jmauerhan Member

I have a ton of combos that are fast and easy to make on a weeknight, and super easy on the budget, and my kids will eat and get plenty of veggies. We don't make a separate meal for the kids, all three, including the 13 month old, eat what we eat. FYI: I'm vegan, and only cook/prepare vegan meals for my family, but you…

By that rule you can't tell me what I can and can't say :-P Obviously I can't actually say someone can and can't post. But I'm responding to all the people saying the OP shouldn't try to get her kids to eat their dinner. It's okay for them to say "don't do something" but I can't say "don't post that"? Come on. Double…

Mrs. Dash (and the store brand equivalent) seasoning mixes. I have southwest, savory, onion & pepper... and they're all no salt added. We also use veggie broth or "soup starters".

Diet Dr. Pepper is supposed to taste exactly like regular Dr. Pepper. I have always drank diet sodas and to me a regular soda tastes WAYY too sugary, it tastes gross. But everyone I know who has switched from regular to diet says Diet Dr. Pepper is the best. Coke Zero is also very good in taste.

Especially fruit! I log everything including coffee (because I add sugar/creamer or mix it with cappucino) and vitamins. I don't record diet sodas or water. Fruit has tons of calories.

The majority of people I know who do a "Paleo" diet are not doing so to lose weight, but because they think it is the "BEST" way to eat. I have always heard it touted as healthy, with weight loss as a side effect if you're overweight. The people I know who do it swear they just feel better when they don't eat dairy, and…

Yeah that's my point. No one has actually said anything else to her, no encouragement, no tips - everyone is just freaking out about one comment about pizza. That's the waste.

Yeah everyone focus on the word pizza, not the fact that the OP admitted she's been mindlessly consuming food, and wants to fix that. Good job.

I'm surprised at some of the responses. The OP didn't say she is trying to put her kids on a "diet", just that she is trying to get them to eat the meals she provides. So she's asking for meals that are kid friendly that fit her diet - diet as in foods one eats, not just attempt to lose weight. First of all, if you don't…

Spinach, onion, bell pepper, tomatoes

I would love that for my coffee, to not have to measure my creamer.

An OB is a surgeon, why would you ask them about breastfeeding? It's not a "sensitive" thing really, it's fairly common knowledge and easy to find out that breastfeeding uses calories, and estimates for how many are on many websites.

Log your food and count the actual calories. Just eating a specific type of food does not make you lose weight.

I guess fruit is my only answer. I've been counting calories for over a decade, so I don't feel it's surprising that any food from a restaurant, coffee place, package, whatever is going to have more calories than one would expect or think is reasonable. But I hate that a whole can of green beans is like 70 calories and a…

Knowledge is knowing the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing it doesn't belong in a fruit salad.

You should look for the "If it fits your macro" thing.

I thought you meant BJs Steakhouse. Are you talking about the grocery store? I mean, wouldn't it be pretty much the same as what's at any grocery store?

So, you posted here to say you were not interested in what the OP was proposing? That's...weird.

If you like carbs, why would you want to be on a low carb diet?

Make sure your activity level is set correctly, and then maybe pick a more reasonable goal like .5 lbs. How much do you want to lose total? Since you've already been using another site you've clearly been dieting already and the weight isn't going to come off as fast as it does when you first started.

I remember my mom eating them. :) Sorry! :)

Well yeah, you would add it to your diary yourself. The program also doesn't know if you add ketchup to something, you have to put it in the computer.

I don't think they've really been a popular diet food since like, the 80s, anyway.

Then your calories would still be below your goal. When you log your food for the day, MFP will say "So and so was below their goal" or just "so and so logged their food" if you went over.

Okay yeah the ones with the fake powder stuff on it do taste good, but that's the powder, not the rice cake ;) Plain ones, you have to slather with peanut butter and honey and then whats the point?