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Thanks ya all! I do love doing this and I expanded my walk to the local college campus duck pond as well. Can't have the duckies picking up things and choking!

No its not like the military thing. There's a balance but they included grapefruit and I was just wondering if anyone knew of any fruit that could replace grapefruit with the same calorie count and benefits, that's all.

You assumed wrong sorry. I was looking at menus for for 1300 calorie menu plans and they called for grapefruit. Nothing nefarious dude.

When I went to the commissary (military base) this week I noticed that they have smaller portioned servings of mixed yogurts for kids. You know- the stuff that has chocolate chips and granola in it. Because they're portioned for children, they're fewer calories but I still got the chocolate n granola "fix"- just portion…

Today I began with protein: 1 cup 1% cottage cheese with a little scallion on top Lunch will be a lightened up version of grilled cheese and my homemade tomato soup Dinner: pork loin with roasted root veggies and fresh steamed green beans Snack is Schwans' mini chocolate bars. They're awesome!

Young, what I found was that, when I cooked roasts in a slow cooker they always came out either dry or sitting in a pool of grease. YUCK! And still dry on top. I was SO amazed at how fork tender and juicy the roast came out! Next time any kind of roast is on sale at the store- I'm buying it up!

Well I made my first roast beef in my IP this weekend. YOWZA! Came out great and in half the time easily! I was even able to make a gravy from drippings (used cornstarch not flour).

please pass along how to do this! :)

Could you post the recipe for homemade yogurt in the instant pot? I love unflavored yogurt. Also, is this Greek?

When I was a kid, my Dad used to motivate us to do chores by telling us that, at the end of the chore, awaited a surprise. So we did our chores for the surprises. I remember one time I had to scrub the tub. When I was done and it was all shiny, Dad gave me my surprise. A brand new can of Ajax. Anyone else see something odd…

Hi there Ronda. This is my first time greeting someone like this normally I read and "like" (do the same on facebook too). Just to let you know- I've been there. I am now at 250 but had lost 155 pounds. So I was a pretty big gal. I actually became diabetic, insulin reliant type 2. I was up to 100 units per day, along with…

Thanks so much!

Can a relatively new person mentor someone else? I know I'm learning and such myself and have already had a do-over. But I think I could at least be an encouraging soul to someone who feels like they're kind of alone in this venture. I'm a 62 year old humorist (and yes, there is such a thing) who likes to use humor to keep…

try it! its really good and makes 4 servings and using the baked won tons as spoons means you can kind of do a community chow down! lol

So, I've been cooking in my IP a while now and truly I do love this! So far: chicken italiano, egg roll in a bowl (deconstructed egg roll), swiss steak, and several other things including congee, which turned out great!

Here's what I did. I added the flour to the greek yogurt. It has to be GREEK because it needs to be thick. The thicker the better. I also added in 1 tbsp of italian seasoning, and a tsp of garlic powder (not salt). I found I also had to flour the surface and the rolling pin and grease my hands with a bit of spray. The…

This is a new one on me! What are the ratios?

Hi. I belong to a facebook group of weight watchers devotees. They're nice folk but when I went to their website I discovered that its not affordable for those of us on fixed incomes. WW withholds information to force you into purchasing their product and, while I'm all about a commercial economy, I think if they will be…

Oh wow! This could be a new good thing! eatpalmini.com/ am looking into this now. Reviews on Amazon seem good. https://amazon.com/Palmini-Calories-Carbs-Vegetable-Linguine/dp/B0711R3XS4?th=1 Here's the drawback: price At WalMart, the king of discounters, its 10$ for a 1 lb can which we can assume includes water weight. The…

Am going to look into this as a possibility!

Not at all. And they're not marinated. they're packed in water. You can find them usually in the oriental section of your favorite grocer. Walmart carries them.

Peas would probably work since they're closer to corn in texture than cabbage. Cabbage has so much water when it cooks. But I wonder too, maybe cooked, ground up chick peas?

Thanks! Part of the issue was a move. We moved from one location where I lived 20 years to a new place and didn't even have a home to move to, yet! So anxiety set in. We stayed in a mini-apartment and I did cook but to be honest, I gave myself permission to fall off the wagon, rationalizing I needed to treat this like a…

Yeah. I have some health issues that inhibit the types of exercise but not all exercise. I found out years ago that I like walking if there's sidewalks. Don't like walking in the street, peoples yards or drainage gutters. But this neighborhood has sidewalks. When it rains I can hit a nearby large store like Wally World or…

I just used mine for the first time last night making a recipe for picadillo. It turned out good! I would lower the amount of sauce though. Personal preference. PICADILLO (INSTANT POT) I N G R E D I E N T S : • 1-1/2 lb 93% lean ground beef • 1/2 large chopped onion • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tomato, chopped • 1…

I cant eat corn but im guessing there could be a good sub?

whats arrack?

sounds kinda cool!

LOL okay thats funny! lol. Well I went to the one yesterday after my daily trash pick up (what I'm doing for exercise is walking my neighborhood area and picking up trash). Anyway, there was a mound of fruit in the middle of the table. I thought: huh? I was the baby of the bunch and I'm over 60. Anyway, they did a weigh in…

I like this!!! :)