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Mjbn; Thanks though. I might actually look into that; right now soups in moderation might be welcome since it is winter and cold. When the weather heats up (and it will; it's Georgia after all), I'll have to change strategy. As it is, on his last chemo treatment he lived afterward it seemed mostly on pears. We do ask him…

Mitch; I don't plan on going total low fat, but lower fat since a greasy pizza made him want to hurl. (I overheard him telling the youngest brother that) Think somewhere in between that extreme. Also since I'm cooking for 4 people, taste is a issue. If I won't want to eat it..then it is no good; I want all of us to be able…

Thanks Missy; apology accepted. And yes. Pardon my french, but cancer is hell. It really is. And thanks for the support; I figure I can only do what I can do, and in our house, I'm the one that does the cooking about 95% of the time; so that's where (besides knitting him chemo caps and a pocket tissue holder) I can…

Missy? Wasn't me who clicked that. And I believe you; I'm just going via my experience here. My mom had 2 bouts of cancer and I lost her to the second (She ended up with ovarian and liver cancer; died of hospital resistant infections in the hospital later :s) and my baby sister ended up with ovarian.(She's still alive; I…

Thanks Katie. And I believe that down to the ground, I mean I've been knitting him chemo caps (and a pocket tissue holder; it's allergy/cold season) as well since I can do that and it might make him feel better about having to shave his head and being bald (not to mention keeping him from getting a sunburned head later)…

Brittany, I hope he has the sense to do that if he gets worse. (And because this is the third time (My mom had it twice before she died) we've had cancer in the house, I'm familiar with how this goes; it gets progressively worse.) Right now the only time he ADMITTED he felt like hurling is after eating a very greasy pizza…

Okay, I'll spell it out from my recipe book. MIND, one of my goals is to not change things TOO drastically since WE ARE ON FOOD STAMPS AND THE LDS STOREHOUSE (if you don't know what that is, that's a food bank. We get out meat and canned veg and some milk and fresh vegetables from there, tho often they have fresh veggies…

Thanks guys. The thing is, the reason I thought I'd research keto here (even tho I'm not getting rid of the noodles) is strangely with the same ground beef, spaghetti and meat sauce (and spaghetti noodles) is lower calories. Which makes me think it's mostly the bread crumbs that are adding calories. There has to be a…

Me it's something I keep telling myself which isn't the standard.. "So okay you got yourself into this mess. Even with what problems I got, THERE IS NO EXCUSES. Do it."

Pav; Part of the problem is the bottle says a serving of peanut butter is 2 tablespoons. (180 calories for that) I noticed when I started weighing it for my sammwiches, I was often eating over! (That mail scale has been pretty faithful but I'd rather get it out of the kitchen.) Also with the powder; since I wasn't making…

Gotcha. I will, tho I'm cutting the peanut butter out of my breakfast for a while. To be blunt; I think with that, I'm eating TOO much. That's the problem. It's either too much or not enough..Trying to find Goldilocks here. Not too much, not too little. That's the other problem ><. I'm hoping with the powder, I can make it…

I can tell you right now pav: So far this week, even tho it was Fast Sunday week, I haven't lost any weight at all. (That's a religious thing that comes once a month) But we'll see Friday. That's why I spent the $20 to get that powder; I think I'm WAY overdoing it now. Maybe even the mail scale I'd been using malfunctioned…

Thanks Charlie. But yeah. I don't think it'll hurt to talk to the doctor; I was going to ask for a flu shot anyway. And yes, at this point since I'm obese, I'm aiming for ideal weight, but if I get more muscle..well. Good going and screw the scale. ^^ I just wanted to be sure I set up the app correctly, just prolly phased…

I hope so too apullum; as it is I do not have Prime, but I use Amazon a lot anyway b/c I don't always want to whine to get to the store. (Because I don't, I usualy use it for games/things I can wait a week for.) If things get really better (since you CAN do this if you're on medicare/medicaid) I'm going to pounce on it and…

Luckily even at my worst, I was eating 1200-1300 calories a day MINIMUM. If you saw the other thread tho, I'm also having trouble meeting my protein goals; unfortunately the peanut butter available isn't that high in protein for the calories. (7 grams of protein for 180 cals per 2 tablespoons) Hence why I'm thinking, get…

