teresa19622015 Member

I make things that are normally eaten with rice: Hungarian goulash, chilli and curry. Looking to cut the rice down I've just discovered swoodles - noodles made from Swede. They are more like little sticks than noodles but have hardly any calories and add the needed texture and bulk to the dishes.

A spoon of some foods can be 100 calories! You must account for everything - guesstimating is not accurate. But that ‘every day were like today’ feature isn’t accurate for me either. I don’t add back exercise calories and my activity levels vary from day to day. Also I eat almost 200 countries less than MFP set in order to…

@suzyjmcd2 good idea! No pic but had Nigella’s Express chilli tonight and subbed out rice for swoodles - shredded swede. Next time I’ll try with Greek yogurt!

I LOVE candy corn! Can’t get it here. My friend and I used to celebrate if we got a lot of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups when our trick or treating. Tootsie Roll! Can’t eat them now my teeth would all fall out!

Cully and Sully Tomato and basil. My mom’s cucumber soup or her mushroom - yum yum why didn’t I get the recipes? Gazpacho with chopped onions and tomatoes on top on a hot day - with crusty bread nothing better.

Having labels that say x calories per 100g is useless. I wouldn’t have 100g of Bovril. I don’t know what 100g of crisps looks like. If it’s a single serving pack just say what that serving is. On menus I would find it very helpful. Im eating out tomorrow and I’m wondering how to calculate the meal. Though I’m not convinced…

Yes I did last time lost slightly more the first month but then around ten a month for a total of 120lbs in a year. I exercised a lot as well as being strict (didn’t weigh food then though). This time I’m losing about the same rate.

I eat tomatoes every day. I think it’s the case with any food - for most people it will be fine, some people have certain issues so should avoid.

After a while you get used to the amounts. Plus six cherry tomatoes isn’t very different from five... But initially I weigh/measure to get an idea.

I don’t. MFP really overestimates calories burned when I’ve checked various activities against other websites. I figure whatever exercise I do is a bonus deficit and also helps when I can’t weigh food and am guesstimating.

Not really as then I struggle to get back on track. If eating out I order what will stay in my calorie allowance. However I’m going away at Christmas and plan to eat what I like without guilt and get right back on it as soon as return plane touches down!

I try and be slightly under, but there’s a day or two a week that I’m a couple hundred over. But I don’t count exercise calories at all so days I have training I’m well under so it balances out. I also think MFP is way too generous with the exercise calories anyway. I watch my macros but really out of curiosity.

Normally it’s two eggs, seven cherry tomatoes, handful of samphire, 50g smoked salmon and a cup of tea. Today is a fast day so Exante shake.

Whenever you like seems to be the consensus! I try and limit eating window as I’m not that hungry in the morning but as soon as I have breakfast I do get hungry! So breakfast 9 or if weekend 11, lunch about 1 or 2 (or not at all on weekends so I can have fewer but bigger meals). I eat with my kids in the evening so that…

@jwoolman5 thanks for that tip! I don’t want to eat a whole one but felt bad as I too couldn’t get them to keep in the fridge so good to know they freeze well.

I love peanut butter but I can’t have any tempting foods in the house. Don’t feel guilty - it is a good food in limited quantities and seems like you are successfully fitting it in calorie-wise and still losing weight.

I’m trying to do 5/2 until Christmas and find it hard to eat tiny portions of real food. So I bought some Exante just to use two times a week. I try not to eat too early in the morning and the shakes are fine (have only tried a few) and quite creamy so satisfying. I eat 1500 calories on the other five days. Because I have…

I’m type 1 since pregnant at 40. I gained a lot between first and second pregnancy. I’m now losing about a kilo a week on 1500 cal/day and exercising with trainer a couple times a week plus Pilates (I’ve always worked out). Im 5’10” and goal is about 80kg, I have weighed as low as 69 but was working out every day and was a…

As accurate as I can without carrying a scale with me. For homemade food I put in all the ingredients and divide by how many servings, all the way down to the quarter tablespoon of oil from the one tablespoon used to fry the onions. You do get used to eyeballing things when out once you’ve weighed a lot at home. If I don’t…

I’m struggling with making up meals so I don’t have to go through a huge list multi add. I’ve done it before but can’t remember how or how to name them. I’ve got things like ‘dinner from Sept 26’ which I can remember was chilli. Other meals I have to go through ten multi adds! But as for general logging it’s a breeze and I…

I go back to the country I grew up (USA) every other year. So this year I’m looking forward to Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough (either raw or just cooked so still goey eaten with a spoon right out of the oven), Brigham’s Mocha Almond ice cream, and raw Jiffy Brownie Mix (so hard to find I’m going to have to mail…

It can be rubbery but if made well - yum!

I do daily goal but if I’m over one day I try and cut back the next. I tend to go over when I’m doing more exercise, I don’t eat any exercise calories but in my head I know they’re there as a cushion! I weigh every day but look at it as a week by week loss, so it would be the deficit over a week I guess, but I need to…

Early start so just a Total Zero fat Greek yogurt with raspberry. Means I can have chilli for dinner!

I want to not be the fattest person in any group. I want to stop worrying about being comfortable in chairs with arms at restaurants. I want to not worry about fitting the seat belt around me in an economy seat on airplanes.

Cheat meals just don’t work for me. Like you they turn into cheat days then it’s really hard to get back on track. If I go over my calorie goal for the day I cut back another. And I never eat over maintenance which is still be a deficit for my current weight (maintenance for my goal weight I mean). I don’t eat back my…

My trainer comes to my house, so not easy to dodge! She has all sorts of qualifications, but also offered a free first session to see if we were compatible - probably the most important part. She didn't give me a meal plan and I already knew what I needed to do to lose weight, but she weighs me once a week and had me keep…

I don't enjoy cardio but do think it's good for heart health. I have been using kettle bells, mostly 12 and 16kg (that's around 26lbs and 35lbs), doing squats, curl-ups to various swings and lifts. It has the benefit of increasing heart rate at the same time as strength training, and really works the core. I don't see a…

My father once said he'd give me $10 for every pound I lost. That horrified me that they were that desperate to get me to lose weight (I was about 25 at the time). But that didn't do it. My mother also saw my weight as a moral failure. But really it has to come from within. The first time was in my late 20s and just wanted…

I had some too snug clothes, lost not a lot but had a go - they're too big! What a waste. As for 'you've lost weight' comments, I know people are trying to be encouraging but it just reminds me how fat I was before. I prefer a more general 'you're looking good' or something, not a direct weight focus. Also I used to get…