What are your Top 5 foods or items that make your life easier?
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1. My puppy dog best workout/walking partner ever
2. MFP well yeah
3. Premier Protein portable snack at work when a real break is just a wish
4. Prepackaged veggies makes dinner prep so much easier
5. Local farmers market for fresh local yummy fruit and veggies
6. Sargentos balanced breaks again handy portable snack
7. Food scale
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1.) Food scale
2.) MFP
3.) Peanut Butter
4.) Running Shoes
5.) Body Scale
6.) Rock/Metal music2 -
1) MFP
2) FibBit and Aria scale
3) Trendweight.com
4) Digital food scale
5) Trader Joe's non-fat Greek yogurt and cottage cheese4 -
I agree with your#4&6, not sure what happened to #5??? I eat salad for lunch almost every day and love half and half in my coffee.
Cottage cheese is a good source of protein that is very versatile. It can go with sweet or savory, hot or cold.
Protein bars, great for a breakfast or snack on the go.
Zoodles help me cut back on pasta.2 -
1) Fit bit alta HR
2) Job standing 12-14 hours/day (almost impossible to eat enough to reach maintenance, guaranteed deficit days)
3) Money (protein heavy foods, 24 hour gym membership)
4) Pre-packed foods (easy math/tracking)
5) Mirror/pictures/cameras/measuring tape (checking progress, trends)
6) @ home gym, adjustable weights + treadmill/standing desk (mostly meeting activity goals, lazy days, multitasking)6 -
1. Food logging
2. food scale
3. cycle fit class
4. Hidden Valley Ranch Yogurt Dressing
5. Plain Greek Yogurt4 -
1. My bicycle - burns calories and makes me feel good.
2. Single serving packets of Greek yogurt or tuna - easy to take work and meet my protein goals.
3. Unsweetened tea- a little caffeine boost, no calories and keeps me hydrated.
4. Fresh fruit- delicious and full of nutrients.
5. Baked potato- no butter, just garlic salt or hot sauce. I find it very satiating.2 -
1. MFP
2. Digital Food scale
3. Fitbit
4. Greek yogurt
5. Bathroom scale/Libra app
6. Protein bars2 -
1. My bike
2. Yoga for flexibility (or at least not being completely seized up)
3. My food scale
4. Bagged salad mix
5. My foam roller2 -
1. green tea -- I drink an insane amount of unsweetened green tea every day, hot or cold--all day-energy without jitters
2. kombucha -- feels like a treat, healthy, not too many calories, many interesting flavors
3. skinny pop -- fav go-to snack
4. living two blocks from Lake Michigan so I can take walks on the lake trails (I have snow shoes to do this even in the winter!!)
5. living in a community that is very walkable -- I can easily go three days without driving (in the summer when I am off from teaching)
6. ordering groceries from Amazon Fresh -- keeps me on my budget and lets me go over my "cart" before actually making the purchase so the junk food I put in there on impulse can get dumped!
7. fitbit + my challenge community of five friends-we encourage each other to keep active
8. Trader Joe's non fat greek yogurt in coconut cream flavor--tastes like dessert-add berries for a big treat that is actually healthy2 -
1. Just gonna lump these all together: MFP, Apple Watch, food scale, bathroom scale. I honestly enjoy logging everything.
2. Jenny Ford videos I found on Amazon that got me into the habit of working out at home consistently. I would like to join a gym one day but for this time in my life working out at home is better for me.
3. My new fancy baking sheets that roast up veggies perfectly.
4. Vega Protein powder.
5. Cado chocolate ice cream. Chocolate ice cream made from avocados! Best non-dairy ice cream I’ve ever tasted.3 -
Eggs
Food scale
Ninja blender
Oatmeal
Mixed vegetables3 -
Bathroom scale
Microwave
Strawberry protein powder
Skim milk
Feozen fruit1 -
MFP
Food Scale
Youtube fitness videos- got rid of my excuse that the gym is too expensive
Weighing daily
Trader Joe's- super cheap, low calorie foods that actually taste good and require extremely little prep/cooking on my part. Basically wipes out any excuse I have for not sticking to my calories.3 -
Equipment wise
1. Apps - MFP, Libra, Pacer, Map My Walk
2. Scales - bathroom and kitchen
3. Air Fryer
4. Bluetooth headphones for when I am walking
5. Physiotherapist to keep me walking
Foodwise
1. Vegetables and lots of them
2. Greek Yoghurt
3. Chicken and Turkey
4. Cauliflower rice (with broccoli and garlic for extra yum)
5. Dark chocolate for a daily treat2 -
- Judo dojo
- MFP
- Light creme fraiche (which now gets added to all the "creamy" sauces)
- Frozen pizza (because, when I cba, there's always a decent meal in the freezer to save me from a takeaway)
- Food scales2 -
ChelleTrell wrote: »1. Just gonna lump these all together: MFP, Apple Watch, food scale, bathroom scale. I honestly enjoy logging everything.
Me toooo - I keep a half assed bullet journal too where I note stuff about food and weight and patterns.1 -
1. Coffee!/ Sugar free Torani coffee syrups
2. Giant bags of frozen chicken breast tenderloins
3. Frozen vegetables
4. Apples because they’ll last a month in the fridge
5. Comfy shoes to walk in
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Quest bars and sardines2
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1. Yoga instructor who comes to my house. I have some embarrassment and mobility issues. Doing yoga at home is perfect for me.
2. Instant Pot. Just got the thing last month. I'm cooking more than I have in my entire life and making some healthy, good tasting food.
3. Cold red grapes - great sweet snack!
4. Steel cut oats. I'm of an age where I need FIBER. These are a great for breakfast. I make a week's worth in my IP every Sunday.
