Original_Beauty Member

Yay I am not alone. Feel free to add me :) i am due to do measurements at the beginning of the month.

I'm 5'2" I am eating between 1600-2000 calories a day.

I agree, you won't last if you make yourself eat foods you hate. It's about balance.

There are a lot of these diet plans online, for free. Perhaps do not look at it as a diet but lifestyle?

Add breastfeeding to your exercise, if your baby is still only breastfeed, you will need about an extra 500 calories a day. This is with no other exercise.

Don't worry doing this once and a while will not kill your child. Parenting is hard work!!!!

These are actually really quite yum,y. When the chickpeas are blended and used for flour, after being cooked you can not tell they are made from chickpeas. My girls love chickpeas so that helps a lot. But carob is DISGUSTING!!!!!

I would rather eat this 'processed' food then packet foods with a ton of numbers, that is all that I am sayings let's agree to disagree.

I can completely relate. You are doing an amazing job.

I use the chickpeas you soak overnight, so no they are not processed.

oh yes chickpeas are highly processed... not. peanut butter is good for you. i do not add salt 1/2 choc chips...you say everything on balance yet you are pulling this recipe apart. did i say there was anything wrong with buying packaged? Gluten free biscuits are a rip off thats why we make our own and we have food…

That is not the recipe I use, I ise this http://www.beginwithinnutrition.com/2014/04/07/chickpea-chocolate-chip-cookies-vegan-gluten-free/ Kids have no idea when they come to my house they are made from chickpeas, and they are normally the first thing to go.

I try to do what I do with my diet for the kids 80/20 80% fresh, healthy, foods. 20% treats. But we try to make healthier treats. Being coeliac rules out a lot for us. But to have a healthy relationship we need to stop calling foods good or bad. Food is just food. We eat cakes and chips etc but EVERYTHING in moderation. We…

For health yes, you can not expect your body to work at its peak when you give it crap.

Try IIFYM calculator :)

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Completely agree. Just because it worked or didn't work for you doesn't mean it will or will not work for others.

I do this not for weight loss reasons but it helps me with hypoglycemia and I do not binge.

Try other spreads, tahini is yummy. Try foods high in protein, dairy free smoothies, there is a lot out there. I had these problems with my youngest too :( Also try dairy free smoothies between meals to keep your calories up, easy to prepare with one hand too!!!

Labelling foods bad or good. Food is just food!!! Or people think I do not like food...I love food!!! I hate people think I am following a fad diet because I am on a gluten free diet... Nope I miss gluten. Stupid coeliacs. :neutral_face:

So true....!!!

Ohhhh I hate this too!!!

I need to stop weighing myself. I haven't weighed myself for nearly 3 weeks. It feels amazing not basing how I feel on a number.

Their numbers are too low for protein, i wouldn't stress.

I agree with this. My weight does not define me.

And as we all know, just because you are skinny doesn't mean you are healthy either. It is a lot more complicated then that. I speak from personal experience as well.

All you can do is support here, be there for her... that's it.

I have only started using it :)

Stupid ipad and auto correct.