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With that kind of attitude, maybe the dirty looks are for you and not your wife.

One of my favorite eggplant dishes is moussaka, which I make either with white, but also often with sweet potatoes. Instead of cream I prefer home made greek yogurt. I am not a vegetarian, but also often leave the ground meat out and it's still tasty and healthy.

Tonight I am going to eat sweet potato with black bean enchiladas ( with fresh corn tortillas ) smothered with home made salsa verde. All natural with natural non-processed carbs, plus the beans and sweet potato also provide a fairly high amount of protein. As a side dish I am going to have vegetable stew and papaya. All…

I don't understand why you have to give up Spanish food ? The mediterranian diet is very healthy if you really stick to Spanish food ( which means almost no dessert, because the Spanish only eat it on special occasions ). Beans are very healthy. You also don't have to give up rice, or lentils ( which are staples of the…

You can't know for sure if 1200 calories are too low for her. She herself must test for a few weeks what works best for her. I am under 5 feet tall and I started on 1400 and then on 11300 calories and did not lose a single pound in six month. I went down to 1200 calories ( which is still a lot of food for me, because I eat…

You already lost 20 pounds presumably on the food your parents buy and I congratulate you ! Is the picture in your profile recent ? Because looking at it and if it is recent I don't quite understand why you want to lose another 45 pounds......

Every time I read a post from you, I wonder why you take Orlistat in the first place. You say you eat very little fat ( which according to the scientific findings of the last years is not as good an idea as we used to think ), you say you couldn't eat any less, or you would under eat. My question is why then do you take a…

You are the one who is misinformed uninformed. 5.2 is an accepted way of eating at a deficit, which means in plain English that it can be a way to burn more calories than a person takes in....just like any other way to achieve a deficit . For some people it works, for others not so much.....just like everything else. It's…

I have known several men who lost that and more each week for several month, just by cutting out beer, the almost nightly pizza and other high volume processed carbs ( pasta, bakery goods, bread etc in excess ). I am not into low carb, but it's a fact that many men lose fast when they cut out certain foods. Weight loss is…

OP, I think it's just the other way around. Most people who don't weigh/measure their food and log accordingly get frustrated if they don't lose. In their frustration they try all the time to come up with reasons for their lack of loss. That takes a lot of time, energy, alters one's mood ( which in return influences, even…

I don't think you are a volume eater, because being a volume eater means eating big portions of food....:o). I also like a full plate of food. I do not eat anything " light ", " low-anything" or low fat. I east daily according to 18:6 rules ( give or take an hour ). I am much happier since I don't eat breakfast anymore. I…

I kind of half heartedly disagree with you. I agree that " special " creams are usually a scam, but moisturizing the skin really helps. I use almonds or sesame oil ( not the asian strong smelling cooking oil ) and apply it to the skin when it is still a bit moist after a shower. I also use a brush and brush all my problem…

Countries like the UAE, Qtar and those close by are the ones with the fastest growing obese population. Most of it is because they have adapted to " western " ( usually American, because it's McD's, Burger King, Dairy Queen etc ) ways of living...ON TOP of their own ways, which are actually quite healthy. I have met whole…

Did you know that now some pesticides are also allowed ( and used ) in organic farming ?

Why would you want to weigh 100 pounds at your height ? I am under five feet tall and even for me 100 pounds is at the lower end of normal. I think it is great that you are undertaking steps to get to a healthier you......except weighing 100 pounds is really not healthy. Good Luck !

Corn tortillas are healthier than most breads you can get. The average corn tortilla ( not the super size ones) have between 47-55 calories. Because of the way the masa is produced ( nixtamalisation ) all the vitamins and minerals are freed and a tortilla is healthy and diet friendly. I eat about three a day and have so…

Why do you chose 50& for broccoli, but only 5% for Cheetos ? Also, outside of MFP it is not realistic to assume that a person eats only 5% of Cheeto type foods and apart from that their diet is really healthy. I think that no one in their normal mind would ingest 50% of their caloric intake a day in just broccoli alone,…

Maybe you are reading the wrong threads ? I have been here for over 2 years and no one has ever told me I cannot do both. Eating a healthy diet is great, but for weight loss it also has to be combined with CICO. There are many people here in MFP whole do exactly that, but they kind of stay in the shadows because many of us…

I have eaten a healthful diet consisting of whole foods all my life. It's a cultural thing and not nutritional wisdom. When I started to overeat for about half a dozen of different reasons and started to gain a lot of weight for the first time in my life, I looked just as frumpy and lumpy as the people who got overweight…

with all due respect, but wat are you talking about ?

Most importantly; you need to eat at a deficit. After that no one can tell you what to do, because only you can figure out what works best for you. For me moderate carbs and fat work well and I prefer slow loss over fast, because so far this is what has worked. I have lost 65 pounds over two years eating a wide variety of…

Since I got way overweight from eating too much rice....living for 15 years in Asia made me dependent on this food, I did some research and found out that for the average size woman 50 grs of dry rice is a normal portion. I avoided rice for almost two years as one of my trigger foods, but now can handle it ok. I usually…

With time you have to figure out if what you feel is real hunger or psychological hunger. When I started out I was also hungry ( not ravenous, but sometimes hungry ) for a couple of weeks. I am also eating 1200 calories and since I had gotten used to eating a lot of rice & pasta ( while otherwise eating a natural healthy…

I am sorry that you feel the way you do. I would also like to say that in order to maybe change something so you will lose, you might have to put up with constructive criticism,because if everyone says you are doing fine, you still won't lose. After all, you did ask for advise....:o). I have gone through your log twice ( I…

I can't imagine that you weigh all your food, because nothing is in your log that you log in weight. It's 95 % processed food ( crisps, biscuits, rolls, cereal etc ). How about something home cooked, some fruit, a salad, a variety of vegetables or any other food. Also, I really don't think that all the processed stuff you…

Excuse me, but what are you talking about ?

I am under five feet ( 149 cm) and 68 ( have no thyroid and an autoimmune disease) and am proud to have so far lost 65 pounds. It took me two years and three month aiming for.5 pounds a week.

Did you know that this past Wednesday the American FDA passed a law that all trans fats have to disappear by June 2018 ? This is mostly because the snack and baked goods industry has not made good on their promise to do away with, or greatly diminish these fats. The FDA mentioned that trans fats are not healthy for human…

Every time when I read a thread like this I walk away confused after staements like " I don't eat anything that comes in a wrapper or package ". I wonder where the people who make such statements live. Or don't they eat rice, beans, pasta, legumes and don't they add spices or herbs to your cooking, or use non-processed…

I made my own pineapple-jalapeño ketchup last week. It's really good and I am learning where I like it and where not. Egg white omelette with vegetables and my ketchup is really good. Steamed potatoes not so much....lol. PS: I made the ketchup, because I like two different Chinese dishes that without ketchup do not taste…