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I have an EatSmart scale, and I had to prop it against the wall in my last apartment. Try recalibrating as described in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GGzANxKvk Make sure you put the scale in the same exact spot each time. If you have tiles on the floor, position the scale feet so none of them are directly…

If you hang around this forum long enough, you'll see that few people recommend "just this app" as a strategy for keeping weight off long term. I don't believe hard data exists that proves intuitive eating is more effective than other strategies (like weight and calorie monitoring or using this forum) for keeping weight…

Those on coumadin (warfarin) need to be careful with psyllium - it may interfere with your vitamin K levels. That's why I use Benefiber Healthy Shape instead - it's made with wheat dextrin.

Benefiber Healthy Shape Fiber Supplement - no taste, doesn't thicken liquids very much. I stir it into my cereal milk before adding the cereal. 5g soluble fiber per one rounded tablespoon. You can probably buy on Amazon if your local store doesn't stock it.…

They're tasty in the old-timey summer drink called a "shrub" (with or without the booze): https://food52.com/blog/13831-how-to-make-shrubs-aka-drinking-vinegars-without-a-recipe If you don't want to make your own, you can buy ready-made drinking apple cider vinegar mixes here:…

Steel-cut oatmeal, diced dried apricots cooked in the oatmeal to soften them, chopped walnuts and a dash or two of cinnamon at the end. I like to sweeten it with sugar-free maple-flavored syrup, or stevia - and a splash of cream to add richness

I like to dice a few dried apricots and put them in the oatmeal before cooking - that softens up the dried fruit - then add some chopped nuts after cooking in the microwave. I use stevia to sweeten to taste. If you like jam in your oatmeal, there are low/no sugar jams and preserves out there; I just had some Polaner Orange…

Don't know where you're located, but here in the U.S. Green Giant offers riced vegetable varieties, spiraled vegetables, roasted vegetables, mashed vegetables, and veggie "tots" (similar to Tater Tots). I've riced and mashed my own before, but it's messy and takes time. https://www.greengiant.com/products/ Roasting is a…

If you measure things and make sure you look at what you've measured every time you do so, you'll over time learn about portion control. It's more visual than a matter of the numbers. This is the approach I take: measure my item with a scale, and note how much of the bowl or plate it fills. As I try different cereals, for…

Mrs. Dash is your low sodium friend. http://www.mrsdash.com/

By the way, if you let yogurt drain long enough (past the Greek yogurt stage), you end up with yogurt cheese that has a spreadable texture similar to cream cheese and can be used in the same ways.

Counting calories means paying attention and doing a bit of work. Magic bullets do it all for you. In 1727, Thomas Short observed that fat people live near swamps. Therefore, to lose weight, move away from swamps. The first "detox" diet as far as I know came out in 1941 - the lemonade diet. In spite of all these magic…

The bologna needs to be fried, with mustard in addition to the cheddar cheese. Sometimes known as a redneck steak & cheese sandwich. Now, blood sausage is a different matter - used to love it as a kid (boiled, then fried, served with crusty bread and boiled potatoes), not so sure how I'd feel about it today.

Here's a few additional hunger scales that may be helpful in deciding whether you're hungry or not: http://intuitive-eating.blogspot.com/2007/02/different-hunger-scales.html

You can do it indirectly by getting a scale that syncs with Fitbit (Aria), create a Fitbit account, and then sync the Fitbit account to MFP. There are also other wifi scale brands that you can probably sync with MFP in this way.

If you have mold or mushroom allergies, be careful with Quorn - it's made with the vat-grown fungus Fusarium venenatum and some have had bad reactions to it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769805/ For breakfast sausage and fake bacon, I've tried a number of brands (including Quorn) and the best of the lot in…

Another mostly pescetarian - my goal is meat a few times a year, on holidays. You might find these resources of interest: https://www.ewg.org/research/labeldecoder/ https://www.ewg.org/research/ewgs-good-seafood-guide

What you're doing is mindless eating, the exact opposite of intuitive eating. Intuitive meaning means: learn to be aware of your hunger and satiety cues, and honor them. In other words, eat when you're hungry, stop when you've had enough, be mindful of what you're eating and enjoy it, and don't eat to satisfy your…

There are a number of possible root causes of depression (seasonal, situational, medical, existential, etc), and an evaluation by a mental health professional can help him/her determine the best course of action in your case. I suggest going beyond your family doctor, who doesn't have the in-depth training in…

The aforementioned "Feeling Good" is a self help book that's been around for decades; Burns is a cognitive therapist. You might ask for a referral for a therapist who does cognitive therapy; many cases of depression respond well to that method of treatment. The therapist can do an evaluation and determine whether a…

Tokyo Godfathers. Or Krampus.

You can also sneak vegetables into recipes if you don't care for them. For example, if you like mashed potatoes but not cauliflower, mash some cauliflower in with the potatoes. Replace sugar as a sweetener with stevia. Use techniques to reduce fat in recipes: oven fry instead of frying with fat, for example.You might have…

I'll be 72 in January. When I turned 25, I freaked out: a quarter of a century! 30 was also difficult. 40, 50, 60, and 70 -- not so much. We're given so many years and we have no control over the length of time allocated to it; all we can do is use it wisely. I got my first Master's degree at the age of 36, and my second…

Big hunk of Italian cream cake.

Reminds me of The Matrix:

I see a number of cognitive distortions in the above, including: * Negative predictions - overestimating that there will be a negative outcome * Catastrophizing - believing a bad outcome is a catastrophe * All or nothing thinking - you either win or lose, nothing else * Magnifying - making a mountain out of a molehill…

The Japanese noodle shirataki is made from konjac root - which is the ingredient used to make Lipozene. https://savvytokyo.com/japanese-superfoods-konjac/ The negatives of glucomannan: https://www.livestrong.com/article/149231-side-effects-of-konjac-root/

We always had corn fritters at Thanksgiving, cranberry relish made with orange juice and peel and walnuts (I think dad added some brandy to it), and chestnut dressing. They're the tastes I most fondly remember from Thanksgiving. https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/golden-corn-fritters-recipe…

Smuckers Low Sugar Concord Grape Jelly (5g/Tb), Polaner's Sugar Free Grape Jam with Fiber (0g/TB), Welch's Reduced Sugar Grape Jelly (5g/TB).