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I'm sure you noticed this, but its the dressing that's half the calories. 6 tbsp seems like a lot. Are you sure you used that much? Caesar dressings do tend to be higher in calories than some others. These are some of the best dressings I've tried: http://bolthouse.com/products/dressings/yogurt . You'll find them in the…

nothing puts rude people off so much as a gracious reply :)

Yeah, me too. But if you don't start, you certainly can't finish.

Attempts to demonstrate moral superiority are tiresome and rude. Your reasons are perfectly respectable, and should therefore be respected.

in a word: vegetables. high volume, low calorie, packed with fiber and vitamins. You can add them to any meal or dish, roasted or steamed with just a bit of butter or oil, or plain. Herbs and spices also add flavor variety. Also broth-based soups are very filling and low calorie.

I'm curious what kinds of foods are bobbing up in your memories here. Please share that! I know that a lot of foods that people call "soul food" here in the north were just called "food" by my Southern grandparents and related folk...yeah, the cornbread, the fried EVERYTHING, the sweet tea, the fatty pork in the greens,…

Forgive me if I'm going slightly off-topic, but if I understand correctly, you lost 2.5 pounds last week, and gained 2 pounds this week, for a net loss of .5 pound over the last 2 weeks. Congratulations on that! That would not be a bad loss for anyone, let alone a person who is already at a relatively low body weight. With…

Congratulations on that. Seriously. I used to shop there, but after a lot of research I learned that regular grocery store meat and dairy also didn't have antibiotics or hormones, and organic produce wasn't any better for me or the environment, so now I just go either for affordability, or financial support for farmers via…

Is it allowed to share the segments as part of a relay team?

You don't mention if you've ever been diagnosed with any spinal disc issues. I mean, I get flare ups sometimes from a couple of prolapsed discs in my lower back. But if you don't and this just suddenly happened for no good reason, get thee to a doctor. Not a chiropractor.

The H7 on the chest strap is waterproof BUT it needs to "talk" to something in order to be useful. That could be an app on a phone or many of the machines at gyms, but since the OP wants to use it in the water, she'd need another Polar device to wear with it in the pool in order to see the data the chest strap is…

On our first date (7 years ago), my boyfriend got linguine and clams in garlic sauce. I think I got a bar pie. The sky did not fall. Go figure.

As I'm reading it, the Marketing service part of the USDA withdrew their certification, but the Food Safety and Inspection Service part of the USDA is now going to inspect and verify the "grass-fed" claim, and hold producers to basically the same standard. Seems like for a while two departments of the USDA were doing…

The phrasing implies a stance that "its not good enough for me but it might be good enough for you if your standards are lower than mine." The perceived meaning would have been different without the phrase "For me it would never be enough. but for you it might be." That said, I'm not a huge fan of the "MFP is supposed to…

It does not actually mean that they are out in a field. It means only that they were fed grass or hay. This results in leaner meat, which, depending on who you ask, does not necessarily mean higher quality. And even cattle that are not strictly grass-fed typically eat grass and hay until months or so before they are…

In the U.S., the USDA does require that beef labelled "grass-fed" eat only milk and grass/hay in their lifetime. But generally speaking, I have to agree that most people know exactly diddly over squat about real food production, including the nutrition needs of the animals they eat. Or the plants, for that matter. They get…

They don't cost very much, and they are very useful and helpful. I wouldn't say you "need" one, but if you can invest in one, I'd definitely recommend it.

Calculations using heart rate monitors are done by assuming that heart rate is an indication of exertion level - its an indirect measure of exertion. So when you say "using heart rate instead of exertion," you're really not using something different, just trying to get at it in a different way. When you talk about targeted…

Commercial salmon feed is made of ground up fish, fish oil, vegetable matter and enough grain to make it bind together into pellets. Its like pet food. If you want to throw it out, that's your choice.

How do you know that it was grain fed? Salmon are carnivorous, unlike cows. Their feed might have some grain in it (probably does), but I think its usually more heavy on fish meal. Not sure how a salmon would even grow on a diet of grain.

Polar H7 chest strap paired with A300 wrist watch. Not cheap. About $150 altogether. Polar A360 is the only device that I know of that claims to have a wrist-based heart rate in water- or at least where the company pushes it as a device for swimming with an optical HRM. $200. I actually have the A360 and so far it seems to…

do you have Netflix or Hulu?

When your TDEE - 250 calories equals an amount that you live with and be happy for the amount of time that it will take you to get to your goal weight.

Keep it away from the back where the cold air comes out. I store prepared salad in these bags to keep it fresh longer: http://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Meyer-GreenBags-Freshness-Preserving-Storage/dp/B00I4V1U06/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454950113&sr=8-1&keywords=green+bags . I put it in the produce drawer. I didn't buy them from…

Smartfood cheese popcorn. Pirate's Booty cheese puffs (or Trader Joe's makes a similar thing). Roasted chickpeas are usually pretty salty and you can buy those or make your own and flavor them to your taste.

I thought it was "starve a cold, feed a fever." Hope you feel better.

Glad you're going to the doc to check it out. My knees hyperflex, and I didn't know that forever, and I now really wish I had taken more care with certain things decades ago. Take good care of yourself!

Well, it would certainly nourish your soul. Milk was what bodybuilders drank before protein powder became popular. Chocolate is....chocolate.

I don't know about this...class times usually are published in advance, and its certainly not unusual to reserve part of a facility for a class at a particular time. It annoys me personally that the entire pool is closed for 2 hours a day to accommodate the aqua aerobics classes (mainly just cuz I tend to want to swim at…