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I'm not too exact with logging things like soy sauce, ketchup, lettuce, some vegetables (cucumbers, carrots, onion), salsa, jalapenos, a splash of cream in eggs, etc. I used to be a lot stricter, but I've relaxed over the past few months.

Getting a scale is a huge eye opener! At least, it was for me anyway. You'll think "No wonder I wasn't losing anything.." It will definitely help you become more aware of how much you're eating and hopefully lead to a bigger loss. You have to ask yourself how is medium measured? What I think medium is and what you think…

I make mine stir fry by shredding already cooked chicken breast into a hot skillet with soy sauce. I let it get nice and cooked onto the chicken. Then I'll add frozen veggies (carrots, peas, broccoli) and fresh chopped garlic and onion with more soy sauce. Once it's nicely combined, I'll add in already cooked white rice…

I buy this bread sometimes: https://www.auntmillies.com/products/breads/523 It has 100 calories for two slices and it tastes like any other bread to me!

Here's what I usually do.. I put the weight of all of my ingredients into the recipe builder and let it calculate how many calories are in the whole thing. I put how many servings I want there to be. Then I weigh my entire dish of prepared food and divide it by the amount the servings I decided upon. Let's say your mac and…

Seems like there's a lot of fond memories of cinnamon toast! My mom used to make it for breakfast sometimes. It tasted like that cinnamon swirl bread from the store and it was so good as a kid! My sister and I later decided we were going to try and make it ourselves. We didn't have cinnamon or butter, so we settled on just…

Eat more to lose more? I wish that were true. You're probably losing weight because you're moving more, watching/tracking what you eat, being more self-conscious, etc. There's no perfect number deficit that lets you lose weight. Eating at a greater deficit will not prevent you from losing, either. The bigger the deficit,…

Would macaroni and cheese be considered an option? Maybe with some asparagus cooked in lemon and pepper. Or with a salad. That's probably what I would bring.

I don't know if this is the right answer, but when I'm in the mood for homemade cookies or snacks (and lots of them!) I work it into my calories for that day. I'll eat a small lunch and a light dinner and then eat the cookies/snacks until I feel content. Even if it accounts for half of my daily calories, I still satisfied…

I'd recommend reevaluating how you are tracking your calories if you're not seeing results. You shouldn't ever have to go below 1200 to lose weight. The closer you get to your goal, the longer it will take to lose the same amount of weight you did previously when you were heavier. You'll probably have to switch to 0.5lb…

It depends how many calories you're looking for. I like granola bars or rice krispie treats when I'm tight on calories. Those are usually 100 calories or so. Fruit doesn't often hit the spot when I'm craving sweets, but if I find a cantaloupe that's really sweet and juicy, it can be very satisfying and filling. Especially…

As long as you stick to your calorie limit, it should work out! Your plan should include weighing most (all!) of what you eat if you don't do that already. I found that to be the most important tool when I was losing. That, and making sure I found the correct database entries when entering my food. Without weighing…

I usually make a berry fruit tart with a shortbread crust for Easter. Sometimes I do carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I was thinking of making a sugar cookie cake this year, for something a little different.

It seems like it's probably doing the math for the entire can rather than 1 serving. Is this the nutrition label of your product? https://tinyurl.com/ydcmdq4t If so, it should be somewhere around 1,000 mg of sodium for an entire can. 2.5 servings x 410 mg sodium = 1,025 mg sodium in the entire can. Instead of choosing the…

I've used a Laughing Cow cheese wedge to mix with my egg for an egg salad sandwich before. It wasn't too bad. I've thought about trying it with sour cream, but not sure how that would turn out.

Aunt Millie's has a line of breads that are lower in calories. https://www.auntmillies.com/products/breads/healthy-goodness I usually get the multi-grain or the whole wheat bread. It's 50-60 calories per slice. The taste is like normal bread. Maybe a little lighter in texture, but that's not always a bad thing for…

For me, intermittent fasting is just a method to limit my calories so I have more leftover in the evening to enjoy a bigger dinner and dessert. There is no benefit of eating this way besides preference. It helps narrow your eating hours so you are less likely to go over your calories in a day. Since you are trying to lose…

These are some lower calorie snacks that I find myself eating often: String cheese with beef jerky Boiled egg with a slice of microwave bacon Any veggies with a little ranch Strawberries, grapes and mandarin oranges mixed together (My fav combo lol) Yogurt and a granola bar Cantaloupe (A whole melon is under 250 calories)…

My advice would be to make sure your food is being measured properly, preferably weighed with a scale. Trust me, you would probably feel like you're starving on under 1200 calories. I know I would! I'd say just to reevaluate how you're tracking a little bit. Make sure you're logging everything as accurately as possible,…

Food tab>Recipes tab>Choose your recipe>Edit Recipe link That's on a computer. I'm not sure how to change it on a phone. Maybe someone else will know!

Calories are the only thing that matters if you are trying to lose weight. If you are frustrated about not losing weight, I would really consider weighing and tracking everything. Not just dinner. It's the tool that people think they don't need because they eat "healthy." You're eating foods daily whose serving sizes are…

Try tracking your food, if you don't do so already. Enter everything that goes into your mouth on MFP. Use a scale to measure everything. It was absolutely necessary for me to track and measure everything. It really helps you realize how much you're eating! You're already making great progress if you've lost fat and have…

I had a similar instance like this just the other day with someone at work. All she could talk about during our lunch break was how she was on a low carb diet and that was the only thing that works for weight loss. She went on to say that carbs were the enemy and it's no wonder how people are so unhealthy these days…

I like boiled eggs crumbled up in my chicken salad. It just makes the whole thing taste better. When I make chicken fried rice, I often include a couple of scrambled eggs. There's a dish called "omurice" which is basically an omelette stuffed with rice, chicken, and veggies. The binder is ketchup.. It sounds weird and I…

If you have a food scale, weigh the portion you eat and use the calories for the 100g serving size. For example: if it weighs 165g, you ate 1.65 servings of a 100g serving size. 1.65 x 149 calories = about 246 calories per portion. (like you figured) The 210 calories for each portion is basically meaningless without the…

This is the nutrition information I would use: https://tinyurl.com/y7fxyp43 According to that, there is 206 calories in 100 grams of the salmon. 5.5oz is about 156 grams. Search the food database for "Atlantic salmon dry heat 100g" and find the entry that says 206 calories with 100 grams as the serving. For your serving…

I think that it's quite possible. For me, I usually "gain" around 4 pounds the day before it starts and hold onto the pounds until about 3 days into it. Then my weigh will go down to what it was before.

The usda site can be so confusing sometimes! I would say that you estimated it at about what I would guess it to be. This is the one I would have used: https://tinyurl.com/y7qukxy3 As for what entry to use on MFP, that's another task.. In a quick search, I couldn't really find one that matched the usda information. Maybe…

Sounds like you're doing it right to me! I personally only eat back part of my calories when losing weight. Sometimes the burned calories you see may be less than what you really burned. You don't want to be thinking that you burned 500 calories when it was really somewhere around 300 calories, and then eat back 500…

Try tracking the food you eat with a food scale. You'd be so surprised how much you think one serving of something is and how much one serving really is! It's disappointing sometimes.. But, if you're stuck and wondering why the scale isn't moving, try to crack down on measuring your calories accurately. It will definitely…