If you give me your tips and tricks, I'll give you mine :)

Triplestep

hgycta wrote: »

Buns: I love mushrooms, so instead of using hamburger buns I use mushroom caps. But again, that's more of a personal preference!

This is genius!

Dnarules

MKEgal wrote: »

mamakimkim wrote:

Zero Points Soup. I have carried this over from my Weight Watcher's days. It's basically a vegetable soup
that is very light on calories but is full of fiber so makes you feel full. If I reach a point in the day when I feel
myself getting hungry, I eat the zero points soup. It's easy to make, and it can be made in many variations. I put
a can of diced tomatoes, 4 cups of chicken broth, a few chopped up carrots, a few chopped up celery stalks, and
onions or leeks, in the crock pot until the hard vegetables are soft--after that, I add about 4 cups of baby spinach
for about 10-15 minutes until the spinach wilts. If you're really hungry, you can add 1/4 cup of rice to make it heartier.

MKEgal wrote:

I put this into the food diary:
1 can Delmonte diced tomatos (1.8 c) 53 cal
Swanson chicken broth (4c) 40 cal
carrots, raw (8oz) 79 cal
celery, raw (8oz) 36 cal
onion, raw (4oz) 45 cal
spinach, raw (4oz) 26 cal
white rice, uncooked (0.25c) 150 cal

429 calories total
That's nearly 1/3 of my daily calories.
How can WW call that "free" (zero points)?

kandisn7 wrote:

The rice should not be in it. And your portions for calculating are super high. That is how much is in a
POT of soup, not a cup or bowl. The reason it is "0 calorie" is because you burn more calories
digesting the vegetables than what they are worth, but still retain the vitamins and minerals. And the
full feeling from the fiber.

I was using what measurements she gave, including the rice.
The only things I estimated were carrots, celery, & onions, and while that would be a hearty soup,
I don't think those amounts (8, 8, & 4 oz) are out of line for a background of 4c of broth.

Yes, I know that's for a whole pot. For something with so little to it, I'd have to have a lot to feel full.
1/4 of the recipe would be 108 calories.
And no, there are no "zero calorie" or "negative calorie" foods, other than perhaps an ice cube.
Those calories are what is absorbed by an average human body when eating that amount of [food X].


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kim wrote:

I didn't notice you leave any tips of your own.

Sorry, I'll copy them here again.

"for much less money, and with fewer added chemicals, less added salt, you could make your own meals"
(Planning ahead, slow cooker, batch cooking on an an evening, or a weekend afternoon...)


http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1


"Most weight loss occurs because of decreased caloric intake.
However, evidence shows the only way to maintain weight loss is to be engaged in regular physical activity."
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/physical_activity/index.html


And here's one I didn't include earlier.
Motivation & encouragement (explained in blog post)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-07-24-motivation-encouragement-680938

- Set small intermediate goals & celebrate every one.
- Take measurements.
- Take pictures.
- Weigh yourself regularly.
- Be flexible; forgive yourself.
- Celebrate the non-scale victories (NSV's)
- Don't give up!!!!
- Don't make any food forbidden.
- Eat real food; less processed is better.

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kim wrote:

shame other people for sharing what works for them

Trying to save people money, help them be healthier, be less miserable while getting to a healthy
weight is not "shaming".
Helping someone new who might read this and think that buying a special food, or supplement, or
doing some health-endangering fad diet (or 'cleanse' or whatever) realize that there are healthier and
less expensive ways of achieving their goal is not "shaming".
You've made up your mind about what you want to do.
I'm trying to help the lurkers, the new people, the people who might be swayed by common sense and
science, so they achieve their goals better, faster, and less expensively, as well as healthfully.


Not that I've been successful or anything...


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