Milk ? Wight loss!! :0
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I'm guessing the cake and cookies are what's sabotaging your efforts. I typically drink 4-5 cups of 2% milk a week and have had no trouble losing consistently. It's vital to meaure accurately and carry a calorie deficit. If you're finding you're hungry, increase your vegetables and fruit intake (you can also increase carbs, but this is tricky and requires a lot more attention to detail). I'm curious as to what is so difficult with weighing the food? It takes me less than a minute to weigh my meals.2
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You can substitute with almond milk. 3X less calories, cut fat content in half, and 50% more calcium1
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Ricksh1000 wrote: »
I make home made soup - 4.5kg of the stuff, then freeze it in bags of 400g portions.
I make turkey breast spaghetti bolognese with wholewheat pasta- 4.5kg of the stuff, then eat in portions of 400g.
Once you have 11 400g portions, what do you do with the remaining 100g portion?
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The milk itself isn't the reason why you aren't losing weight. Are you working the milk in to your calorie allowance by correctly measuring the amount? You can totally continue doing what you are doing if you make it fit in to your day! The question is, do you want to sacrifice this calorie amount on milk? I personally find it's a lot more fulfilling to eat the calories than drink them! Alternatively, would you consider switching to Semi Skimmed milk?
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PinkPixiexox wrote: »The milk itself isn't the reason why you aren't losing weight. Are you working the milk in to your calorie allowance by correctly measuring the amount? You can totally continue doing what you are doing if you make it fit in to your day! The question is, do you want to sacrifice this calorie amount on milk? I personally find it's a lot more fulfilling to eat the calories than drink them! Alternatively, would you consider switching to Semi Skimmed milk?
the skimmed milk here is expensive
besides almond and plant based ones 
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muffinsandcakes wrote: »
thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
In the food diary - there is a button called RECIPES.
Click that button
Then on the right is another button that says enter ingredients...
do that and build your recipe - save it and voila!1 -
tracymayo1 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »
thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
In the food diary - there is a button called RECIPES.
Click that button
Then on the right is another button that says enter ingredients...
do that and build your recipe - save it and voila!
Yayyy!!! But what if tge portion was more or less?0 -
muffinsandcakes wrote: »Guyssss since I was 1 years old till now 22 am drinking a full cup of full fat milk each morning! With kaak and cookies and cakes am addicted to this. IS this the reason am not losing? Another quest is should hit all my calorie goal set to me by MFP??? What if I left like 200 cals spare? Thank y'all
Cake and cookies for breakfast would definitely sabotage my weight loss as I need protein and fiber to feel full.2 -
muffinsandcakes wrote: »tracymayo1 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »
thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
In the food diary - there is a button called RECIPES.
Click that button
Then on the right is another button that says enter ingredients...
do that and build your recipe - save it and voila!
Yayyy!!! But what if tge portion was more or less?
Write down all your ingredients (weights of solids, measurements of liquids) to enter.
Weigh your pot/pan you are going to be cooking with, write it down,
After you have cooked your dish, weight your pot/pan with the cooked food in it.
Subtract the weight of the pot/pan from the weight of the pot/pan with the cooked food in it (for example, your pot weighs 800g, and your food AND pot weigh 2000g. Your food weighs 1200g)
Enter the difference of the 2 as your # of servings (per our above example, it would be 1200 servings, which means 1 gram is 1 serving)
When you go to eat your food, weigh it in grams just like you would anything else, and log it
Hope this makes sense!
You can also put in a set # of servings (for example if you are prepping food for the whole week, and you know what you are making is for 5 meals) and set your servings that way!2 -
trigden1991 wrote: »Once you have 11 400g portions, what do you do with the remaining 100g portion?
That's eaten straight away
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muffinsandcakes wrote: »thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
Hope this helps:
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DisneyDude85 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »tracymayo1 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »
thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
In the food diary - there is a button called RECIPES.
Click that button
Then on the right is another button that says enter ingredients...
do that and build your recipe - save it and voila!
Yayyy!!! But what if tge portion was more or less?
Write down all your ingredients (weights of solids, measurements of liquids) to enter.
Weigh your pot/pan you are going to be cooking with, write it down,
After you have cooked your dish, weight your pot/pan with the cooked food in it.
Subtract the weight of the pot/pan from the weight of the pot/pan with the cooked food in it (for example, your pot weighs 800g, and your food AND pot weigh 2000g. Your food weighs 1200g)
Enter the difference of the 2 as your # of servings (per our above example, it would be 1200 servings, which means 1 gram is 1 serving)
When you go to eat your food, weigh it in grams just like you would anything else, and log it
Hope this makes sense!
You can also put in a set # of servings (for example if you are prepping food for the whole week, and you know what you are making is for 5 meals) and set your servings that way!
Thank you so much 0 -
Ricksh1000 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »thank you for answering, but where can I find the recipe builder?
Hope this helps:
all the thanks! 0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »muffinsandcakes wrote: »Guyssss since I was 1 years old till now 22 am drinking a full cup of full fat milk each morning! With kaak and cookies and cakes am addicted to this. IS this the reason am not losing? Another quest is should hit all my calorie goal set to me by MFP??? What if I left like 200 cals spare? Thank y'all
Cake and cookies for breakfast would definitely sabotage my weight loss as I need protein and fiber to feel full.
ugh gagagag like what should I have for breakfast? oats? oats are really expensive here but I think I should buy one can 0 -
muffinsandcakes wrote: »
like I should burn more than I eat? like I have to eat 1500 a day I have to burn 2000 a day? omg?
