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This ^^ Even our supermarket bakery has lots of options for one-portion items - cheesecake, cupcakes, napoleons, etc. Each one is plenty big enough for a few candles!! That way you can splurge and not worry that there will be leftovers to tempt you the next day. I do this for my father when he comes to dinner and wants…

Fun to read everyone's ideas - inspiring too! When I turned 50 I made 3 "permanent" New Year's resolutions - E very year I will: - go somewhere I've never been before (doesn't have to be exotic or far away - just somewhere interesting) - do something I've never done before - learn something new. So far so good 9 yrs later,…

LOVE LOVE LOVE your answers!! I wouldn't have thought of anything witty to say until I'd driven halfway home.

I track sodium for health reasons, more than for weight. From the Mayo Clinic website - The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day — or 1,500 mg if you're age 51 or older, or if you are black, or if you have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease. So…

I think what would be most frustrating about this situation is not so much whether the person should lose weight, but that she talks a lot about how "good" she's being - and however diverse your diet is, hard to see how half a loaf of bread at one sitting is "good". The positive thing, though, is that she has already…

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***************************************************** Agreed. I continue to log food at this point less for weight loss than because at a certain (ahem) age my health requires that I keep track of and not consume too much sodium and saturated fat. Long term health requires not *just* a healthy weight, but also eating the…

My regular TJ's shopping list - frozen shrimp salmon rolls (frozen - with spinach) McCann steel cut oatmeal (avaialble elsewhere, but MUCH cheaper at TJ's) walnuts that are chopped in exactly the right size for said oatmeal (called "baking pieces", I think) dried fruits vegetable dumplings (frozen) chocolate covered…

WTG!! I have never smoked but I have lived through the quitting process with people and have seen how hard it is. Even if you gain some weight, the health benefits of quitting the smoking (not only for you but also for the people you live with) far outweigh the negatives of the extra pounds. And think how much money you'll…

For me snacks are usually about wanting the taste of something, rather than actually being hungry. So I try to snack on things that take a few minutes to prepare (to slow myself down!), that take a while to eat (ditto), and/or that give my mouth something crunchy so I *feel* like I've eaten something. And I always try to…

Ditto. It's the same feeling I get when I pass the group of smokers outside my building - especially the one who's pregnant.

My favorite (based on a recipe from Kalyn's Kitchen) - totally yummy. Mix cubes of avocado, chopped cucumber (take out seeds first), crumbled feta, chopped mint and if I have them on hand I add some pistacchios for a little crunch. For dressing mix some olive oil and lime juice. Proportions are whatever looks good to you,…

I also gained weight from steroids related to chemo last year - agreed that it doesn't seem fair that those particular pounds go on so much more easily than they come off!!! But to encourage you, they DO come off - in my case I think because I had many months of reduced activity I lost muscle, and after treatment when I…

Yes - I've tried a number of them, especially the dance ones, but I can't say I have favorites. If I'm bored with the stuff I usually do, especially if it's bad out and I just can't stand the thought of another minute on the ski machine :-) I'll try something. I'm not sure how long each routine stays available, but there's…

I try to stay under 1500 - my blood pressure has definitely improved since I started watching carefully. I'm generally under, occasionally between 1500 and 2000, and once every couple of weeks there's something particular - usually because of using light soy sauce in a recipe - I'll go over 2000. I find MFP really helpful…

Similarly, are the weights for things like oranges and grapefruits or bananas before peeling or after? (Much tidier to weigh before <g>, and when I have them at work I don't have a scale there anyway.) Or when you weigh one apple, do you subtract something for the core when you log it? Probably doesn't make a lot of…

Another breakfast lover here. Usually one of these, mostly dependiing on how much time I have. It's enough variety that I don't get too bored. steelcut oatmeal with frozen wild blueberries/chopped apple, chopped nuts, maybe cinnamon, and a little 1% milk. I make 4 servings at a time, eat one and put the other 3 in…

Diagnosed with Stage 2B ER+/PR+/H- in May 2011, and by the middle of Jan 2012 had finished surgery/chemo/radiation. I joined MFB less for weight loss purposes than for a way to see how healthy my diet really is. With many years of drug therapy ahead of me, and the various side effects to deal with, I needed a way to follow…

My favorite way to eat quinoa - admittedly it's a salad, but it's a little different. The relative amounts are arbitrary - you can adjust the proportions and it will still be yummy. Inspired by a wheatberry salad that's sometimes available at Whole Foods. 1/4 cu (dry) red quinoa - cooked (I like to use when still a little…

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During much of 2011 I was getting medical treatments that meant I needed lots of protein (60-75 g), and here are some of the things I ate to raise my protein consumption without adding a lot of saturated fat. Fish and chicken were fine, but I did get tired of them! I did need to make sure I had a lot of protein at…