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I very much agree with this. Vegetables are flash frozen today, far better than 50 years ago. And, one does not have to follow instructions on the package. A light steaming or tossing in a skillet with butter and garlic can go a long way to improving frozen veges.

People become unnecessarily obsessed with nutrition. Much of the World does just fine eating poorly balanced diets of rice and beans or rice and seafood protein and the narrowest of green vegetable choices. For an adult not recovering from illness or injury it barely matters as long as it isn't all sugar, preservatives and…

I stand corrected on the exercise question.

The database is crap. I accidentally clicked on a corn choice that was put in at 85cal/gram.

When you set your goals, the workouts and exercise is a factor. And, if your body knows the difference between activity and exercise that is big news.

Not really. When you set your baseline, and say you are active you are already rated for a lot of exercise calories. Eating them back is double dipping and throws off your plan.

As between sockeye and Atlantic the difference is not significant. Less than the difference in apple varieties. Maybe 1.7 cal/g instead of 1.8 cal/g. But, of course, sockeye is tastier IMO.

Now is the time to remember that excess food eaten goes to waste every bit as much as uneaten food. I get what I want, eat a couple bites and toss it in the first trash can I come to.

Saturated fat is a controversial topic. Of course, one has to follow the doctor's instructions, but as a lifestyle choice one would be 100 times less likely to meet an avoidable death if one did not drive in the rain as opposed to eating a bit of butter and coconut.

Salmon and Sea Bass.

There is a world of salt choices out there. Nothing is healthier than pure salt within reasonable limits both maximum and minimum. My favorite is Maldon crystals, but pink Hawaiian, endless kosher choices, powdered, ancient unrefined, etc.

They taste different. What else of significance?

There are a few things I don't weigh but do count. A medium carrot is about 40 calories - 100g. I just log it. Same for Romaine. A plateful of Romaine is about 15 calories. Log it. But, when it comes to oil at 9 calories per gram, I weigh every drop. Not literally, of course. I weigh the bottle, pour the oil and weigh it…

Uh, no you didn't.

I have found that poaching seafood works well with the smallest amount of liquid possible. Some people steam the fish in a 1/4" of water, with a dash of red wine vinegar. I don't cook with wine. And, I don't steam, just heat up the water, barely coverings the fish tightly packed in the saucepan slowly. I do add Better Than…

Poached Salmon is a good example of a food that should be weighed and logged cooked. It is laden with oil that renders out in poaching (at 9 calories per gram more or less) and that is why poached salmon has less calories than other preparation choices. Here is some poached salmon and shrimp I had for dinner.

I start with raspberries and blueberries and blackberries. A pint. Then I might have a couple of potato chip or pretzels. Because of the salt, you can't taste either one after the first few. If I am really snack deprived, its a Jolly Time 100 calories microwave 5 cup popcorn.

Just be sure that if you use a raw weight you are eating everything you take off the scale, like bones, skin, rendered fat, stems, etc. Otherwise search for "Cooked" and weight if after you cook it. This is essential for things like bacon, potatoes, etc.

Just count the calories and stop when you get to your daily goal. If that is a bag of pretzels, sad for you.

Uh, are you sure about that?

I buy a crusty baguette from the French bakery, cut it up the way I like it and freeze it. To thaw, wrap in kitchen towel and give it 15 seconds in the MW. Just like new.

Every unnecessary bite goes to waste about a day or so later.

I never eat anything after dinner around 6-7pm. An experience with nighttime acid reflux convinced me - not weight loss. But, the side effect is a 12 hour gap making my goals more easily achievable.

The reason calorie counting works is that it subtly trains one to moderate food choices and eating to reasonable portions and requiring accountability at the point of choice and consumption or as close to it as practical. Financial budgeters do the same thing and even often insist on the client carrying a notebook with…

Tuna is boring and dry. Here's the product: $3.84 at Walmart

Of course, I don't want to be harsh, but if contradicting a wrong idea is harsh I'll live with it. This is a really simple system for losing weight. Until people start fooling around with it talking about carrying over deficits and excesses and eating back exercise and fasting and restricting carbs or sugars or whatever.…

Just count them all. Either it works or it doesn't. All of these goofy strategies are just to get away from the discipline of counting every calorie and facing the truth about what one actually eats. Start every day like it was your first day doing this. And, the good news is that it takes 3500 extra calories to gain a…

The scale is the antidote for denial and aversion which, in turn, sabotages most dieters. "I just used a tablespoon of peanut butter" or " it was just about a half a cup of noodles" are claims that disguise hundreds of inconvenient calories that the dieter so much wished were not there. A scale is like a lie detector.

If you do not have medically diagnosed water retention or kidney disease you should not be avoiding sodium. The RDA will be increased soon due to the absence of medical evidence that low sodium is a risk for healthy adults. It is your electrolyte. Without it you and your kidneys die.

Those salmon muffins look wonderful. I could see a slice of bacon or some jalapenos in there too. Your recipe is on the menu this evening here.