fruoshea

Soups, "stews", curries, stir fries, lasagne, enchiladas, wraps... there is so much out there! Hurry the food up has some good recipes (some vegetarian but they're easy to make vegan): www.hurrythefoodup.com. Also Deliciously Ella - www.deliciouslyella.com - Minimalist Baker - www.minimalistbaker.com - and Healthy happy…

in vegan snack/meals Comment by fruoshea September 2018

I've never heard heavy boned (though I'm not originally from an English speaking country), but I've heard big boned often - and often meaning different things. Usually it's been said about (by) people who are clearly overweight but who are trying to make out that they're not as overweight as they are or that it's not…

in Ever heard of "Heavy Bones"? Comment by fruoshea August 2018

TK Maxx or SportsDirect. SportsDirect sell USA Pro tights and they're always colourful and patterned. TK Maxx has great deals on more and less known brands - I got a pair of Roxy tights in there for £9.99 last weekend that would have been £40 new in the shop.

in Gymwear UK Comment by fruoshea March 2018

I remember a few years ago hearing about a Samoan airline charging their passengers by weight because Samoa is one of the most obese nations in the world. Googling it I come up with these articles in the Chicago Tribune and CNN:…

in Air Plane seats Comment by fruoshea December 2017

P.S. I've been eyeing that recipe - is it good?

in Recipe Builder Comment by fruoshea December 2017

@Ashers783 I make a lot of BBC Good Food recipes (love BBC Good Food :smile: ) but I never use the automatic recipe builder - always the manual. First, there are sometimes quantities that are less than perfect for calorie counting - e.g. a knob of butter, 2 carrots or 2 celery sticks in that recipe. Second, I live in…

in Recipe Builder Comment by fruoshea December 2017

For me it's less about the cooking and more about the cooling. My eggs always peel best when they're left in cold water for quite some time, so I usually let them sit in cold water while stored in the fridge too.

in How to ACTUALLY boil an egg that peels Comment by fruoshea December 2017

If you go in the 'big' exercise log here on MFP you can find things like cleaning and moving furniture. According to that, if I did 60 min of vigorous, heavy cleaning I would burn 227 kcal and if I moved furniture for 60 min it says I would burn 455 kcal. But that's then if you do it constantly for 60 min, and I know that…

in Fitbit Charge 2 Accuracy? Comment by fruoshea December 2017

P.S. Yes, cleaning can burn a lot of calories - depending on what type of cleaning you're doing, what intensity you're doing it at, and how long for. Like most other physical activities :smile: I once read an article that said washing all the windows of the Empire State building would burn 4200 calories :wink:

in Fitbit Charge 2 Accuracy? Comment by fruoshea December 2017

What's your activity level set to in your profile? I had a Fitbit Flex for a few years and I found that it overestimated my calories burned, especially when walking. But the main problem, I found, with having it connected to MFP was that things I wouldn't have counted as exercise started adding calories to my daily…

in Fitbit Charge 2 Accuracy? Comment by fruoshea December 2017

Slow cooker veggie chillis. Three bean ones, lentil ones, be what it may.

in Meatless Monday Comment by fruoshea November 2017

In Sweden a lot of people eat jam and cheese on bread. Like hard, sliced cheese and strawberry jam or similar. My husband thinks that's really weird, but I don't see why. We're also famous at having lingongberry jam with lots of savoury foods (as anyone who's ever been to IKEA will know) like meatballs, or other mince…

in Weird foods/combinations you eat Comment by fruoshea November 2017

Thank you for showing exactly what I mean. Where have I said there is anything wrong with losing 0.5lbs per week? Where have I said I have no patience? Where have I said everyone should be like me?

in Weighting Myself Comment by fruoshea November 2017

I don't quite know how to formulate this in a good way, but please read this without any judgement or arrogance or anything else on my behalf. (One of the reasons I don't comment a lot on this forum is because I see how easy it is to unintentionally misconstrue what others have written.) Having grown up in the fitness…

in Weighting Myself Comment by fruoshea November 2017

@PAV8888 You're right. I was doing this too early in the morning and converted the lbs the wrong way around - doing 13 lbs times 2.2 to get the kg rather than divided by 2.2. Not always easy to be a non-Imperial user on these forums! OP, sorry for my mistake and I hope it didn't confuse you! However, I still personally…

in Weighting Myself Comment by fruoshea November 2017

Weighing yourself, especially daily, is one of those things that split people into two camps. Some people can't do it for varying reasons: some feel demotivated, some feel like they become too obsessed with the numbers, some feel like the fluctuations can be too large, etc. etc. etc. Others (like me) like to do it daily…

in Weighting Myself Comment by fruoshea November 2017

3-5 days per week, depending on work. I always go after work, so if I have to work late I can't go.

in How many days do you hit the gym? Comment by fruoshea November 2017

Lentil chillis! Not quick, but I usually make like 6-8 servings, so then you only have to cook once and have enough for several days. And dried lentils are usually cheap. All you need other than that is some tinned tomatoes, stock, spices and maybe some beans or sweet potatoes. So good :smile:

in Need quick, cheap, nutritious food Comment by fruoshea November 2017

@NebularNeko If you have a slow cooker this lentil and quinoa chilli is really good: https://aggieskitchen.com/slow-cooker-lentil-and-quinoa-chili/. Buying the ingredients, well quinoa, can be a bit expensive, but then you have them at hand to make it again because the recipe doesn't use up all of the quinoa and lentils…

in Cheap, easy, tasty, AND healthy?? Comment by fruoshea November 2017

Day/Weight/Comment 8/31 - 73.9kg (162.9lbs) 9/01 - 73.9kg (162.9lbs) - Only did 60 min yoga yesterday and ate cake in the afternoon (work thing) so wasn't expecting a shift in weight. Don't think I went over my calories though (had to estimate the cake) - but I have my allowed intake set to just 100 kcal less than my TDEE…