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How are you making room for the alcohol calories tonight??
I'm just curious if and how you all are making room for those alcohol calories tonight?? :smile: :drinker:
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Great snacks for under 100 calories -
Don't let snacking wipe out all of your hard-earned diet results in less than a few minutes flat. By planning ahead, you can satisfy your stomach with snacks that are practically calorie-free. Here are 10 to get you started. Hard-boiled egg Snacking on one of these isn't hard to crack. Hard-boiled eggs are easy to prepare,…
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Help! What Would You Do?
It's 6:45 PM and I just got home from work. I need to leave again at 7:15 PM for a meeting. I will get home from the meeting by 9:00 PM. I'm not at all hungry. Do I: A) Make myself eat my dinner (salad) quick before I leave for the meeting B) Do I eat when I get home at 9:00 PM (which is barely 2 hours before I go to bed)…
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Final Caloric Intake....anybody have any suggestions?
Small Breakfast Nature's Own - Whole Wheat Plus Fiber, 2 slice 90 19 1 5 Jiff - Reduced Fat Peanut Butter, 2 tbsp 190 15 12 8 Lunch Kemps - Fat Free Skim Milk, 1.5 C 135 20 0 14 Bananas - Raw, 1 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long) 105 27 0 1 Kellogg's - Special K Protein Plus, 1 cup 133 19 4 13 Small Dinner Idaho Potato - Medium…
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Sugar Is Pain
I've had a major revelation that is really helping me to eat better over the holidays! I was diagnosed with IBS in college, and I've always thought that coffee and chocolate were the main culprits causing me abdominal pain. I stopped drinking coffee for nearly 20 years because of it. The chocolate wasn't quite as easy to…
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note to self
Cleaning out the fridge, while eating the "almost gone" contents is not good for calorie counting.... or losing weight :grumble: that egg nog really was good though:smooched:
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Three Quick $2 (or less) Meals
Three Quick $2 (or less) Meals Posted by Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD I just read that rising food costs may cause some fast food chains to hike prices or remove certain items from value menus. Fortunately, you can make quick, affordable meals at home that are far more satisfying and much better for you that the drive through…
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Anyone know how to cook with Aloe Juice?
My nutritionist suggested I add Aloe extract or Aloe Juice to my diet - said it was great for me. I went and got a bottle of it at Trader Joe's 2 weeks ago, and I'm still staring at it. Anyone have any suggestions about how to use it?
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Eating too much before 12:00 noon?
Hello, I have this habit of eating most of my calories by about noon. Then I go to the gym and earn about 600 more and then eat dinner around 7ish. Does this matter? I am ravenous during the day, especially between 6-10 am. Does anyone eat their cals in a relatively short amount of time? Or does this even matter.
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Nutritionist: HELP
Do you now any good website that has like an online nutritionist that helps you come up with a meal plan? Please respond.
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Cheddar's restaurant
Hey, we're going to Cheddar's for dinner tonight. I looked at the website and most everything looks fattening/high calorie, except maybe a grilled chicken salad. Just wondering if anyone else eats there and what you get. Thanks! MM
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hunger signals
Recently I have been letting my emotions and boredness get the best of me. I had off three weeks from work and my eating changed. At home I would eat basically the same things I would bring for lunch and snacks to work, but after eating say- (400 calories from a turkey sandwhich with a small apple and 16 sunchips, I…
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Anyone know how to figure out percentages?
Hi there, I was trying to figure out how to allocate my calories into percentages--I'm shooting for 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fat, but I have absolutely no idea how to figure it out. Maybe its because I'm just awful at math and am clueless, but if someone knows I would definitely appreciate some assistance. My calorie…
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I hate water!
I hate drinking water. I know I'm supposed to have at least 8 glasses a day but it's hard to stay on track. Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions for how to get enough water without disliking it so much?
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Tea
Does drink decaffinated tea count for any water intake since water is made to make it?
