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  • Try taking an individual look at the ingredients you're adding and try to find the culprit. Chances are that you may be using an entry for an ingredient that has the sodium content added wrong.
  • https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Precision-Products-6-6-Pound-Platform/dp/B001DQOEIE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1518143042&sr=8-5&keywords=taylor+scale+food This is the scale that I've been using for years and it works perfectly for me! I like that you can remove the measuring plate to clean it. You'd be surprised on how messy…
  • Do you have a photo of the nutrition label?
  • When I put your information in (5'8"/178lbs/"Sedentary") and set it to lose a pound a week, it gives 1490 calories. If it were me, I would keep it around there and then add in exercises/walking calories separately as you do them. You can eat those extra calories if you're hungry that day or you can leave them if not. It's…
  • I just made the garlic knots from reading your post.. So good! Tastes like a soft, garlicy biscuit.
  • Nacho day was always my favorite! I liked those little brownie cakes with powdered sugar on top, too. I remember being able to buy snacks if you brought extra money, so I would save up 50 cents for a zebra cake. : ) Yum Yum.
  • Looks like you're on the right track! You can definitely tell that the shirt fits looser. You should keep taking progress pictures in this same outfit until the clothes don't fit anymore. I always like seeing those! Good luck~
  • On the chicken breast I eat, it says 120 calories for 4 ounces of raw chicken. That would be 480 calories for a pound. Does your chicken breast come with a nutrition label or from the meat counter? Try searching for the specific brand you bought. If from the meat counter,110-120 calories is what I generally see on most…
  • Here's some quick things I grab when I need a snack: • Granola bar • Yogurt with granola • Beef jerky/Slim Jim • String cheese • Ice cream with strawberries • Boiled egg with bacon • English muffin with jam • Sunflower seeds • Nut butter on Ritz crackers • Veggies with ranch • Various fruits If you prefer to eat fruit, it…
  • What are some things you consider yourself comfortable with cooking? For simple, I'd go with tacos, rotini with meat sauce, chicken wraps, ground beef and rice burritos, chicken salad, chicken/beef sliders and frozen fries. You didn't really specify if you're staying away from certain kinds of foods, but these are things I…
  • The one thing that I notice when looking at your diary is the lack of exact measurements. For me, it was most important thing you can do when losing weight. 1 medium sweet potato to me may not be what you consider a medium sweet potato. You have to ask yourself: How is "medium" measured? But, 400g of sweet potato will…
  • When I was losing weight, I ate back some of the calories I burned. Sometimes machines or exercise calculators overestimate the amount of calories burnt. A lot of people eat back about half the calories to be on the safe side.
  • What did you set your diary profile to? Lose or maintain? You would have to double check your settings.
  • Yes! You should log everything if you're actively trying to lose weight. Even though fruits and vegetables are good for you, they do have calories that should also be tracked. Not tracking them could be the difference between losing weight and not losing weight, especially if you eat a lot of them.
  • I like shredding it up and adding lime, salsa, and jalapeno sauce. I usually eat it that way with rice in a tortilla/lettuce wrap or in a quesadilla. Yum!
  • If the serving size is 1 cup, and you had 1/2 a cup all you need to do is put in 0.5 of a serving. That would be half a cup.
  • I know what you mean! I always use milk in my oatmeal. I ran out of milk one time and figured whatever I'll just use water. Not the same at all. I usually have cinnamon and brown sugar in my oatmeal with chopped fresh apple chunks mixed in. If I'm adding blueberries, I like mixing in a spoonful of Greek vanilla yogurt.…
  • Lowfat yogurt Apple slices Most fruit Cottage cheese String cheese Beef Jerky Granola Bar Fresh veggies Boiled egg Light english muffin
  • You can eat whatever you want to eat! I'd recommend choosing foods that keep you fuller for longer. For me, this includes a lot of veggies, rice, and chicken. Find what it is for you. That doesn't mean you can't treat yourself every day. Just calculate it into your daily calories. 1200 calories may be on the low side since…
  • It's the moment you realize how much you're really eating compared to what you thought you were eating. The best option is to definitely weigh all you can!
  • This kind of thing really bothers me when I weigh out and separate my pack of ground beef or chicken from the store. A lot of the time, a "pound" of ground beef will be 15 oz. It probably shouldn't bother me so much, but it makes me mad every time it happens! If you want to be super exact, then go ahead and do the math to…
  • When using a scale, you also have to be active in reading nutrition labels. You will want to make sure what you enter on MFP matches that product you have on hand. Read the back of your cheese and find the serving size and calories. A serving of shredded cheese is usually 1oz or 28g. Whether you use grams or ounces is up…
  • Okay. Here's a photo!
  • On a computer: Click on the "Food" tab and then the "Recipes" tab. Click on the recipe you'd like to edit. Just to the left of the nutrition facts, it says "Edit Recipe" Click on that and you'll be able to edit it there. On a phone, I do not know how. Perhaps someone else can explain.
  • When I was vegetarian, I ate a lot of rice. I often ate "salsa rice" with beans, corn, lime and cheese in a tortilla or lettuce wrap. "Omurice" which is basically cooking whatever veggies you like with rice and ketchup and putting an omelette on top. Sounds unappealing, tastes good! Chinese fried rice with soy sauce, your…
  • I guess it kind of depends what your goals are. When I was actively losing weight, I did log every single thing and tried to be as exact as possible. I enjoyed logging and entering new recipes to see how many calories were in things. I knew it would take for me to lose weight so I did it. Now I estimate more often because…
  • I meal prep, but not in the sense of cooking all of my meals for the week in one day. I'm iffy about cooking meat/rice/pasta and keeping it in the fridge for a whole week. I prefer to eat it within a few days of cooking, even though most foods are technically safe for a week when stored right. When I get home from the…
  • I make a fruit tart recipe that's similar. It has a shortbread crust, a cream cheese and whipping cream filling, and I usually top it with various types of berries. The berries themselves account for 3% of the total calories. (100 calories out of 3,000) So, I don't think you have to be worried about that specifically. The…
  • Yes, most frozen foods should be weighed frozen for the best accuracy. You might end up eating more than you think if you weigh it cooked since foods do lose some weight in the oven. What's 3 oz cooked may be 4 oz frozen, which results in unaccounted for calories.
  • I think Kroger sells a veggie rotini with some vitamins in it if you're interested. I can't find the label online, sadly. Just this: https://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=product&id=54B17F9C-8C75-A3EA-448B-97798B1A83F9
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