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I'm right there with you on the stuck between sizes thing. My bigger sized shorts literally fall off if I put anything in the pocket but the next size down (in the identical shorts) is uncomfortably tight on my tummy. I wear a lot of elastic waisted skirts. I even have a few that have stretchy fold over waists like yoga…

Have you looked at some of the bodyweight strength training stuff that gets mentioned in here sometimes? You are your own gym (YAYOG), nerd fitness, and convict conditioning are the ones that usually get mentioned. You can get in a pretty good strength training workout without any equipment. Well maybe a sturdy door,…

There's definitely lactose free dark chocolate out there, just make sure to read the ingredients. I bought a bar of lindt dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt that has lactose in the caramel bits :( I think their plain dark chocolate is OK though. If you are lucky enough to be somewhere that carries Coconut Bliss brand…

Mmm Snacks, here's a bunch of ideas with some rough calorie estimates. 2 mini pepperoni sticks ~100-130 calories 2 digestives type cookies ~ 100 calories 25 grams of cheezies ~ 150 calories Half bag of turkey jerky ~ 120 calories Cup of berries with a smidge of whipped cream ~ 100 calories Teeny package of yogurt covered…

I like them, but I make a proper sized serving of regular spaghetti then mix in a giant pile of zoodles so I still get the visual effect of a huge bowl of spaghetti while keeping the calories low.

Hmm. Tricky one. I found a blog with a suggestion http://smallbites.andybellatti.com/you-ask-i-answer-nutritional-content-of-almond-milk/ If I was making it I'd probably start with weighing the almonds before soaking and guesstimate that half the fat and about a third of the calories end up in the milk.

Tea/instant coffee. Canned soup/chilli/beans, buns, and cheese make for easy lunch. For dinner hotdogs and campfire baked potatoes. For breakfast bacon/Turkey bacon and eggs with fried leftover potatoes from the night before. Bring some snackable veggies like baby carrots, sugar snap peas, and celery sticks. I'd try to go…

Have you tried Seitan (wheat gluten)? 10 grams of it has about 7.5 grams of protein so you wouldn't need much to boost your protein a bit. Protein powder smoothies are also probably a good idea.

There's so much black and white thinking on this subject. You don't have to either eat an entire cow a week or just eat lentils and broccoli. There's a whole universe of ways of eating that fall somewhere between these two extremes. As far as health goes, nutrition research really hasn't found one ideal way for everybody…

All the typical health reasons... But I think my neighbor asking when the baby was due is what finally pushed me over the edge.

Yep standard diet industry spiel. Get skinny with no effort in just a few weeks. The video even claims one guy lost an amazing 70 pounds (results not typical) by keeping up the diet for 4 months... That doesn't sound like a safe rate of loss to me. They even have their own branded protein powder, and bars because of course…

Beyonce is not a vegan. She went on a vegan diet for 22 days as a weight loss measure. In the full promo for her weight loss plan she mentions that she of course eats meat again already. That bit just didn't make it on the news. She and her husband are major shareholders, along with her personal trainer, in a company that…

Maybe somewhere in between would work for you? Eat a vegan/vegetarian diet most meals/days with a few meat meals/days? Sort of the opposite of meatless Mondays. Would you feel better about it if you got humanely raised meat from local farms? As already mentioned, healthy vegan/vegetarian is possible, just make sure you get…

Ugh. I wish people would stick to selling Tupperware and Avon. At least that crap is useful. I have a few FB friends who seem to be selling all the MLM crap. Lately it's all been about some miracle wrinkle remover cream and tea.

If you're walking outside maybe map out your route to see how far it is and figure out your average speed based on how long it takes? Or use one of the tracking apps if that works on your phone. Maybe it just feels like less of a work out because it's outside and not as boring as the treadmill. If that's your munchkin in…

I'm about 25 pounds from my goal of a healthy BMI and have noticed a few nice things. I surprised myself last weekend walking up several flights of stairs without gasping for air, I could actually keep up a conversation the whole time. That was pretty amazing. I've worn shorts in public a few times and the world didn't…

I'm 34, a SAHM with an almost 2 year old. I started a few months ago at 225ish and am now down to just under 200. I'll send you a request, anybody who likes can send me one :)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animals-and-us/201412/84-vegetarians-and-vegans-return-meat-why 86% of vegetarians and 70% of vegans go back to eating meat. I'd call that most.

Welcome :smile: I've got to second the suggestion for "how to cook everything" I have the vegetarian one and it really does have recipes for everything and is full of simple ways to make delicious things from whole ingredients. It was well worth the price, if you have an iPad/iPhone there's an app for it as well. I'm going…

Some raw food meals, or even raw food days? Sure why not. Some raw-foodist food is pretty tasty. I've had some delicious marinated cauliflower disguised as rice and cashew "cheese" and I love a big boring pile of raw veggies. But to eat that way all the time? That would be way too restrictive and drive me completely crazy.…

Coconut milk ice-cream is Amazing and generally a lot more calorie dense than soy or some of the other alternatives. Coconut Bliss makes the yummiest one I've found so far. I'd definitely try some of the non-dairy cheez foods too for a mac + cheese replacement. Roast veggies using a bit more oil than you would use for…

I don't understand why the article is singling out fruit loops. Pretty much all the "kids" cereal works out to being about 30% sugar by weight. This information isn't a giant conspiracy secret, the nutrition info is right there on the box. I love that the healthy breakfast alternative Granola recipe the blog links to has…

That reply was way more polite than the response I got the one time I emailed a soda pop company with questions about their "natural flavoring" They basically told me they didn't legally have to answer my question so they weren't going to. :( Looks like lots of people wonder about gum calories. These folks on reddit got a…

Great thread :) I was vegetarian for about 7 or 8 years, and didn't really eat meat often before that. When I started logging my food here I was shocked at how little protein I was getting, even on days when I was trying really hard to eat lots of protein. A few weeks ago I started by ordering some bacon at breakfast, had…

Paprika is amazing. A bit of cinnamon and sugar is delicious Nutritional Yeast is interesting, kind of like a footy smelling cheese. It takes a bit of getting used to. I haven't really found anything that works as well as a bit of melted butter for getting the seasoning to stick. I'm loving the hot-sauce suggestions above…

There are some great suggestions above for places to find recipes. If you need a bit more info about general nutrition and cooking for family/kids I found a free online child nutrition and cooking course from Stanford University. https://www.coursera.org/learn/childnutrition It includes a lot of information on nutrition…

At the bottom hit More, then my recipes and foods then pick a recipe. It should have an edit button at the bottom. The recipe builder is crazy buggy. Yesterday it told me 1/4 cup of sugar was something like 6 calories. Then after I fixed it and went to log it the calories quadrupled.

Thanks for starting this thread OP. Congrats on the loss. :) I've never really tried to lose any weight before now because I was half convinced that it's impossible. Now I'm kind of kicking myself for putting it off for so long, but at the same time I feel kind of guilty that I'm not more miserable about it. I wouldn't…

Before I gave up being a vegetarian I found this organic pumpkin seed protein powder. It's kind of gritty, but basically tastes like pumpkin seeds so it isn't too horrible. I think this might be a good fit for what you're looking for since the entire ingredient list is "partially defatted certified organic pumpkin seed…

Another vote for roasting. so yummy. Here's a bunch of awesome looking beet recipes if you're feeling more adventurous. Now I really want to make pears, beets and pistachios. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/10/27/magazine/27-bittman-beets.html?_r=0