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During the week I have pretty much the same thing every day: *An individual Fage 2% plain Greek yogurt *1 serving of either Kashi 7 Whole Grain Nuggets cereal with fresh fruit, or oatmeal with cinnamon and either fresh fruit, or thawed frozen fruit. *And my breakfast smoothie: 1 banana, 1 cup kale or spinach, 1 cup…

It tastes pretty much like peanut butter. I put it in my oatmeal along with vanilla pea protein powder, fresh or thawed frozen fruit, and cinnamon. The PB2 and fruit mask the protein powder, LOL.

I'm a new vegetarian! (ovo-lacto, only eating organic/ethical eggs and dairy whenever possible) I've been vegetarian for about three weeks and it's going great so far. I became a vegetarian for ethical and sustainability reasons. I am not opposed to eating ethically raised meat every once in a while, but so far I haven't…

Don't get appetizers, only have one drink, ask them not to bring bread, cut your portion in half and bring the other half home for later (then you get to enjoy the meal twice!) If I get dessert, I usually get it to go and then have it later on after having time to digest the meal, which helps spread the calories out and…

72% dark chocolate. Honestly most of the time I crave chocolate more than I crave sugar itself. My favorite brand is Endangered Species which is also a vegan brand if you're into that.

Get a microwave vegetable steamer. Takes 3-4 minutes to steam.

I generally use the same strategy on holidays...have a light breakfast (ie. a smoothie), then have one big meal in the middle of the day, then skip dinner. On holidays my family usually goes for a walk in the park or around the neighborhood after eating, to burn off some of the calories (it also makes you feel better than…

Alice in Chains.

My usual weekday breakfast these days: *two Applegate Farms turkey breakfast sausage links *a Fage 2% plain Greek yogurt (I actually prefer the plain) *a bowl of oatmeal cooked in the microwave with 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries and cinnamon (it tastes like a berry pie but is super healthy!) *a smoothie made with one cup of…

It was...whole grain crackers, salted almonds, two mozzarella cheese sticks, baby carrots, peach applesauce (all-natural), Skinny Cow Dreamy Clusters for dessert, and lemon cucumber green tea to drink. About 600 calories total. I have variants on this Mon.-Thurs. at work, then on Friday I go out for lunch and get whatever…

Lifting weights can be easily done at home and there are many exercises you can do with them. Another thing that can easily be done is core conditioning exercises. Lunges, explosive lunges, high knees, prisoner jumps. Pushups and crunches if you're into that sort of thing. As for workout videos there are a ton on Youtube.…

Nothing wrong with walking! I find running to be very stressful and annoying tbh and I have no idea how anyone can possibly find it relaxing (and I was on the track team in high school). I've loved going for walks since I was a kid (if it's in nature, even better). I once walked 20 miles in one day just for fun. Nothing…

MFP has really low estimates. They estimated my maintenance calories at 1810/day. I'm currently maintaining on 2000-2100 cals a day, and that doesn't count cheat days.

Collectively, this is the dumbest thread I have ever seen on any forum. Who cares if she didn't literally have a friend on MFP who ate cookie dough for lunch? Are people really unfamiliar with the concept of a hypothetical example?

A serving of oatmeal itself is 150 calories already, so you're going to be limited in terms of what you can do. Pretty much just oatmeal and fruit. Unless you want to make only half a serving of something. I never got the whole overnight oats thing tbh. Freshly made oatmeal is way better.

I need an easily portable and nonperishable lunch because of where I work (and I'm also really lazy and don't want to spend more than a few minutes prepping food tbh). So here's what I have for lunch during the week: *a serving of whole grain crackers *a serving of salted peanuts, salted almonds, or peanut butter *two…

BTW I know this is an old discussion but I found a good substitute for cream cheese that comes in individual packets, in case anyone else is looking for the same thing. Laughing Cow cheese is spreadable, similar to cream cheese, and comes in individually wrapped single servings. The other plus is that my fiance likes this…

Wow just Googled it, it looks...interesting. Really cool though, I didn't even know this existed! I doubt I'll ever go to Alaska but it would be fun to try this someday. What does it taste like?

What about having a cup of tea with one packet of sugar (20 cals/5g sugar) instead of a dessert? The bonus is you can drink it slowly which maybe will help taper off the cravings.

I only lost about 3 pounds, since I was weighing myself every day. MFP's maintenance estimate was way off. Which I guess is good for me since I get to eat more than I thought I would!

I ate 2618 calories yesterday (I'm in maintenance and my goal is 2000/day). I was eating normally for the whole day, then I went after work to see a play my friend had written. Beforehand I stopped at Starbucks and got a quick dinner of a panini and an iced chai tea latte. Then we got to the play early and my fiance wanted…

I honestly didn't even realize I had gained 10 pounds since college because I never weighed myself...I kind of just assumed I was around the same weight since I had been since age 15. A few of my clothes got tight, such as jeans, but I usually wear dresses with leggings and loose-fitting sweaters/T-shirts, so most of my…

There's nothing necessarily wrong with eating a 1070 calorie meal. It all depends on the context in which it is eaten. For example when I go to Chipotle it's usually on the weekend after either waking up late and not having breakfast, or having a very light breakfast (like a smoothie). And this is not taking into account…

I have no idea if raw veganism is healthy or not (there isn't enough data to say one way or the other, since it's a pretty new diet, but the people who do it claim to be healthy). I would be wary of it though just because it's so extreme. It is a VERY restrictive diet. It is quite expensive, especially because they want…

A cup of Ronzoni Garden Delight penne with a tablespoon of salted organic butter...probably unhealthy, but one of my favorite foods ever. It kind of turned out to be too much butter though. Two cage-free scrambled eggs with a large tomato and lemon-herb seasoning. Two cups of kale-spinach mix with more lemon-herb seasoning…

Well in our defense, who reads through 11 pages of comments before commenting on a thread? And there are some crazy diet plans and crazy self-proclaimed "nutrition experts" out there, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this had come from some website somewhere.

LOL, what a ridiculous list! So what is left to eat?! Seriously, salted nuts? They don't even have that much salt. I have salted nuts every day with lunch and they only have 125mg of salt per serving!! This list says to cut out GUM...seriously GUM. It says to cut out coffee! Why? Coffee actually probably helps you lose…

It really depends on what kind of foods you like, and what other foods you're eating throughout the day. Nuts of some kind are a good portable snack (they come in a lot of different flavors too, like wasabi and even coconut...you can also get plain ones and flavor them yourself if you want). Cheese sticks are another…