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"Make the Portion Cut" Jillian Michaels newsletter article
Make the Portion Cut Americans have completely skewed ideas about portion size. No other country on earth offers portions as enormous as the ones here. Honestly, go anywhere else in the world and order a meal. You'll see the difference. We're conditioned to believe that more equals better. Just look at the endless…
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yummy snack
2 cups low fat cottage cheese 1 box sugar free jello (any flavor) Mix together. makes 4 servings 100 calories each!!!! All nutritional data is in data base under "yummy snack"
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Calorie breakdown by meal
How do you all tend to break down your calories between meals throughout the day? For me, my goal breakdown is as follows: 300 breakfast 400 lunch 200 snack #1 200 snack #2 400 dinner Exercise calories (above the included 300, in addition to 1200 base) are added to snacks and dinner. What about you?
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What to eat when you can't have wheat???
Just found out from my doctor that I have a wheat intolerance. I'm not allergic, so I don't have to worry about that, but she says that cutting it out of my diet might help with my fatigue and tiredness. Unfortunately, I LOVE wheat products … tortillas, pasta, sandwiches, pretty much anything made with wheat. I've been…
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steel cut oats
Good morning!! I prepared steel cut oats last night first by soaking 1 cup in 4 cups of boiled water overnight. It yielded a lot!!! I then cooked this morning 1 cup out of that in 1/2 cup of skim milk. These are oats I bought from a bulk bin so I don't know the calorie content. There are some in the database but is that…
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Water Weight
Ok, so I really overdid it over the Holidays :sick: , and as of this morning have gained 4 pounds. :explode: I refuse to log it, however, because I'm 'hoping' that some or even most of it is water weight from all the extra crap I was chowing on - and extra sodium... I started back in earnest Monday, have been doing OK so…
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calories and totals
I am having a hard time getting in the calories I should. I havent even worked out today becasue most of my family is sick and it's just been crazy. I ate a great breakfast and a great lunch had two snacks and a good dinner. I even had a desert. I'm over on my protein but way behind in calories and everything else. any…
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Nutritionist: HELP
Do you know any good website that has like an online nutritionist that helps you come up with a meal plan? Please respond.
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UGH need help making a bad decison lol.
i have had a really rough day my baby is really fussy (think shes teething) my sink is full of dirty dishes cause my DF cant do them and im way to tired to deal with cleaning and cooking myself somethign good so i just want something fast and easy. so i have a chicken pot pie that has 390 calories total 22 grams of fat 36…
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Sodium!!! UUUGGGGGHHHH!!!
I am way under my calories (not on purpose) but I wasn't paying close attention to what I was eating, and I am over my sodium by 1000mg!!! OMG...I can't believe I did that! I did well all day, but for dinner I had some progresso soup, they advertise that stuff for being healthy right? WRONG!!! yeah the calories are awesome…
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Healthier butter?
Does anyone use a butter/margarine substitute that's actually healthier than the rest? I love I Cant Believe Its Not Butter Spray, but I know, I know...its flavored chemicals. any suggestions?
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Filling foods
Anyone have suggestions for really filling foods? I have heard extra thick rolled oats and milk is and I'm doing the apple and peanut butter thing. My problem is never feeling full! I used to when I drank a coke or something but now that that's out I need suggestions. Thank you!
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Processed Foods (Long)
So I was thinking recently about my own person experience with processed food versus 'real.' food. I spent a year on the south island of New Zealand in a small farm community (Waimate/Timaru area for those familiar with it). In their grocery stores, most of the produce came from the farms in the area. That’s right, it…
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mmm good pizza!!
1 flat out light original 1/2 cup pizza sauce 17 turkey pepperoni 1/2 small onion chopped 1/2 cup 2% kraft mozzerella cheese Spray one side of the flat out bread with cooking spray and bake for 7 mins. Add additional toppings bake for about 12-15 mins more or until cheese is melted. Add any toppings you like and just…
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light and fast?
