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Baby carrots. By the time you eat four or five, you'll be so tired of chewing that you won't want anything else for awhile. No dressing, or only, maybe, some kind of vinegar. Seriously, though, carrots, cabbage, onions and most of the leafy salad greens can be eaten in volume without much calorie impact, if you don't add…

A reasonable meal is 3-4 ounces of lean protein, half your plate with a leafy or low-carb vegetable, and 1/4 your plate with a vegetable with more carbs. Breakfast can be similar, but with fruit. Low carb fruits tend to be berries, and low carb veggies that are not salad could be turnip/mixed/mustard greens, onions,…

Let's assume you do not have access to a microwave or a refrigerator at work, but do at home, and what you really want are cheap, easy, and convenient lunches -- but also healthy. *Peanut butter and (anything, in moderation) sandwich and an apple. *Thermos of hot soup, especially if it's homemade and has vegetables in it.…

Alas. I hit a paywall for the New York Times cooking site.

@springlering62 I see a number of hot Swiss cheese dip recipes (Google search). Most of them have mayonnaise, but one is just, roughly, 2 parts cream cheese to 1 part Swiss, chopped green onions, and dashes of nutmeg and pepper, baked together until melty, then topped with sliced almonds…

Unflavored Greek yogurt is pretty high in protein even without the whey. I add 1 ounce of leafy greens and maybe three ounces of whatever fruit I have on hand. My favorite Jordan's Skinny Syrup to add is Unicorn Dreams because it's just sweet, like sugar syrup sweet, but no calories per serving, and it encourages me to…

When I was thirty-one I realized I had gained two pounds over the last year. Just two pounds. I thought that wasn't too bad. Then I did the math and realized if I gained just two pounds a year over the next fifty years, it would add up to a hundred pounds. So, sometimes just not gaining is a small victory. When I did start…

Put in your exercise every day for a week. The next week, go to that day of the previous week, click on the three dots beside exercise, and copy to date=today. If something varies you can edit for the day after copying.

Are you trying to reduce your sodium? A one-ounce bag of Skinny Pop original flavored popcorn gives nice crunch, lots of bites, and is low sodium at only 9 carbs. Sugar free Greek yogurt is filling and sweet, can have lots of protein, and comes in many flavors. Or you can get unflavored and use one of the skinny…

You can change your carb goals: From the menu at the top of your screen on a PC: My Home-->Goals-->Edit. Adjust your carb percentage until it's in the range you want. Good luck.

Unless you go into settings and break down your fat allowance into categories, MFP will assign a zero value to polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and trans fat. So your total fat allowance will look good but any of those categories that have nutritional data in the submitted entries will show as negative. I just ignore…

Tacos, fajitas, and chili are all pretty quick and easy. Aldi has chicken sausages that I love to cut up and stir fry with peppers and onions, and sometimes diced potatoes. You can also use the chicken sausages, diced small, as the protein for a chef salad. If you use Aldi's organic spring mix or the like, add a couple of…

Besides fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables, snack foods you can just buy: Triscuits - Hint of Sea Salt - only have about 50 mg sodium per serving. Swiss cheese - an ounce usually has about 45 mg. Air popped or microwave popcorn - you control the salt, or use a different flavoring. Unsalted nuts in moderation (because of…

Rope jumping, fast Rope jumping, moderate, general Rope jumping, slow You'll want to enter it as cardio to get the calorie credit, I think.