Well, yes, to lose weight you need to burn more than you eat. But that doesn't mean you have to do 2000 cal of exercise, you are burning most of that just by being alive.
What (other than cake) would you like to eat for breakfast? Eggs are high in protein and usually fairly cheap. Or how about yoghurt with seasonal or canned fruit?
Do you like to bake? There are some reasonably good "breakfast cookie" or "breakfast muffin" or "breakfast bar" recipes out there - just watch out, some have high sugar, so make sure you do the recipe builder and figure out what a good sized portion is to fit into your day.
Where are you that oats are really expensive? (and in a can)
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muffinsandcakes wrote: »
like I should burn more than I eat? like I have to eat 1500 a day I have to burn 2000 a day? omg?
Well, yes, to lose weight you need to burn more than you eat. But that doesn't mean you have to do 2000 cal of exercise, you are burning most of that just by being alive.
What (other than cake) would you like to eat for breakfast? Eggs are high in protein and usually fairly cheap. Or how about yoghurt with seasonal or canned fruit?
Do you like to bake? There are some reasonably good "breakfast cookie" or "breakfast muffin" or "breakfast bar" recipes out there - just watch out, some have high sugar, so make sure you do the recipe builder and figure out what a good sized portion is to fit into your day.
Where are you that oats are really expensive? (and in a can)
Am in Syria, where there is no oats that is planted it is imported so that it is so expensive.
thank you so much for the ideas! you mean like real muffin breakie?0 -
Actually, about the muffins idea... the recipes I was thinking of often include things like oats!!! So maybe not as helpful as I first thought, sorry.
But the basic idea is to take the kind of food you like and adjusting it - less sugar and butter, adding grains or seeds or maybe some dried fruit (although dried fruit is pretty high in sugar).1 -
Actually, about the muffins idea... the recipes I was thinking of often include things like oats!!! So maybe not as helpful as I first thought, sorry.
But the basic idea is to take the kind of food you like and adjusting it - less sugar and butter, adding grains or seeds or maybe some dried fruit (although dried fruit is pretty high in sugar).
Thank you! Am going to buy oats though freaking expensive today what should I have with it and how prepared?0 -
There's no reason you have to have traditional breakfast foods for breakfast.
If it's cheaper, why not have dinner-type food for breakfast? No reason you couldn't have leftover chicken, rice and vegetables (or whatever is affordable where you live).1 -
You could make egg and bacon muffins too.Just scramble some eggs, add some chopped bacon and spinach. Pour into a muffin tray and bake in the oven until golden brown. They keep well in the fridge so all you have to do is heat them up in the microwave in the morning.
These are more filling for me than oatmeal.1 -
I think I would start by looking at what is easily available where you live. Can you get eggs? What kind of bread? Salad stuff? Fruit? Yoghurt? Hommus? Seafood?
You don't have to buy expensive food from overseas to be healthy - look at what foods are in season, locally available, cost effective.
Breakfast could be boiled eggs and bread. Fruit and yoghurt. Salad with nuts or meat/fish or cheese. Soup. Leftovers. I'd be looking at meals based on whole foods from your area in reasonable quantities.3 -
pebble4321 wrote: »I think I would start by looking at what is easily available where you live. Can you get eggs? What kind of bread? Salad stuff? Fruit? Yoghurt? Hommus? Seafood?
You don't have to buy expensive food from overseas to be healthy - look at what foods are in season, locally available, cost effective.
Breakfast could be boiled eggs and bread. Fruit and yoghurt. Salad with nuts or meat/fish or cheese. Soup. Leftovers. I'd be looking at meals based on whole foods from your area in reasonable quantities.
Ha yes this is thoughtful, we have hummus, fava beans, apples and no banana (its freaking expensive) bread, labneh, tea, olives "black n green", milk, kaak, biscuits and of course eggs but no bacon))) yogurt here is full fat so I havent tried it before! 0 -
muffinsandcakes wrote: »Actually, about the muffins idea... the recipes I was thinking of often include things like oats!!! So maybe not as helpful as I first thought, sorry.
But the basic idea is to take the kind of food you like and adjusting it - less sugar and butter, adding grains or seeds or maybe some dried fruit (although dried fruit is pretty high in sugar).
Thank you! Am going to buy oats though freaking expensive today what should I have with it and how prepared?
@muffinsandcakes, people suggested oats in good faith because it is what THEY are used to for breakfast and they didn't have YOUR context! What do slim people eat in Syria? What are the traditional breakfast foods that are not so high in calories? Don't go and start eating stuff TO lose weight that you can't eat for the rest of your life.
ETA : I read your previous post now. Seems you are getting the idea. Hope it all works out for you1 -
muffinsandcakes wrote: »Actually, about the muffins idea... the recipes I was thinking of often include things like oats!!! So maybe not as helpful as I first thought, sorry.
But the basic idea is to take the kind of food you like and adjusting it - less sugar and butter, adding grains or seeds or maybe some dried fruit (although dried fruit is pretty high in sugar).
Thank you! Am going to buy oats though freaking expensive today what should I have with it and how prepared?
@muffinsandcakes, people suggested oats in good faith because it is what THEY are used to for breakfast and they didn't have YOUR context! What do slim people eat in Syria? What are the traditional breakfast foods that are not so high in calories? Don't go and start eating stuff TO lose weight that you can't eat for the rest of your life.
ETA : I read your previous post now. Seems you are getting the idea. Hope it all works out for you
Thank you, you are right))))) 0
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