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Clean Eating Magazine
So I've been impressed by entries Tamtastic has made from Cooking Light Magazine... So I thought I'd go buy a copy... but couldn't find it at my local Safeway.. I did find Clean Eating Magazine... has anyone bought this before? What do you think of it? What are your favorite weight / health issue magazine??
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Eating For Energy?
Has anyone heard about this; http://www.totalwellnessconsulting.ca/eating-for-energy.html If so let me now, beacuse Ihave been reading the book and this guy makes some really good points, i was just looking to see what all your opions on eating food as it is, like raw! Not meat of coures, he doenst talk much about meats…
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Callling all senors Dec. 11, 2008
Good morning. Well I lost that 1 lb that show up yesterday. Just going to hang in there I know this will work I am just going to be slow. I really do like this food dairy system here.. It has open my eyes a lot. Will keep working on it. Beatiful day down here in Texas, Had a little blast of winter here the other night A…
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Juice
I don't know if this has been asked before so if it is and someone has the thread that would be great. I just went to go make some juice. We have a couple different kinds. One that is frozen and the other is in a can that you can just store on the shelf. I just looked at the calorie intake and :noway: I checked several…
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Asperagus?
I can't find asperagus in the database! Am I spelling it wrong or is it just not in there? Does anyone know how many calories, etc. or how I can find out so I can add it to the database?
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yuck
Arby's did away with my most favorite salad in the world, the Martha's vineyard salad. It was sooo yummy. So in a pinch I ordered the farmhouse chopped grilled chicken salad. Yuck, I had to pick off the bacon (to be healtheir) and the onions (cause I hate them) and was left with just lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and chicken.…
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Candy for Christmas
My grandma always gets me and my cousins candy for Christmas. I always tell her not to and they're still ALWAYS under the tree when the family gathers at my grandparents house. :ohwell: This year, however, she did something awesome! My other (skinny) cousins got some kind of high-calorie chocolate stuff. I, on the other…
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Slim Fast Diet
Does anyone know if the Slim Fast Diet works?
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Baskin Robbins
I was wonderng if a kiddie scoop is different than their regular scoop. Especially in terms of calories. Anyone know how many calories in the kiddie scoop jamoca almond fudge flavor?
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Groccery Shopping Help...
okay so today is my clean start to the rest of 09... i am just needing a lot of help with what to buy at the market... im used to buying chips and soda and dont even know anything else other then that... said i know... so my question is help me make a shopping list filled with positives instead of negatives.. o and another…
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Low fat vs. Regular stuff
I have a question. What "low fat" stuff is a good choice? I mean, I don't even know what they put in this stuff. Is it better to go full fat and consume less quantity or just buy low fat stuff? I am so confused. Also, I feel diet coke is a farce. I mean it tastes wrong. Anyone else with me on this one? What low fat items…
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Changing Eating Habits HELP
I have been doing great with working out on a daily basis, however, I am struggling with changing my eating habits. No matter how much I exercise, I struggle with weight gain because of my unhealthy eating habits. I am constantly going to the pantry to find a snack even when I am not hungry. Not to mention all of the…
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Calculating ground beef (or meat in general)
Ok...I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere. I got 4 ounces of 96/4 ground beef from Whole Foods. I cooked it with a bit of 0-calorie oil spray and some Meat Magic. After it was done, I weighed it again. It weighed 2.6 ounces. Do I count it as 2.6 or 4.0? On MFP, say, I find the entry for Kroger…
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Was I good or bad? Please tell me what you think!! I need t
So I struggle with eating (a lot). I am very used to my own routine and I hate going out of it. Today was a holiday for me, Christmas, so that meant that I was surrounded by lots of great food! It was hard for me to go out of my routine but I did a little bit. I am going to come clean about roughly what I ate and I am…
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Vegetarian vs. Vegan
Could someone please explain the difference between being vegetarian and vegan? I think the fomer abstains from meat and the latter from meat, dairy and fish - is this correct?