PureAndHealthy

Popcorn is a good idea... especially if it's air-popped. And the old stand-by veggie tray with carrots, baby tomatoes, bell pepper slices, etc is always an easy option... you can load it up with all kinds of fresh veggies and olives and baby pickles. And a fruit tray is nice with strawberries, apple slices, grapes, etc.…

Teehee... I was looking for posts on gardens and found this. LOVE it. :laugh:

Really? Where do you live? Every grocery store including Wal-Mart has them here? Maybe it's a south east thing?

You have to buy a "spaghetti squash", not a butternut squash. :embarassed: Spaghetti squash are oval shaped and bright yellow and should be cleary marked as spaghetti squash. Try again. :flowerforyou: Spaghetti squash will amaze you with how much it really looks like noodles as you're scraping it out with a fork and you'll…

What everybody else said..... MFP gives you a calorie goal based on your age, weight, gender, and daily activity level that you put in when you joined MFP. This goal assumes no extra exercise which burns calories. So when you burn more calories, you can eat more calories. That's why it looks like way... because you CAN eat…

I like the little SweetLeaf flavored Stevia bottles for coffee and tea, but I normally buy truvia or whatever brand is on sale and feel better about injesting an herb rather than a chemical concoction.

Taco seasoning also often has sugar in it. Shocking right? maybe that's the flavor aspect you're missing. Good luck. Let us know what you end up mixing together!

Isn't perspective funny? I've been from squeezing into size 20's to being comortable in size 8's and everything in between.. currently leaning towards the 12 side of 10/12... which is a funny size to be. I've been disheartened when someone gave me clothes they thought I could wear that were 16/18's, and yet felt unfairly…

What does the normal recipe say to do? Is the rice supposed to be fully cooked or not cooked at all when you combine it with the chicken and whatever else? Rice saves pretty well if you cook it and then refrigerate it... I'm not quite sure what you're asking as far as combining it with other stuff in a casserole.

also if you need to calculate something homemade, you can put the ingredients in a recipe calculator at http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?process=resubmit&count=29 or http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp Enjoy! :flowerforyou:

RAW Garlic. Wellness Tea with local honey. Fruits and Veggies. Homemade organic chicken soup. Don't put any toxins in your body and you'll be well in no time! :smile:

Oh girl, you are speaking my language. I'm mostly veggie and LOVE my beans... gotta have them for the protein, iron, and b vitamins when you cut out meat... not to mention all that fiber! :bigsmile: Black beans are great chilled with corn and tossed into a salad. Chickpeas are also great in a salad with blue cheese and…

Can you do leg lifts with the good leg while you sit there? How about crunches? Can you lift yourself in and out of a chair holding the arm rests to work your arms? Sorry you're having to go through surgery and recovery! You're right that we need to be thankful for every bit of health we have!

Glad you liked it! Yay Almond Milk! :drinker:

Several years ago, I lost 85 pounds down to 149 and my periods stopped. After 4 months and countless negative pregnancy test I was freaking out about what could be wrong with me. Went to the doctor and had my thyroid checked, did ultrasounds to check for masses, bloodwork... the whole 9 yards. In the end, she concluded…

The ONLY potential side effect (from my research) that's even been suggested is one small study that concluded it slightly inhibited conception in mice.

Honestly, I'm good with Blue Diamond, Silk, or Almond Breeze, but have decided that I prefer the refrigerated ones to the shelf-stable varieties. And I would start with the vanilla-flavored ones first. Silk may be the most mild to start out.

Try Silk Vanilla Almond Milk... it's creamier, but still has an almond flavor (imagine that! lol) so if the almondy part is what you didn't like, it won't work for you. And the colder it is, the better. To answer the question, Wal-Mart sells Almond Milk between the orange Juice and regular milk... nestled in with soymilk…

Think about 2 pounds really... it's like the weight of 4 or 5 apples... hardly anything. Weight fluctuates with a TON of things including how much stool you're currently holding, the glycogen and water retained in your muscles after a workout, the natural gasses in your body and their response to gravity (carbon dioxide is…

That's pretty cool! Just so you know, Stevia's not an artificial sweetener though. It's an herb. You can grow it yourself and crumble the dried leaves in things you want to sweeten. Does it bother your stomach too?

Teehee... gotta love a good algorithm!

I agree with the previous posters. If I'm in that situation, I usually go for things packed with healthy fats because those add up quicker. Avocados, nuts or nut butters, full fat yogurt, adding olive oil to things I cook like pasta or salads or even on bread. Just eating more throughout the day to compensate for the burn,…

Just FYI on how the site works :wink: ... You can click the number beside how many posts a member has contributed and find this in a previous post by Chandnikhondji: Hello, i am having a very draining discussion with a so called "diet expert" among my acquaintances, who makes me feel very bad right now after i felt all…

It's not there, but you can add it. Try googling the calorie burn for trampoling jumping.

That site doesn't take weight into account. Check the BMR tool and you'll find someone (just as an example) 5'6" or so in their 20s weighing 425 pounds needs like 2700 calories just to carry out daily bodily functions, taking no movement into account. If MFP designated that number based on her input, I wouldn't mess with…

There are worse things than being alone. Don't be in unhealthy, emotionally-devastating relationships... your girls deserve better than being drug along for that ride. Have you thought about looking into some counseling? We all could use some help from a good Christian therapist. I could recommend a great one in the…

Did I say soymilk was better than organic whole milk? It certainly has less calories :tongue: , but didn't mean to imply soymilk was superior. I just don't like cow milk.. never have. So I use mostly almond milk these days, a good amount of soymilk, and cow milk only when it's my only option. :wink:

The sugar goal MFP sets is completely unrealistic. Simple carbs are the first source of fuel. If we're moving, we need SOME simple carbs. MattySparky, I have to disagree. How the sugars from a whole fruit are metabolized and how high fructose corn syrup from a popsicle are metabolized are different. Your body can process…

Is green tea probably a bit healthier? Yep. But coffee is clean (unless it's roasted with artificial flavors or something...) and DOES have health benefits (lower incidence of colon cancer and alzheimers among daily coffee drinkers). International delight however... is not. :indifferent: I put vanilla soymilk, almond milk,…

Are you still planning on logging?