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eatingwell.com cookinglight.com ^^^Those are some of my favorites to browse and get ideas. Try baking instead of frying or pan-frying most things. For breakfast I typically have an egg white omelette with spinach strips, sriracha, and turkey bacon on an english muffin. Lunch: I like whole wheat pasta a variety of ways.…

This recipe for black bean soup: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/black_bean_soup.html Plus some avocado and taco seasoning. Looks icky, tastes great.

I would say the only time it is truly obsessive is if it starts to be a constant, nagging (negative) presence. The first time around I definitely went overboard. It caused stress and made me very anxious when I was not able to log. This time, I have a much healthier mindset and don't feel stressed or upset if I screw up.…

MFP helps me keep track of my carbs and calories in one place, so in that way it's a useful tool for both diabetes and weight loss. Since, when you log on MFP, you will have all the nutrition facts in one place (and a total per meal, which is great) you can see the trends in your BG when you eat certain things. I use it…

An easy one is to make a stir-fry. Basically, find any recipe you like and replace the meat with your tofu (cut into chunks). I usually don't bother with a recipe and throw in whatever veggies I have on hand, rice or leftover plain noodles, seasonings and soy sauce. Sometimes an egg, though that's usually if I don't have…

Just posting here to see other's answers. Same problem, would like some solutions as well.

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Fruit and maybe a tsp of brown sugar, or I'll add seasonings to it and use it for dips/toppings for burgers and things like that.

Ice cream is my favorite dessert, but if I have it I end up going overboard. If you've got a food processor, some fruit to freeze, and greek yogurt you should make yourself some homemade frozen yogurt. Search google for a recipe regarding any fruit you've got handy. Usually very yummy.

Any soup recipe is super quick and can be customized any way you like. Very filling if you add the right stuff. Try out one of these (for the avgolemono, search for any quick recipe and see what looks good to you. Very good.): http://damndelicious.net/2014/04/25/lemon-chicken-orzo-soup/ or…

I've had my hamilton beach bowl scraper food processor for a year or so and use it all the time to make hummus and chop up chickpea burgers (so...big falafel haha), and smooth soups, etc. I don't use it for liquids much but I'm sure it would be ok in small batches. I like it a lot, especially because I do not have to…

I use my Pinterest account where I pin healthy recipes that I revisit and tweak to suit my needs - I change around ingredients to what I have in the house, or lower calorie replacements, or vegetables I prefer, etc. If you start you will eventually fall further and further into it. I particularly like recipes by this food…

This is definitely a 'thing'. Treating food as a drug. I do still get that feeling sometimes. Unfortunately, if I go ahead and do that I'll be in full-out binge mode, so I try to curb that. Or, if I want something like that, I pre-log so I am not blindly shoveling food into my face, haha. If it does happen once in a while,…

This thread is dangerous! Making me hungry when I wasn't a second ago, haha.

I bought mine for $15-$20 dollars a year ago from Walmart. Its digital, it still works well. I recommend checking that out. Other than that, Amazon. You can set specific search perimeters for price and find one with good reviews. Good luck! Edit: My scale is actually the one @csch79‌ posted. It works really well, I…

Hi! I am also a type 1 diabetic, have been for almost 10 years. I'm 20 yo, 5"2, and 153 lbs - very similar to your starting point as of now. I post daily and try to eat as healthy as possible to try to get my sugars under control. It's hard, and can get really discouraging on occasion! I agree with you that it can be a…

Feel free to add me (OP and all others)! I have my diary open to friends. I love getting ideas from my MFP friends as well. :)

I like this one: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/pad_thai.html

I could use some more friends on here for motivation, feel free to add me everyone!

Dinner for me was scrambled eggs with chives, a small avocado with lime, salt, & pepper, and a brown sugar/cinnamon/lime sweet potato. Yuuuum :smile:!

This is amazing! The description of the shopping trip was giving me anxiety just reading it. It is wonderful that you no longer have to deal with that.

http://thehealthyfoodie.com/hasselback-sweet-potatoes/ This is one of my favorites. I used what I have on hand in replacement for some of the ingredients - so olive oil or butter or even cooking spray for ghee and regular salt instead of Himalayan. Anyways, yum.

Not the poster, but generally in baking I would substitute 2 things maximum. If you can, sub half whole wheat and half white, otherwise you may be looking at a much denser popover that might not really 'pop'. You can sub Sugar In The Raw for Splenda, I believe there are conversion charts out there? When in doubt...just try…

As much as I've been there I don't think I've ever used the arc trainer. Definitely going to give that a try. @beautichick77‌ Typically $10 for a basic membership (you get in, you workout, basic) and $20 for some extra perks (massage chairs, tanning, etc.). I use the basic $10 membership and it suits me just fine.

I have had a Fitbit One, and I like it a lot. It lets me see how active I am and that in turn motivates me to at least make up the steps in my 'goal'. It's no question that the device works well for what it is (step counter, and counts the floors you climb), so if that is something you'd like to see I feel like it is worth…

MFP has a built in feature for that, click on the link @obscuremusicreference‌ posted and input your ingredients, go through and match anything that wasn't automatically sorted, and you'll have your nutritional info by serving. :-)

Glass is better than plastic, but honestly it doesn't matter too much - use what containers you have. :smile: Sometimes I'll use Chinese takeout soup containers and they work fine. Soup with noodles left in it will sometimes turn them to mush, so I recommend separating the noodles into a different container until…

Hi there, I'm a working college student, too. It can be ridiculously easy to fall into eating unhealthily when you've been out all day at work and school and don't want to bother. That's my issue on class days, anyways! Feel free to add me. :smile:

The easiest way I've found is (if boneless) cut it in half, use cooking spray on the pan and season the chicken, and cook for 25 min at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

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