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I run 3-4 times a week with my mileage varying based on where I am in a current training cycle. I also play volleyball once a week for about 45min.

I use it in soups/stews and to cook rice/orzo. You can usually replace water with stock for more flavor. I store it in the fridge for about a week or freeze in individual servings.

I use celery tops and other vegetable scraps when I'm making chicken or vegetable stock.

When my husband and I were both tracking, I would enter the recipe in the recipe builder and log it into my diary and then he would view my diary on his app and select "copy meal." It isn't the most ideal way to do it, but it keeps the macros/micros and lets you avoid making multiple entries into the database.

I would use the recipe builder to manually enter the recipe. Weigh the potatoes, onion, ground beef, and any oil/butter used for frying. Enter the raw weights into the recipe builder. Cook the recipe and then weigh the completed recipe. Then enter the cooked weight in grams as the serving size. When you log the recipe,…

I got my fitbit a few months after I started maintaining my weight, but I eat all of the exercise calories that it gives me and it has worked for me for the last 8 months. Most of my exercise calories are from walking/running or volleyball.

I'm running the Glass Slipper Challenge this weekend at Disney World! This will be my second Disney Princess Half Marathon weekend and I'm so excited. I started running in October 2013 after never being a runner, ever. My advice would be to slowly work your way up to half marathon training. Go get fitted for some running…

I've never tried these before, but thanks for linking the cookbook. All the recipes are available for free and I'm getting some good inspiration.

QFT, minus the "eww" since calculus can be fun.

I love the bulk section and bulk spices at Whole Foods. We also used to get some of the more unique asian ingredients that HEB doesn't stock, but we finally found the one asian grocery store in San Antonio.

I always use the recipe builder with the specific ingredients that I used. I also weigh the ingredients before I add them and use that in the recipe builder instead of just using the cup measurements often provided with recipes.

Your diary looks like you might not be logging everything. Did you really go to Texas roadhouse and only eat a 6oz sirloin, 1 skewer of grilled shrimp, and a cup of green beans? No rolls? Did you really get queso at Taco Cabana and not have any chips? It also looks like you're not really eating many vegetables. Are you…

Are you logging your weight into a fitness tracker connected to MFP?

You could make a casserole or something over the weekend (or earlier in the week) that your husband can just throw into the oven before you get home.

Thanks for the heads up! I guess I need to take a trip to TJ's

I would definitely focus on eating delicious local food with an emphasis fruits/vegetables/protein. Also, if it is feasible, try to travel to as many local tourism (ie non-western tourist) spots as possible. You never know when you'll be able to go to that part of the world again.

I have found mine to be very accurate, but most of my activity is step based. Also, it will record steps while its in your pocket, but it won't be as accurate in steps or in heart rate (it might take false heart rate readings). "Your Charge HR is designed to be most accurate when worn on your wrist. While it may track…

A half a cup of flour is about 60-65 grams. Also, the oven temperature is 515 degF, which is 268 degC. The recipe should still work at 250 degC, but it might take a little longer to cook.

I'm pretty sure that's based off of a 1oz serving size, which is the size of the plastic salad dressing cups. I would just eyeball the amount and adjust accordingly.

Since you're in Georgia, the odds of finding unsauced pulled pork are extremely low, but they should have smoked chicken or turkey. I would just save some calories and go for the pulled pork or sausage with green beans or baked beans and cornbread. Because southern barbecue is delicious and I don't eat it often. Hot damn,…

My "why" isn't that great. I was tired of being fat. I was tired of hating how I looked in pictures. I was tired of not knowing what to wear because I didn't have anything that I thought looked good on me. One of my great friends had been successfully loosing a ton of weight using MFP and I realized that if she could do…

All of this. For a reference, it took me 16 months to lose 40lbs and I continued to eat all of the food that I enjoyed in portion sizes that fit my calorie goal. I found that eating as close to my calorie goal as possible helped prevent me from over eating. I also found that protein and fat were really helpful in keeping…

If you have negative adjustments selected in MFP, it doesn't really matter what your activity level is set at since your FitBit will add or remove calories depending on how active you are for the day. I didn't get a FitBit until after I was in maintenance, but I eat back all of the calories that it gives me and I have been…

I just had Chick-fil-a's new "Superfood Side" and, while I still hate the name, it was actually really good. It basically tasted like a less heavy version of a broccoli salad. Here's Chick-fil-a's description: "Chopped Broccolini® and kale blend, tossed in a sweet and tangy maple vinaigrette dressing and topped with…

My usual lunch at work is leftovers from dinner a few nights before. Sometimes I'll supplement the leftovers with a salad or veggies/dip.

We usually spend about $300/month on groceries (including cleaning supplies). This topic made me curious, so I checked and last year we spent about $800/month on food, including groceries, fast food, and restaurants/bars. It is usually just my husband and I, but restaurant spending can include other people. We live in…

A serving of banana bread baked oatmeal. I made this recipe and froze the individual servings so that I could reheat it at work.

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This may have changed from when I was a senior girl scout (10 years ago), but the money was always "owned" by the troop. Troops could elect to designate money earned by individuals for special trips or service projects, but it wasn't required. Our troop always pooled the money and used it to fund our big troop service…