hi to all Pakistani ppl like me with common food and issues

Caloriesloser

Hi.. I've jus started my weight loss journey and I'm having issues as the food we eat is sooo different than others.so join me and lets discuss this up.

towardaminime

I love to cook but I am no Pakistani but am curious as to how the food is so different. Can you explain? I always though food was food or ingredients ingredients.

Caloriesloser

Yes we eat roti or chappati every day with every meal..nowadays its Ramadan and in iftaar has all fried items like friend potato pakoray.
U r right food is food and ingredients are ingredients..it's just the way up use them and v do all possible unhealthy ways.

TomKershawUK

You could reduce your carb intake by getting rid of the fried potato and chapati for a start. Smaller portions of rice or substitute with cauliflower rice.

Tom

Caloriesloser

Thanks for that tip I've stopped eating fried stuff and reduced chappati to 1.. now the regular food which is really oily*sigh*..I need to work on it.

TomKershawUK

Try using butter ghee or coconut oil rather than vegetable / seed oils if you can.

RandJ6280

Add me if you would like to

fabulous1690

Hi I'm half Pakistani and half Indian. Just joined MFP yesterday. I cooked chickpeas daal today. I added all the calories for everything before starting, then once it was cooked I counted how many spoonfuls I had made. Then I divided the amount of total calories by the spoons so now I know that each large spoonful is so many calories.

fabulous1690

Oh and I only used 1tblsp of olive oil added in the total.