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Counting Calories in Spain!

court182
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Hi Everyone!
I joined MFP last month but only seriously started tracking everything three days ago. I'm from Nebraska, but teach English in Spain. I have to put a little more effort into calorie counting than I orginally thought, with all the conversions, but it'll be worth it! I brought all my measuring cups, spoons and kitchen scale from home. I even brought my regular scale too, so I can't slack off! It could be a difficult year with all the wine, cheese, sangria and paella so readily available, but I hope I have the will power to resist temptation most of the time! Weight loss buddies, anyone?
I joined MFP last month but only seriously started tracking everything three days ago. I'm from Nebraska, but teach English in Spain. I have to put a little more effort into calorie counting than I orginally thought, with all the conversions, but it'll be worth it! I brought all my measuring cups, spoons and kitchen scale from home. I even brought my regular scale too, so I can't slack off! It could be a difficult year with all the wine, cheese, sangria and paella so readily available, but I hope I have the will power to resist temptation most of the time! Weight loss buddies, anyone?
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Portion control is the key. Welcome and good luck. :flowerforyou:0
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It's so cool what your doing in Spain. I would love to teach over seas one day! Add me if you'd like.0
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Welcome to My Fitness Pal!0
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UGHHHHHH I love Spain. Where in Spain are you?0
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Where in Spain? My younger brother is teaching there now, in Salamanca.0
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Welcome to MFP, I´m in Fuerteventura so I know how hard it is with all of those lovely Spanish goodies around!! feel free to add me if you´d like to :bigsmile:0
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Hola, where are you in Spain? My boyfriend is from Logroño, La Rioja and my grandmother is from Malaga.
Some pointers though, they use more of the metric measurements instead of the imperial that is usually being used in the US. Feel free to add me if you want. :flowerforyou:0 -
I'm in Socuéllamos, a tiny town about two hours south of Madrid. I love it here!0
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Salamanca is a beautiful city, the university is really cool! I have the northern region!0
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