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Are you going to a real Mexican restaurant or to a chain Mexican style restaurant? OK, I checked your profile. I doubt there is a real Mexican restaurant in Akron. If you can get real carne asada or chicken tacos on small 5" corn tortillas they are usually about 150 to 175 calories each with 9 to 10 grams of protein. The…

I snack at my desk. Baggies of carrots, snow peas, almonds, walnuts, broccoli, cauliflower, roast garbanzos, apples, oranges, boiled strips of chicken with seasoning, pop top cans of Genovo Tonno (tuna) with seasonings, Triscuits, slices of cheese, Chobani plain non-fat yoghurt, Quest bars, etc.

I live in a very rural area of the US southwest. I make most of the food at home and that ranges from refried beans and tortillas to posole. Over in the next county they have restaurants like McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. For me that's pretty ethnic ;-) I travel a lot internationally and like the food in Mexico,…

Quest. High protein, high fiber, relatively low calories, almost tastes good. I eat one a couple times a week when I am low on protein or fiber for the day and can afford the calories.

As SinRunTing pointed out the calculator above is based on population averages. I am a 68 yr old male, currently 229 lbs and 6'2" tall. If I eat 1700 calories per day I would maintain my current weight, but according to the calculator my maintenance number is about 2300 which would guarantee a weight gain of about 5 lbs…

It depends on what you are trying to do. I lift to improve my overall strength for everyday activities. Machines keep you in one track and stress just a single muscle group in a single direction. But your body moves in many directions when you are doing real physical work and many muscle groups are used. I prefer the feel…

Lima bean and chicken soup with celery, onions, carrots and green beans. Made it yesterday for lunches this week.

Malvada!

I snack throughout the day rather than eat set meals also. Fruit, nuts and veggies covers most of mine, but also roasted garbanzos. Rinse a can, pat dry and wipe off the skins to keep from exploding in the oven. Drizzle with olive oil and bake on a cookie sheet at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes until crunchy. Season as you like.…

I have a very high arch and supinate, so when I found Brooks Ghost shoes a few years ago I stuck with them. They are much better for my feet than anything else I have tried in the past 50 years. Karhu is a Finnish company that makes fantastic xc skis and track spikes. I have never seen their trainers, but they are probably…

I cut chicken in strips and boil on Sunday. I store them in the refrigerator in a container with water to keep them moist. Then I take a few strips out, sprinkle them with seasoning and put in a plastic baggie to take with me. Other baggies might have carrots, celery, broccoli, almonds, walnuts, Triscuits, roasted…

Pre-packaged lettuce mixes such as "Spring Mix", "Spinach & Lettuce", etc. contain about 6 cups of greens packed down to about 4 cups in a container and cost about $3.50 at my local grocery. That is about 3 lunches for me. I buy half a head of red cabbage (lasts 2 weeks), an onion (lasts 1 week), some tomatoes (1 per…

I grew up on a hog & poultry farm. We sorted eggs by sizes using a slotted board, and then weighed them by the dozen. So one dozen large eggs should weigh, according to the Agriculture Department, 24 ounces; one dozen extra large eggs should weigh 27 ounces. However, some of the eggs in that dozen will weigh more than…

Get rid of the garlic salt and buy minced garlic. You can get it dried or moist. Moist is more flavorful, but you have to keep it in the refrigerator after you open it. Other spices: celery seeds (one of my favorites), oregano, dried parsley leaves, thyme, rosemary, sage, basil, cloves, cinnamon, cumin, black pepper, red…

Bom dia!. Seja bemvindo. Eu amo a Coimbra. In fact I love Portugal, although I have never been south of Lisbon. I love Guimaraes, Citania de Briteiros, Viana do Castelo, Vila Nova de Foz Coa; lovely country and lovely people. My wife and I rented a sail boat on our 20th wedding anniversary and sailed the Duoro from Porto…

If you add a can of white hominy instead of corn it will have more corn taste, kind of like a chicken posole.

Good pesto is made with pine nuts. LOTS of calories, but sooo tasty! Like the others say, if you are less than 300 over once a week, you deserve a gold star. The only asian restaurant in my county uses MSG. So whenever I eat there, I have a lot of water gain for a few days. I try to use portion control when eating out and…

Looks like the 'Human Genome Project' gone wild. I know it is only code for the image. Wish I could see the image.

Gorgonzola from the store. I'm still eating from a wheel of pecarino we bought in southern Italy last summer. That and a cheap glass of Salentino wine that we brought back makes a delightful snack.

Roasted garbanzo beans (chick peas). Drain and rinse well a can of garbanzos. Strip off the skin to prevent oven explosions. Pat them dry with a paper towel. Drizzle with about 1 to two tablespoons of olive oil. Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes. Sprinkle with your favorite spice (celery seeds, chili powder, lemon pepper,…

I top salads at work with a package of tuna or salmon. I find that a great variety of fresh veggies and some balsamic vinegar helps a lot. I discovered Genovo Tonno in the 3 oz pop top cans on Amazon. Buy it by the case and it doesn't cost more than the Chicken of the Sea foil packages per oz and tastes sooooo much better.…

They can be a little pasty/mealy and dry for my tastes, so I usually eat them with a cup of hot tea.

I prepare Sunday dinner for my kids and grandkids and then use the left overs for lunch at work. I never cook the same way twice and only use cookbooks for ideas that I change. Here are some recent ideas that I had. Chicken in bean soup. I diced the chicken breasts and added it along with diced veggies and spices to beans…

I don't know what you have for tortillas in the UK. In the US you can get tortillas made of flour or corn. Corn is the original and flour is a US invention. Typical flour tortillas here contain about 120 to 130 calories each. Typical corn tortillas have about 50 calories each. Flour tortillas are more flexible than corn,…

Pousada Viana do Castelo, Monte de Santa Luzia for only 655 Euros per night. My wife and I stayed there for our 20th anniversary. Very comfortable, excellent service, wonderful food, fantastic Portuguese wine from a sumptuous cellar, amazing panoramic view of the estuary of the Rio Lima where it empties into the Atlantic.…

Veel succes! "I'm looking for friends for motivation"? I think that is what you wrote. I don't speak Dutch or Afrikaans. I understand a little German. We are supposed to write in English, but here is the link to the Dutch part of the website. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/nl

Good luck with the dissertation. My wife finished an MS in geospatial engineering last year completely online while working 84 hours per week in Afghanistan and coping with Guillain-Barre. She had previously be very active, walking 7 to 10 miles per day for work and working out in the gym every night. But with the GBS she…

When advising my grandson regarding violin practice I tell him that Itzhak Perlman recommends no more than 5 hours of practice per day. He tells me that practicing 1 hour is plenty. So how long are you actually working out in the gym each day, how long swimming, how long cycling? Years ago when I had time I was in the gym…

68 here and started a month ago with 49 to lose. Down 13 lbs, or more than 25% of the way as of today. I also have lost, gained, lost, gained, ad infinitum, but I would rather do that than just gain. You haven't lost the battle until you give up. When I lose 35 I will be at my lightest in the past 7 years and when I am…