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

Caloriesloser
Caloriesloser Posts: 12 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
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.

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  • towardaminime
    towardaminime Posts: 27 Member
    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
    Caloriesloser Posts: 12 Member
    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
    TomKershawUK Posts: 65 Member
    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
    Caloriesloser Posts: 12 Member
    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
    TomKershawUK Posts: 65 Member
    Try using butter ghee or coconut oil rather than vegetable / seed oils if you can.
  • RandJ6280
    RandJ6280 Posts: 1,161 Member
    Add me if you would like to
  • fabulous1690
    fabulous1690 Posts: 44 Member
    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
    fabulous1690 Posts: 44 Member
    Oh and I only used 1tblsp of olive oil added in the total.
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