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I tried it! It's good but not great - it's like a better/more satisfying lean cuisine. I found the meals with beef and pork to be really meh, but loved the buffalo chicken with cauli mash and the butternut squash risotto with chicken. Chicken tikka masala was good too. Great for a reliable ~500 calorie dinner

I totally understand how weight loss contests can be destructive, and I just want to be clear about this particular one. I’m a member of orange theory, which is a studio-based HIIT workout. Each year they do an annual “transformation challenge”. To qualify to win, you have to attend a class at least 3x/week (yes I…

String cheese is a frequent go-to (80 cal). Pairs great with 1/4 cup of trail mix (160 cals)

Totally agree with this and whoever said to think of bacon as a "fat" not a "protein" - two slices of bacon is a lot more satiating and flavorful than a tablespoon of mayo IMO

I was at the airport prior to a 6 hour flight the other day and I decide to pick up a salad that I could eat (flight was over dinner time), so I head to a Chilis to-go and get some variation of a "Southwest Salad" assuming it's gonna be kind of calorie heavy for a salad, but if I take off the tortilla strips and go light…

2460 kJ converts to like 640 calories

Thank you - I'm craving carbs like crazy (also craving....not cooking, haha). I had a clif bar for breakfast and felt better, but ALSO since I ate I got to take medicine. Is craving carbs while sick a normal thing?

I'm getting over a cold - the past couple days I mostly slept and had no appetite - had like 600-800 calories. Today I'm feeling much better and I'm starving, so I'm letting myself eat a bit more. NBD - this is part of normal life

Nope, using a nonstick pan

Lately I’ve been doing a hot chocolate - 1 packet Swiss miss (90 Cals) 1 cup water, and 1 tbsp cream (50 cals). Super satisfying and also has that warm milk effect of making me sleepy

Thanks guys - OP here, not trying to mock, just saying - I don't get it. I see it on the boards - lots of folks saying things like, "oh my weight loss really kickstarted when I found IF" or recommending it to folks who are hitting plateaus. I also do low carb (again, not keto), but look up a lot of LC type recipes and end…

That a little bit of olive oil or butter makes veggies SO much better than trying to save 50 calories and eat then steamed (which makes me miserable)

Are you eating mostly naturally occuring fiber or fiber that's inserted in foods (i.e. fiber one products, certain yogurts with chicory root, etc.). The ingredient you see a lot is "chicory root" which I personally have a terrible reaction to - but even still the fiber in regular oatmeal, berries, spinach, etc tends to…

Ha - well, I think freaking out about 77 calories and saying it made you "sluggish" is a bit extreme, BUT I will admit that I had a similar reaction to finding out the calories in these. Basically, someone was passing them out at work and I was in the mood for a sweet treat so I ate two, assuming they were 30-40 calories…

Hi OP - my BF and I are somewhat similar to you. We both eat out every day at work for lunch - For me - usually salads, but occasionally soup or something like tacos. Local places, no real chains, but still "grab and go" type. For dinner we get takeout maybe once a week, and on the weekends we typically eat out, either…

So, if I'm having a specific craving, I say to myself "You have to wait 24 hours. If you're still craving it in 24 hours, you can have it"

Get used to being a little hungry sometimes. It'll get better. Just keep with it - give it 2-3 weeks at your current calorie level before reevaluating

Hi OP - I'm also short, I'm closer to your starting weight (current 155, I started at 164). Right now i'm losing at an average of 1500-1700 per week (losing about a pound a week). I use the TDEE method, so I don't eat back my exercise calories, just aim for 1500-1700 each day depending on my hunger. My goal is closer to…

I don't really understand how anyone can claim they are incorrectly categorized or not when the definitions have no meaning besides the one defined by the BMI calculator. So, as an individual, if your BMI is in the "overweight" range, it means, categorically, that you are carrying a certain amount of weight per square inch…

This seems like it would be great if you just omitted the sugar. Or, I mean, a tsp of sugar is only 16 calories. I feel like you can probably find room for that in your diet? If I really don't want to spend any calories on dressing I squeeze a lemon or lime on my veggies.

I hate the misconception that overweight people at the gym are there for the first time or just starting out. Lots of overweight people are active and never stopped working out. I am one of them. If anyone tried to give me a high five or congratulated me for changing my lifestyle I would be mortified.

I admit - this is my first holiday season on this lifestyle and so far I've lost 7 pounds (out of 35 total I'm trying to lose). So, while it's a nice victory, it's not *so* much that I feel like I can't undo it. Like if I gain back 3-4 pounds I'll be devastated. I'll be spending 10 days with my BFs family out of town and…

I use MFP for food intake The pacer app for tracking steps Happy scale for giving me a weight trend

I track them, but I don't weigh - more like a guestimate of what 1 cup is. Unlike meats, cheeses, nuts, etc. my estimations can be off by a pretty wide magnitude before I start to experience a swing of more than 20 cals

I tend to find a solid night's sleep (like, 9-10 hours) has wayyyy more impact on my weight than a poop. If I sleep like a rock, I can almost always expect a loss

See, this is part of what I don't get. Common forum-advice is not to eat back all your exercise cals because of machines and trackers overestimating. But even ignoring that, I'm short, so my sedentary maintenance is somewhere around 1400-1500. I'll typically eat ~1400, get 10-15k steps which my tracker gives me at around…

Right, but if I listed myself as "highly active" or whatever and didn't log my exercise, I would have eaten the same and burnt the same but my net calories would be higher, correct? Therefore....meaningless. Am I missing something? Or is there a way to get MFP to stop showing me this metric lol

I hate the name for this, but it's literally so good. I made it tonight! http://www.wittyinthecity.com/2011/08/man-pleasing-chicken/comment-page-30/ I just noticed you don't like mustard, but maybe someone else might find this useful lol

You mention petite - are you short? BMI can be a poor indicator for very short and very tall people

I also travel for work a lot! Also prefer to eat at local places. Personally, one of my big go-to's is sitting at the sushi bar. I don't feel weird by myself, and I usually get some kind of sashimi or sushi sampler. It's always yummy, feels kinda decadent and fancy, and pretty low cal.