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I'm also on a tight budget ($150 US/month has to include cleaning supplies, toilet paper, and personal hygiene as well), and I make a point of trying to pick up as many of the nutrition-packed foods on the 100 World's Healthiest Foods list as possible each shopping trip. There isn't a farm market nearby that I can get to…
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Three people have commented in the last 3 days about how much weight I've lost...granted, it's been due to pain and nausea and a nearly liquid diet over the last two months due to health issues, but I still haven't had comments on my weight loss for years, and it IS a noticeable amount (nearly 15% of my August body…
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I'm not on a 1200-cal regimen, but I've learned quite a few ways to spice up bland foods that don't add much in calories, and those techniques shouldn't destroy your diet unless you're adding a lot of fat, sugar, or salt. Minced garlic in water is like 90cal/Tbsp. Try it with some green beans or broccoli, or scatter some…
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Dieting doesn't HAVE to be about eating foods you hate--even if you just cut back on portion sizes and eat the same foods you like, you can still lose weight. As long as you have room in your daily calorie goals to eat that slice of pizza or quesadilla or some Ben & Jerry's, you'll still drop the pounds at about the same…
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I'd actually consider that the MFP ones are inaccurate in that case, as supported by: http://www.mycaloriesburned.com/calories-burned-walking/ "All data is from the Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise journal, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine." That site claims that a fast walk for…
