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I am not sure what you are eating. But watch out for processed foods (they are loaded with sodium). So lower your sodium all together. On the food diary click the report button on the bottom and that will give you the whole nutritional value of your food. Try to keep your sodium under 2000mg a day or better. You could be…

I don't follow the protein amounts at all. I have talked to a number of trainers and they all say higher amounts of lean protein is better for your body and helping you to lose weight as well as building a leaner body. I blow out my protein number every day (and I never meet the carb #) and I am continuing to lose weight…

Whole wheat english muffin poached egg reduced fat shredded cheese Oolong Tea :flowerforyou:

I am not sure about the kind you have.. but I just looked up this last night on line.. I had thin spaghetti and learned for the long type of pasta, (angel hair, spaghetti, etc.) 2 oz of dry equal 1 cup of cooked.... or 8 oz dry equal 4 cups cooked... and so on. ooh .. i just found this on a website for your rotini - "4…

I just did a quick calculation for the numbers you put down.. and roughly figured out to maintain your weight with no exercise you could consume around 2100 calories... but to lose weight you probably want to drop that down 500 calories a day.. so that would put you at 1500-1600 calories a day. You don't want to put your…

On a side note about soy and soy protein vs. whey protein. My trainer believes and (found out first hand) that soy protein tends to gather on a women's back love handles - and suggests using a whey protein powder vs a soy protein. (not sure how this relates to soy milk - but thought I would share.) I get a low carb…

Something that I read about and I think works really well is after you finish what is on your plate and you still feel hungry (or so you think you do) Wait 15 minutes.. it takes about that long for your food to fill you up and give you that content - full feeling. If you are still hungry after 15 minutes - then maybe go…