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I stayed within my calories for the day!
whoo hoo! i even have 100 left for a snack later!:drinker:
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How Do People Create Meals?
I am making a vegetarian Shepherd's Pie this weekend, and I want to ask advice on how people track and build meals like that? Normally I just have different components on my plate, and that is easy to measure, this is the first time doing something that is amalgamated like that. Do you weigh each item separately raw, then…
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Don't you hate it when....
you go to put your food in your diary and you do a search for a food and whoever put it in there didn't put the complete info in, like just the calories or something, and what is worse is it may have been confirmed by someone?
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lunch?
What is everyone having for lunch today? I didn't have time to make mine this morning so now I have to get something on the go..........:grumble:
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Calories?
Okay, so this really is a serious question. Bear with me. I keep hearing that you should NEVER go below 1200 calories a day. Usually, I don't. On the average day I'm between 1300 -1600 cal/day. I also work out 1 hr/day and increase my calories accordingly. However, On the occasion I sleep in (until 11am or so) and don't…
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Salad Dressing???
Which salad dressing do you use?
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I'm way over on sugar help!
I had a little breakfast and lunch today - banana and greek yogurt. So i had a lot of snack food and i ate an apple, 30 grapes, a pear, 10 baby carrots, and 2 nature valley granola bars. This added up to about 700 calories but 91 sugars! I have -94 sugars!! is this a bad thing??
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Easter Egg
Is any of you having a taste of an easter egg tomorrow and what is you favourite kind, hope you all have a nice easter:heart: :heart: :smile: :flowerforyou:
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Sugar?
Hi everyone! I've done a bit of research but can't find a good answer regarding how much sugar I should be eating daily. I don't eat anything that I would really consider 'sugery' other than fruit, and I do eat a lot of fruit. I am always way over on my sugar according to MFP. Any ideas about recommended sugar intake?
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Protein???
I am always over in protein and under in calories and fat!! I ate 2 eggs for breakfast, salmon and brocolli for lunch and a Lean Cuisine panini with salad for dinner. I am over by 35 points in protein. Is that okay? Why is the protein set so low? Isn't it better to be low in fat and calories. Thanks for any advice!!
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I tried Fage....
and I can see how it could be used as sour cream and I think I definitely could use it as that but just as a yogurt???? Can't too it. I tried mixing it with honey. Yuck I tried mixing in some granola. Yuck. It's just got a little bitter taste that I can't get over. I WANT to like it cuz the protein is crazy good, it's no…
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6 healthy-sounding foods that really aren’t.
6 healthy-sounding foods that really aren’t. By Rachel Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. EatingWell May/June 2008 My friend’s husband, Henry, recently bought a huge box of Yogos, confident that these “yogurty-covered, fruit-flavored bits” were a healthy choice for his kids. “Not exactly,” his wife, a nutritionist, said when he…
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New Challenge: Regular Fasting
Hey all you guys and gals, I've started a regular fast and it's really helped me to fell better inside and out. Here's how it works: Every Monday I fast the entire day, drinking only water or juice. No milk. I just stay busy the whole day so I don't think about eating. The hardest part of the day for me is when the kids go…
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The 8 Worst Sandwiches in America (Plus 8 More You'll Love!)
WORST BREAKFAST SANDWICH Au Bon Pain Sausage, Egg and Cheddar on Asiago Bagel 810 calories 47 g fat (23 g saturated, 0.5 g trans) 58 g carbs 1,540 mg sodium A healthy breakfast sandwich can be a great start to your day—the protein-packed eggs and meat will keep you feeling fuller longer. But Au Bon Pain’s breakfast bagel…
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TGIF's
Hey! I have to go to a work "luncheon" at Fridays today- I can't find ANY nutironal info online for their menu... Do any of you have any low- calorie suggestions? I was thinking of ordering "off" the menu and just getting a piece of grilled chicken and some broccoli? but...I just wanted to check to see if anyone has any…
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soda cake/carrot?
