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I need to restrict my caffeine, so when we go out to Starbucks on Fridays I get a Vivanno Smoothie with protein powder and skim milk. Of course it's pricey, but it's a treat, and it's ve-r-r-r-r-ry tasty!

Sure! The original recipe was with spicy chorizo. Other than the chorizo, these are the original ingredients, but you can substitute e.g. eggbeaters for the eggs, skim milk with a tsp of lemon juice for buttermilk and so on. 1-1/2 cups stone ground corn meal 1/2 cup flour 3 tbsp pure cane granulated sugar 1 tbsp baking…

Sounds great; I'll have to try it :heart: :heart: :heart: But what is fat-free half and half? :huh: Is it the same as skim milk?

Upside down cornbread with Yves "Ground Round" Mexican style, or plain and spice it up yourself. I made this for my daughter a few times and neither hubby nor son who are both dedicated carnivores could tell the difference.

That really is disrespectful. Like "give it to the fat girl; obviously she doesn't care what she stuffs in her mouth". Good for you on straightening her out! :flowerforyou: One of our managers always loudly and publicly refuses any piece of birthday cake etc. When it was her birthday she offered me a piece of her cake. I…

I found some free ones on Yahoo Games.

Computer games don't work for me, but cooking does! I like the idea of having to cook/bake your snacks from scratch - probably most of the time I wouldn't want to bother :wink:

I've heard "pear" is the normal fat distribution in women (hips and thighs) and "apple" the normal pattern in men (around the waist). Apple shape is a risk factor for diabetes and heart disease. The fat around the waist is also the hardest to lose :sad: Having said that, I think I'm a Chinese pear - big waist and big…

I'm always over in sugar as I like to eat 2-3 pieces of fruit a day. I don't worry about it - I only track sugar to find out where I may be eating hidden sugar. As long as it's from fruit I can live with it.

This addresses mainly pregnant women and young children but also has general advice on mercury in fish: http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm110591.htm

Yeah, if something sounds too good to be true it probably is. I had a chocolate chip cookie yesterday and when I tried to enter it I found wildly varying numbers in the DB, from a heart-attack inducing 256 cals for one small cookie to a more reasonable 80 cals. I finally went back to the box (lunchroom at work) and looked…

My kids ate it and never caught on that it wasn't spaghetti.

LOL - dinosaurs ruled the earth for millions of years! Maybe they knew something... I'll go along with the majority vote - I eat about 5 times a day. The morning snack often gets skipped because of never-ending meetings. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a Dilbert Cartoon :explode:

When I went to college I could eat huge amounts without gaining weight. Of course it may have had something to do with the fact that the college was on top of a hill and I didn't own a car at the time :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

100/60 is a pretty good blood pressure reading. 120/80 used to be THE "textbook reading" but now this reading is considered "pre-hypertension"; the upper limit now is 119/79. From 140/90 on it is considered to be hypertension. This is quite a change from when I first started nursing (about the time dinosaurs roamed the…

It can be difficult, depending on what you do. When I was working 8 hour night shifts I ate fruit and a protein such as cheese during my shift. NO coffee; I drank water and herbal tea. I ate a decent but not huge meal when I got home at 8 am and went to bed around 10am. I usually slept until the kids got home, 3:00-…

Took a peek at your diary - either you're not entering all your food or you're eating very little - which could explain "cravings" - aka "hunger".

I agree. I used to go to "all-you-can-eat" sushi but now I'd rather choose from the menu. Although buffet once in a while is fun. I'm learning what the better choices are and if possible do my research before I go.

Check your goals; maybe you inadvertently changed your carbs. Mine looks like this: Nutritional Goals Target Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,210 calories/day Carbs / Day 166 g Fat / Day 40 g Protein / Day 45 g MFP allows you to choose your own goals but if you're just starting you'll probably want to go with the defaults…

With Crohn's it's trial and error all the time. When I was first diagnosed it was because I had lost major weight but also felt very ill. Then I got treated. got better, gained weight but was still too ill to get back to my normal daily routine, never mind exercising. This pattern kept happening throughout the last 35…

What a great story! I used to be self-conscious going to the gym, but soon found out that most people are so self-absorbed they don't care. Maybe it's just our gym but there are mirrors all over the place - kind of a dead giveaway what most people want to look at :laugh:

Also, it looks like you didn't eat nearly enough on Sunday. 1000 cals intake and 360 burned leaves you with net cals of 640 - you need at least 1200 net. I found that out the hard way some years ago: I had surgery and was on IV and clear fluids for three days. When I got home, I had gained a pound! At that point I just…

http://www.thefruitpages.com/contents.shtml Here you can find nutritional information on different kinds of fruit.

In my last job I was in the outpatient IV department - a few things we used to tell our patients: make sure you're well hydrated when you come in, have your coffee if you normally drink coffee, take a warm shower before you come. All those things help to fill up your veins so we have a better chance to get you on the first…

Mom was right - eat your spinach! My daughter is a vegetarian and just found out she's anemic; it's iron pills for her now until her blood levels start perking up.

I :love: stir-fry, but you've got to be careful with the fat and the sauces. I usually get bok-choy and Chinese mushrooms as my base, add whatever veggies you've got in the fridge, a few drops of sesame seed oil, low sodium soy sauce and perhaps some tapioca starch. This goes well with chicken breast or prawns. There are…

Dairy is a great source of calcium. Osteoporosis is no fun and women are at greater risk, especially after menopause - and with life expectancies these days, that can be many years you're living with constant fear of falling and breaking something, and even if you don't break your hip you'll probably get a few compression…

Well on South Beach Phase 1 you get dessert every night - usually Ricotta cheese with sweetener and some flavour. Not everybody's cup of tea if you want to avoid sweeteners, but I liked it. One night it was almond flavour and a few chopped almonds sprinkled on top, the next night it would be dark cocoa with or without…

Make sure though you get enough proteins - they are more filling and keep your blood sugar levels on a more even keel. When I eat a piece of cheese or Tbsp of peanut butter with an apple it keeps me from feeling hungry for much longer than only an apple. Another option is exercising to earn extra calories to eat :happy:

Here's a tip... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_neutralize_overly_salty_ham I would probably cut it up and make pea soup with it - won't need any extra salt.