jannemarie74 Member

"like", my "treats" every day are, greek yogurt with fresh fruit and banana with handful of cashews, homemade soups, homemade muesli or porridge with flaked almonds and spicy homemade dinners. everything i eat is a treat including homemade wholewheat bread with nut butter!

hi, i found that concentrating on two or three changes at a time made it easier to swap to clean eating. for example the first week i started buying bread with only a few ingredients and then realised that i had forgotten to buy wholemeal bread, then i found that i couldnt buy what i needed to get, so i make my own…

the easiest way to fill a calorie goal if you struggle, is to eat (and drink) slightly higher fat content foods than 0%. eg, semi skimmed milk instead of skimmed milk, higher fat yogurt instead of low or zero fat. oily fish, is more red meat an option? or seeded, wholemeal bread? i'm sure there are lots of other…

if you google "tosca reno - eat clean diet" and look up videos of "tosca reno" on u tube you will get a wealth of information on what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat. that is how i started and i have also bought three of her books on amazon. the books i have bought and find very helpful are 1. The Eat Clean Diet…

i have learned that if i do not have fat in my diet, i end up with really itchy fragile skin which when i scratch, bleeds. with a portion or two of healthy fat each day this has completely gone away. i think the vitamin e in healthy fat promotes healthy skin.

i tried quorn 10 years ago. it was shaped and flavoured to (supposedly) taste like minced lamb...yuck!!!

i totally agree with both the above posters. I dont have wise or witty words to give you, but just know that i support the fact that you are trying your best for you, in the same way that i am doing the best for me. I started looking into clean eating about 1 month ago and i am gradually swapping my cupboard and fridge and…

mfp recommended 1200 for me also but change4life said to have 1400 and that is working quite nicely for me. the weight loss is not fast but it is steady and that suits me !!!

hi conniedj, i first heard of clean eating through someone else's curiosity on one of the forums on fp. after a week or two of wondering what it was really all about, i googled it and have started to replace the food i have in the house with clean eating items. i am following the principal of eating 5 - 6 times a day and…

i think i must be a bit dim because i cannot find a recipe section (only my own recipes) could someone please tell me how i access this part of the site? thanks in advance!

just to say hi and welcome to mfp. I have been on this site for about 5 weeks now. have mostly just read things on the message boards and have realised that this healthy eating is an emotive subject!!! i previously was with weight watchers, and thought that it was just ww people that became so highly strung when some…

actually they showed how white beet sugar has less processing than brown sugar. try to watch this on catch up tv if u have it, and therefore in some people's eyes would be healthier, when in fact sugar is sugar as a calorie is a calorie lol.

"food.com/recipes" is a good site and recipes have cals. etc. by the side of all the recipes i have seen!!!!

i would also like to know the answer!!!

hi there, i sent u an add friend request cos i couldnt find a request to me or see an accept box. However i think we r friends now cos i had a message about mums lol, on my home page....so ty for that looking forward to some nice chats with you x

hi... i'm new to exercising but not to dieting... i have 1400 calories per day and am now exercising and eating back my exercise calories so at the mo having around 1500 cals per day and am losing the weight nicely, Maybe u are not having enough calories for the amount of exercise? mfp said i should be on 1200 cals per day…

P.S. seamoth, nice to meet u 2 x

hi seamoth, I lived in Aylsham for 6 years but left 27 years ago this year, now my youngest daughter has a youngest child of nearly 3, the same age she was when we left Aylsham!!!

hi Anaquay, that's what i learned from weight watchers...at first i thought that i would not become obsessed with eating veggies and having less meat ...but weightwatchers taught me that if u want to have enough food AND lose weight u have to do just that. My eating habits have changed but it's the portion sizes that keep…

hi shelmac, my nanny was born in Oxford about 100 years ago...oh dear i've only just worked that out...I'm old enough to have known someone who was born 100 years ago!!! (by the way she and my grandad died about 10 years ago aged about 95) but still that makes me about... oooooooooooo getting old lol!!! i think that when…

hi faraway, i must admit to only trying the 1 recipe so far, my husband seems a little reluctant to try some of the other recipes but i shall continue to work on him... oh and must spend more time checking them out myself lol!!! yea to the Nelson connection with you!!!

hi Therealobi1, ty for your kind advice and i would love to add you but have not got around to finding out how...perhaps you could invite me if you know how?... i will try now....

hi pinksarahjane, ty for invitation to add you...i have just logged on and have accepted. Yes I'm cooking the smart stew for the second time tonight!! I will keep a closer eye on it though as the first time, my parents rang while i was cooking it and i totally forgot about it, burnt it, and my husband had to "rescue" it…

I'm so sorry for the distress you have felt, which triggered you to self harm, but i am glad that you have found a safer way to manage. I hope that you don't take exercise to the extreme but can enjoy a moderate amount of exercising while keeping up the eating. My daughter self harmed for a few years but realised that it…

I had a mexican takeaway, didnt count calories and put on 2lbs. next day went straight back on target and took off the 2 lbs within 2 days. 2 - 3 days out of my life now and again in order to join in with celebrations is nothing, whereas not celebrating would be really miserable!!! we have to get life balance even when…