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  • 1) Just compare the product you have with the choices available. Scan it if you have a smartphone. Even if you scan it, double check that the nutrition information matches. For generic food, like fresh veggies, try searching vegetable, raw. For example, tomato, raw will bring up the USDA listing at almost the top of the…
  • OP, if you drink coffee, the protein iced coffee can be good, if you find a good protein powder. This would be an easy way to add 25+ grams of protein to your day. I'll even blend my coffee with protein powder, ice, baby spinach (don't taste it and the serving I use adds 2 g protein and lots of nutrients), and sometimes…
  • Just don't exercise. There's no reason at all that you need to exercise to lose weight. Over time, you might find the motivation to start exercising more as you lose more. I personally find Chipotle and chocolate motivating enough to get me moving when I don't feel like it. Just eat at your calorie goal and log accurately…
  • Go in like you are going to edit the recipe, then re-save it. This almost always fixes it for me. If that still doesn't work, I've had success changing one little part of one ingredient and re-saving it.
  • Another thing to consider is, what is your activity level set to on your Fitbit? If you are set to sedentary, you will see bigger numbers posted than if you are set to lightly active or active. I've found that Fitbit assumes about 3000 steps per day for sedentary and will start upping your calories burned after this…
  • One tablespoon of garlic powder is A LOT of garlic powder! When I season up 5 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts, I probably use maybe 1/2 t to 3/4 t total. Yeah, 1 T isn't much when it comes to most foods, but with spices it's usually a lot. I do log my spices when I'm making recipes just so I have the…
  • You could add extra chicken to the cooked jambalaya instead of extra shrimp. Adding pre-cooked diced chicken would make up the protein and probably help absorb some of the extra water, and it's cheaper. Really easy - 4 oz raw weight chicken is approx. 120 calories and 25 g protein. This leaves you 180 calories to add…
  • I found "the Beck Diet Solution" by Judith Beck to be helpful in making me more self aware of the how/why of my overeating. I won't say it cured me, but I've been able to implement a lot of the exercises regularly and I do think it helps. I've heard great things about Geneen Roth, too.
  • I usually just bake mine with garlic powder, onion powder, oregano and salt and pepper. It sounds like you are over-cooking it. I roast mine at 425 until it's firm but not hard. I've never heard the forehead/nose/chin guide, but it seems about right. I usually make a big batch at once and immediately transfer the whole…
  • What was the step count? It sounds like it might have missed steps, too. I just re-calibrated my stride length yesterday because I walked a 5 mile course and, even though the step count seemed okay, I was almost a mile short. Turns out I had my stride length set incorrectly. I changed that and everything is fine. You…
  • Can you not just go 5 hours without eating? It shouldn't greatly affect your energy levels. It looks like you regularly go 6 hours between lunch and dinner, right? If breakfast isn't holding you and you can't make it without eating, re-evaluate your breakfast choices. Switch lunch with breakfast and you should be fine. If…
  • Most accurate will be weighing everything. Personally, I generally weigh everything, except things packaged and sold as single servings, like bread, bagels, single serve chips and granola bars, etc. If I notice that my losses aren't what I would expect, I may change that. I am very accurate with everything else and I…
  • First, make sure you are accurately tracking. Weigh everything you consume and choose the appropriate entry for what you are eating. If you choose inappropriate portion sizes or incorrect database entries, you could very well be eating much more than you think you are. Second, don't go all diet everything. If you are truly…
  • Also, weigh your avocado. The ones I get are almost always smaller than when you just log medium avocado or something like that. Most of the avocados I get are under 300 calories when logged by weight.
