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Just take it slow, try and find vegan alternatives for things you normally eat and focus on getting a decent amount of protein. I've swapped all my dips/sauces/spreads to non-dairy ones I still enjoy, and I'm currently working coconut yoghurt into my week and decreasing regular yoghurt. Other than that almost everything I…
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Is that the one where you basically do keto for six days and then have a cheat day to "keep your body on its toes"? I had a friend who swore by it and did it with my boyfriend back when I was less educated about nutrition. I lasted three weeks, I was cranky as hell without my fruit and by god was it boring eating plain…
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Weigh it.
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A huge korma curry, mountains of rice, about three garlic and cheese naans and a bottle of red wine. Used to be my absolute favourite go-to meal paired with a sitcom netflix binge on the rare nights I had off work with the house to myself. Pizza and burgers and beers I can fit in week to week pretty easily, but one serve…
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For me it was meat. I had wanted to go vegetarian for about a year but I just didn't know how I would manage not being able to eat chicken, tuna, pork etc and still lose weight/get enough protein. Then about halfway through a six month eurotrip where I wasn't tracking any food, I just decided to stop eating meat. I've been…
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If you're using the app and you've used the foods before they should be in your recent list and pop up as soon as you type the first letter. I prelog the rough ingredients I'm going to use before I start cooking, then as I chop and weigh each thing I have my phone next to me and click the ingredient and change the amount.…
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I find when I enter new foods into the database I have to enter one gram less (ie. 99g instead of 100g) because mfp always pushes it up one after it saves. Possibly we have similar bugs?
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It's true. I thought I was doing everything right eating at a slightly higher deficit to account for any dodgy logging/estimating. After about six weeks I couldn't *kitten* myself about water retention any more, raised my calories a little and tightened up my logging immensely. And I've been losing. Trust the system.
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Air popped popcorn, apples, veggies and dip
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The pie chart is pretty useless unless you've logged the entire day already. I go by the gram targets and don't even bother with the other page.
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Weigh and log them all, or make a recipe with them all if you make it the same ingredients every time. You can edit the amounts in the recipe if need be.
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Yeah, here in Australia it IS oily.. but.. not too much. Similar to when I get steamed veg and tofu, it's oily but sort of watery. Compared to getting something with a sauce, I'd take chow mein as a lower calorie option for sure.
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Oh also I realised I love kale! Cooked or raw. I've always been a fan of bitter veg though
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Asparagus and broccolini (possibly called tenderstem or baby broccoli where you are?), brussels sprouts, definitely eggplant, and also my local supermarket has pickled red cabbage, absolutely love it, you could also make your own
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I love Greek yoghurt with fruit Toast with peanut butter & strawberries Toast with avo Toast with a smashed up egg Crunchy veg with low fat tzatziki Beans & spinach microwaved with some pesto
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Just jumping in to say I follow vegan proteins on instagram and listen to her podcasts and I love her. Definitely recommend!
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It's not a huge deal to go over your carbs if that's the way you enjoy eating but it is important to be getting enough fat. When I was first starting out I didn't like "wasting" calories on higher fat things but as time has gone by I realised how much more satisfying meals are that have a little fat. Add some goat's…
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I guarantee you'll find more UK entries on mfp than any other app. I'm Australian but travelled around Europe for a while still logging, and I've BARELY come across foods that weren't in the database.
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The barcode on the product you have probably just isn't linked to an entry. It happens. Just type it in and search for it on the database, and if you still can't find it, create an entry.
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I try to eat a lot of low calorie, high volume food. Lots of veggies and low calorie dip, yoghurt with lots of berries, bulk up anything I can with veg or beans. I also let myself have what I'm craving (chocolate and peanut butter this month) and try to get some walks in to bump my calories up a bit. But hey, if I go over…
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Eat more fat, or change your macro goals to allow more carbs and protein. Once you've hit protein and fat minimums it doesn't really matter.
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Here in Australia we have "snack packs". Thick cut chips, doner kebab meat and usually chilli and garlic sauce on top. Really popular here.
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I usually keep a whole bunch of crunchy veg in the fridge and then chuck them on a plate with some tzatziki or hummus, a protein and maybe some bread/bagel/Lebanese bread.. more exciting than a salad but I get those 5 a day
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Keto is basically just keeping your carbs very very low, eating moderate protein, and the rest fat. Keto burns fat - dietary fat. Because you're feeding your body fat instead of carbs. Eating less calories than you're expending day to day (being in a calorie deficit) is what burns body fat. You can achieve this with any…
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Your actual amount of calories eaten may increase, but your net calories decreases. So yes, eat more, to burn more, to lose more. People seem to forget the middle part.
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It's hard. It's hard almost every day but you just have to remember that the time passes either way, so you might as well just keep on going. Slip ups won't stop you from just continuing on the next meal or the next day. We can all do it if we just don't give up.
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I don't get a reaction to citrus but I do get the alcohol flush, only I get it on my chest and upper arms. I've spent many hours on google trying to determine why it happens, I've just accepted it at this point. Bodies are weird.
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For meals that feel like they 'need' meat, I'll use substitutes, like meatless burger patties or meatless schnitzel with sides. For meals such as pasta, rice, curry, tacos, pizza, I add lots of veggies I enjoy and usually beans/lentils/chickpeas (maybe not on pizza :D ) and make sure the sauce is yummy and I don't even…
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It doesn't do anything, other than give you a 'motivating' message I suppose. Plus it posts on your feed. Are you set to maintenance or are you set to lose .5lb a week? Because that sounds like it perfectly lines up with a 250 calorie deficit.
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It might be that you have quite a high heart rate and so when you worked out your watch thought you were burning crazy amounts of calories. Or it's just taking a little time to adjust to you. The prediction annoys me so I have one of my meals called "tomorrow", and in the morning I'll log some of my breakfast on yesterday…