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You may want to give in to those cravings, as crazy as that sounds. Whenever I get an unusual craving and I can't figure out WHY I'm craving that type of food, I just go eat it. It almost always turns out to be my body trying to tell me what it needs to fight off getting sick or an oncoming migraine. The only insanely…

The last time I had left over bananas, I used them to make a protein banana muffin that was delicious and less than 80 calories! And BOY did one muffin keep me full for hours. http://dashingdish.com/recipe/banana-bread-protein-muffins/

I put the Hershey's Special Dark (dutch pressed) in my protein shake today along with some chocolate PB2 and vanilla almond milk. It was really yummy! I've used it for baking before, mainly because I have always preferred dark chocolate to milk chocolate. But tomorrow I think I'm going to try the Mayan natural cacao in my…

I know a lot of people on this site who have said they are not hungry after a workout seem to like having a protein shake then. It feels more like you're drinking than eating and it's still stuff that's good for you. Maybe mix it with some almond milk or greek yogurt, that will up the calories but if you blend it it will…

Sushi is my FAVORITE food of all times, but since embarking on this new journey, I've basically transitioned to sashimi. If I have enough calories to splurge, I'll get chirashi, but as much as I love sushi rice, what makes the rice sticky is a mixture of rice vinegar and sugar, which means it's higher calorie than regular…

Apparently the real difference is between natural and dutch pressed. Which Penzey's one did you buy?

I think you're right. I read a few articles about it and health-wise natural wins out, though all the ones focusing on baking said use the dutch pressed because it has a milder more of what recognize as "chocolate" flavor.

I'd be interested to hear more views on this. I just bought this weekend a fairly expensive pack of Mayan Cacao powder that has nothing in the ingredients except pressed and milled cocoa beans. I was so excited looking at the nutritional information. Then I got home and pulled out my almost forgotten tin of Hershey's…

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I make sandwiches on those 100 cal Nature's Own whole grain sandwich rounds all the time. YUM! Sometimes I'll just have an avocado with some soy sauce for lunch. It's very filling. Or, I'll through the mixings for a salad in a bag and just make it at the office.

I LOVE the Cheesecake Factory's Skinnylicious menu, the food is delicious and all under 600 calories for the entire meal. I'm also a big fan of Zoe's Kitchen, they are ridiculously low cal, like to the point of if I made the dishes myself in my own kitchen, so they must not use much oil and fat. Olive Garden, while rife…

I know plenty of people who weigh their food, it's not weird. I have a food scale in my kitchen I use all the time. I also know people who will take the food they bought and pre-measure/count it out and then store it in serving size ziplocs. I can't bring myself to use that many ziplocs, though.

Also, I don't know about you, but I tend to trust what people put in the database for restaurants. When the restaurants are easily checkable online they almost always match the database entry. This one was a clear exception and I wanted to make sure people knew it lest they make the same mistake.

Yeah, I know how to edit foods but I don't know how to create a new food that will be visible to the entire database and not just "my foods".

The turkey burger surprised me too. The other thing I remember being surprised about was whole wheat breads. They really aren't that much better than white bread. I hate whole wheat and actually was glad I found that out because it drove me to try whole grain, which it turns out I like. My other surprise was sour cream. I…

This is going to sound weird, but when I make pizza from scratch, one of my favorite things to do is to crack an egg or two and put it on top of the pizza. Yum! I also put arugula in my pizza quite frequently. And I haven't done it yet, but I intend to put chia seeds in my next pizza.

You can also mix basically any of those box mixes with 12oz (1 can) of diet soda and it turns out amazingly with no additional calories. I made a box of the low fat Betty Crocker brownies mixed with a can of diet coke for my bf's birthday party and everyone loved them and was in shock when I told them I'd substituted the…

My favorite way to eat cottage cheese is with an Israeli / Arab salad, which is finely chopped cucumber, tomato and colored peppers with a dash of olive oil, some lemon juice and some za'atar (a middle eastern spice you can find in any number of grocery stores around the US). I'll put a cup of that salad over a third cup…

There's a whole period of time that falls between not feeling hungry and feeling starving. I try to eat when I just start to feel hungry but am not very hungry yet. I find when I do that I am far less likely to start eating everything in site, no matter how unhealthy it is. If I'm starving, restraint tends to flit away…

It's probably water weight or you are gaining muscle. But if you are concerned about what your daily amount really should be, go see a doctor. A lot of people on this site like to throw back the "1200 calories is the minimum for women, never eat under that or you'll go into starvation mode" story around here, but honestly…

You mean there's no nutitional value in the pesticides and hormones used on non-organic food? Then what's the point? JK. I, too, am not sure why this surprises people.

Add chia seeds to your breakfast. Seriously, a tablespoon of those with your food will keep you from feeling hungry for hours. They expand when mixed with the food and water to hold 9x their weight in water, which keeps you feeling full. Plus, they are filled with fiber and omega 3's.

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I love when I have days like that. It means I can have cheese covered pasta for dinner.

I'd say the easiest way to find out for sure is to go into a store that sells pants by size and not measurements and try a few pairs on.

I have cheat weekends. I usually eat most weekend meals with my boyfriend and as we are usually by his place and he's not got the most functional kitchen, so we end up eating out most meals (works better for us since I'm on a low cal diet and he's on a no-carb diet). I used to stress so much about staying under 1400 cal on…

This is what mine said: Body Mass Index: 28.4 kg/m2 Waist-to-Height ratio: 0.60 Percent Body Fat: 43.4% Lean Body Mass: 90.4 lb You are overweight by 8.9 kilograms (19.6 pounds) Minimum caloric requirements: 1754 Calories per day Limit your food intake to 1490 calories per day. to lose 1.9 pounds per month. Your diet…

monstergirl14, I think you may be under a size 12. I'm 159 and at about 161 I was able to switch from my size 14 pants to my old size 12s (I was SO happy!). I'm not sure what 32 equates to, whether it's your hips or your waist. If it helps you, I track my measurements and my waist is currently 38 inches, hips are 42.5, so…

This really depends on where you live as their prices don't tend to vary much from area to area. When I lived in the DC area, it seemed insane to me how cheap everything was at TJ's and I was very upset I still had to go to the over-priced regular grocery stores for some things. But then I moved to Louisville and as…

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