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Feel free to check out my diary, it's open. I make sure to eat Greek yogurt or cottage cheese at least once a day for a large protein bump. Otherwise I make sure to add fake ground meat, seitan, or tempeh to recipes. Quorn brand fake chicken is my favorite of the fake meats :-) I don't like eating a ton of the fake meats,…

Ooooo I'm jealous! I'm 5'4" as well, SW 165 CW 152 and I JUST got down to a size 10! Take a look around my diary, I average about 1360 calories per day with eating back exercise calories (it might seem confusing because I calorie cycle but my food notes explain my calorie goals per day). I agree with everyone to reevaluate…

Oooo nice, never heard of the "roll of shame" but I had to do that last week. I had to wait for my boyfriend to mosey on over from the other side of the house when I got stuck in my last rep of my last set. Now I know where my limits are.

I struggle with pizza too! Its mostly a compulsion to finish the whole pie. I can use self control but I THINK about that pizza until it is completely gone.

I sacrificed all of my trigger foods. Once you identify them, and understand how they affect you, they start to lose their classification as a trigger food. I used to not be able to control myself around cheese. I had it out of the house for a few months and it lost its hold on me. Now I can keep cheese around and use it…

I'm in the same boat, I'm covered with stretch marks. It sucks as a woman but I KNOW from experience and anecdotes that the opposite sex just doesn't give a damn. Start to ignore them, because they shouldn't have power over you.

I can't exercise within 2 hours of eating so I'll work out before dinner. I used to do it in the morning on an empty stomach, but my boyfriend is a night owl and just will not let me get to sleep early enough. And I know if I tried to do it a couple hours after dinner, that would be 8-9pm and I would be wired when I tried…

I'm not the person you asked but thought I'd give my 2 cents. I usually don't qualify, I'll politely decline but I'll be with family or my boyfriend and THAT person will pipe up and say "She's a vegetarian!" I've also just had people notice my eating habits and when I decline meat they ask "So what? Are you a vegetarian?"…

Yea, I get it. I had to delete a couple sentences because I'm not holier-than-thou, and get defensive when people just assume I am. But I agree, people need to be more educated on how to take in information, decide if its valid, and go from there without getting evangelical. Taking life THAT seriously is just a recipe for…

Ummmmm, I do, that's why I brought up the point of looking into funding sources. The fact that I'm vegetarian has nothing to do with the fact that I know how to decide if a scientific article is credible. My Biology degree can take credit for that.

Nope, not yet, I got sidetracked. What did you find?

Scientific journals can have backers that want to promote certain studies over others, and meat can be imported, so it makes sense to look at where the funding came from.

Anecdotal.....but when I became vegetarian I had to try A LOT of things to prevent boredom. I had to try new vegetables, new beans, crazy sounding recipes, different ethnic restaurants so I could actually eat out and not just have a salad. I'd say I eat a far more varied and balanced diet now than when I ate meat. And I…

It depends. Did your heart start racing out of excitement?

I'm about to get all Joss Whedon nerdy, but I'll spare you all.

Glad I could help! Those Quorn naked cutlets are so amazing I'd eat them more often if they were cheaper haha

Hey Laura, I'm a vegetarian too, and I have an open diary, so you can peak through that for ideas. I've cut down my veggie burger consumption to about once a week, but I don't see anything wrong with things like Quorn and tofu, which ARE processed, but they're not devil foods by any means. Then there are things like…

I'm veg! Been a vegetarian for about 2 years now. Feel free to add me! You can also join the group http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/62-happy-herbivores

Hi there! I'm 5'4" and I've always held a lot of muscle while being a small frame (I can touch my pinky and thumb together when I wrap them around my wrist). My goal weight is about 125 lbs. I've been doing cardio 2-3 times a week for about 30 minutes and StringLifts 5x5 three times a week.

I found that when I increased my protein from 15% to 25% I was feeling more satiated, less likely to binge, and I didn't feel the need to snack as much. It took a while to relearn how to plan my meals and snacks so that I could fit that much protein in a day, but it really helped with the symptoms you're talking about.…

I used to be a Diet Coke head, then I got desperate and gave it up to see if it was stalling my metabolism. Nothing changed after I gave it up. I still only drink it on occasion so its a treat and so its easier on the grocery budget. But from my personal experience 1-2 cans of Diet Coke a day were not detrimental to my…

Not at all. I usually put it closer to the sauce (either under the sauce or under the cheese) to make sure it gets nice and wilty, but putting it on top of the cheese with the rest of the toppings doesn't dry it out at all. My bf loves to over-cook food so our pizzas are in the oven for like 30 minutes and the spinach is…

I throw spinach in everything! Some of my suggestions might not work for your diet constraints, but you'll get the idea: omelettes, sandwiches, burgers, paninis, pizza, homemade soup, spaghetti sauce, meatball subs, etc. For the sandwiches its usually a small handful but the soup and spaghetti sauce can take a whole 10 oz…

I tend to breathe in and out through my mouth nowadays. When I was younger my soccer coach told me to breathe in through my nose for 2 beats/steps, then out through my mouth for 2 beats/steps. That's just too much concentration for me during a run. And your nose gets just as cold/dry from it. I finished c25k last summer…

Yes. For instance, I take what the elliptical says I burn in 30 minutes and plug it into MFP. When I lift weights, I use MFP's strength training cardio option. Then I eat back all of those exercise calories. So far, it has worked for me, so I haven't fussed with it. Decide now if you want to eat 50-100% of exercise…

Like the other posters said, it should come out to about the same number. Personally, I like to see myself eating back exercise calories. It does good things for my motivation. Plus my body likes eating different amounts on different days, keeps the metabolism guessing.

haha like I said - I swam competitively in high school. Practices would be about 3500m in total, sometimes 2-a-day practices.

I swam competitively through high school then took about 5 years off before getting in a pool again. Let me tell you - I felt like crap. But I was generally athletic and I was being too hard on myself. I used to love doing about 500m to warm up. Taking it at a nice brisk pace. I couldn't do that after a 5 year hiatus. My…

Less is not more when it comes to weight loss. It should work this way, but it most certainly does not. When you're netting too few calories, your body starts panicking and goes into starvation mode. You will lose weight but it will be painfully slow because you're slowing down your metabolism. You need to set a realistic…