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Hi there! Sorry to hear you're feeling discouraged! Can you open up your food diary so we can see what you're eating and what your calorie goals, etc. are? Thanks!

This post was just made on a food blog I follow, with some lentil/bean recipes. :) http://cookieandkate.com/2016/16-bean-lentil-recipes/

^ They sound delicious! Actually going to make the first or second next week for lunch. Would be so easy to take to uni with me. Thanks for the great ideas, Lynn!

I read this on a reddit article: ""Whether it's in my stomach or in the trash, it's gone to waste--already spent the money on it." Worth considering? Where I live we recycle food which is collected once a week (helps for veg peelings, spoiled food, etc. - it can all be composted). If you're that conscientious or you find…

When people don't wipe down the machines when they really should have. You know the ones.

Anyone's welcome to add me, but please write a little 'hello!'. :)

I always use the recipe builder for this - most of my recipes come from online cooking blogs. I do find it doesn't always match up the ingredients properly, so I almost always spend 10 minutes or so checking that it's all correct and editing amounts or replacing items. (Sometimes 3 cloves of garlic are equated to 8000…

A big box of sushi rolls I bought that had been reduced in my local shop - sushi and cucumber, salmon and prawn, and salmon and avocado. My day was pretty hectic to it was great to be able to just eat that 'on the go'. It came with little pouches of soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger. I rarely have it, and it was only…

I made a delicious Spring Thai Green Curry from the blog Cookie and Kate - carrots, asparagus, onions, full-fat coconut milk, brown rice - the works! Also threw in some chicken breast, and it only came to around 400 calories! (I use low-calorie spray to save on the oil, I should note.)

Thanks, Lynn! I think that's the thing - I don't know anyone that does, so I'm not sure if I would, but if I knew I'd added people with the same interests, I'd know then that someone might be interested in my post. To do it you just click on 'My Home', then the 'Profile' tab, and then under 'Recent Activity' on the right…

It's dangerous, but I couldn't be without it! I eat it by the spoonful, put it on toast, put it in Eastern Asian dressings. I need it more than I know I shouldn't have it. :naughty:

Sorry I don't have a full answer, but I wear a Polar Loop all the time. My steps don't sync with MFP, but when I exercise at the gym (about 600+ calories, wearing a heart-rate monitor) that syncs and is automatically logged to MFP. I sort of think that if I was doing 8-10000, I would log those steps, but it seems like…

Hi there! I commented on this thread yesterday and there are a few great suggestions from people on there. You could also search through the forum posts (remember it's a slow-cooker in the UK, and generally known as a crock-pot in the US) - I know there's a lot of different threads all with different recipes that you can…

You're absolutely fine!!! Take a breather, remember how hard you've worked at the gym or elsewhere, and that you still have calories left. MFP sets you a lowest possible calorie intake based on your physical profile, and how many lbs a week you want to lose. I assume you've set it to 2lbs based on your calorie goal per…

I love having porridge with fruit or a full-English with no fat (calorie spray not oil, fat removed from bacon, poached egg not fried, and grilled mushrooms and tomatoes). I will always take the time for breakfast to have something warm. In summer I might have a grapefruit with scrambled egg, a wholewheat bagel, and a…

The Theory of Everything OST. It's really beautiful.

You could try Chocolate Covered Katie - she has some great tips and recipes for swapping ingredients like flour for white beans, etc., with no sacrifice on flavour. Or try to look at these low-calorie cakes from BBC Good Food. Maybe the key would be to make a sheet cake and cut them into equal bites, and then you've got…

Hi Jeanine, I've put back on about 30lb over the past few months. I kept saying to myself, 'oh, it's the holidays' and 'I'll wait until the new semester starts at university', but then I thought to myself - why not now? Nothing's stopping me from starting. I know how good it feels to see the number on the scale going down…

Hi Ema! I'm in a similar boat as you - I lost weight, put some back on (still have a ~25lb loss under my belt) and I'm now trying to lose again with a goal of 40-50lbs. Wish you all the luck in the world with your achievements! Do feel free to add me - would love more friends on here to keep myself motivated and inspired.…

BBC Good Food has a few lovely crock-pot recipes. I'd suggest looking at Pinterest too for ideas (one example), as well as thekitchn -- in particular this page: http://www.thekitchn.com/15-splendid-meals-from-the-slow-cooker-169023 Some good food blogs (solely for or related to crockpot recipes) are:…

I'm a student, too! Feel free to add me, and I hope your first year at uni is going well! :)

I use a bento to take my lunch to uni in. I absolutely love it! I use a Monbento - two boxes that click together and can keep food separate and fresh with an air-tight seal. Sometimes I'll just put a sandwich and fruit in it, but it works with every kind of left-over; I love using it after making a Chinese meal: one box…

Love: swede, really 'gummy' dates, anything Asian (Thai, Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and especially Chinese; I cook a lot from Fuschia Dunlop's cookbooks and think they're brilliant), big bowls of white rice, jam roly poly and rice pudding, mushrooms. I love most foods, to be honest! Hate: I don't think there's anything…

You look absolutely wonderful, Amelie! I'm currently at the same weight as at your starting weight, with a near-identical goal weight as your CW. Did you use MFP to keep track of what you were eating, or were you just making a conscious effort to stay as healthy as possible? Thank you for the brilliant…

I used to run a food blog and posted a ton of ways to make porridge on there - LINK. I posted a load of different porridge recipes up until page 6 out of 7 that you're welcome to check out. If you have the time or are a bit oatmeal-savvy, you could also make oat granola (CookieandKate has some great recipes; I recently…

Scrambled egg with cayenne and cumin, a pink lady apple, and a bowlful of New England Butternut Squash Soup (by Glorious) - 352 calories. :)