As @Neanderthin said, a macro-balanced meal is important, in part because it balances the load on various organs. If your plate is half full of non-starchy vegetables (or even fruit, if you lean toward berries) then you can have protein and a small but satisfying starchy serving (potatoes, beans, etc.) and stay within 30…

Same! I use a cushion like Lietchi describes in the car plus a lumbar cushion behind my back. I keep a pillow under my hips in bed or between my bony knees if I turn to the side. Office chairs don't bother me as much but I find lumbar cushions do help--but I'm also short and my chair is a little too big. Finally, lately…

I'm pretty fond of pork tenderloin or sliced turkey for a quick breakfast sandwich and I cook ahead specifically to have it available. Adding cheese builds flavor as well as protein, but increases fat and sodium. Greek yogurt is great for protein if I'm not driving. A chicken breast gives you a lot of protein for the money…

You know, it's almost as important what you make sure is IN your diet as what you leave out when dealing with diabetes. Balanced meals are important, which means most meals should have (low fat) protein, leafy greens or a low-carb vegetable, and also include some starchier stuff. For the starch, higher-fiber is somewhat…

You could do either, create a meal or a recipe. At three cups/750 grams per serving you must be getting about 3 servings per recipe (3.2, actually). Yes? So if you create a recipe you can specify 3 servings, and if you create a meal you can't, but when you add it to your log you can add .33 or 1/3 meal. It won't be exact…

What if you logged for a day in the future, and as you eat an item copy it to the actual date? With my phone app (Android) I can click on the pencil icon at the top right corner, check selected boxes, and then, using the three dots menu (top right, again) copy to another date. That way with a couple of clicks you can see…

My DH and I were diagnosed with T2 diabetes a year apart, and I attended his sessions with a nutritionist when he went through them and then attended on my own behalf when it was my turn. (I still think insomnia was my trigger. By then we were both eating pretty healthy.) Anyway, even though he weights considerably more…

Trader Joe's has sugar-free, salt-free, just peanuts peanut butter that is about half the price of most stores. They have both creamy and crunchy. Sure, you have to stir it but it's quite good. (Don't ask me about the time I used an electric mixer with one skinny dough hook directly in the jar and forgot to hold the jar…

Ocean Spray and some store brands have a 5-calorie cranberry juice blend that is good in smoothies, so I have used a half cup of that as the base. Then I add any of {1 tomato, 1 carrot (rough chopped), an ounce of kale, an ounce of spinach, 1 jalapeño, apple slices, orange/tangerine slices, blueberries, mixed berries} in…

I'll address breakfast. You can scramble eggs in the microwave; just stir them up well so they don't explode, and cover them. Cook for about one minutes per egg. You can add water or cream or cheese as you would scrambled eggs on the stove. Don't overcook and the texture will be fine. You can always add more time if the…

I just go with a national chain's nutritional data for pizza, and try to pick a similar crust (thin, hand-tossed) and size -- some large pizzas are 16", some 18", etc. There will be some variation in the generosity of sauce and cheese, but you do what you can. If I can't find a match for toppings I choose cheese and then…

40 grams old-fashioned rolled oats 1/2 cup or 4 oz low-fat milk (sometimes more) Microwave in a REALLY oversized bowl at 60% for 3.5 minutes. Add in your choice of: *1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar *3-4 ounces of diced or small fruit (apples, peaches, strawberries, blueberries). Softer fruits do better. Blueberries turn the…

I feel full for awhile after eating a whole carrot or a few ounces of sliced cucumber. They both have enough crunch to give my mouth a workout, but aren't so delicious that I crave more.

Good! Controlling diet and including exercise (doesn't even have to be a lot, just 30 minutes a day helps) can really help with diabetes. And whoever cooks will have a better idea of how to log meals than the other, so teamwork really, really matters.

I am a little confused by what you mean by "salted or low breakfast." Are you trying to reduce sodium and carbs, especially sweets? If so, assuming you want about 300 calories and can handle 45 carbs: I'm all about a peanut butter and X sandwich for breakfast, on toast. Use a low carb bread. Not much X. Or any breakfast…

What kind of food prep are you interested in doing? Do you want to cook meals in advance and figure out how to record them accurately? Do you just want to stock up on healthy-ish grab-and-go choices? There are so many different ways to answer. At 19, are you in a dorm situation or still at home with someone else cooking,…