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As far as I'm concerned, two eggs in a big scramble with veggies, cheese and an English muffin in the morning keep me going for so long that I'm able to eat a late lunch. That keeps me from getting hungry in late afternoons, so I don't snack before dinner. And the later we eat dinner (6:30-7), the less likely I am to eat…

What the gas guy told you is exactly what used to happen to me all the time on my old cooktop. Sometimes it would tickticktick long after I turned off the gas, too. A few times, I had to unplug the part of the cooktop that controlled the electronic ignition.

I use my food scale every day. My husband is from the UK and we have some of his old cookbooks, which tend to list some dry ingredients by weight (kg) rather than cups. I am, however, gutted to see what one ounce of shredded cheddar really looks like.

Wait, I think I did hear about marshmallows without gelatin. I have a vegan friend who said she had found them somewhere.

In the morning, I fill a jug with 84 oz. and I try to get it all in by mid-afternoon. I try not to have any water with or after dinner. Otherwise, I wake up three or four times during the night.

Yep, tandoori and raita (yogurt w/spices and cucumber), maybe a bit of pilau rice or some naan. A prawn curry would be nice, too, though I don't know how you could calculate the calories. Some Indian restaurants have very good fish and shrimp dishes.

On second thought, I think I can cobble together another recipe for fish tacos. That one calculates to way more calories and carbs than I have available.

I'm planning fish tacos for tonight, and I found this wonderful recipe that I actually have all the ingredients for, so I'm going to give them a try. I should probably run the recipe through the recipe builder to get the calorie/carb/protein count though. That will tell me how many I can have! Blackened Fish Tacos…

That's what I would do with something I discovered and immediately viewed as crack -- devour all of it. That compulsion is why I am in the early stages of a 110 pound weight loss, and it's not only dangerous, it's sad. I'm not even risking it right now. Maybe when I'm further along than just 13 pounds lost, I'll be able to…

Thanks. I must have made a copy/paste error.

Danni, yeah, mine too, and it's even more heavenly when it's made into a stuffed Italian-sausage bread with cream cheese, garlic, Swiss cheese, Kalamata olives, roasted red peppers and sausage. I won't post that picture. That would be sheer torture. I make a dozen of those every Christmas for my husband to give as office…

Buzzkill Alert. One thing that often derails me on weight loss journeys is wanting my favorite foods and having to settle for poor substitutes. I'll eat the poor substitute and then crave the real thing so much that I go overboard eating the real thing. This is a very poor substitute, and as a Chicago Italian who has been…

I used to grow kale because I liked the look of it, but I never liked eating it. I like kale chips even less and will be glad when the trend has run its course, which I think it will. I'm with Yayamom -- it's like eating ashes. Now, sweet-potato chips -- those are lovely.

^^^ Yep, Hearts nails it. All foods contain high amounts of water and they shed that water as they cook (when covered). I almost never add liquid to a slow cooker, and when I do, it's usually some kind of broth, maybe 1/4 to 1/3 cup.

Make your own seasoning blends based on the flavors you prefer. There are many recipes to be found online. If you slash the amount of salt in each recipe, you'll be able to use a lot more of the seasonings without making your meal too salty. For example, I like Old Bay seasoning for seafood, but wow -- it's SO salty! So I…

Bread has always been my weakness, and I've been baking loaf bread and baguettes, even pita bread, for most of my life. But I know myself and my weaknesses, so I've stopped baking it. I have an English muffin every day (Bay's are the BEST), but if I had loaves of homemade French bread here, there's no telling what I'd do.…

Thanks. It's weird, y'know. Ten or fifteen years ago when I was researching the best oils to give to the dogs, I read some bad things about coconut and palm oils. Then I began to see products with "No Tropical Oils" clearly stated on the front labels. I guess plam oil is still frowned upon, but I see coconut oil touted all…

What's all this about coconut oil boosting metabolism? I've always been under the impression that the "metabolism boosting" promotion of foods is pure fantasy. Am I missing something?

I had a look at your diary too, and my first reaction was that I'd be sleepy a lot of the time if I were to eat what you're eating. There are a fair number of simple carbs in there, all processed. I know some people can feel energized eating all that, but I just get sluggish and crash when I do. A half package of rice…

HAHAHAHA!!! Every time we have fish for dinner, my husband says that!

We love Paul Prudhomme's Salmon Magic or Seafood Magic spice blends. They're not too salty, so you can use more than you think, and they're delicious. I saute flaky fish and grill things like salmon and tuna, but I always use this spice blend. Here's a link to a copycat recipe if you want to save money or cut the salt even…

Air popped popcorn? I like Skinny Pop, and a 2-cup serving is just 78 calories. A drink of water afterwards, and I feel pretty full.

A cup of water is 8 oz. A cup of broccoli isn't. I never measure things like broccoli or cauliflower in a measuring cup. You never know how small it was cut up when it was entered into the database and there's a whole lot of air space between the florets. That's why I hunt through a lot of listings for the same food until…

Silken tofu -- yes! This one is delicious, and it makes an extremely large portion at just under 300 calories. It has 26g protein. In the photo, I've done blueberry, but any frozen berries will do. They must be frozen in order to get this soft-serve type result. A 12 oz. package of Morinu Silken firm tofu 1.5 cups frozen…

Hahaha, that's how I am with spaghetti squash, which I absolutely loathe. I'm Italian. My sauce is too good to put over that stringy, bodyless imitation! But THIS? I'm intrigued, and not because I want an imitation of a real crackery thin pizza crust (and boy, I make a great one). I love cauliflower...and cheese...and…

Well, my Android app is 100% useless again, acting very chrashtastic, so I'm only on the computer. Clicking on the red minus icon will delete a food from your day's diary, but not from the database. I am only able to bring up a delete button from the "frequent" tab, and even then, all the foods keep reappearing. I am…

Oh YES!!! And they also need to stop labeling foods as "bad".

Please ditch Herbalife. It's the biggest and longest running scam out there. I did have one really gratifying experience with Herbalife one time in the 90s. I gave a deposition in a lawsuit against them for harassing robocall telemarketing practices. They were making my life a living hell, calling me several times a day.…

I saw that thread. She's right. She was absolutely not endorsing a 600 cal daily intake. (Her recalcualted/updated daily intake came up as 600, and she was questioning how that could happen.) I recall that the gist of many posts was that MFP needed to fix that dangerous glitch -- STAT. There are MANY things MFP needs to…

Rotisserie chickens are way saltier than chicken you would roast yourself. I can't give you numbers because I have no idea how much sodium is in the rotisserie chickens, but they taste very salty through and through. I only know that skinning, seasoning and roasting a couple of whole chickens to have during the week is…