Since this is a group of Indians I wanted to throw out a question to find out what, as Indians, do you find the toughest challenges with your health & fitness goals?

For me I find our food is very Carb heavy so it's harder to find better ways of eating long term. Similarly I expect for those people who are Vegetarians it's tougher to get enough protein and perhaps other nutrients meat eaters get more easily.

What about you?

And lets now forget that Indian food tastes freakin awesome! Too yummy for our own good ;-)

That's true. Calories shown here may not be accurate but at least give us a ballpark figure to start with. I alter my portions accordingly.

Oh you got that right Kendra. It also goes hand-in-hand with ingredients in food done through guessing and tasting. I haven't yet take it to this level but when eating curries I have no clue if the serving I'm having is too much, too little - it's just guesswork too. I'm sure I over did it the other day with the Chicken Curry Lol.

I've gotten Mum into a habit of writing the ingredients for recipes she makes. Since she won't let me help with the cooking, I can't do the writing, so I get to hear a lot of grumbles about it. But as I've pointed out to her, calorie counting and portion sizes have helped me lose a big chunk of weight.

There are lot of curries logged in the database, those staples that most Indians know, but have their own variations. I'd go with those with mid-range calorie value As for portion size, trying using a US style cup and see if as a serving that's enough for you or not.

Even with all this, it is still guestimating, Indian food, unlike Western food, just doesn't lend itself to easy nutritional values, especially when the raw ingredients are unknown to the Western world or the values found in various online database can be a best guess at best.

How many calories in Horse? ;-)

Depends. Arabian Horse? :P Italian Stallion, perhaps?

Haha.. good one! But the only problem is that I am a vegetarian!