BCSMama

I am vegan as well and aim for 68 grams of protein a day as recommended by my dietician. I am needing to gain weight due to being underweight and having hypothalmic ammenoreah. I am also very active; so, my goals may be different than yours. Basically, the dietician said I should get at least .6 grams of protein for each…

I did try talking to a nutritionist who is a fitness instructor of one of the classes I take and she basically just said to see a Registered Dietician or a doctor. I figure since I have the doctors appointment, I'll start with him. I may at some point go back to logging my food intake, but needed a small break. I tend to…

I share your love of frozen yogurt and love me some fro-yo. However, I would definitely not consider it clean eating. I've seen the ingredients list for some of the fro-yo chains and base my opinion on that. Having said that, even though I try to mostly eat clean, I do allow myself treats and splurge on fro-yo a couple…

That's tough and I can relate as my 8 year old daughter has initiated similar conversations in the past. There have been a few times when she'll say she thinks she's fat and has actually cried over it. Breaks my heart! The crazy thing is, she's right in the middle of the growth chart and there is nothing overweight or fat…

I love yoga and wish I could do it more. For me, I don't view it as a workout really, but more of a mind/body meditation thing. Sure, there is great for your body and incorporates strength, balance and flexibility, but it's so much more than that. When I leave a good yoga class, I feel centered and peaceful and revitalized.

Hi everyone! I started running back in July I guess. I have birth as a surrogate for a friend in May of 2012 and decided that I wanted to get back into shape. So, I started a boot camp as soon as the doctor cleared me. It was HARD, but I managed to keep up as best as I could and it motivated me to do more. So, I signed up…

I think it's different for different people. For me, if someone considers themselves a runner, then they are a runner. Obviously the spectrum of runners would be quite large, but it's all about perception in my opinion.

Thanks for all the advice and encouragement! I talked to my husband and we are going to try to make Friday evening my outdoor run day for long runs. I love that he's so supportive :-) I will try as much as possible to get my other runs done outside, but not fret too much if they're done on the treadmill. So, after the…

Cool! It would be possible most weeks for me to run outside at least once, which I will definitely do as much as I can. Realistically though, most of my training would have to be on the treadmill. Kind of excited now to have this as a new goal :-)

I also try to cook/prepare as much as possible on Sundays for the week. Yesterday, I made: a batch of granola for snacks/breakfasts a batch of Greek Yogurt for snacks/breakfasts broccoli, potato and cheese soup for dinner tonight to be paired with a salad a casserole of shredded sweet potato, black beans, broccoli, cheese,…

We make chips quite regularly with a food dehydrator. Just slice thin with a mandolin, season and dehydrate. They turn out nice and crisp!

I agree that the wheat is "better" for you than the flatbread. I recently realized that you can get any sandwich made into a salad bowl. I had one the other day and it was awesome! Used spinach instead of lettuce and got turkey meat and all the veggies I wanted. I got an order of their guac for dressing. It was huge and…

I log my exercise because I want to keep track of what I do, but enter calories burned as 1 so that it doesn't mess with my numbers.

cottage cheese and avocado with some siracha greek yogurt and pico mustard, pickle relish and diced apple

Honey Crisp is my favorite by far! However, they are so expensive, I don't buy them much.

I don't have exact measurements, but I make salsa a lot. Basically I throw the ingredients into my food processor and pulse until it's how I like it. 1 onion quartered 3 jalapenos with most of the seeds removed 3 tomatoes quartered 1-2 cloves of garlic 1/4 cup of fresh cilantro leaves dash or so of lime juice several…

Wow, great ideas! I do many of those as well. I have also used the garlic and herb to make stroganoff and have mixed it with quinoa and spinach.

Personally, I'm not a fan of super restrictive diets for the purposes of weight loss. For me, this was/is a lifestyle change and I wanted to make changes to my diet/life that are sustainable and healthy so that will stick with them for the long term. Clearly, even though this diet helped you loose weight in the past, it…

I almost always prelog during the week. I'm a little more relaxed about it over the weekend, but only because I'm usually not as sure what I'll be eating on the weekends. I prepare dinners for the week on Sundays, so M-F, I know what's for dinner and I pack my lunches and snacks to take to work. I love it because it helps…

Wow, we just finished with the last of the turnips I grew in the garden. I knew they were good for you, but didn't know they were this good for you! Yay! I actually still have a couple jars of pickled turnip slices in the fridge :-)

I love spinach. One thing I do pretty regularly is to tear it up and wilt it in a frying pan with a touch of coconut oil. Then spread it out and pour egg whites in. Cook like an omelet and fill with whatever you want (I usually do cottage cheese or avocado and cheddar).

peanut butter and a touch of honey on a rice cake several nights a week. I also love Greek yogurt with a touch of honey and cinnamon sugar pita chips to dip Greek yogurt with 1-2 TBS peanut butter and a sliced apple to dip A couple pieces of good dark chocolate Flavored decaf coffee

I put spinach in all of my smoothies and love it. I just add my ingredients into my magic bullet and cram as much spinach as I can :-)

Yeah, I definitely prefer real fresh ground peanut butter, but do keep both PB2 and chocolate PB2 around. I use the the PB's in smoothies, oatmeal, mixed into Greek Yogurt and the PB2 for making an Asian style peanut sauce. I'll use regular peanut butter on rice cakes, toast, etc.

I try to use Stevia in my coffee and honey in most everything else that I need to sweeten.

I'm not a huge fan of it plain, although if I don't have lots of calories left and am really craving peanut butter I'll use it on a rice cake. However, I use it most in smoothies, oatmeal and mixed into my plain Greek yogurt. You can also make an awesome Asian style peanut sauce with it.

How long since you made these changes? Give your body a few weeks to get used to the heavy lifting and increased calories and reevaluate from there. It could be your muscles hanging onto more water for repairs.

I wonder the same thing sometimes. Lately I've been eating a lot of hummus, fruit and veggies and some brown rice and it seems like I'm always over on carbs. It hasn't hindered me at all. I do try to balance my macros (40/30/30), but try not to stress too much if they're not perfect. Some of my go to snacks when I'm over…

I take a multivitamin and a Calcium/D supplement which was suggested by a nutritionist due to a family history of osteoporosis.

I've made this a couple of times. Once in the oven and it turned out fabulous and another time I made it, but used it to stuff peppers and then baked it and it was awesome that way too!