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OK, here a trick that I haven't yet read in the answers: Substitute most of the oil with vegetable or other flavourful stock. E.g. where a standard dressing would be 4 teaspoons oil and 1 teaspoon vinegar, do only 1 teaspoon of olive oil, three teaspoons stock, 1tsp vinegar/lemon juice. Of course add whatever herbs you…

Feel free to add me, I'm in Victoria, mother of 2, the younger one is 5 years old.

When I started, every day. In fact, every day morning and night. morning after waking up and going to the toilet, evening just before going to bed. MFP doesn't even allow for 2 measurements per day. I kept my own graph. What happens is that you weigh 1-2 kg more in the evening than in the morning. most people don't know…

I use dried beans -- so far had Mung, soy, black eye, chickpeas, black lentils. Soak overnight in at least 3 times the amount of water -- flavoured in a way you like. Chicken stock is okay, but you can also add a tablespoon of Tamari or another sauce you like. E.g. The chickpeas or lentils triple their volume overnight,and…

My HRM is invaluable for giving me a more accurate calorie count on workouts. With it, I can also do things like train to a certain heart rate. With it, I can wonder why it is so unusually strenuous to run when the only difference is that I am carrying 3ltrs of milk in my arms, then realise that I'm already at max heart…

I bake my own bread and enter the recipes exactly.... But there is an easy rule of thumb: Normal bread (without added fat, or not more than, say, 1-2 tablespoon of oil per loaf) is almost always between 200 and 300 calories per 100g, but usually around 250. 100g = 3.5 oz. Why that is -- because bread is mostly flour and…

I usually put half a teaspoon in my muesli/oatmeal. When I'm adventurous, also cardamon. Haven't tried turmeric yet though they say it's oh so healthy....

I made a 'healthy' version of a type of cookies which I usually do for Chrstmas. Hazelnut balls. 500g wholemeal flour ( or substitute some with white flour or some very finely ground oat flour.) 200g low-calorie baking sweetener of your choice (sugar substitute) 200g ground hazelnuts 250g cholesterol-lowering margarine 1…

Lowest calorie per weight -- the one with the highest water content. Lowest calorie per what your body will digest -- the coarsest one with a lot of kibbled and whole grains in it, and lots of bran (fiber). Lowest calorie per slice -- the lightest, fluffiest one. That toasting bread at Vietnamese bakeries is sometimes 30g…

Light-as-a-feather whole wheat and wild rice waffles By Margaret S. Fox from her cookbook 'Morning Food' from her Mendocino Café Beaujolais where I'd love to visit sometime if I make it to that corner of the world. With all due respect paraphrased here. She puts in 2 cups of whole wheat flour 2 1/2 tsp baking powder and…

Just so, I sometimes get bowel cramps where I have to go to the toilet 5-6 times in a row. I used to call it diarrhea as well. It's now less since I eat less and healthier. It happens maybe every two weeks, too ( or three or four), but of course always when you just have to rush out of the door for some appoinment, and…

500-1100 calories a day, with that exercise plan, is way too low. 164cm, 52kg, and still wanting to lose weight? That's a BMI of 19.3 and already close to the underweight border which sits at 18.5. If you lose 4 kg and are 48, you'll have BMI 17.8, underweight. Pray why? Then also, if you are already that low, then losing…

Travelling where? From where? Is this in a half-way civilised country with some supermarkets? Will she be able to get to one of them sometime during the day?Are they open there? Because vegetables of course need to be bought fresh... If this is possible, she should take a picnic set with at least: a cutting board, small…

Bitter melon anyone?

Have you read the original article? It doesn't say 'mice lost weight on a diet of raw sweet potato, and so will humans', it only says 'mice lost weight on a diet of raw sweet potato' (whereas 'they gained weight on a diet of cooked sweet potato'). That seems to say something about the qualities about a food being raw or…

Have you read the original article? According to it, the amount of energy needed to make protein useful in your body is 25% of the protein's energy (calories), the amount needed for carbohydrates is 10%, and for fats, 2%. According to it, 30% of the calories in almonds never get to the body, but are excreted. That would…

Yep... It's a catchy short phrase for 'a calorie [that you eat] is not [necessarily] a calorie [that your body has available for its own energy needs, or to store as fat].'

How do you do that? I find that the broken-down levels of different fat (mono, poly, un/saturated, trans) in many foods in the MFP database are not reliable or nonexistent. For starters, for many products they are not listed on the package, so you can't even select the right thing in the supermarked. Yes for margarine and…

Interesting. I have wondered for some time, and still do: When we do dedicated exercise, like going to the gym, running, weightlifting, even dancing, it's seen as 'exercise', it's good, we count as more active. It has all kinds of proven health benefits. When physical work is just part of our daily life, part of work…

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Okay: here the one blasphemous question: how long do you roast your vegetables? And how do you prevent them drying out? I find roasting takes way too much time and energy... My oven is run on electricity, the costs of which have gone through the roof here in Australia. Actually I'm always a bit ashamed if I have to use it.…

I'm quite amazed that a school would be asking parents to bring food for all... At my daughter's primary school it was absolutely strictly no-food-sharing. These days the seems to be a good chance that 1 in 100 kids have anaphylaxis and have been taught so well about avoiding peanuts that they think they'll die when they…

Yes, do some experiments and share the result, stating the altitude you are making at it! I somehow have it in my head that yeast dough should rise faster in high altitutes, although I can't tell you where I got that from. Possibly the idea that higher altitude -> less air pressure -> gas expands more , and what is…

Pics are here http://thehonoursystem.com/2013/05/22/avocado-tuna-salad/ Did Sharon on thehonoursystem get the recipe from MFP, or the other way round?

This is not new, it's from a 2006 New York Times video by Mark Bittman, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Ah9ES2yTU&feature=youtube_gdata_player ... Or search "new york times bread" or "making no-knead bread Mark Bittman" on youtube. Voila, there's your stream of pictures. I have done it with a ceramic pot, not having a…

Love it all, well said, except Plateaus do happen, all of the guys in the Minnesota Starvation Experiments hit one in the final 4weeks of the starvation period, and could not be made to lose more weight even though it was tried and they were put on less and less calories.

If you have kidney problems, then yes, there can be such a thing as too much protein, because protein is digested by the kidneys. How to know? If unsure, have your GFR and creatinine checked. But generally: One gram protein per kg of body weight should be okay ! Which is about 62g for you. MFP does not base its protein…

Nope, oats do contain gluten. Precisely, oats contain avenin, which is one of a group of proteins called prolamines, commonly known as 'gluten'.

monk fruit ... Is 80% sugar and 20% water. Why not list cane sugar? much more natural than the stevia tablets you get in the supermarket.

I have a Garmin FR 310XT and have just recently discovered that it way overestimates my calories. I wore it for a day including the chest strap, it gave me close to 4000 calories in 24 hours. Where even 2000 seems on the high side for me. People say it's not meant for using all day long, rather only for (high intensity)…