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If there's nothing I can eat there, chances are I bow out and get together after dinner. One restaurant I brought my own pasta and sauce for them to prepare. Sometimes I'll settle for a salad with oil and vinegar - I have other allergies too. If we're on the road, I always have other food with me so that I don't have to…

In Western Canada, Chianti's has gf bread and pasta, and I get the spaghetti squash salad, sans chicken, with oil and vingear dressing.

This is one thing that I really like my FitBit for. I don't have to figure out how much time I was walking or how intense it was. The FitBit automatically logs it and adjusts my MFP accordingly. Great for those grocery store trips - how far did I really walk going up and down all those aisles?

Yes, of course! I try to still eat healthy foods, and some chocolate. I know that the "I can't stop eating even though I'm full" day will only last a day, and then I'll be okay, so I just do the best I can.

I don't do a lot of protein powders, but I did buy one for occasional use in shakes or whatever. I can't do dairy or grain, and the soy powders still use grains (rice), so what I use is hemp protein. No added sugars or flavours, just ground hempseed. If I want to add sugars or flavours, I can do that myself.

I like to eat in the evening. So I leave plenty of calories free to do so, do an extra workout session if I need to, etc. I still aim to stick to healthy, whole foods; fruit, nut butters, dosa's, supper leftovers, etc., and the occasional chocolate.

Okay, I'm not sure why folks are saying that bread, pasta, and potatoes do not contain complex carbs. They certainly do. Simple carbs means mono and di saccarides; ie sugars. Even so, there are very few foods that you could eat that were only complex carbs or only simple carbs. They tend to both be in the same package.…

Any sort of baking goes like hotcakes around here. LOL. I don't do a lot of baking, because they'll eat everything in one day!

Me too - I found my measurements from a year ago when I was ordering some clothing online. I lost 5 inches from my bust, waist, and hips (15 total). I've taken additional measurements now too. Since this time last year, I have lost around 15 pounds.

Great goals, guys! You are awesome! My goals right now aren't well-defined. I want to : - continue to exercise every day - run a half-marathon with hubby's nieces in May - do more strength training I am very happy with what I have accomplished in the last year, and don't want to either (a) try to do too much and end up…

Bump! I just saw these online for the first time a few days ago, and I'm curious as to what people have to say. I can't fit a treadmill or exercise bike in my home, but the mini steppers or mini ellipticals look interesting.

nori any veggie with hummus smoothies rice tofu of any kind, but espec ially smoked or curry beans with corn chips

Yeah, my exercise calories is usually at least 500 per day. 500 calories could weigh quite a bit more than that - lots of my calories are fruits and veggies, so water and fibre could make it weigh a lot more. A grapefruit is 230 g, and only 50 cals.

Thank you! I just joined that group yesterday, but haven't posted yet. I measured last weekend, so I have a baseline (and it made me feel good to see that in the past year I have lost 5 inches off of the bust, waist, and hips (15 total).) <Breathing> I can do this. Pam

For me, I figure I get about 10 sweat points per calorie. It will differ from person to person. Just like with running, the heavier you are the more calories it is going to burn.

I increased my calories from 1200 to 1700 yesterday. Today my weight spiked 3 lbs. Everybody reassure me, please! Intellectually I know I haven't put on three pounds of fat. It is water weight and extra food in my digestive tract. But I need to hear the same thing happened to you, and then it went down!

Different foods and diets work for different people. For general health, I agree with eating as unprocessed as possible, not adding extracted oils, eating a wide variety of plant foods, and watching portion sizes. Those words will mean different things to different people. That said, if I eat meat I will throw up for three…

Yes, I do that too. Seeing a doctor about exercise-induced asthma is on my list of things to do . . .

How do you sprint in place? High knees? Running in place as fast as you can? I picture sprints as long strides, and obviously you can't do that in place.

Great job! I'm going to try upping my calories next week, see what shakes loose!

Do food intolerances count? Vegetarian Dairy-free Grain-free Walnuts Almonds Dates Have to be careful of osme other foods.

Digestive enzymes, acidophilus, ginger, and tonic water.

I start mine next week.

Lots of fruits, veggies, and beans in my diary.

I do eat soy - tofu, mostly - but am vegetarian, grain-free, dairy-free. Lots of fruits, veggies, beans and lentils, nuts/seeds, pseudocereals (quinoa and buckwheat), etc. Unprocessed, mostly from scratch, I have other allergies as well. My diary is open to friends.

The protein combining theory proposed by Francis Lappe was recounted decades ago, yet still hangs on. Vegetable proteins are not incomplete.

Some interesting thoughts.

Umm, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussels sprouts are crucifers, part of the cabbage family, not night shades. Night shades are tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, potatoes . . . But they are high fibre and also produce a lot of gas, so can cause a lot of gastric distress if you're not used to them.

5:30 (which is before dawn in the winter, after dawn in the summer). I'm not in bed until 11:30, so I couldn't get up much earlier.

Me too! I collect recipes all week long, so I am trying to cook something new twice a week to try some of them out. Any my boys don't seem to mind! I am using BigOven for meal planning. Integrates my meal plan with the grocery list on my phone so I don't have to remember to copy from recipes to phone, except when I am…