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Lunch from earlier today! Saffron rice with steamed broccoli and salmon patties!! Added a little ketchup - super good and came in at a little over 400 cals. Also had some kombucha and dried mango as a snack!

Do you have a slow cooker? Poke around for slow cooker recipes - throw ingredients in in the morning, and it's done when you're home! Other than that, meatballs are pretty easy - spaghetti for the kids, spaghetti squash for you (also very easy - look up how to prepare it)

A little dark, but here is today's lunch! Red pepper slices and steamed broccoli, with spaghetti squash, honey glazed chicken, and some edamame and snap peas! Also brought a yogurt for a snack :)

light string cheese, any fruit, a yogurt, quest bar/other type of protein bar, hard boiled egg, cut veggies (with a dip if you want), nuts, light popcorn

I've also wondered about this! Due to general inconsistencies in calories, nutrition facts, etc. there's no way to know for sure how much you're eating to the calorie, but as a general rule I usually add half of the marinade I made to my diary (perhaps an overestimate, but better than disillusionment about a low calorie…

Eggs any way you want them (maybe with cheese), greek yogurt, peanut butter (added to oats or yogurt), smoothie (with protein powder, milk, fruits, peanut butter...try different options)

Funnily enough, when I was putting the strap on one of my boxes tumbled to the floor! No spillage but ruined the semi-pretty Squash and zucchini fritters with snap peas on a bed of spinach, tuna salad, and red pepper slices. Not pictured: quest bar and apple. All inclusive (the not pictured items) it comes to 753 calories,…

You can keep it that way, do some simple cross multiplying and have a correct entry

Other good recipes/foods I like that are healthy: spaghetti squash (add choice of protein, other veggies) squash fritters: choice of squash (mashed), breadcrumbs (add until mixture sticks together), egg (one per every 2 cups of squash), seasoning of your choice (I like onion, garlic, salt and pepper). Cook in a pan honey…

Turkey meatballs: 4 oz lean ground turkey, breadcrumbs (add until mixture sticks together), egg, half an onion - chopped or minced, garlic to taste, salt and pepper to taste. Cook in oven or on stovetop in a pan! Other good sources of protein: greek yogurt, nuts, beans (including edamame), eggs, light string cheese, quest…

This. Make whatever you love work for you - cook hamburger patties out of ground turkey or chicken (or even salmon), and eat it on top of a bed of spinach; turn a sandwich into a lettuce wrap; make soup; make some meatballs and eat them with spaghetti squash (or a small serving of pasta)... you can modify/moderate any food…

First and foremost: know yourself! I can't be stopped when it comes to certain sweets like oreos, peanut butter cups, any small cookie, and a few more things, so I've had to cut them out entirely. Seriously; last time I bought peanut butter cups from Trader Joe's, I ate the whole box in two days! With things that don't…

I usually don't get hungry at night, as I eat dinner kinda late. When I do have a late night craving, I assess and see if I can eat in moderation, and if I have enough calories left that day. If the answer to both of these is yes, great! If not, I may still eat whatever it is I'm craving, or I might brush my teeth and put…

For me, avoiding them is best. No matter how much I say to myself that I'm only going to have one bowl of ice cream, piece of cake, cookie, bowl of chips, even handful of nuts, I know how easily I can spiral out of control. So, I assess how I'm feeling in the moment. I've been through this cycle enough times that I can…

My net average is 1228 for this past week, so I believe this applies to me. For me, my hunger differs a lot, so I let myself bounce around the 800-1500 net cals per day range, and end up with an average of ~1200. My diary is open, so feel free to take a look! Try to keep a structured meal schedule; find what works for you.…

You can enter any food under any meal. Just search the foods you want to enter, and input them under the meal you're eating them for. If you want to copy a meal from a previous day into a different meal for today, you can do that as well (instead of choosing "same meal(s)" choose "snack" or "lunch"; whatever you're…

What's the salmon burger recipe? Those look delish!

Ignore the cravings!! Or, find an acceptable substitute. And always follow the general rule of getting enough protein to keep full! Some things I've done in the past: I drink tea when I get a craving. Green or berry flavored are my favorites. When I'm craving processed foods (carbs and sugar, basically) I always grab a…

Vegetarians eat dairy. But you need a LOT more protein - think 70g and up. What do and don't you eat? Off the top of my head, for protein I'd suggest: greek yogurt, eggs, light string cheese, nuts, protein powder, grains (think brown rice, quinoa, bulgur, oats/oatmeal), tofu!, beans, edamame (also technically a bean). I…

I went back to eating meat. Don't regret it at all, but it's certainly not for everyone! Are you getting enough protein right now? How many grams of protein do you eat a day?

If you're looking to lose weight don't go vegan just for the health benefits. As someone who experimented with this in a committed year-long stretch of veganism, I can honestly say I wouldn't do it again. Vegan food is not necessarily healthy food, which is something people often forget. OREOS are vegan, many chips are…

Yep! Protein powder can be mixed in with anything, pretty much. I've seen people put it in yogurt, pancakes.. what have you.

There's definitely a lot of controversy about this topic, as is clear by the discussion on your post! I believe that processed sugars should be avoided, but that sugars from fruit and dairy don't do much harm. Yes the body recognizes sugar as sugar but as long as your day isn't exclusively fruit I see no harm in naturally…

I don't have a pot so I boiled it in the microwave...not the prettiest results haha @SpecialKitty7 that's the brand I buy, too! One of my favorite snacks

If you're not against diet sodas, I love sparkling ICE (and the subsequent generic brands of it). Also, there are flavored squirters (I've seen them from crystal light, dasani, countless others), and you could squirt it into seltzer water if you so desired. If you're not looking to put artificially sweetened chemicals into…

Your diary isn't open, so I don't know what you're doing for protein/how much protein MFP recommends, but as a former vegetarian/vegan I am very familiar with protein struggles :smile: While you can definitely get easy protein from quest bars, protein powder, lean meats, nuts, eggs, greek yogurt, etc., it's easy to forget…

Lunch for tomorrow! Leftovers of ground turkey and vegetables with some guacamole on top of some spinach, with a poorly boiled egg, cheese stick, and snap pea crisps for snacks!

First bento today!! Boiled egg, almonds, blueberries w cinnamon in the top container (no way to separate my egg from my almonds..not a big deal though). And tuna salad and carrot sticks in the lower container!

@chloeelizabethm those sound SO GOOD! I was also going to suggest turkey meatballs :) I suppose you could stir fry some minced veggies with the ground meat itself and make lettuce wraps with it (a mock chicken lettuce wrap popular at asian restaurants).