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51 minute walk at 3.9mph. I'll break 4 one of these days.

I log meals for the day every morning. That lets me decide what I’m in the mood for for breakfast. I usually have three options. Dinner is planned out a week in advance. Then I see what I have available in calories and sodium and plan lunch and snacks.

If you have an instant pot and egg molds, you can do this. https://www.pressurecookrecipes.com/instant-pot-egg-bites/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressurecookrecipes.com%2Finstant-pot-egg-bites%2F&utm_content&utm_campaign=Newsletter+Sep+10+2019 Every Sunday I make egg white bites.…

I'm still working on beans with her. She'll eat baked beans, sometimes. She spit out the banana oatmeal pancakes today. I've got breakfast bars with oatmeal I make for my son. She will eat those. But even if I replace the AP flour in that recipe with whole wheat flour, MFP says it's just 1g fiber a serving, and that's if I…

None of my pants will stay up without a belt, which is really annoying since I hate wearing a belt around the house but don't want to buy more pants since I'm aiming for a weight that, last time I weighed it, is at least 4 inches away.

This isn't something in a recipe, but how MFP converted it on bulk import. 8 cups water became 8 cups cold pressed watermelon water 4 garlic cloves became 40

Loosen your shoes. Most of my foot problems due to walking were resolved by loosening my shoes/changing the lace configuration.

See if your school has counseling services. I know my son's college does.

The only recipe that should call for one clove of garlic is "How to cook one clove of garlic." And you should probably double or triple it.

I'm mainly concerned with things I can send to school for snack and lunch and things for her to have at breakfast. She will eat a lot of vegetables, limited fruit. Dinner I may just giver her cauliflower every night, she loves it. I've tried chia pudding with honey and strawberries. She said except for the chia it was…

Yes, doctor did recommend fiber. She eats what we eat for dinner, though she’s a little picky. Breakfast and lunch I don’t force too much because I’d rather she have food in her stomach for her day.

I stopped looking at anything Jamie Oliver when I saw him take 15 minutes to make a gin & tonic on one of his shows. I also refuse to make anything from The Pioneer Woman because she is the most annoying person on the planet. However, Alton Brown has a 20 step process that takes a week to make a lemon meringue pie you can…

I've seen that recipe, or one similar, and it is exactly what I mean.

You can, but it's convoluted. Create the recipe for your baking mix in MFP. Copy the nutritional information. Then go to my foods and create it as a food. Name it VipW Baking Mix or something. Then you can use that as an ingredient in other recipes.

Breakfast - egg white and sausage bites with half an apple Lunch - black beans and pulled pork with brown rice and a dollop of greek yoghurt Dinner - Taco Tuesday. I have the calories and carbs for tortilla instead of lettuce. The sodium, not so much.

When I used to do endurance mountain biking and half marathons, my body would crave fat and salt at the end. That was due to energy expenditure and sweat. Logically if you are getting significantly less fat than your body needs to get through the day, then you would crave it. As for almonds, Blue Diamond almonds come in a…

I have a compact elliptical under my desk. Of course I work from home so the noise isn't disturbing anyone. The one I have includes resistance bands, but it's hard to use those while I work since I'm at a computer all day and need my hands.

I have exercises I do sitting down at work. Some stuff with dumb bells and a compact elliptical. Probably not as good as a gym or an actual routine, but it's stuff I can do while I'm working so I'm more likely to do it. I also walk 30-45 minutes every morning before breakfast to get the blood flowing.

Pork loin with apples and cranberries in the slow cooker. Serving with green beans and a roasted root vegetable mash.

Breakfast - tater to, turkey sausage, egg, cheese, bell pepper “stir fry” Lunch - salad with poached chicken and some mozzerella Dinner - Good Eats reloaded roast chicken with bacon wrapped asparagus and my daughter’s favorite four cheese rice a roni. I didn’t count until after the fact today because I knew I had plenty of…

Those other numbers seem really high. For comparison: MFP - sedentary 2lbs a week 5'10" 224 my calorie goal is 1500. My .5 lbs a week is ~1800. If you've been using MFP and it's working, then stick with that.

Those of use who grew up with vegetables steamed to death only to discover what a properly steamed veggie is supposed to be understand this. Roasted is still better.

At sedentary, it assumes we're rocks I think. Less than 2k steps a day, butts in a chair most of the time. Which is basically true for me.

MFP said 38g fiber and various other things said 35g for men. I've got black beans and brown rice on the menu today. MFP says that's 22g fiber right there. Between oatmeal and chia for breakfast and broccoli and cauliflower with dinner, I'm going to be close. But everyday would drive me nuts. I have to alternate oatmeal…

What's your activity level setting in MFP? My experience with adjustments from apps is that they are way off and should not be logged. Especially if it's putting in a number that high.

I don't let anything sync my exercise anymore. I put it in manually. Health app on my iPhone always tried to add bonuses for steps I took. And the sync from running apps always came through wrong. For example, Nike showed as Running at 5mph instead of walking at 3.75 so turned that off. I have also seen various posts about…

This is my breakdown so far today: Calories remaining is GOAL - (food - exercise). So 1500 - (359-227) = 1368. So was your calories remaining at 1206 yesterday? It should be close to 0.

I log with my morning coffee anyway. But I feel like I'd be able to skip logging once I'm in maintenance and just make sure to keep an eye on my weight. Or at least be a little more lax about certain things. For example, I logged the 5 french fries I stole from my kids last night. Probably wouldn't bother in maintenance.

I tried minimalist shoes years ago. After 6 months, I was still nowhere near the point I'd been in running shoes. Now I just keep them around for those rare occasions I go rafting. 10 days of trying to change my gait. Checked the wear pattern on my shoes and the wear on the forefoot is moving to the middle of the shoe…

Rub the chicken in paprika, chili powder, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, whatever else you want. Wrap it in bacon. Cook in pan to start rendering/crisping then throw in 425 oven for about 30 minutes.