AnneM69

I sauteed asparagus with green onion and new garlic , and Maggi seasoning the other day. Yum! Asparagus are only 99c a bunch for the thin spears from Aldi this week, and I've got another 2 bunches to cook this weekend. I heated some olive oil in non-stick fry pan, I added the roughly cut onion and garlic (cut up and cook…

OK, I know what you're saying, you are underemployed and this is causing you to have anxiety/panic attacks. These are two separate issues and nobody has addressed both of them. For the anxiety and panic, find a Dr. who you can talk to, and get some anti anxiety or anti depressant medication for the short to medium term,…

Do you eat seafood, as well as fish? If you do, you can get some marinara mix and make a curry with that and lots of veggies - I like onion, carrot, tomato, pumpkin, and either frozen spinach or peas, beans are nice too. Get a small can of low-fat coconut milk or some powdered coconut milk - the fat is good for you anyway.

I like using it in stir fries with lots of mixed veggies, soy sauce, chill, garlic, and ginger. After reading this I'm going to make it tomorrow night, thanks!

I eat them, when I remember, with a protein shake made with lite milk when I have to to walk my 4 yo to pre-school. They are high in sugar but they're enough to fill me up, particularly as exercise + early morning = no appetite for me. We only have the Crunchy Oat, Fruit & fiber, and Milk & cereals flavors here, those…

My stomach is not flat, but it's easier to suck it in and I can see my rib cage and the gap under it at the top. I've lost the mini stretch marks on the bottom of the overhang of my stomach, which made me look like I had twin hernias. I can walk up all the hills round here without needing my asthma puffer, or even getting…

Legumes - I like them but they don't like me. Jicama - makes my mouth numb, Artichokes (both types) - globe type are too bitter, and Jerusalem ones give me gas.

Chobani or Five:am yogurt in individual servings - it's alright out of the fridge for a day or 2. Chobani is only 161 cals per 170g tub. Harvest boxes, delivered to your house or work - dried fruit, nuts, occasional chocolate chips, yummy and 173 cals. Fruit in individual servings in tubs with peelable lids, Woolies and…

I'm sure I lost weight when I was pregnant, even though I hadn't weighed myself for ages beforehand as I didn't need to buy any bigger clothes (lucky as we were only surviving on one income for most of the time). I was 76 kg when I was admitted to hospital, and I can't remember how much I was when I left hospital, but I…

Last summer was only about the 2nd time since I put on weight in puberty my shorts haven't ridden up when I walk and my thighs haven't rubbed together when I wore skirts or bathers. I have stretchmarks all over my upper thighs, so I know I put on a lot of weight there at puberty. My mum is about the same size as me, and…

You look really great! I have a similar back view to yours and when I started losing weight at the beginning of this year I actually put more muscle on my butt, just above the top of my crack, so it's actually gotten bigger :) BTW I couldn't be whiter so it's not just black girls that have similar butts :)

If you have pay TV in Australia they have most of those shows on Lifestyle, or occasionally on UK TV. I've watched Supersize/Superskinny on there and I'm sure they'll have the other show on there as well, they have a lot of Channel 4 programs on pay TV in general - like Time Team, Jeremy Kyle, Don't tell the Bride, etc.

Raw chocolate, it's low in sugar (sweetened with rice syrup) and fat (no milk), high in antioxidants, and the brand I have is only 65 cals for 3 square/14g. Comes in different flavors, the coconut milk one may have more fat but not much more, I have the sour cherry flavor and it tastes just like a Dark Cherry Ripe to me.

I'm not sure which decade I'm thinking of, probably 19th century though, but when my grandfather's Jewish family were living peacefully and happily in Austria or Czechoslovakia.

I use a pedometer app on my phone, called Noom walk, and on a day like yesterday it says I walked about for nearly 5 miles and burned 462 cals, which is nearly 12000 steps.. I logged it on MFP as 135 mins and 450 cals as some of the 'steps' were actually vibrations from the bus. I am 178 lb and 5"4' for reference. I think…

Donuts as they all taste too sweet and doughy now - yuk! Coffee/mocha/chocolate from the coffee shop with sugar and cream. I have to walk 10 to 50 mins to get anything we don't have in the house as we don't have a car, so I walk to the Chinese takeaway, the bottle shop, McDonald's, KFC, Subway, supermarkets, etc. and just…

I tried rice milk but the brand I tried had a really bitter end taste, and I couldn't drink it without flavoring which wiped out most of the health benefits. I'm going to get some oat and almond milk next pay day and try those, but all the almond milks I've seen has really low levels of calcium and even the oat milk wasn't…

I have a docket so I could get 9 pieces of chicken, large chips, 4 dinner rolls and potato and gravy for AU$17.95, I'm not sure what the full price is. That would be enough chicken for dinner and lunch the next day for us, and I'd add a salad/cooked veggies to mine, my OH would have rice with his. The groceries in the…

I have it, I've probably had it for years though I was only diagnosed via laparoscopy last year. I had my daughter nearly 5 years ago and having her did not help at all, it only made it worse. I really am trying to eat healthily but so many healthy foods upset my stomach it's really hard. Honestly sometimes all I can eat…

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A good way to massage the bruise is to get in a warm bath or shower, get the area warm enough that you can feel and see the blood moving, then with your hand use a soapy washcloth/exfoliater and rub over the bruise from bottom to top. It'll shift the blood away from the surface of the skin so it gets back into circulation…

I like it, it doesn't upset my stomach like a lot of things, and even as an omnivore I think it tastes like meat. It is expensive here though, $7 for a 300g packet, so we can't have it all the time.

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Have you measured your chest, and looked for back fat? They say that you lose weight first from your back, specifically between your shoulder blades. I've lost 12lb in the last 12 months too and I don't look much different either, but some tight clothes without stretch in them have more room in them than they had last year…

I often have dessert late at night, or a cup of herbal tea or a cup of fat and sugar free Ovaltine.

Have you tried Nile Perch or Basa? I know neither have a good reputation, but they're both less 'fishy' than even tuna, and they're usually under $10/kg. I haven't got any balsamic vinegar atm or I'd still be doing it, but I used to cook 'fishier' fish with it and dried herbs. I used to use frozen fish, so I'd start…

Weirdly enough I just made something similar myself. Two corn thins, sardines in spicy tomato sauce, shredded cheese on the top, and microwaved enough to melt the cheese and heat the sardines.

Healthy food should be the most important thing after housing and electricity, but I'm sure you know that already. Budgeting is your friend, if $40 a week isn't enough, maybe you and your parents need to cut back elsewhere so you can have more in the food budget. Sorry for being blunt, but people often have no idea how…