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Last thing I ate was a smoked fish salad with potatoes, apple, carrots, green beans, peas, capers, yogurt and mayonnaise. About 360 calories. So delicious!

how do you eat a large watermelon or a huge roasted turkey? all at once? all by yourself? probably not, although some growing teenagers would disagree with me here... Like anything else in life, it is better to cut the larger goals into much smaller units :) you will always feel good because your goals will be more…

thank you for the link and to the other person who answered me. I am always interested to learn about new topics.

I am not familiar with these traditions and I am confused now, I thought lent ended at Easter, on Sunday.

I like to plan ahead but it is quite difficult to follow all the recommendations regarding how much dairy, whole grains, vegetables, etc. If I am left on my own, I have a bad tendency to "forget" dairy products. If I am not traveling, I use a website called soscuisine. It is for the most part free and they provide meal…

I was going to suggest something like this. I think this is the best damage control you could do.

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I remember reading an article many years ago about the effects of caffeine on your system. Turned out that, like everything else, it depends on your body. Some people will benefit from more than 2 cups a day and some others will get damage from that amount. Also, there is no easy way to tell in which group you sit without…

Most of the tricks written in this tread will work well and I have used some of them successfully in the past, including diatomaceous earth (take food grade, just to be safer). Please try them before using chemical pesticides. Some people and animals react very badly to chemical exposure. Also, try to see if you can follow…

most books I read on the topic state that motivation comes after we start any given task. Only on very rare occasions we are motivated before starting something. The trick is to commit to 2 or 5 minutes of any tasks and then re-assess how we feel about it. Sometimes we will still feel bad and there are methods to deal with…

Every time I feel overwhelmed or negative I take one thing at the time and concentrate on doing it very well. Often we look too far ahead and we panic. We forget that large goals are made of smaller ones and even these smaller ones can be decomposed into much smaller tasks. It is important to make lists of objectives,…

wow, I'm impressed by your gym! I'd do 2 hrs of cardio to watch a good movie :)

I am shy only for some exercises : the ridiculously low weights I have to do as part of my PT routine, some legs and gluts exercises, running on the road in day time. I used to be shy to go swimming because I am propelling myself forward without knowing any techniques. The lifeguard once asked me if I was ok because I was…

hi! http://www.soscuisine.com/recipe_browse_search_results.php?query=%28YnJlYWtmYXN0_QU5E__1____________%5B%5D%29&sos_l=en of just go to the main site of soscuisine and type breakfast in the search box. There are 3 pages of breakfast with calories and nutritional info available. Fell free to add items or to take larger…

stuff yourself with shirataki noodles :) zero calories! I ate some yesterday for dinner and I am just starting to feel hungry again, at 1 pm the next day!

I live in Canada and my regular superstore carries them at 69 cents for a package of 200g. They are with the other noodles in the Asian section of the store. I wanted to give them a try for a few days so tonight I had them for supper. I thought the package was small but wow, they can be filling! I made a Singapore stir fry…

look up Shirataki noodles, that could be something worth trying. very low calories but some brands may have a weird texture.

in many restaurants here we have the choice of rice, brown rice or noodles. Could you get soba (buckwheat) noodles or other kind of healthy noodles? I would also stuff some of these meals inside a pita but that's just me :) another thought, barley! I love barley! take the one that still has parts of its bran for more…

Lebanese food BBQ eel on rice dim sum, almost any kind, there are 3 or 4 I will not try but the rest is delicious

http://www.soscuisine.com/en/recipes/view/quinoa-and-lentil-salad?sos_l=en http://www.soscuisine.com/en/recipes/view/quinoa-salad-with-chicken?sos_l=en I also cook it in replacement of rice or couscous to get a very filling side for chicken or fish dishes. I bough some black quinoa at the bulk store the other day and I…

one of my favourite couscous salad and a major hit with guests of any cultural background that came to our place: http://www.soscuisine.com/en/recipes/view/couscous-and-lentil-salad?sos_l=en if you browse that website, they also have quinoa salads (subs for couscous if you want) and other variations of the couscous salad…

Hi Kasey, you can track how many servings you get of each food group and see how you are doing. I am linking you to the Canadian guidelines because I live here but it should not be that different where you live. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php It is a good place to get started. If this forum…

Exactly.

This is fantastic! and such a great motivation to continue! :) :)

wow, I spent only a few minutes on that site and ... I am going back there right now! thanks so much for sharing it :) I hope the OP can find a nice dress :) :)

I like dresses from Le chateau. They have these tricks (folds, wrinkles, etc.) strategically placed that always give a very flattering look. http://www.lechateau.com/style/index.jsp You want a black dress but try some other colours as well, you may be positively surprised :) and if not, you will only confirm your first…

A better and less contaminated option is to eat small fish from the other end of the food chain like sardines, capelin, anchovies and herring. Sardines, for instance, come in a variety of flavours, water or oil, contain calcium if you eat the bones and are as cheap. These small fish are also a much more environmentally…

2 weeks is not enough to mess up a metabolism but you may have cause some damage to your muscles and depleted your liver reserves of energy after the first day. You are young and your body was probably still trying to figure out what was happening and trying to find ways to adjust to the low calorie intake. If you start…

I have a dolce gusto krups machine that looks like a little penguin. I make the most amazing caramel macchiato with it. On some other days, I make an expresso and I complete with 250ml of milk (around 100 calorie) and 1 cube of sugar (15 calories). This is the only way for me to drink milk.