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We use the quick packets for smoothies because we have like a year supply of them from when my wife exclusively ate that version of oatmeal. Now she only uses steel cut oats for the most part so we have to get rid of those crazy packets. After they are gone though we will move to just regular rolled oats. Steel cut doesn't…
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I eat just about an identical lunch every day and have for the last 5 months. My breakfast seems to vary a little more in that it depends on which cereal I have to try to finish off this week (bought a lot of boxes of cereal on sale before I started my program and now need to burn through them) The biggest issue I see is…
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I also use a FitBit Aria, but I will say if I step on it 5 times I will get 5 different weights but within about 0.8 lbs not the 3 to 5 lb variance you are seeing. Ours hasn't moved from its spot in 5 months, although it will have to move as we are having guests and it is in the middle of our hallway. (you all can use your…
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That is a typo if you look at the progress meter on the post it is 179.2 probably. I definitely think the hardest thing for some people is when they decide to eat 'diet' food. Try to avoid that, find a way to stick to real foods and budget your calories. But like others said, 1200 is probably not sustainable, you will…
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I log days that some may call 'cheat' days. For me the still leave me with at least at 500 calorie deficit usually. But when I am on vacation I will log estimates. I do not bring a scale with me everywhere I go and make people wait for me to weigh out things to get a real calorie target, so I guess at it. I try to keep…
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I also use Brummel Brown, but find it too watery when melted so we blend in powered butter with 1 T of Brummel Brown until it is a little thicker then put that on. No salt (the powered butter is already rather salty) and this works out well. If we are going to put some other flavoring on we sometimes put on spray butter…
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Wow! People have an unhealthy view of food. Pizza isn't a food, it is a food concept. You can't say Pizza is unhealthy because I could show you 20 recipes for very healthy pizza that give you fiber, protein, low amounts of fat and the entire 9 yards. Domino's version of pizza is HORRIBLE for you. Doesn't mean you can't fit…
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Like the last couple message, but in my opinion, if you can fit an entire chocolate cake into your program MORE POWER TO YOU! Food isn't bad, it is how we treat it that is. Chips, French Fries, Cakes, Cookies .... the list goes on and on, these are all fine in proper proportion. This should all be about a healthy view on…
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I weigh them as I have some special k cracker chips with lunch each day. I only have a half server (15g) as that is plenty to go with my sandwich and yogurt. But like others, we weigh everything. When we make a smoothie we put the blender cup on the scale and weigh everything we put in. And you know you are leaving several…
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We buy egg whites in a carton to supplement the whole eggs we use. Rather than separating an actual egg. So I guess you could say we toss them out if you want but I hope that the company uses them in animal feed or something.
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You know I think it is amusing to some extent that people flip out. While it is true that most of us are probably under 2k every day for our calories that is still the RDA base. Then look at commercials for breakfast products. The cereal bowl is at least 2 if not 3 servings, 1 cup of whole milk on that and you are easily…
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We have made muffins with it and frozen the muffins to have as a quick breakfast from time to time. Obviously you wouldn't use it for protein since Almond milk only has 1G per C (versus 8 for milk or ~6+ for soy milk) , so mostly for calcium and lower calories.
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You know it is amusing I was just about the write something very similar. While I don't reject people's desire to move toward other liquids, as that is their choice, but for me as a vegetarian (not vegan), milk plays an important part of helping me meet my protein targets. Almond milk is not a good protein source (1g/c…
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We use almond milk from time to time, but in a protein shake I would think milk would be better. Almond milk has 1g protein per cup while skim milk has 8g of protein per cup. I use skim milk most of the time, I will drink 1% but anything above that seems a little too thick. I will drink 2% if all that is available but I…
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Not sure I believe this. I think you may be missing her message. Can she get thinner? Probably given her goal. Can she get to "skinny"? Maybe, it depends on what she defines "skinny" to be. That isn't a goal, that is an image. Avoid images that can't be measured, set realistic achievable goals. If you fall for…
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I probably don't match the people you are asking. I do a 2 to 3 hour walk each work day at about 1.7 to 1.9 MPH, and then on the weekend I do a 60 to 90 minute walk at about 2.7 to 3.5MPH. My treadmill tops out at 4MPH and doesn't have an incline. It is a treadmill desk unit I do have a treadmill in my basement which I use…
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I own a treadmill desk, but I purchased a commercial combo rather than building my own. Make sure you have somewhere to work when you aren't walking. First you aren't going to want to walk for a full work day, and second most treadmills can't hold up to that type of stress, you will burn out your treadmill. My treadmill…
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I use a 24 oz kleenkanteen bottle, which I refill from a 36oz water jug that I also have filled on my desk. Aiming for about 48oz consumed. This is mostly around home though, when travelling I have a 2 gallon insulated travel pitcher that I use to fill our 24oz bottles. We generally fill it and keep it in the car all the…
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Note only recording time on my treadmill below, which means on several days I will have several miles more that aren't included.
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I will play ;-). Info - I have a treadmill desk, I walk on it during the work day. Only had it for 3 weeks so who knows how long I can keep it up, maybe this will be a way to keep myself motivated. 1/1 2.93 miles 7121 steps (went to see Les Miserables which I thought was very good, first time not eating movie popcorn…
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While I really like OutofMilk, I am definitely going to have to give cozi a look. GroceryIq also looks interesting but the interface feels a little less polished while it definitely has a nice feature set.
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Not sure you are aware of this but if you buy the pro version of OutofMilk, there is a web interface, it will sync between devices, and an iOS version is coming soon so you will be able to sync between Android and iOS as well as use the web interface. My wife uses the web interface to post updates from time to time to our…
