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EZ peel frozen shrimp is $6.70 per lb. at Sams here. One of the highest sources of protein/calorie to be found in real food.

Just remember your algebra. If you weigh the whole portion of pasta dry, then you weigh the whole of the pasta cooked, then you weigh your cooked portion you will know exactly what part of the dry pasta you had and therefore how many calories you had.

Just buy the scale. It costs $15 on Amazon.

Freeze dried ice cream is very interesting. I tried some once. As for inclusion in a military MRE, I have had every menu item from the 2 (A&B Case) 12 format menus offered for the past 20 years and I don't recall any of them including the ice cream product. You can buy it as a camping item on Amazon.

The bad news is that it takes every bit of a 3500 calorie deficit to lose one pound. The good news is that it takes every bit of a 3500 calorie excess to gain one pound. But, for me, every day is a new day. I don't even think about yesterday once the calories are logged.

I see a big difference between air popper and using a stove top popper with a shot of Pam. I think it is the contact with the pan. But it does not have the texture of styrofoam which is a problem with Air poppers. And, try the skinnypop mini popcorn cakes with sea salt. They are not to far off air popped calorie wise.…

You are exactly right. The only dehydrated product in an MRE is the drink mix. They are real food and nothing "needs" to be heated. I find a little water in a skillet 1/4" with a lid will heat the heated items to serving temperature in about 5 minutes. Each MRE is self contained and includes drink, carbs, deserts and…

Well, it always amazes me what people don't know. An MRE is words shortened to letters. It is the name of a thing with acronym origins. Like the IRS, or the USA. If you type MRE into a google search box, you get 24,000,000 pages linked most all of which identify exactly what a MRE is.

I bought a vacuum sealer from Amazon rated "Amazon's Choice" but it did not work well for me so I gave it to my son. I buy large (meat and fish) and eat what I can fresh and freeze the rest so I'd be interested in which Food Saver you find best. I have a few cases of military MRE's and really love a couple of the entrees.…

This is my portico today. A little more than usual.

I have always been a bit of a hoarder. I've stocked up on frozen shrimp and fish in case I can't get out and about. And, I have always had huge supplies of paper and plastic product from buying in bulk. I have hundreds of freezer ziplocks and thousands of bags. And, dozens of 32oz spray cleaners. I just bought a case of…

Sugar. Its the best replacement for itself. Count the calories (sugar does not have all that many) and log it all. Sugar has been on the table for centuries without anything other than claims of obesity to make it "bad." And, we know you can get just as fat from beans and rice as sugar. So enjoy and stop trying to micro…

Every body is different. Get a number, count calories for gain, loss or maintenance and plot the results. That is the only way you will know. Unless of course, you want to get into some multi-million dollar lab equipment for a plethora of uninsured procedures.

I have simple fish meals about 4 times per week. The recipes above are ok. Some hints: Salmon is calorie dense compared to the others. I have it at least once a week. Shrimp is the most economical highest protein choice. Toss it over high heat in a skillet with red pepper flakes and a little butter (.25 tbsp) just till…

Cup of fresh raspberries

Just get with the program. Determine a daily calorie count that will allow you to gain or lose the weight you want, not more than 2 pounds per week and get a scale and count the calories and stop fooling around with unhealthy behaviors.

Raspberries

My weight varies as much as 4 pounds from day to day, probably entirely based on water and elimination. Not to worry, while it takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose a single pound, it also takes a 3500 calorie surplus to gain a pound. I have faith . . . in science, which is calorie counting, not whether particular foods…

I have had the same breakfast 6 days a week for 25 years. Wheaties, raw rolled oats granola and 1% milk, plus banana and strawberries. 320 calories. No exceptions. Except Sunday.

You are not eating the bones so they don't matter. Both of your sources are giving you the same answer. Without sauce, pork ribs of any variety are about 2.5 to 3 calories per gram of what you eat. A half a slab here would be about 8oz of meat which would get you to about 600 or so calories. Plus, the sauce which cannot be…

What makes you feel full and not hungry?

Not as simple as that. Wild caught Atlantic salmon has about 1.5 calories per gram. Farm raised salmon (Sams Costso, etc.) has 2.1 calories per gram.

I bought a 10 pound bag of Basmati from Amazon. I can eat any protein with rice and sesame oil and crushed red pepper.

When have you felt full in the past?

My weight varies as much as 5 pounds based on the salt intake the day before. If I have salt water seafood and a couple of salty snacks, its 5 pounds. But, I count everything and have complete faith and every week I lose weight.

You know the study you cited has nothing to do with the actual topic here, right? And, it is directed to the opposite postulate of your introduction of the need for more potassium (which came from where?). But, I take it you like your low sodium products, Dr. Sharpe?

If you have swollen ankles and muscle cramping in your legs, or you are a recent heart procedure patient under doctors care, you should not worry about sodium. Its good for you. Its your electrolyte - the substance that keeps you from dying from organ failure. And, 3000mg should be the target, not 2300. Only politics and…

I should have quantified the benefits. A quarter pound of shrimp (5-6 or so) has 100 calories and 24g of protein and here costs about $3.

Shrimp cocktail with cocktail sauce and lemon. Try 10 shrimp. You may not finish it.

Weigh meat before if it goes in a recipe where all of it is served and consumed. If it is fried or grilled or roasted in a pan where the rendered fat is not drunk, weigh it after cooking. Rendered fat from any meat has about 100 calories per tsbp. If you don't drink the fat don't weigh it in.