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Food > Recipes > enter new recipe add the ingredients used in the total recipe... tell it how many servings you got and it will portion it. IE my pretzel recipe is 2400 calories total... makes 12 pretzels or 200 calories per piece, along with all the other nutritional info from the ingredients used.
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IF you set your profile up with a goal to "lose weight" you want to net your calories (eating back exercise calories to maintain deficit at the "desired" rate of loss level) if you set your profile to maintain weight, but are using your exercise calories to create a deficit for weight loss then you'd not eat the calories…
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It'll still be the "traditional" biggest loser but part of Jillian coming back is bringing kids in and the kids are immune from elimination so they actually get to work with the team the whole time or something. Still be weigh ins and competition within the "main" group but the kids being involved.. it might get me to…
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step 1. Make sure your gear isn't some dark / clingy / shade you in so when you're jogging in place on the corner and you come out from under the tree to cross the road but you were blending IN to the tree so the drivers didn't know you were there... a hi-vis reflective vest can certainly save you some pain as there's only…
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Your daily calorie goal on MFP does not take into account your "planned" exercise. Test it, set 0 minutes for planned exercise, view your daily calorie goal. Now set 3600 minutes of exercise. Your daily calorie goal should be the same. When you exercise within MFP that is when you get credited for your calories and can eat…
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my home > goals > change goals > custom you can see what the macro percentages are set to, also the micronutrient targets. Lean body mass I got the last time I went through some testing, it may be different but it gives me a number to start with anyway.
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A lot of stuff can be frozen that we don't usually "think" can be frozen, but if Michelinas et al can package pasta and freeze it for 6-12 months with no ill effects I can certainly freeze lasagna, goulash, mac and cheese etc for about a month and not have it effecting the texture etc. Cook up a big batch of pancakes, they…
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If you're using the default MFP macro rations where protein is 15% then going over that is "fine and dandy" barring any underlying health issues - which if you have them you likely know from your MD to watch your protein. I had to change my protein to 35% to get it close to my goal which is 1 gram per lb of my lean body…
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On every forum page at MFP you visit there's a reminder
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raw weight is the only way that two people could (in theory) take the same piece of steak and one cook it blue rare and still wind up with the same calorie count as that exact same piece of steak cooked to well done which has lost even more water weight. The raw state is the only "sure / common" point you have to start…
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I would double it sure, it's not like just pumpkin puree has a lot of taste to it, if you're using pumpkin pie filling (with all the spices loaded) then it might make them spicier than you're used to but I'd try it. I've been adding those 'same spices' to my french toast all week, I know when falls here :P
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With my baking I freely sub butter for pretty much any oil I have around, olive oil... grapeseed.... hemp.... coconut if you want to stick with the solids but... I don't sub in shortening / crisco / margarine. But since all are fat its hard to get away from the calories... unless.... apple sauce or canned pumpkin make a…
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Adding it as a food "does" add back 500 calories but it may not add back any macros depending on which entry you pick, and if you pick one it may not add back calories in your macro percentages if you have something other than the MFP default of 65% carbs 15% protein 20% fat. Adding it as an exercise would at least add the…
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microwave makes a great saddle holder in the barn. Cast iron all the way.
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Cast iron pans properly seasoned don't require ANY additional cooking oil, nothing sticks to mine when they are properly pre-heated before adding any ingredients. Wipe clean with a rag, don't let ingredients sit in them to dry and need a scouring... season your pan! that said just try to convince the family who insist on…
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When I joined, and since then, when I first got my calorie goal I thought it was crazy numbers. I started losing weight with those same "what I thought were crazy numbers" forcing me to realize prior to journaling / logging / recording ALL my foods I had to have been eating 4000 calories a day on some days. The in your…
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The state of our "media" in presenting these things.. health update - "rice contains arsenic" VERY next article Japanese study finds that changing the oils used in cooking can drop blood pressures (drop in the bad cholesterol too)... which oil is suggested? RICE OIL
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I weigh more than when I "really" started on MFP but I'm 3 pant sizes down from what I started. There's no direct correlation between pounds lost and sizes or I'd still be in the same clothes I started.
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If you're using stevia itself then you're getting a plant extracted sweetener much as sugar itself is, I grow stevia in my herb garden. If you're using truvia / purvia (coke / Pepsi) versions of the same thing or one of the "tsp for tsp / gram for gram" replacements then you're getting a bulking agent along with the stevia…
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Couldn't tell you. I had cows the last time I had it, so I didn't have to buy it.
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Eggs that you know when you got them... yeah I leave out the farm fresh ones. Even after a week out they're likely fresher than what you're buying at the grocery store :P But milk.. if it's raw milk yeah I'd leave it out, but if it's the pasteurized stuff bought commercially, that's going in the fridge... raw milk sours…
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I cut the butter into pieces that I'll use through the week in a SEALED container on the counter, it's nice and soft when it comes to spread it on toast or whatever needs it, but there's not enough out that it goes bad before it gets used up, AND any flies or insects that do get into the house don't get at the butter. To…
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Another thing when introducing a new food, be prepared to bring the "new food" back but try cooking it a different way, I dislike boiled veggies but the same assortment of veggies steamed or broiled or roasted.... eat 'em all day long. Sometimes it's the texture of a prep method that makes a food not be enjoyed.
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If its a "sudden" change kids will resist but they won't "starve" themselves either once they know that they eat what's there or maybe some alternatives such as a fruit. #1 depends on how you're buying, I can go to the local grocer and get a 10lb bag of flour for $10 or I can go to the bulk food / Costco type and buy a…
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No need to pirate at all, I don't have my e-reader yet, but I am sure that if I'm buying it it will be the kindle version so I grabbed the kindle for PC app and via Amazon's own promotions I've got over 3000 books... or titles I guess as SOME of the "books" would basically be a pamphlet like you'd pick up at a hardware…
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I pretty-well just use the same recipes I would for another type of meat for the same cut... roast? roast it in the oven with a bit of water and whatever spices your family enjoys... savory is huge here, if you leave it off the meal just isn't the same:P venison steak? pan-fried or perhaps roasted in the pan also as I'm…
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It TOTALLY depends on you.. I'm still 2lbs heavier than when I really started here on MFP, but down 5 lbs from my high in the meantime, but I'm in 3 sizes smaller clothes than i was in Dec 2010. I weigh more...and am in smaller clothes. So there is no "pounds per pant size" to apply across the board.
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if for your profile use the website to upload more than the first image which you're using my home > profile > edit photos click upload photo and you'll get the usual file navigation to select a file to upload If it's on the forums you want to post a picture get the picture hosted somewhere like photobucket, get the IMG…
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I'm in the same spot, I'm still 3lbs heavier than when I started, but it's not just people looking at me it's the clothes too, I weigh more than when i "really" started on MFP but I'm in a 3 sizes smaller waist for pants. Being that guys are in even numbers at the "big box stores" it's 3 sizes anyway. Weigh more but…
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You certainly CAN make do and it's a great way to decide if it's something you'll enjoy, but a properly fitted bike can be the difference between doing that 12-24miles per day and enjoying it and wanting to go for the weekend ride or wanting to take a sledgehammer to the hunk of junk on a poorly fitted one. I can't pass up…
