RealLifeDaria Member

I've really enjoyed Orgain Vegan Protein shakes.

I would be interested to see how it works out for you! The FitBit was also not part of my plan, but my boyfriend had one lying around that he wasn't using so I figured why not? In the past year I switched from a very active job in a city where I didn't have a car and walked/biked everywhere, so a more sedentary job in a…

Yes, but I think even including BMR+steps, that number is WAY too high. The rate of my weight loss (<1lb/week) supports a number closer to what MFP has been giving me (BMR around 1850 for "lightly active", eat at 1350). I've been keeping close to that number, and the math is adding up. If I were really at a deficit of more…

Even for "actual calories" burned so far today FitBit is giving me what seems to be a wildly inflated number--something like 2,500 cals.

After looking at it, it seems to be giving me WAY more calories/step than it should. For the ~20 minutes I walked my dog this evening at about a 3.0 mph pace, it gave me more than 150 cals. That's WAY too much for a 20 minute walk! I have my height and weight entered in correctly, so I'm not sure why its burn estimate…

I have checked out the steps breakdown and when it says I'm doing most of my steps seems accurate. I haven't checked out the cals/30min breakdown yet though.

I just don't think I could possibly be burning 1,000+ more calories than I have been accounting for. I have my goals in MFP set to an aggressive but reasonable loss of 1 lb/week--I'm already at a healthy weight and am not looking to lose much. If there were a magical extra thousand calories burned per day that I hadn't…

I think I have my goals set to "lightly active".

I've been an egg-including-but-mostly-dairy-free vegetarian for 15 years, and yeah...in terms of weight gain and loss its no different than any other way of eating. I have found that over the years I don't even really think about the fact that I don't eat meat and have just gravitated towards cooking from cuisines that are…

Dark leafy greens are a great source of iron! 1 serving will usually have somewhere around 35% of your RDA, and is very low calorie, making it easy to fit in.

Yes, hemp protein powder in smoothies has always ended up gritty for me.

It *is* an issue, which is why I mentioned I only eat organic, pastured eggs and limit myself to 2/day (in part because pastured eggs are $$$$, and in part because I think minimizing the consumption of any/all animal products is worthwhile). Everyone has their own comfort level, though.

This. Looks. AMAZING. Thank you so much--will definitely be making these AND making a whole batch will save me cooking time in the morning! Double whammy!

Never thought of nutritional yeast for protein! I have some on hand as I used to like to add it to my eggs. Don't know why I stopped...it's a great idea and I should start again.

How many cals a day do you try to hit, if you don't mind me asking?

Thank you everyone for all of your recommendations--but oysters are not going happen :# The cereal idea is not bad although its hard for me to bring myself to eat something cold for breakfast--usually I'm getting up around 4:30am and all my belly wants is something warm! Could be a good light lunch for days that I am…

I LOVE overnight oats and have never thought of adding protein powder to them! What a great idea!

I don't eat meat for ethical reasons. I don't eat dairy because my digestive system does not approve.

Love tofu! I just try not to go too crazy with it due to the whole phytoestrogen thing.

I try to limit my egg consumption to 2/day, mostly because I only buy free-range organic eggs, which are pretty pricey. I have a vegan hemp protein powder, but its 130 cals for 11 grams of protein, and I have a hard time justifying drinking my calories because it never makes me feel full. Maybe it'd be worth it though?