Apullum; I mean to do that as I up the walk. Right now it's like 100 calories, so better not to, at least that's what I think. If it gets to more than that, THEN i"ll eat some back. Right now i'm keeping track with a linked app + Personal Trainer Walking, so yeah, it does log. Personal Trainer Walking is just how I'm…

I log my walk but am ignoring the calories :smile: As in I try not to eat'em back unless it's a cheat day, which I have been trying to allow once in a while. But yeah, I'm not sure how that affects my goals, or if that makes me lightly active instead of sedentary. Goal there is totally MyFitnessPal there.

I mean to! I just figure since I cannot afford weights or the gym atm, a bodyweight strength training regimen would be the way to go three times a week as well to add to this. Just going to have to do it downstairs b/c of space reasons..

Okay, I discovered also that I'm WORSE than I thought weight wise (another reason to get with the doctor). I was 134 pounds overweight. (106 now) I'm ordering that protein powder just to be safe, and I'm going to ask folks something too. Also the Church food bank works wierdly. Ya order the stuff beforehand and THEN go…

I'll remember that Deanna; just right now I'd rather make sure i'm not pigging out b/c I'm bored or something and repping that with feeding the game machine instead. It's just bad habits caused by just not controlling what I ate. Not to mention STAY THE FRICK OUT OF THE FRIDGE. Picking in leftovers = Very Bad Idea since I…

I decided to go with adding some peanut butter to my oatmeal in the morning. This'll take some trial and error to get things just right (seven pounds in one week's a bit extreme; I want to aim for 1-3 a week instead). Oh and I forgot to mention. Since my main exercise right now is a thirty minute walk (About a mile at the…

Shaf; because when my mom died, she somehow thought she was in charge of the house. She's been bossing us around for years now. :/ Also; read, I think she has some aspie tendencies, which means she doesn't realize she's ticking people off. I feel sorry for any future boyfriend/husband she finds, but you can't make someone…

Cory; I'm hoping I can get my chance to GTFO in a year or two to be honest. This isn't the only place where she's basically The Housemate From Hell, but I don't have a lot of options at the moment. Not that can get me out at the snap of the fingers. As it is, I try to talk to her at little as possible and just try to stay…

Music; she does in a way b/c she tends to get most of the food (Church food bank, etc) and really, in that case; I don't like to hear her say, "YOU DON'T NEED MILK OR EGGS OR CHEESE! LEAVE THAT ALONE!"; as I said, she is a major food nazi and knows how to push all my buttons. Also we only get 4 gallons of milk every two…

Panini; part of it is sis's food nazi attitude and partly b/c I'm sticking to what we have/watching portions a little aggressively. (She is anti milk, surprising since we were raised as milk drinkers. I had to cut way down anyway b/c we can't afford a lot of milk; but I can see why when I cut out all snacks, I drop weight…

I'll call her and tell her about it, she didn't check MFP. My current calorie plan is 1910 calories a day; I've been more like 1200 on average. I figure I should have it 1800 at the very worst. Part of it is my sister's food nazi (No, you can't have eggscan'thavemilketc), and I have also not been making protein macros at…

Thanks Lounmoun! I'll try both ideas when we got old broccoli again. We have to use what we have (and we do get cheddar cheese); the problem with Alton Brown's is it has both mayo and ranch dressing in it, as well as cheese. I think that + ramen noodles is what really packs on the calories. And amgreenwell; the siblings I…

It is for any sudden diet changes, it took me a while to realize that eating too many fresh veggies/fruits causes me to be sorry on the toilet for a day at least. Mainly b/c I haven't been eating a lot of'em, so my gut needs to adjust, so I thought take it slow to give my system time to do that. I also had a problem for a…

Nut; I have some pants someone got me from goodwill that didn't fit, maybe I'll use those first. I don't think I can depend on that though; I wore out/got rid of a lot of things a while back b/c I had to declutter. (When you got a small room..) Komm: As I hinted, there's few veggies I don't like. I just need to find ways…