fatcat0908 Member

My mother in law has seen a wonderful improvement in her fibro pain levels since starting a gluten free diet. Just something to consider.

It's your BMR plus the calories you burnt.

I do the elliptical, the treadmill kills my knees too. I also belong to my local YMCA, so I do a lot of swimming and take an aqua zumba class.

I just try to make sure I keep up my daily fiber intake. I usually do that with beans and kashi cereals which rounds out my protien and keeps my carbs in check.

I bulk all recipies with spinach whenever I can. I make it quite often as a side as well, but to get everyone to like it I will sweat a minced onion in 1/2 tbsp canola oil, add a ton of dried dill and the bag of frozen spinach. All three of my picky kids love it that way.