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I had lots of encounters feeding the vegan girls my two sons brought around over 20 years of dating with me making vegan lunches, dinners and snacks for a dozen or more of them. An unheahier looking group you could not assemble from the privileged class these kids came from. I could usually tell a meat eater from her good…

You should weigh everything. And, then you will know.

Of course, there are many who focus on volume to meet weight loss goals and if you have that constant state of hunger, it is a good approach to wolf down a big bowl of something. It will fill you up and often that is the best approach. Low calorie density and high volume. Add low cost and you have a great reason for a…

The OP already said he enjoys time in the kitchen. As I do. If you turn some ingredients into a mess of stew in a pressure vessel you are not going to experience the benefits of time applied to meal prep. Better meals, better calorie counting results.

A pressure vessel cannot usually be found in a good restaurant kitchen. This is because of the intense cooking these vessels deliver. Of course, if one is making bean or pea soup from dry beans or cat food, they are indispensable. But, unless you are a working parent with a lot of mouths to feed, I think the careful, slow…

Look tasty, but too calorie dense for me.

An avocado is the delivery system for Maldon Sea Salt Flakes.

Restaurants sauces are usually laden with oil. Nothing improves Marinara sauce like a few tablespoons of oil per serving. Expect that the sauce will have 200 to 400 calories compared to an equal amount of store bought at 70-100 calories. I've seen chefs pour olive oil right from the bottle onto the plate to the tune of a…

1/2 cup fresh raspberries with raw honey drizzled all over them.

Go with the hunger. It is not actually conveying good information to you in that you are apparently eating enough to nourish and move you around. Go with it. Suppose it was jelosy. You confirmed with detectives, friends and a polygraph that your partner is not cheating. But, you are still jealous. What to do? Certainly not…

Persons who thrive in restriction, and self imposed restraint do well with eliminating the added sugar (usually up to the fifth ingredient) because such will encompass a lot of calorie dense foods and snacks.

I like counting calories. The process depends on the planning and the expectation of logging what is brought out to eat. And, the statement you made of "disordered eating" brings to mind the principle that one cannot fix one's own brain. That is why they call it "compulsive." Sounds like you want to go back to what you had…

Less calories.

Mercury levels seems to be a product of "canned" tuna. Try frozen yellow fin tuna from Sam's Club or Costco.

The primary concern as to water retention is cardiac insufficiency (unfortunately now called "heart failure"). If you have heart failure follow your doctors orders. If you are just trying to trick the bathroom scale, try something else.

Protein powder is a giant experiment in nutrition supplement safety. How will it turn out? Your grandchildren may know.

Shrimp is by far the best choice for protein. Do the math. Excepting only supplement powders which are, after all, a giant experiment (never conducted before) in food safety.

The meat will be 3 calories per gram, more or less if you can't find the cut.

I wish I could tell you by how much Jif dominates all competing products in large panel blind taste tests. Its off the charts. Even the most successful direct competing products. Smuckers purchased it about 20 years ago from P&G. But, I can tell you that people love it more when they don't know it is Jif.

I think you have to decide what your personal strengths are and use those. If you are insecure and have low self esteem, that can be a strength. Go to WW or any program where you have to get up and step on the scale in front of a crowd. If you do well with denial and restriction then fasting and Keto are your friends. If…

Leek and fish Soup Sautee shredded leeks in a drizzle of olive oil, covered in the soup pot. Add cut up pieces of salmon, trout, whiting, cod and yellow fin tuna. One pound total. Corn as available, cut off cob. Add 64 oz chicken or vege broth Swanson box. Garlic. One tbsp Better than Boullion Lobster Base. Simmer 45…

You will be happier not to diagnose from symptoms on the Internet. Nothing good can come of it. Save your responses to the diagnosing physician. It has been well proven that patients who thing they have a particular condition tend to overstate the symptoms that pertain to it.

Honey is 20 cal per teaspoon and pretty much the sweetest thing one could drizzle on anything less calorie dense. So, you might try some melon or fruit like apples or grapes with honey. Then back off for a bit and go with the tea.

I'd suggest you do a little research before calling another post "bogus." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5TMj4c5FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoqDoet_RtA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9M7fTlCa4

What troubles me is coming down in the morning to clean up from a party and finding a bowl of un-melted ice cream on the table. Room temperature. Yikes!

Having worked in a food research laboratory at Procter & Gamble's Food Research Center Winton Hill Technical Center I can say with pretty much confidence that food processing is not done to make the food more dangerous, less stable or more expensive. If they do it, it is to make the food safer, more long lasting, tastier…

Lower expectations. Unless you have anemia due to iron deficiency you are gonna get more tests. The CBC is like a flyover. Get a look at the terrain from high altitude in that blood and then when something is out of norm they will drill down with more tests. The CBC is the portal. What comes next is driven by the results…

I marked the soup pots with ounce markings. 32, 48, 60. Just scratches in the stainless steel. Then, when the soup is done I extrapolate the ounces and that is the number of servings in the recipe. Then when I have soup I use a measuring cup to dole it out and the number of ounces in my bowl is the number of servings to…

I guess you are a low sodium advocate. Here is the take away from an actual study if you prefer: Previous studies have shown that low-sodium, compared to average sodium intake, is related to increased cardiovascular risk and mortality, even though low sodium intake is associated with lower blood pressure.…

The last refuge of a failed argument is the personal, ad hominem attack. A little out of the ordinary here, but at least we know what you are. Now if you want to disagree that something pretty horrible can happen when sodium is way low, then cite some study that says so.