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If you're looking to work on becomming more healthy (not just loosing weight), you might want to consider making your own bread. At first try 1/4 white whole wheat to 3/4 white, and eventually work up to full white whole wheat, then maybe start adding regular whole wheat a quarter at a time. I managed to cut down to 1%…

It's not just the rice, it's the sushi rice seasoning. With the stuff I had been using, it's basically a mix of sugars and vinegar, 70 cal/2T, it's directions say to apply at a rate of 1/2 cup per 4 cups cooked rice (or, 2T per cup of rice). Also, though it's good for you, avocado gets the calorie count up there quick too!…

3 lbs in the first 2 weeks probably isn't too much to worry about. For me a bit came off quickly then it taperd down to about a pound a week (except for a couple weekends where I ate out). Through my hubby's work we have online lifestyle improvement programs through Web MD and weight loss goals go from .5 lb to 2 lb…

Southern - 25?

No I haven't, I only manage to catch that show every now and then. And I don't know if I should confess this, my crush was actually on Wesley, I never really followed up on Wil outside of Star Trek. And, after Star Trek 4 I would daydream that Scotty would adopt me, lol..... :laugh:

New Balance. If you're looking for everyday/general purpose, spring for the all-suede/leather ones if you can afford it, they're really more durable. Probably goes for any good brand of shoes. I've found the brown ones (usually on country walkers or hikers) are best at looking good the longest for me.

Yes, I was a total geek as a girl....

mmmmm sounds yummy!

yummm... we're former 'trolls' (used to live in Michigan's lower penninsula, 'under' the bridge) who are now right across the river from 'da UP. :bigsmile: Gotta make pasties sometime. They're big up here, they were the staple lunch for miners in the area. Sometimes fruit was cooked into half of the pasty, so there would…

Given enough time he will contradict himself, but did the man not take middle school geometry??? http://www.doctoroz.com/blog/bonnie-matthews/do-360-degree-turn "I say it's time to do a 360-degree turn on your outlook on how you have been living!" :laugh:

Please, please, please, talk with YOUR doctor before following the advice of Dr. Oz or any TV doctor. Dr. Oz seems to have sold out..... I usually don't watch his show but I caught it once recently and they were going over this new thing that helps you loose weight.. I think the basis was something in raspberries or…

Butternut squash with pasta: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-pasta-with-butternut-sq-64966 Very yummy, use whole wheat pasta, and walnuts work nicely if you want a sub for the pine nuts (or nix the nuts alltogether, it's still good). You don't really have to fry the sage leaves, either.

Without being able to see your diary, it is not as easy to tell. If you alot yourself around 1200 cals/day, you might be groing into 'starvation mode'. If you have more moderate calories, it might be a plateau, if you weigh yourself at home only once a week it may be the scale (most home scales are notorious for changing…

Pumpkin soup!

As long as it is spread out through the day and you have enough sodium/electrolite intake you should be fine. Water intoxication most often occurs when large quantities are consumed within a short period of time http://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm If you are also going for a low-sodium diet, it might be best…

I like to go to this site for info on calories: http://nutritiondata.self.com/ Black pepper: 1T (6g)=16 cal Chili powder: 1T (7 or 8g?)=24 cal (this one was wierd, in one spot it said a T was 8g, another 7g, and called 1t only 2g. Cumin: 1T (6g)=22 cal Garlic powder: 1T (8g)=27 cal onion powder: 1T (7g) =23 cal From my…

Don't know if the calcium thing is new or not, but they've known for a while floating poop is a good thing. About 20 years ago during the lecture portion of a required health class at my college they talked about it. The only thing I remembered was the guy who gave the lecture (not our regular prof) saying "fluffy floaters…

Even though I'm in the US I don't measure by the cup (aside from liquids)- I get out my scale, it is way more accurate. This site http://nutritiondata.self.com/ gives nutritional data by the 100g, ounce, and typical serving size(s). If I can't find a variation of the food on MFP that lists how many grams per serving I go…

IMHO, if you're reducing your calorie intake, use the food diary to make sure you're getting the basic nutrients you need, plus add (brisk) walking if you currently don't do it, that alone should at least get you a decent way to your goal. Talk to your Dr to see what they would recommend for you, depending on your goals…

I would often forget to bring lunch in to work, so I had a small stash of healthy soups and those noodle/rice bowls you just add water to, microwave and eat. Marie Callendar has some, I know other companies have them, usually in the pasta isle. Asian ones are yummy too. Usually not exactly the healthiest and the sodium is…

No arguments that in and of itself this is a healthy bread it's just a little higher on the calories and fats/sat fats than I am going for on a regular basis right now. I'll probably be trying a variation of this sometime soon, I think molasses would work nicely, but I'll cut it down a bit and halve the oils and switch to…

Assumming 5 cups flour, chicken eggs, white sugar, skim milk, and that it makes 2 loavs that yield 16 slices each: cal:117 Total fat: 3.5 Sat fat: 2 carbs: 19 fiber 2.3 protein:3.4 per 1 piece serving. Add 3.2 calories per slice for each quarter cup flour over 5 cups.

From a 100% whole wheat recipe from my a bread machine cookbook I have, it is probably over 5 cups. The oil porporion seems double what is needed, and the sugars seem a bit high too. Sounds yummy, maybe something I would make as a bread every now and then, but personally it's probably a bit too high in calories for me to…

The olive oil spray with sauteed asparagus (with salt and granulated garlic) worked great last night! I clocked my oil sprayer at 1g per 5 seconds, found out the olive oil was 11g per Tablespoon, so my 5 second blast only added 10 calories!

My favorite: sautee with a little bit of butter, granulated garlic, and a tad of salt. Add salt and granulated garlic when the asparagus is almost done. I haven't tried it with olive oil, but that might work too- for stir-fries I use an oil mister (refillable, pump-air pressure driven) it'sa great way to get oil right…

Here's what I found from a quick google of Journal of the American Medical Association and salt: http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/17/1777.short http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/306/20/2229 Conclusion of the first is that there was more risk with lower salt excretion, conclusion of the second said that higher salt…

Also you can sometimes find them in the oriental section of a mega-mart.

I second this idea. As long as you're not constantly overdoing it on carbs, don't feel guilty about enjoying a good whole-grain garlic bread with the lasagna. If you want to go easy on the olive oil, get one of those refillable oil sprayers that act like cooking sprays without the propellant. If you don't want to worry…

Shake-n-bake style chichen breasts. Make them up ahead of time, and keep in the fridge. Also, if you check out the organic section or go to a store like Whole Foods, they have nitrate-free lunchmeats. I picked up peperoni there when I was pregnant and just HAD to have pizza. Plus you shold be able to find nitrate-free…

Fellow picky eater right here. :happy: I am not as picky as I used to be, however. My foods I didn't like fell into 3 categories: those (like tomato anything) that would make me gag- literally. 2. stuff that sounded wierd/gross that I just never tried or gave a chance. 3. stuff that I never liked eating because the way it…