  • I like pre-cooking a bunch of chicken breasts - usually I bake with garlic/onion powder, oregano and salt and pepper. You can then season this as you see fit on a daily basis. I like to use whole wheat pita bread for my sandwiches/wraps. Some combinations - chicken, tomatoes, onions, italian vinaigrette, lettuce, cheese…
  • Well, if I go by my "frequent foods" list, it would be: boneless skinless chicken breast, 1% milk, cheddar cheese, romaine lettuce, lite sour cream, jalapeno cheddar cheese, baby spinach, whole wheat pita bread and double stuf Oreos. To that I would add: frozen strawberries, various other frozen fruits depending on mood,…
  • You sound like you might benefit from IF like a few other posters have suggested. If you can make it through the adjustment period of eating 3 meals + multiple snacks daily, then you might do well with it. You could do an eating window from lunch through dinner and have a reasonably sized lunch, maybe one snack, then a…
  • Try searching chicken breast, meat only, raw in the database. You should be able to easily find the USDA listing this way and you can identify it by the number of options on the drop down. It should list grams, cups, pieces etc. Also, just use the nutrition label from the chicken you buy, because they will vary slightly…
  • For weight loss or maintenance, it's all about calories. If you weigh and log your portions carefully and stay within your calorie goal, you can eat whatever you want.
  • As long you are mostly meeting your calorie goal, why not change your macro goals? There's nothing wrong with a higher fat and protein goal and lower carb goal. I customized my goals to 35/40/25 c/f/p. I don't worry if I'm over or under on carbs or fat, but do try to meet protein.
  • I've found that simply re-saving the recipe usually fixes the problem. I don't know what the glitch is because it's a very random issue. I've created recipes that have only 3 ingredients and they are all above the 30 calorie mark and it doesn't save right.
  • I have to agree with this. I also see several restaurant meals. While there's nothing wrong with these, what you consume could be very different from what is expected, especially with fries and chips, etc. because restaurants tend to be more generous with these types of items. What is 1/2 basket of chips? It could be 10…
  • You can add me if you'd like! I've worked through the exercises a number of times over the years. I have to say that I've found that some of the exercises were very useful and I still regularly use them. I still struggle with emotional eating, but I do think that the steps work when you work them. My biggest problem is…
  • From personal experience with my Fitbit and MFP, I set myself to lightly active on both and I see a negative adjustment if I'm under 6500 steps and a positive adjustment if I'm over. To be sayve, I would say under 6000 put yourself as sedentary, 6000-10000 lightly active and 10000+ active. This only works if you aren't…
    in Steps Comment by weird_me2 June 2015
  • That sounds wrong. The serving size on canned goods is as packaged unless it specificies otherwise. This means that there are 3 servings of beans + juice weighing X grams per can. If you drain the juice, you will lose a few calories, but not a significant amount. When dealing with canned goods that you are draining, it's…
  • You could try making your own yogurt to save a few dollars. If you are paying $5 for a quart, then you could make it for quite a bit less. Here, my milk is very cheap at about $2.60 for 2% milk. I'd probably use about 42 oz of milk and strain the yogurt a bit to make it more creamy like traditional store-bought, but that's…
  • There's not an easier way. Although, if you are using 1/4 or 1/2 C, it's probably easier to choose the C option and put .25 or .5 than to do T. FTR, there are 16 T in 1 C, 8 in 1/2 C and 4 in 1/4 C.
  • I got my Flex just over a month ago and I have found it helpful. I've been tracking and active for longer than I have been in a while. It does motivate me to move more. I reset my mfp settings to lightly active, so I lose calories throughout the day if I don't move enough, and that's usually enough to get me to take a…
    in Fitbit? Comment by weird_me2 May 2015
  • If you are that accurate with your food logging, then you now know what your maintenance is. From looking at your diary, it looks like you are getting right at goal on average, so you will need to reduce below maintenance to see any loss. If you cut just one Starbucks purchased drink per week you would probably see the 1…
  • You obviously know what you're doing, but to get that last pound or so off, you are probably going to have to be even more accurate than you were before. You've figured out maintenance, so you need to shave 125 calories per day for the next month to lose 1 pound or 250 calories for the next two weeks. Some areas where I…
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