5. Boiled eggs. One as a morning snack helps me keep from getting too hungry.3 -
My food diary
My food scale. It keeps me honest
My friends and family
The forums with oh so many ideas
Past accomplishments and realizing that I want to continue down the road of success.1 -
1- Calorie deficit or plus depending on current goal
2- Bathroom scale
3- Wine or vodka, got to still enjoy life
4- Hitting fibre goal
5- Weekly calorie goals1 -
1. MFP
2. The gym
3. Protein bars and powder
4. Food scale
5. Egg whites1 -
1) Gym membership, with childcare. Unfortunately I'll be losing this for a bit. Hopefully I'll be fine.
2) Food scale. I've had it for YEARS, it's a workhorse and the best way to measure your servings.
3) Protein powder. I'd never hit my protein goals without it.
4) MFP - face it, I lose weight when I track my food. Even if I "try" to eat the same thing without tracking, I quit losing weight.
5) Amazon Music2 -
1. All my Apps: Weight Watcher App, Water Tracker, Fitbit, Daily Weight, and as of this week MFP!
2. Tools: Treadmill, Fitbit, Food Scale, Pinterest (for storing my recipes), and my kitchen that I love to cook in!
3. Food: Quest Bars, Premier Protein, eggs, chicken, ground turkey, fruit, spices and the occasional dark beer.
4. Husband: Can't do this without his awesome support!
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Trying to stick with 5 things, since that was the charge.
- MFP - all the stuff, but mostly the group fitness challenges
- Swimming pool for aquasize and laps
- Custom insoles for my tennies (made a WORLD of difference in my workout and daily life)
- YouTube videos for everything from recipes to yoga workouts
- Flavored sparkling water (makes the wine go much further)
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1. Buying a bicycle – This is the greatest thing I’ve done. I’ve always struggled to “exercise”. I hate the gym and have joined and quit more times that I can count. I loved boxing but boxing gyms are quite expensive and it’s not something you can just do effectively alone. Cycling on the other hand has been AMAZING! Between the road, the local cycling track or even on an indoor trainer with Zwift in a pinch, I can ride whenever I want.
2. MFP – Can’t understate how important MFP has been. Information, as they say, is power and MFP has given me the information I need to take control of my eating. Just the fact that I now consciously think about what I’m putting in my body is enough to have an effect.
3. Pivoting – This, or more precisely the LACK of this, was something that used to trip me up in the past. I’d find menu of foods or a way of eating that I enjoyed and that were effective in helping me lose weight. Then for one reason or another I would get sick of that particular food set or method and would go back to my old ways. Now I’ve learned value of pivoting. There are a host of foods and methods that will get me to my goal so now if the one I’m using is no longer enjoyable then *PIVOT* find one that is.
4. My New Boss – Soon after I decided to do something about my weight I started a new job at the same time. This could have been a nightmare. I was concerned that with the added pressures of my new job that my focus would be taken away from my efforts to get healthier. Luckily my new boss was a champion. He threw his support behind me 100% and became one of my biggest advocates in getting healthier even goings as far as to ensure that whenever possible our meetings took place outside, walking instead of stuck in a meeting room. Top Bloke!
5. Swapping Lunch for Walking – It was a few months ago now that I had a bit of an epiphany while heading out to lunch. I realised that I really wasn’t hungry and I was only eating because it was “Lunch Time” so I decided to just keep walking for the hour instead of eating. I was pleasantly surprised when that afternoon I hadn’t turned into a ravenous beast and a small mid-afternoon snack (protein snack, fruit, etc) saw me well and truly through until dinner. The bonus was that when dinner time rolled round I had plenty of calories left over to eat a big dinner. This worked out great because night time seemed to be when I naturally felt most hungry so having loads of calories left over meant I didn’t have to ‘restrict’ my dinner.
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MFP - The friendships, support and info here have done so much for me
My Actifry Air fryer - In the early stages when I thought I wanted something greasy, it got used a lot.
Food scale - no explanation required
Gym membership - it got me interested in group fitness and I have met so many like-minded people there
HaloTop, Coolway, Breyers Delight - a girl needs her ice cream and these get me by1 -
1 - 9Round. I love my workouts there, I can't wait to go back. It's fun hard work, abit of therapy & I burn more calories in 35 minutes than I do in twice the time at the gym. Plus I have a heart rate monitor that helps a lot.
2 - Profile by Sanford. Their keto diet plan (& 9Round) has helped me lose over 55 pounds (over 140 if you count the weight I've gained back) in about 6 months. I love their protein bars & their shakes taste great with just using water, which is rare. Their wireless scale automatically logs my weight, so I don't have to remember it.
3 - Synergy chiropractic spine & joint center. Maybe this should be #1, because before Synergy, my plantar fasciitis had nearly crippled me. I was walking like a 90 year old hunchback & it gave me hip & back problems. With their Active Release Therapy (ART), it got rid of the pain & gave me my life back.
4 - MFP. With the ease of logging in food & exercise, and the forums, nutrition help, motivation & support from fellow MFPers, it makes it easier knowing that what I'm going through isn't unique & I'm not alone.
5 - Brooks Glycerine running shoes. I love them & they are the perfect shoes for me & my orthopedic inserts.
6 - The Chicago Cubs. November 2nd 2016 (and early November 3rd) was the happiest day of my life, without exaggeration. Sure I have kids & the days they were born are up there, but I only had to wait 9 months for them & about the same for my wedding day, but I've been waiting nearly 50 years for them to win the world series so I could tell all the people with their jokes to go *kitten* themselves. I was pretty much crying for two days, especially watching the highlights & the commercials.
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Top 5 items/habits for me:
Food Scale
Cromometer app
Fitbit
Meal Prepping (does that count? lol)
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