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Ask for a referral to a dietician or your local NHS diabetes clinic (where you'll see a dietician and a diabetes nurse). I was diagnosed pre-diabetic last year, and since implementing the changes recommended by the clinic I've got my levels back to normal. Weight loss and exercise should help - although in my case it…

OP is in the UK, and whilst I don't know which brand she's using every pack I've used shows the data for cooked.

Try putting the brand name, as well as checking against the packaging.

AFAIK MFP only sends you that message if you're logging below 1200 calories, and won't let you close your diary below 1000. How are you getting it eating 1500 calories? I can understand not feeling like you can eat more, not everyone is a volume eater (I gained all my weight eating very little in terms of volume, but boy…

Plenty of fluids and maybe eat at maintenance until you feel better.

Oh and cups are for bras and tea only ;-) Good luck!

You're not going crazy, it's just that if you're not losing (or are gaining) logging is the easiest thing to fix. Weigh everything, all our packaging has the weight per 100g so you can be quite precise and will never need to round up/down. Remember that the weight listed on the pack is seldom the weight of the contents…

Do you double-check the results of scans or searches against the information on the package? Scans lead to the MFP database, and as that is mostly user-created it's often incorrect (even the so-called 'verified' entries). Are you weighing pre-packed items or trusting the weight on the label? Are you literally weighing…

I've only recently discovered that I can make pancakes in my toasted sandwich maker, and I've been eating them ever since! In the UK we only usually have pancakes once a year, on Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day), so I feel quite rebellious eating them other days ;-) These ones are blueberry pancakes, with maple syrup and Greek…

I'm not answering for VintageFeline, but in my case I'm driven by health. I'm never going to be fit, but I'd rather not have diabetes.

If that method is working for you then stay with it. You now have the tools (scales and information) to stop those kg 'sticking like glue' when you're ready.

He's a shape-shifting alien. Be careful.

I wouldn't do it, I'd just choose appropriate portions and make a best guess. If I was the host I'd take other people's dietary requirements into consideration (e.g allergies, diet-related health issues or veganism/vegetarianism), and provide a lower calorie option if I knew someone was on a diet (e.g sauces on the side),…

Many people can't or choose not to exercise, it's all about the calorie deficit for weight loss. I don't exercise, but it means I have to be tighter with my calorie intake as I don't have the leeway that someone burning more calories through exercise might have.

Did you check the battery? If that's ok, put 250 ml of water on the scales and see what it weighs. You might, if the discrepancy is consistent and you can calculate how much it is, be able to use your current scales until the new ones arrive. I'm shocked that you peel sweet potatoes though, the skin is the best bit LOL!

And double-check the entries in the database too! They're not all correct! I create my own entries in the My Food tab, using the information on the pack. Be persistent and consistent, and the weight will come off.

Hehe I know, it seems odd when the pack will say "per slice" or whatever. Those are factory averages though, and none of your slices might weigh what it says. I assume (because you weigh in stones) that you're in the UK, if so every package has the nutrition per 100g so you can calculate it easily...once you weigh it ;-)…

Yeah I no longer weigh eggs, but I'm meticulous about everything else and I'm losing weight. OP isn't weighing lots of things, and until she gets the mindset that it's important to know what calories are going in (estimates are great when they work, but 1 stone in 5 months says it's not working for her) she should probably…

Well it's that or keep putting weight on?

Weigh eggs, slices of bread, steamed veg...I don't know any other way to say "weigh everything".

It was the qualification of "that needs to be weighed" that threw me. Are you weighing everything?

If you're not weighing it, you're estimating it. Weigh everything.

I am so going to try that!

It's all a matter of perspective though. For example, I would find it easy to read the bold part as "judgy and condescending", if I was that way inclined. It seemed to me that the other thread was attacking the product, and your role as a distributor, not you personally. Maybe you're not used to being around people that…

Just checking...you do realise we can read what was actually said there, don't you?

In addition, the "Class 1" quoted by the PP is misleading and possibly scare-mongering: Source: http://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/

For weight loss, you don't need to exercise. You may need to be a bit tighter with your logging if you're not moving much in order to keep your deficit, but the weight will come off. For getting in shape, do what you can and next time try to do a bit more. Try not to get overwhelmed by thinking that you've got to do it…

It says it makes 18 slices in a 25cm x 20cm (10x8in) tray. It does look lovely though (probably a bit too lovely for me to leave the rest in the tray!)

Thanks! She's driving me mad at the moment due to thunderstorms LOL!

Some descriptions are on the page where you set it: Log your exercise separately, the above settings are for your normal daily activities.