RuthSweetTooth Member

Go to nutritiondata.com and explore for yourself. Wheat is full of nutrients and enriched with helpful B vitamins. I like variety and enjoy many different grains. Moderation and variety are always the answer.

You can add me, you might get some food ideas, I'm pretty creative with my food and never bored. Ruth

I know it sucks. diet soda herb tea with splenda drink a bunch of water brush your teeth and go to bed exercise more and eat the cals back If you're desperate enough to make this post, try eating something: a big bowl of diet gelatin with local squirt cream save calories for a snack, like a smart pop porcorn and a diet…

Good idea! Great way to get more grapes in the diet, a very nutritious food. I use fat free cream cheese. This would make a great afternoon snack too. I think the textures would be fun.

Fat free cream cheese . . . see what I had for a snack today, it was good. You can put some in dates or prunes, whatever. It's a great tool, and it's loaded with calcium too !!!! Ruth

You could also wear short sleeves in the meantime. . . I see alot of people who are overweight wearing sleeveless outfits and I just won't. . . I would rather hide what isn't nice looking than grossing them out with my grandma arms. I would like to have some Cameron Diaz arms. Trying to talk my husband into a home gym, but…

Check out the thread on the guns. . . very inspiring. Yes, you'll have to exercise them with weights or bands or something !

Chris, I am really digging your posts and I'm going to add you as a friend ! You are a font of knowledge! My doctor told me to try to keep my vitamin D supplementation to 2000 IU per day or so. In my Diet and Nutrition textbook, it does mention that 2000 IU is the upper limit for toxicity. Can you give me a link for your…

This is such an excellent link. I recently stopped taking Vitamin C because I was going over all the time. Now I see I probably don't need Vitamin E either. If MFP would show us how much we get of each vitamin, we would probably realized that we don't need vitamins. I try to get my calcium from food, but most of the time I…

Steel cut oatmeal in the can . . . gourmet . . . my parents love it. I'm afraid to try it, because I can get easily spoiled. I only buy old fashioned, because of texture. Instant oatmeal has no texture. I like the big boy oatmeal. I like oats raw because they are chewy. They are great in milk, left overnight in milk or…

Wine has to go with dinner. . . period!!!!

Excellent ideas . . . ! So true about subway. . .and the funny this is nothing I eat tastes salty to me.

I've heard that if you've lost alot of weight, and 46 pounds is a ton . . . ! then you should weigh yourself every day. You should at least do that . . . Not weighing yourself will not help it. See your doctor again. The best way to get care is to go to the doctor often. Daily headaches could be a sign of a problem that he…

How do you post pictures . . . ?

They should just put you on a cereal box . . . you're gorgeous. Some cereals are so good for you too, especially if you're planning to become a mother anytime too, can protect babies against Spina bifida and spare protein needed for tissue building of the fetus. Enjoy your cereal ! Ruth

Open your diary and we'll see if we can help. Be sure you are eating salads . . . they burn off more calories to digest than they contain. I agree you could be constipated and also, sometimes proteins contain alot of sodium and you could be holding onto water weight. That is exactly what is happening to me right now. I…

It's not possible to know how much potassium you are really getting because it is not listed in the nutrition in formation on many labels, so there is nothing MFP can do to show you. I wish that Potassium would be deleted and Vitamin D would be added in its place. They say that generally, if you get enough calcium, you are…

For men it can cause gout to have too much protein like my poor hubby, but women don't usually have problem. When you eat more protein than you need it can give you kidney stones. Do you have a history of them? The kidney has to work harder when overloaded with protein all the time. I usually end up about 5-10% over on the…

What do you do to look as cute as that baby? LOL Ruth

1 real egg with 1 or 2 egg beaters makes a great omelette. . . hard to tell the difference too. I don't always have egg beaters around, so sometimes I will give the dogs one of the yolks. Wish I could have them both though. The calories and cholesterol add up fast with the yolks.

It's just a matter of results . . .are you losing or gaining over the period of a month doing that? If you're losing, enjoy a cookie for me !!!!! Ruth

Those are perfect movie star guns. Just right for me. Nice work! Ruth

Try low-fat ricotta, it's even better for you, no sodium. Tastes good cold or hot. I know some people who used to mix cottage cheese with blueberries and heat it up a little. Try breaking up a graham cracker in there . . . and you'll need some splenda and vanilla too, perhaps a touch of cinnamon. Could make a nice tasting…

I'm in Virginia, but technically I live in Texas !!!!

True. . . that is the powerful part of counting calories. . . . you can enjoy your food so much more knowing it is counted and that you can actually enjoy it and reach your goal.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmm Mamasitas Chile Rellenos. You lucky dog. My inlaws live in Texas. See my pic? Taken on the way to the airport to visit them in Texas. It's called my "Whoo-hoo, I'm going to Texas for Christmas" face !!!!! Salsa verde only has 15 calories, I put it on my egg dishes for breakfast. Love Texas.

Thank you, It's fabulous. I posted it up on my husband's facebook page. I love the video of the people trying it out at the gym. Now we just need to kick out my stepson and make room for that puppy. Ruth

OMG what great advice. Keep it coming ! Bump!

LOL some of these are so true I had to laugh.

The only reason that dieting is hard is that people think there is such a thing as an end to their diet. You have to maintain your goal weight for the rest of your life or be overweight and suffer the dread diseases which are associated with it. It also takes time to count calories, but MFP sure helps. Especially if you…