hollyrayburn Member

Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, PB2, tuna

Mommas homemade chili, and top it with oyster crackers. Her country pork ribs. I swear. She'd broil it, and it tasted like sirloin! My mom makes the BEST Brunswick stew. Oh and her chicken pot pie! And let's not forget her biscuits. Not as good as granny, but still dang good. BRB calling mom and putting in a takeout order!…

Hummus for mayo. Plain Greek yogurt for mayo. "Hollow out" a cucumber to replace the bread in a tuna sandwich.

I could have a Flatbread Pizza made with chicken, oil based sauce, and veggies, and a slice might be 200 calories. I could make a yeast bread Pizza with lots of cheese, marinara, pepperoni, and sausage, and a slice could be 600 calories. Check out the recipe builder on here. Weigh all your ingredients, make the food, then…

Remember, that those serving spoons in the food are a "general" serving size. So don't fill your plate bottom with rice, and then pile lotsa fried meat on top. You're looking at like 6-7 servings of food there lol. Use moderate servings, try to avoid the foods with heavy sauces, breadings and creams, as they are calorie…

All week I have eaten 1 cup Special K with red berries(well, the walmart brand because I'm cheap lol), with 1/2 original almond milk, and a string cheese. 220 calories, 13 grams of protein, and I'm not staring at the clock all day waiting for lunch time. :)

Fat good. Calories(within your limit) good.

I think the best "plan" would be to eat foods that you enjoy, which you weigh to ensure that you are eating the number of calories that you think you are, and be sure to log everything that you eat, and that it is less than your TDEE. I don't buy into "plans" such as low/no carb, eat this not that, no fast food, you can…

Lots of jobs require 12 hour shifts. God bless the nurses, and those medics that tend to do 24 hour shifts! Anywho, get up minutes earlier, and go to the gym before work. You said yourself you are becoming lazy. Correct it. And good luck!

Lmao don't ask me how iphone autocorrected peppers to boppers. Must've had a dyslexic moment. :open_mouth:

My moms baked beans are amazing: homemade sauce, onions, boppers, hamburger meat, topped with a "crust" of brown sugar and bacon. Things like that are why I'm on MFP. Haha.

Some people want to stay stuck in their own ways. Are her beliefs affecting YOUR journey? If no, drop it.

I don't know about you guys, but I'm compiling my next grocery list from this thread. :smile:

Grapes Watermelon Smuckers uncrustable sandwiches all the cheese Ben and Jerrys "everything but the..." flavor my homemade three meat, cheese covered baked spaghetti tequila :)

^^ exactly. Or maybe there was nothing wrong with them in the first place.

Lol, I'm just the opposite. I'm a "grazer" and nibble here and there throughout the day. If I don't, I end up with dinners that are like 7 gatrillion calories!

Funny story. I work in correctional healthcare, and we had one patient who was constantly saying the tylenol did not help his fibromyalgia.(dont even get me started on that condition lol). He was constantly drug seeking A co worker jokingly said that we should scratch a "3" on his regular tylenol and see if it helped. Of…

So, by comparison, if I had a patient complaining of back pain, and I gave them an injection of "NorSaline" (Normal saline)..not telling them that the injection holds no medical value, and they suddenly feel better, it actually worked? No, because an injection of water did not physically help back pain.

PLACEBO (noun) a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect. a substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs. a measure designed merely to calm or please someone.

No kidding! Yesterday's breakfast for me was a chick fila biscuit. Felt sluggish all day. Today was greek yogurt with honey and apples, followed by a snack of beef jerky and string cheese. I feel awesome and wish work would hurry up and end so I can hit the gym! Haha.

I understand what people here are saying. That calories that contain certain nutrients are more beneficial to your overall health. Example: I could do a "twinkie" diet, stay under calories, and lose, sure. I'd feel tired, because I am not getting the proper nutrients that my body needs. My potassium tends to drop, so I…

I don't think it's rude to say one shouldn't define a certain type of food as "junk" (though, I will admit, when the cravings hit, I tend to say "I need junk food" lol As far as my comment, I said that *I* found that low of calories too little for me, as I have a lightly active job, and I work out. If someone is less…

Because we've been used to it so long. Not because we're a certain body type, or we have certain ancestors, or need some manically herb or voodoo, or need to learn to ban specific foods

Chronically eating too many calories.

I consider that far from snarky. It's an honest question. Foods should not be given labels as "junk", as all food is perfectly fine in moderation.

No oatmeal? What will I mix in my yogurt? Wait, don't tell me they "banned" that food too!

Lol, 4 chocolate bars? That was a nice SNACK back in the olden days. :wink:

OP, define "junk". I consider asparagus junk because it tastes terrible. Sorry, 1200 calories is too low for me. I eat 1700 on the days I DONT work out, more in the ones I do.

In because why not. 1). According to this I should stick to dry foods. Can I eat 4200 calories of rice, plain pasta, and chips a days, and lose weight and be "healthy" because the Egyptians or whoever said it was okay a million years ago? 2) I'll sign up for this plan, but only if I have the option where I can sign others…

Wow, 40 lbs only? I didn't even catch that. That led shouldnt even be CONSIDERED for someone who isn't obese.