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Regarding vegetables:* I told my cousin that I loved lima beans, so she made me some. They were awful (she cooked them to mush). Definitely experiment with different ways to cook vegetables. I personally enjoy the convenience of Birds Eye SteamFresh veggies and eat a half a bag at a time. * Experiment with different spices…

Unsweetened applesauce mixed with walnut pieces and cinnamon, and sliced deli ham.

Regarding the exercise recommendations, do you mean cardio, strength training, or both to help lower cholesterol?

Not a thing. Here's a good forum post on the topic: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/761810/the-starvation-mode-myth-again

Because the spam was posted today... the exact same text on multiple old threads. Looks like it's been cleaned up now.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging/p1

Me? No, but I only have my weight loss set to 0.5 lb per week. I use my steps to increase that deficit so I'm averaging a 0.75 lb loss per week. As others have suggested in this thread, you need to track your weight loss (for 4 to 6 weeks) and then compare it to your expected weight loss and adjust accordingly. Use this…

Ack. Pacer considers sedentary to be less than 3000 steps and lightly active to be 3000 to 5999 steps (from their FAQ). Stupid Pacer making me feel more active than I should...

Barbecue pulled chicken. You throw in your chicken and favorite barbecue sauce. I have my own sauce recipe, so I throw in the chicken and all of the ingredients (no mixing necessary). When done, I pull out and shred the chicken then add it back into the sauce. Yum!

I put chopped up baby spinach and riced cauliflower in my sweet oatmeal. Yummy! (I'm always looking for ways that taste good to me to sneak in more vegetables...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4nRIw_ATJA

LOL. I've ordered soda for breakfast for decades for my caffeine fix. I hated coffee. So, I got used to the comments and weird looks. I simply responded that I hated coffee. Although, I like coffee now, so I'll have to think up a different comeback...

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

Kind of similar to @AnnPT77's Method 3 in How to Find Your Maintenance Calorie Level (https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10638211/how-to-find-your-maintenance-calorie-level/p1). Specifically, I have a spreadsheet set up where I track my daily MFP net calories. I then average the 30 previous days (first…

Look at what a diet break is doing for my TDEE. Wow. Just wow. (Orange numbers are the end of the 14 day diet break. I probably should have started it sooner--it was 4 months after my previous diet break.)

I've been considering trying out sling TV. Not quite a la carte, but you can choose either the orange ($20/month) or blue ($25/month) lineup (or both for $45) and then add on other "mini packages" for additional $5 each.

I had been eating in a deficit at about 1200 to 1400 calories per day, but for my birthday last year, I didn't care. I had a big dinner and dessert (along with eating normally the rest of the day). I ate just under 3,000 calories that day. The next morning, I stepped on the scale and... had LOST 0.2 pounds from the day…

I hate cooking, but I had to learn to do it to follow the diet the doctor put me on. I've had to throw out a few things that turned out just plain nasty and inedible (and ate my "backup" meal instead). However, I've gotten pretty good with a few things and now like to eat them a lot better than prepackaged or restaurant…

Wow. You look so much younger. Good job!

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Nope. But, I'm in the middle of a planned diet break (http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1) and eating at maintenance. :smile:

Yes, please eat more. Here's an excerpt from a helpful post (http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1) by @tinkerbellang83:

Stop overeating!

^^^This, except I use a weight trending website instead of a spreadsheet.

My doctor put me on the paleo diet and told me to get the MFP app. 1) Did restricting your food choices make it easier for you to stick to a calorie goal well enough to lose a substantial amount of weight? Yes. I've lost almost 80 pounds. I couldn't believe how easy it was for me on the paleo diet. 2) Did you plan to…

Every day. I make sure it fits my calories. I've also heard (my family doctor, Dr. Mike Israetel) that science supports a 75%/25% or 80%/20% rule--Eat healthy (varied, nutrient dense) about 75% to 80% of the time and don't worry about the other 20% to 25%.

What an awesome post. Just read if for the first time (came here from another thread via link posted by @Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink).

Just to let you know, minimum healthy intake for a female is 1200.

Confusing. Labdoor ranks Garden of Life high on purity (heavy metal content below 1PPM). Clean Label Project ranks it low (arsenic/mercury/cadmium/lead). Labdoor offers the products for sale. Clean Label Project doesn't (not that I can see), but does offer "certification" that products can use in their marketing. Labdoor…