I REALLY do not feel like cooking!!! I'm not to worried about calories because I know anything that could possible feel me up is going over board :grumble: So I we're grabbing to-go food to eat! What's your favorite "light" meals for fast food?
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New Kashi TLC Bars
I really don't know if this is the place to post this...but I saw no other place for new foods...like on the other site I use.... Kashi TLC Fruit & Grain Raspberry Chocolate Calories 120 3 grams fat 4 grams fiber 4 grams protein I also bought this in Dark Chocolate Coconut..... I tried the raspberry one...very good....a…
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suggestions/help
I started working out more, a lot more and so now I need to eat more, esp. because im not trying to loose weight. I already eat healthy things like nuts,fruit,vegtables,cheese, yogurt, milk,chicken,tuna and other fish. I dont want to add more processed foods, so what else could I eat get get my calories up?
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Pasta :-)
Can anyone advise on the calories in eating out at an Italian? I had a smallish serving of fettucine in a tomatoe sauce with prawns, cherry tomatoes and spinach. It was delicious, and the sauce tasted very light. The only equivalent I can find on the database is a ready meal type one, and as I am new to this any help would…
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vitamuffins and stuff...........
has anyone tried the vitamuffin products? are they tasty and worth the price? hungry girl is running a special and i am a chocolate nut. your thoughts are appreciated! thanks.
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i dont get how to diary food sometimes..
I went to the salad bar today..I cant sit here and measure out everything from the SB and frankly I dont have the time to put each little thing in the food search, find it and guess how much I ate.\. Or what about when you make a receipe...Like I made polenta and used milk, cheese and butter...I mean who knows how much of…
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MFP Runners January 6th
3 x 1mile intervals today, mile warm up, mile cool down. Great work out.:smile:
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Veggie Burgers
My husband and I are trying to start the year off right and wanted to know what would be the best veggie burgers to try? Thanks!!
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Low Cal Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Hey folks, it's cold and rainy here in Virginia today. Here's something hot and delicious and almost guilt-free. Take 6 oz of perked coffee (I use vanilla flavored coffee), put in lg. coffee mug. Heat 4 oz of skim milk add to coffee, stir in 2pkg of splenda and pumpkin pie spice to taste. Top off with 2 TBSP Reddi Wip, 5…
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sushi
Does anyone know how healthy sushi is for you? I saw the crab had a lot of calories! My husband and I love sushi and are going out to get it with friends tommorow and I would like to know which kinds are good and healthy. Thanks for everyones help!!
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help
I need help eating really well for Breakfast, lunch, and snacks because my dinners are bad. I have a family of picky eaters so I have high calorie dinners. So if anyone has any good breakfast, lunch, and snack ideas I would appreciate it. Also some good dinner ones would be great. Also I am a picky eater too, so I need…
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I want pizza!
Okay, so I've done quite well lately. Esp with DH not here, I don't buy or eat junk food nor do I drink pop while hes gone. I wanted pizza so bad. So I went on to the domino's website to find something that looked good. While I was looking at all the yummy pizzas, I saw the nutrional info and it was not good. So I ended up…
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What's in a Serving
I found a great website which educates on weight management. I was going to post articles but it is just way too much & too hard to read so I will post the link so that you guys can explore on your own :smile: The Cleveland Heart and Vascular Health Institute…
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I need a snack suggestion
I am struggling to eat all of my calories. After dinner tonight I will have Calories 74 Carbs 38 Fat 2 Protein 16 I havent worked out yet, which will give me more calories!! Any suggestions for snacks?
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Caffeine
My biggest vice....but I am wondering what affect caffeine has on weight loss. If you log coffee or tea it doesn't have any calories but does it metabolically do something in the body that hinders weight loss? Just curious?
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(Not So) Chili Cheese Frito Salad
My husband brought home a receipt from work for Chili Cheese Frito Salad. The recipe is as follows: 1 small red onion, chopped 1 small green pepper, chopped 1 c. mayonnaise 2 c. shredded cheese 16 oz. frozen corn, thawed bag of chili cheese fritos, crushed Mix all ingredients except fritos and refrigerate until served. Add…