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This is very much me, and I am now wondering if the reactions to, and affect of, the statement actually shows the reader more about themselves than anything. Maybe people who do see every learning experience, every task outside their everyday bubble as a trial and a battle will take something from the statement, where…

I've stuffed them with ricotta and battered and fried them, they're tasty but that's mostly the cheese - the blossoms themselves are pretty flavourless, it's more for looks. They're really pretty and fun to make!

@ashleycarole86 oh no!! Feel better, that's the worst!!

Lean meat, basically. Chicken, fish, turkey, lean pork all have very low fat, no cdarbs and are basically pure protein sources.

MFP should?

Happy birthday!!

Curious, what's your source for this? Grapes contain naturally occurring melatonin and are usually touted as a good before bed snack. Peanuts/peanut butter before bed has also been touted as improving sleep, though a study didn't show marked improvement - it also didn't show any detriment.

I honestly found my long term success when I got so burnt out caring for others that for my own sanity, I pulled it all back in and started putting myself first. I started walking, moving, cooking food that I knew was good for me, and really being mindful of allowing myself to look after myself. It's also made me better at…

Not really, save for setting your macros to match whatever the recommended macros for carnivore are. MFP doesn't have specific settings for specific diets, it just allows a user to customise their macros, fasting schedules, number of meals etc.

The food diary. If you're on desktop, click the myfitnesspal logo at the top left, then click the "food" tab at the top, second in from the left. This will being up your diary and you can click "add food" to a specific meal, search for your foods, pick quantities and add them. On android app, your food diary is reached by…

Sugar is this decade's bogey-man food. The evidence which shows an excess of sugar is not good for you (for the reasons Ann has outlines) has become "sugar is the devil and is going to kill you!!!". It's not "proven bad" and does not need to be avoided all together. Fact is, most foods aside from pure meat or fat contain…

Hello and welcome, also from Aus :)

Yum! Way to go getting inventive with the pantry! I adore ceviche, and I'm not judging on the use of the can!

I'm going to copy a reply I posted a few weeks back: Motivation is fickle, and requires positive emotion. I go for committed, determined and resigned. For me, motivation is the emotion I need to do something above and beyond, something out of the ordinary, something optional. I treat managing my diet and exercise the same…

Do you need a multivitamin? Have you been tested for deficiencies? This is definitely a question for your doctor, you may be taking something, spending money, and experiencing issues with your blood sugars for something you don't even need.

Got a few checked off so far!

May I recommend you see an exercise physiologist? They're trained at working with people with chronic issues, along with other health and physical challenges, to ensure that you have a program which takes into account any needs you have and, most importantly, doesn't cause you any damage!

I switched to sparkling water with a squeeze of lemon or lime juice. Super refreshing, and these days I find soda unpalatable, I feel like it just coats my mouth.

Steps for the week - still needing to stay on top of puppy supervision, and it's been very hot, so I'm still a little down on some days! Sunday - 5407 Monday - 11007 Tuesday - 12579 Wednesday - 10980 Thursday - 6914 Friday - 11199 Saturday - 9171 @strong_fit_ells Maxi is stunning!! @lauren_989 my overeating comes from…

Aren't there also guidelines around including organ meat so you get vitamins? I can see a lot of people reading what you've just said about and going "woohoo, eggs, steak and chicken drums for life!"

Given that the database is largely user added, and the info entered in is just nutritional numbers and a free-text name of the item, I'd wonder how it was recognizing the entry as fruit/veg, and would posit that it isn't, unless it is one of the MFP added (green checked, but not all green checks are MFP added) items.…

Days where I just can't, for whatever reason (I have a chronic illness and some days I just don't have the spoons), I stick to my basics. I might not weigh and measure, but I will eyeball foods I commonly use, or I'll go for foods that have the nutritional information on the pack so it's a no brainer. I do also usually…

Apps like Chronometer are much better with micronutrients, or you can use MFP, but as I say, you have to make your own entries and enter the micronutrient data yourself, which means finding it, and I am honestly not sure how you would do that beyond whole food products which you can find the data for on the USDA database.

It is because the database is largely added by users, using the information on food labels, which generally do not have that information, so those fields are left blank. MFP is not at all good for tracking your micronutrients unless you are vetting every single food entry you use to ensure that it contains the required…

Curious, where are you getting your caffeine numbers to input? My coffee, iced coffee, soft drinks etc don't have quantities of caffeine on the labels.

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Reading all these answers is interesting, and has made me examine my initial response and where I was coming from. When I read the statement, it immediately struck me as one of those chest-beating, TikTok hustle culture mantras, where if you are comfortable, you're not working hard enough. "There are 24 usable hours in…

@lauren_989 crate training's not really a thing over here, it's starting to get a bit of a mention, but I'd honestly never heard of it before I visited the US! I think because the most common thing here is large fenced yards, and mild weather even in winter, so doggos don't have to be trained to stay inside for long…

Spicy pickles for me! I get my spicy itch scratched, and the pickle hit kills any other cravings.

Oh, absolutely - I've been on them too, and if that was the case (OP was on them) I'd be saying that for sure! But you're absolutely correct in everything else you've said - enough cortisol being naturally produced to cause constant bloating (and from dietary change which, while stressful, is lower on the scale than, say,…