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I wouldn't want to resist ice cream! And, let's face it, two scoops is still a smaller portion than the whole container which was once my standard serving.

Sort of. I don't really drink alcohol or eat a lot of restaurant food, so that helps. But I hate, hate, HATE 'diet' foods! No way will I waste my precious life eating ewo. I just log everything honestly and from time to time use intermittent fasting to make it fit within my energy requirements. If I eat too much cake etc.…

Wow - all respect to you. Wishing you the happy, healthy future you so richly deserve.

Thanks. Yeah, cutting it up and including it in saucy, casserole-y things is the only way I can really see myself enjoying it.

One evening a week I make a frittata with all kinds of ingredients - last one was broccoli, feta and salmon. Then I take wedges of it to work in a lunch box. It's a good 'grab and chomp' solution.

I think it's a question of personal taste - it's a big hit with the other people in my house. Me, I let them have mine. It's not often I refuse food, believe me! Just out of interest, how do you do yours?

Yours is now my favourite MFP story! And it's so lovely that you care for and appreciate each other in this way.

Yeah, I think any food that I really want to eat and which approximately fits my macros can't be bad. Foods I'd call 'worst' means that they aren't worth the calories in terms of my enjoyment of them. Grilled skinless chicken breast is tasteless and claggy - definitely one of the worst things I've eaten. Plus any reduced…

I can't bear grilled chicken breast - it's so tasteless and has such a claggy, uniform texture. I usually chop mine up and add it to vegetable curry (thai, indian, malaysian etc) or some other tasty casserole.

Or you could be in diabetic ketoacidosis. I hope that's not the case, but if I were you I'd get my blood sugar tested as soon as poss. Whatever you do, don't leave it.

Logic is only part of the story here. The other key ingredient is empirical evidence. If, say, you both were to have your resting metabolic rates measured in a physiology lab, then you could talk. Otherwise it's just one person's argument against another.

Read this before you decide whether or not to go to a chiropractor: http://www.dcscience.net/?p=1980

When I make Hungarian porkolt it must be done the 'right' way. I find that 'healthy' swaps affect the texture as well as the flavour, to the extent that you've made a different dish than the one you wanted. I'm guessing this is a lot like the OP's stroganoff issue!

I went to the DR last year and got hooked on tostones. For me they're the main event in the meal!

Ascorbic acid is just a form of vitamin C. So no worries there. EDIT: It'll probably be the ascorbic acid which is keeping it green - it's an anti-oxidant, and browning is due to oxidation. It's just the same trick as rubbing lemon juice on the cut face to prevent browning.

You know, that's a really good idea!

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I'm an apple shape and I'd far rather be a pear because that's much healthier. Seriously, best learn to love what you've got and concentrate on being the healthiest, strongest you!

As others have said, just work on getting the eating part right. There's a researcher called Levine (2002) who observed that the movements we make outside of dedicated exercise programmes are significant in terms of our energy balance. Just don't cut your calories too much and try and feed yourself the good nutrition you…

And there was I thinking that people enjoyed living in a free country. All we need next is a government agency so that we can dob people in for their poor choices.

I'm now extremely suspicious that you may be a member of the agricultural lobby. Stop coming on here with your evil multi-level marketing and your fruit and veg. We're not all gullible suckers you know. NB I have no idea what Shakeology is, and I'm sort of glad about that.

I hadn't heard about this before, but I might give it a go. I've been curious about green smoothies what with all the hype lately - it seems like a great way of boosting fruit and veg intake, which can never be a bad thing, right?

I like almonds, brazil nuts, olives. I package 'em up in snack-sized portions. They're fatty, sure, but there are nutritional benefits. I also love raspberries and strawberries. Plus veg sticks and home-made hummus.

In a way this is a useful experience. Your mom being in your business like this gives you a good opportunity to respectfully draw a boundary. This could well improve your relationship overall. You don't need the support of others to lose weight (or indeed to do most things in life - if I'd relied on the support of my birth…

Everybody - including all of us on here - seems to have pet theories about how to approach weight loss and what works. Some of the theories are a bit dodgy and just picked up from other dubious sources. If I were you I'd only listen to those who've succeeded in losing the sort of amount you're aiming for. And then take it…

Yes - sometimes I even have breakfast, lunch and dinner at work! And I'm not the only one. Basically when I'm at work I'm thinking hard about my job, or chatting to colleagues. So I really love being able to just grab a box of food from the fridge and heat it up without further cognitive effort! If I have to decide what to…

Something that fits in with the code of conduct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/films/code_of_conduct.jpg

Now that's the sort of solution I like! If you scoff a third Weetabix then it's impossible to persuade yourself that you've only had two.

I work in a molecular biology lab and have been baking for years. I'm a great estimator of certain things, such as whether one volume of a substance will fit into a container of a particular volume. But I've learned that my estimation by eye of reagent and foodstuff quantities is usually incredibly inaccurate. I even did a…

Nice one - it's the visceral fat which kills, so this is a good illustration.