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Miso paste. Gives a sort of savory/meaty flavor even to purely vegetable dishes. I've been mixing it into a lot of dishes lately since I've been trying to eat more vegetarian. Start with mild red miso, go from there. Indian/Pakistani pickle. These are nothing like a cucumber pickle, or European pickled anything. They're…

I've been using it for a while, and endomondo consistently gives me higher calorie burn numbers, too. At this point I basically use it for the time/distance calculation but go with what MFP says for the calories. Since I'm trying to lose weight rather than replace those calories for training purposes, I think it's…

I'm with you. Once I started tracking, I figured out that snacks are without a doubt where I get the majority of my excess calories (not counting delicious, delicious beer). I can live without sweets, but I live for the salty-crunchy-fatty trinity, especially if delivered via a starchy vehicle of some kind. Some okay…

It does take some time for your butt to get used to riding, but it shouldn't really hurt. Discomfort, sure, but for the distances you're riding it shouldn't be really bothering you that much. This could be an issue with how your seat is positioned or how your bike fits you, putting too much weight on your butt and not…

I like salty/sour. Coarsely chop a couple of Tbs of capers, mince a clove of garlic, make a little vinaigrette with this, a Tbs of dijon, and equal parts olive oil & sherry vinegar. Fine diced celery, tuna, add vinaigrette to taste, season it, let it get to know itself for a few minutes. Some hard boiled egg if you've got…

We've got some Trader Joe's mini meatballs, made mainly of beef & pork, which are a little under an inch in diameter. 6 of them are 85g and 210 cals, of which 14g fat, 14g protein, 7g carbs, 440mg sodium. Lamb might be marginally less fatty but not necessarily.

Awesome, thanks for all the input. I was so focused on the food side of the equation that I had totally spaced on the fact that I could exercise more and that would help to compensate. I'll also try to drink at least a glass of water/club soda for every drink for as long as I can remember to do so. It will be good to go in…

People, relax. They're not regulating walnuts, they're regulating the claims that the manufacturers can make about walnuts. You are still free to buy and eat all the walnuts you ever were, just as you are free to drink all the red wine in the world and eat antioxidant-rich foods until you live forever. If you want to…