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Yeah, it's fun alright. :( I'm glad that you were able to get some answers, I hope that was the trigger and you can eliminate it to fix the problem! The GI specialist gave me ranitidine (brand name Zantac), which is an H2-receptor antagonist. It does help a lot (especially at night, since being horizontal is basically the…

Ha, thank you. Not necessarily clever, though; I've just been here for a while! Got the idea from someone else, but I don't remember who anymore. :)

Hi guys! It's been a while -waves wildly- Confession (more like a rant): I'm sick and tired of being sick, and it's making me really depressed. I'm not entirely sure what's wrong with me, but I feel like there's something stuck in my stomach all the time. The pressure in my abdomen is awful, I'm in pain all the time,…

Something you didn't make clear is whether you're planning to eat like this every day or if it's just a one-off treat day that you managed to keep within your calories and want to know if it will affect your weight loss. :) If it's the first... I concur with everyone else that a better focus on nutrition would be…

It's helpful to use a code on your privately entered foods. All of my foods start with SQ, so when I want to add one to a recipe I start my search keywords with that code and it comes up easily when the database is being stupid. When the database isn't being stupid, searching for the name of a food that I also have in my…

Thank you, this is helpful too! I've definitely been feeling like I still have food in my stomach 12 hours later lately. :( I've been told to stop eating solid food at midnight the day before the procedure, and it's going to be at 7.30 PM the next day, so I have a very long fast ahead of me before it. This does give me…

Thank you very much! I'll talk to the specialist about options if the gastroscopy doesn't turn anything up (I'm just not sure how it could, when my stomach has to be entirely empty for the test, so I've been worrying about it). Still kinda hoping it will just go away somehow...

@singingflutelady A bit off topic, but could you tell me how you were diagnosed? I'm going through these exact symptoms right now and I'm thoroughly miserable. I saw a GI specialist who wasn't sure what was going on and said the problem should pass on its own, but I have a gastroscopy scheduled in case it doesn't... And…

That's what I ended up doing for the cat (and what OP is doing with her pot). In case anyone wants the end of the story, she weighed 3 kilos. :D

My sister, who was still living at home with my mom after I left, would go into the kitchen when she cooked and help her with prep... And also weigh everything before it went into the pot. :D When I lived at home, I bought and cooked my own food and ate different meals from the others. Either way works, as long as you put…

I do occasionally make use of chopsticks! But think of it in a different way; I've seen lots of pictures of your food here on MFP, and it's beautiful. Almost like art, very visually appealing. Does it make you feel satisfied to arrange your food in a way that looks good to you? If not, why do it? Using smaller bowls and…

I think it's because there's a very strong mental/psychological influence around eating in general (just as a random example, we tend to eat more when we're with other people who are eating). It just helps stick to a calorie goal when your food looks visually bigger, even when it's just a mind trick. Might not be for…

Whoa, I didn't know that was a thing! I use Android. :D

Some bathroom scales won't weigh anything under about 5 kilos, which I discovered while attempting to weigh my cat. :D

I use a brand called Soehnle (might have the spelling a bit wrong...) and the one I have weighs up to about 5 kilos (~11 pounds). Just be sure to get one large enough that you can sit a pot on it and still see the number! :)

On the dropdown menu, choose the unit you want (usually 100 grams, in my case). Then, in the text box that allows you to enter the number of units, you can type 1.58 instead of 1 or 2 or whatever. :)

A few people in the perimenopause thread here on MFP mentioned dizziness/vertigo, so that might potentially be a cause to look at. Either way, I'd recommend seeing your doctor. :)

Personally, I'd blame the bed, but then I'm very prone to getting headaches when using different pillows or having a softer bed--they mess with my posture while sleeping, and the headaches last all day long.

I'll admit... I'm not sure either. The calorie label seems easier to decipher than the other example--only the net weight of the jar is off, which shouldn't have any effect on logging since nobody buys a jar of peanut butter to eat as one serving!

Yes it does, unfortunately. Many of my personal foods have been destroyed by idiots changing the macros around. I no longer share my created foods with the public database.

Milk is 88% water, according to USDA data. It's definitely a good source of hydration. :)

I totally understand this, and I'm also one of those weirdos who orders salad at McDonald's. My family was very big on fast food and convenience foods when I was living at home. McDonald's was almost a daily thing. If I applied "it's just one day" to each of those trips, I certainly wouldn't have managed my weight. Go you…

Glad to hear it! Did the surgery go smoothly? :)

I've been wanting to say that since this thread started, but I've been holding myself back out of excruciating politeness. Thank GOODNESS someone finally said it! :D

Sounds about right, most of my glass jars are around ~200 grams empty. I'd definitely go with it being a typo as well, in that case. :) I once saw a bag of flour with a very similar typo on it (last digit missing) so that it said 100g was 36 calories rather than 364! :lol:

I was thinking the same, but OP said the half-empty jar was 382 grams. If the jar is glass, you're probably right; I can't see it well on my phone because when I click on it it's enormous!

Just another thing to add, since those labels look quite similar to some of the foods I find here, so I suspect you're somewhere in the Middle East. Look for the tiny, stamped on expiry dates (unlike the one on the peanut butter, which oddly appears to be printed on the label). They often have the net weight stamped on…

My best suggestion is to buy a collection of the convenient packaged foods you normally gravitate to when out, take them home, and weigh their contents. Note it down somewhere or make a list on your computer or phone that you can refer back to for future reference, and use that when out and about.

I've seen "goat kid" though, so there's that.

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