that drives you crazy? right now my mom is sitting here with a bowl of icecream and tasty cakes mixed in it. it looks soo good but at this point i wouldnt even lay a finger on it. what do you guys do? do you want any specific food that people eat around you? or do…
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Gluten free fiber?
I have celiac disease and have to eat a gluten free diet. I have been trying to up my fiber intake, but have trouble finding foods with lots of fiber that are still gluten free and stay within my calorie limit for the day. I try to have the usual... lots of fruits and veggies, whole grain rice and rice procucts, quinoa,…
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spaghetti
So it says that 2oz is a serving of spaghetti, is that cooked or uncooked? Anyone know?
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How do get all you cals in???
Hi all, I am trying to figure out how to get all of my calories and exercise calories in. I am alloted 1400(usually do about 1200-1300) and then I usually burn 500-600 cals/day in workout. I am having a hard time eating that much in a day and keeping it healthy!! Need ideas for snacks and meal sides. I have stopped loosing…
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What's for breakfast?
I have a super yummy hearty breakfast and I LOVE it and it helps me have a little more available calories for afternoon meals. Kraft - 2% Sharp Cheddar Cheese Slices, 1 slice cal 45 fat 3 Eggs - White only, raw, 3 large cal 51 fat 0 Morning Star - Sausage Links Soy, 2 links cal 80 carb 3 fat 3 Add Food | Remember Meal cal…
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Don't understand the package
I have these 80 calorie instant mashed potatoes, they aren't too bad. What I am soo confused about the package. It says prepared a serving size is 2/3 cup and there is 4 servings in the package...there is just no way. I get about 2 1/2 servings. I only eat one serving hubby eats one and we split the 1/2 for my girls....i…
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Best Balsamic dressing I have ever tasted!
So I was making dinner last night and the balsamic vinegar was on the table. I saw a recipe and tried it. It was the best thing I have ever tasted. Check this out. 1/4 cup of olive oil (extra virgin) 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1 tbsp dill weed 5 drops of hot sauce (i put the green tobasco) Now I free…
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The best homemade coffee drink!!
Ok, so I love Starbucks Peppermint Mocha's but i HATE the calories in them. So I decided why not put a peppermint in the bottom of my mug add my non fat creamer and coffee!?!?! The result, an amazing coffee treat! Taste really close to the fat loaded beverage from SB. :drinker:
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Help
Looking for help.....!!! I have NO problem intaking my calories for the day; however, I am having a hard time meeting the carbs requirement and the fat requirement. Also, is it okay to go over in your protein requirement? It seems to me, the more protein the better! Any suggestions helpful!
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subway
I thought I would have subway club yesterday with cheese I love pepper jack cheese and said that was almost 1500 grams of sodium!!!! I thought subway was suppose to be healthy they say that all the time on the biggest loser.
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How many calories in a recipe?
I usually use http://caloriecount.about.com/ for any of my personal recipes that I want to make to find out the nutiritional information. Well, I found a new recipe online and it came with the nutritional information but I decided to use the caloriecount website as well, just to compare. The website I got the recipe from…
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Wheat berries?
What do wheat berries taste like? What can I do with them? I saw a recipe from Ina Garten using wheat berries and it looked amazing :love:
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Sushi Questions
Hi, Does anybody know how much calories are in artifical crab "hand rolls" and tuna "hand rolls"? I had 3 this afternoon and am trying to track my eating calories but I can't find the information anywhere on Google. The hand rolls are a piece of seaweed wrapped with rice and tuna/crab meat (4 inches by 2 diameter). Thanks!
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0 Cal, 0 fat, 0 carb Sweet Snack
Hey! So this morning in the middle of making my omlette I saw I had no eggs so my fiance ran out to get some eggs and in the mean time I was HUNGRY! I didn't want to eat anything though because I had already entered my breakfast on the site and every calorie was accounted for. SO....WHAT TO DO? Well, I got out some…
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Why is microwave popcorn labels so hard to read???
I just consumed an entire bag of microwave popcorn, and I always figured it was 100-110 calories for the Light Butter. But I'm starting to wonder..... I'm actually a pretty smart girl, but I sometimes have trouble with math, so if someone could calculate for me that would be wonderful!!! Here's what the label reads: Pop…
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Spicing up Oatmeal
So I have decided to get some instance oates for oatmel. I added water, slenda, and a banana. I have never really tried anything else in the oatmeal. Any ideas so I dont get bored?
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LOST 3 LBS AND 5 MORE TO GO
HEY GUYS WELL I AM BEEN EATING PRETTY GOOD WITH FRUIT AND VEGGIE AND MEAT PLUS SOME CABBAGE SOUP AND I LOST 3 LBS THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT
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Soupy Sundays
My brother and his girlfriend are doing an interesting kind of food-related event each week. Thought I'd share the concept: http://soupysunday.wordpress.com/ J.