I've been thinking about making a cake for work tomorrow but I was wondering if I can use carrot cake mix with a diet coke. Any of you tried it? Or maybe with another type of soda...please let me know!! Any other suggestions? Thanks!! :flowerforyou:
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Stop buying baby Carrots
Baby Carrots AOL User GEORGII1 Says: "A neighbor lost her car and asked me to pick up a bag of baby carrots when I went to the store. This neighbor was really in financial crisis at the time and I mentioned that unless she was at some specialty store, I thought those were only cut to shape carrots and not real baby…
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I Just Discovered Mini Croissants!!
:love: 90 calories, 4 grams of fat, 12 grams of carb and 2 grams of protein! Yummy!!!! They taste as though they are wickedly bad for you, but with a little turkey breast and lowfat cheese make a great snack. Mine came from BJ's
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question about veggies
I know that the majority of veggies are low in fat, some more than others, but I was wondering if anyone had a good "guesstimate" as to how much a cup of mixed veggies might be? The reason I ask is because I am part of a produce co-op so I get fresh fruits and veggies every saturday for very low cost.. in order to prepare…
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Okay.....one more post about the evils of Easter candy.
This is from Women's Health Magazine. Friday's Daily Dose The worst Easter candy With the sweetest of all holidays upon us, sugar will be on the brain this weekend, threatening to rot your teeth and widen your waist. When you OD on candy, your pancreas has to work overtime—it pumps out massive amounts of insulin, causing…
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easter candy
i know this has been said multiple times before but i felt the need to reiterate that easter candy is hands down the best candy ever!!! you've got cadbury cream eggs and reeses peanut butter eggs. how could you go wrong? (for the sake of my sanity, please don't answer that :laugh: ) ok, so the goal is to limit it to one…
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Carbs....
I am having a hard time staying under my carbs. I make my menu in the morning for the day. I made filled it in for today and I am over by about 50. I am not eating eating any bread today, it is all coming from the cream of wheat and fruit that I am eating. How do you all stay below your carbs? Thanks for the help…
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Meal Plans for My Fitness Coach
Hey all! For those of you who have heard of it, My Fitness Coach is a new exercise game for the Nintendo Wii. It is based on an older game for Xbox, PS2, and PC called Yourself! Fitness (Y!F). Y!F included a number of meal plans which had a ton of recipes, all based on daily calorie intake. They're really well done. They…
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FUZE
Ok maybe i'm really behind on this but i just discovered FUZE slenderize tropical punch this morning and i love it!! Its so good and its only 10 cal a bottle!! Its just perfect for when you want a juice or just something other than water!! Just thought i'd share, i would definitely try it if you haven't yet. HAPPY GOOD…
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Question about Wheybolic Protein Powder measuring
OK - rather inane, but I need to know. Is a "scoop" to the top of the scooper (level) or is a "scoop" to the little line around the rim of the scooper. If no one knows, then I'll just measure grams and find out, but if someone already has the answer, I would appreciate it. Thanks!
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Metabolism
So my metabolism has ground to a halt. Part of the reason is stress - law school exams in less than a month. And I know, I know, protein in every meal. The problem is, we're doing a low-fat, low-calorie diet, and I do not want to eat eggs, tuna and a chicken breast every day. I can't eat peanut butter because even the…
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How the he!! do you afford FAGE??
So I was in my "organic" aisle at the store last night and saw that FAGE is between1 and 2 dollars a container---that is crazy!!!!How can you afford to buy that?? I had a good laugh and went and bought my dannon! LOL
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Sweeteners
I use to be a sweetener junky until I heard that it turns into fermaldahyde in our bodies. I almost threw up since that`s the stuff they embalm dead bodies with. Now I just drink water for 0 calories or I put aside enough calories to have a regular pop, if I feel I really need it.
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Soy beans..
Are soy beans good for you? I always thought they were like zero calories until one of the moms of the girls I coach and I were looking at the back and it said 120 calories for 5! I was freaking out a little haha so my question is is that with the stem? I only eat the bean part. Thanks!!! ~Leash
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greek yogurt?
i've never had it, but ive heard a lot about it. Hungry Girl uses greek yogurt in a lot of the recipes. what's it like? taste funny? taste good?