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I have several items I would/could eat with that many calories. #1 something Indian with rice and nan #2 a cheese platter with sourdough bread and red wine and maybe some thinly sliced Serrano ham. and just in case I had calories left over a slice of real good cheese cake #3 a really good fish dish ( preferably Spanish )…

I love well seasoned food, but still, I am surprised at the quantity of seasoning for just one chicken; especially a whole teaspoon of all spice. Also, what does " 1 serving " in the nutritional info mean ? If it is one chicken and it serves four, it would mean a quarter chicken per serving, right ? Isn't that a lot ,…

I need a bit of advise. In March I had a silent heart attack and on March 27th a not so silent one. I have no high BP, high cholesterol or triglycerides . I also have no food allergies, or any other food related problems. I can eat pretty much everything and usually eat a wide variety of whole foods...which I have done all…

Edit: typo! [/quote] A calorie isn't a calorie. Food matters. Go eat 1 1/4 cups of sugar or go drink 1 1/4 cups of heavy cream. Both are roughly 1000 calories. One will fuel your body in a constructive way, the other, well, not so much. [/quote] I think you are wrong on both counts. A calories is a calorie, because it is a…

Healthy is a relative term and I think that as long as you have no health related problems ( like an allergy, or in my case taking Coumadin after a heart attack that is not absorbed in the blood stream if I eat green leafy vegetables) you can pretty much eat everything. I think the easiest way to make sure you get the…

I had a silent heart attack some time in Feb/March and a not so silent one on March 25th. Until that day I walked almost every day anywhere from 45-60 minutes, eating 1200 calories ( because I am going on 70 and under 5 feet tall ). Right now I cannot walk the way I did as before ( for speed and endurance ) and because I…

Lunch: Tetley - Earl Grey Tea, 2 cup Home Made - Indian Cauliflower Curry, 1 cup Generic - Green Bean and Tomato Salad, 1 cup Droelma's Tostadas De Pata ( Calories Correct ) - Hard Shell Taco With Calf's/beef Tendon Salad, 1.95 tostadas Bimbo - Whole Wheat Tortilla - Small, 1 tortilla - 25 g Why ? Because I was hungry and…

Soda is something that is not necessary if you chose not to drink it. I was an exchange student in the US in the mid-60s and again in the mid-70s and drank a lot of soda ( mostly Fresca ) just because everyone else did and because it was not something people drank in my home country. It's been 40 years now and I have never…

When I started here two years ago I just did it, because I figured that for myself counting calories and not keeping track of them made no sense. Until last week I did not log food for three weeks, because I had a heart attack on the 25th of March and was delivered food from the hospital, because I was too fatigued to cook…

I did most of my life, when circumstances allowed it. Now living in the middle of Mexico City and right on top of a quake line, I wear something that allows me to get up and run should something happen. It's not exactly what I like, but at least gives me some peace of mind....:o).

On March 25th I had a heart attack and I am on a low fat, decreased carb, no green vegetables, low sugar and low calorie ( 1000 calories, which at almost 70 and under five feet tall is not too bad at all....especially since I eat only two meals and don't snack ) diet to help heart health along. I had already lost 55…

No one can tell you what you " should " do. Only you can decide what you want to do and how you live with the consequences of your decisions. Having a cheat day or not is one of those decisions.

I would assume that if you are a US-American you would weigh your potato in ounces and if you are from the rest of the world, you would do so in grams.

During my two years here with MFP I learned a lot of things. One of the very important ones was that there is no one who can keep me on track.....only I can do that . Once I realized that and I started to take responsibility for myself things got a lot easier and even though I have certain limits ( age, no thyroid, Lupus…

One of the best tips someone gave me many years ago is to not complain about not having time, but to make the time for things that are important to me. Healthy nutrition is one of them. During the week I do not spend more than 30 minutes a day in the kitchen ( that does not count cooking or baking time) for the two…

[/quote] I’m not getting an iron injection/infusion. I’ve heard terrible stories about those. I asked my doctor about those just out of curiosity and she said those are very rare and only done if absolutely necessary. [/quote] Have you also " heard " that anemia so severe that you can't get out of bed is normally life…

I don't care if anyone has their food log open or not, but not having anything in the profile page baffles me. I have recently had several friends requests from people who only had their MFP name in their profile and nothing else. I denied the requests, because I at least would like to know things like geography, gender,…

I am under 5 feet tall and my ideal weight goes up to 54.5 kg. That 10.5 kg/22 pounds more than the OP weighs now and I am average boned....so I do not have the " heavy bone structure " excuse. Also, I wonder why the OP in both pictures sticks her stomach out in such a unnatural way ? To make her imagined point, because…

I am from Europe ( now live in Central America ) and am mostly familiar with Paris, München, Berlin and the cities in the South of Spain and always have black Yoga pants in my suitcase. With a ( decent cut ) T-shirt I am set for a bike tour and with a slightly fancier top/blouse, some jewelry, a scarf or anything similar,…

I ate breakfast for more then 50 years, because I was told to " eat like a king " at that time. So for 50 plus years I forced some food down. During menopause ( until which point I was normal weight ) and through the loss of my thyroid due to cancer, which caused a lot of self pity eating I gained a lot of weight and did…

For me it is really difficult to make a friend's request if there is nothing in the profile page at all. I am not sure about others, but I'd like to know a bit about the person whom I befriend. This does not mean that their food log needs to be open, but a bit of info regarding hobbies, nationality, interests etc would be…

No, no, no.......

" Your people " should only take the first half of your advise, because the second half is wrong .

I work in Community Nutrition for the WHO and we call it " more or less nutritionally beneficial ". If you say more or less ideal you tread the slippery slope of subjectivity, because I might not at all agree with you on what is more or less ideal, because I can't relate to the American diet at all, since I am not…

Next week I will be here at MFP two years and am proud to have lost 55 pounds so far. When I first signed up I also wanted to lose as much as possible as quickly as possible, but decided to go the sensible route. Quite a few of my weight loss buddies have lost more weight faster, but also gained over different holidays and…

This is exactly what I have done for the first decade here in Mexico. I developed programs so farmers could get closer to sustainable yields without falling into the clutches of Monsanto, which claims here in Mexico to be a sustainable algricultural company. And since most small farmers are illiterate, they have no way of…

Greetings from Mexico and, please , please no fish sauce in Fish Tacos, unless you want them to taste of Thai or Vietnamese food....lol. Also, fish tacos are traditionally made with corn tortillas ( less calories and more nutritious ) and only in tourist areas are made with flour tortillas, because the tourists are used to…

With all due respect, you are comparing apples and cucumbers. There are many processed " organic " foods out there, because the food industry is allowed to use " natural " items to add to the food. An example from here in Mexico: We have " organic " yogurt with the addition of " 100 % natural " on the container. For me "…

I agree with you and also do not buy any organic food. To your reasons I would like to add that there is no clear cut law in any country that determines what " organic food " really is. Also in most developed western countries vegetables and fruit travel a very long way ( in the US on average 1200 miles on average ).…