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Tomato red ripe raw or Tomato red ripe raw year round average or Tomato red ripe raw november may These /should/ all pull up non-asterisk entries. Hot tip: if it says "USDA" that pretty much guarantees it was member-submitted, though those tend to have been submitted by pretty diligent members and are more often right. Oh,…

I love the mesh compression capris too (pockets yessssssss) and have several pairs, though compared to other ON activewear stuff the stitching seems a little subpar. I have found the ON activewear line to be pretty reliable, durable stuff on the whole. The sports bras are ok but nothing special if your girls need extra…

I like to put grilled fish over a bed of mediterranean veggies (stuff like tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, broccoli, garlic, onions, mushrooms etc.) that get roasted with a bit of olive oil, a sliced meyer lemon or thin-skinned orange, some canned white beans, and seasoned with herbes de provence or thyme. I'll do this with…

You get out what you put in. Put in some effort to log accurately -- it can be done -- set a sensible calorie target, follow your plan, and you'll get pretty good results and data. It's up to you.

The relevant answer: MFP does a BAD job tracking potassium. The most likely explanation is that you're tracking a lot of foods that show up as having zero potassium. That's usually an error. Even a cup of black coffee has like half as much potassium as is in a banana. Very little food actually has zero potassium. MFP…

When my phone gets hot (when I wear it in a pocket on my back hip, which is a hot spot on my body), the GPS goes all wonky and shows me covering a much longer distance during my runs or walks because it adds lots of phantom zigs and zags. So I'm saying take a look at the nav map for your run and see if it's real zig-zaggy.…

I think you explained your problem clearly. I also think envy09's response is on point. Your perception of feeling full or satisfied is likely off. Your "feelings" are not necessarily automatically right for what your body needs. Satiety cues are "broken" for a lot of people. Are you losing weight eating in excess of 3500…

750 is not really a "big" dinner except for people who are trying to eat at a deficit and lose weight. For the rest of us, 750 can really be a perfectly normal sized dinner. I might even consider it a small dinner, particularly if I hadn't eat all day otherwise. And I actually AM in a deficit and losing weight, so. So what…

I have found that my hips and hams are happier if I stretch them a bit (DYNAMIC stretching, no static stretching) before. Walking is good for a cardio warm-up, but for me I found it wasn't enough for my joints. I was starting out with hips that were just a little too tight, and that was causing me some trouble with my gait…

I finished C25K a month ago and I also found the first couple of runs right after finishing were surprisingly tough. It was all mental in my case. Just push push push through and back on track.

Roast in the oven and put on pizza. Or dice fine with other veg (I like summer squash, onions or leeks, and tomatoes) and put on top of salmon and poach in wine and olive oil.

Especially if you've not been in the habit of working out, it may take a long time before your body is prepared to give you an endorphin result. Some of that hormone stuff can be very dependant on the overall state of your fitness (things like total bodyfat for instance can have a BIG impact on your hormones). I didn't…

I put them in savory whole grain dishes (savory oatmeal, farro, barley, etc.). And yes, also on pizza, yum!

Meh, not a fan of labelling wanting to eat an extra 100 calories as "gluttony," nor more generally the thinking that suggests that enjoying yourself means you don't "deserve" fitness, health, or leanness. F the virtue brigade. We all deserve to enjoy our meals. I rarely eat rice because I prioritize other calories over…

This. Beans are very dense in fiber, so a very small amount calorically will make a big dent in your fiber goal. For instance, just 1/4 of a can of black beans has only 77 calories but 6g of fiber. You should be able to make room for 77 calories in your diet. Generally speaking if <100 calories is challenging for you, then…

No, it doesn't matter for weight loss. There's some old-fashioned advice -- primarily designed for people who don't or aren't willing to count calories -- about eating breakfast because some people make the mistake of skipping it altogether and put themselves in a position of spending a lot of the day super-hungry and then…

I have had both devices -- or rather, last year I had a fitbit Force (no HR), and this January I replaced it with a Vivosmart + HR. NEITHER of them is accurate for daily calorie burn calculations. Sorry, that's just the truth. Their caloric burn estimations were just nonsense and bore no relationship to reality. Neither is…

If you are getting 60% of your calories from carbs but are not getting enough fiber, that strongly suggests you are eating a lot of processed food and added sugars. A little bit of "junk" is perfectly fine, but more than half of your diet, maybe not so much. Make room for healthy fiber and complex carbohydrates by cutting…

You know, you don't have to make your partner happy all the time. He won't like it? TOUGH CHEESE, PARTNER. I DO WHAT I WANT. If your partner expects you to NEVER disagree with him (not for nothing, but especially in regards to your own health), you guys have got some issues to work on.

I don't think "necessary" means what you think it means.

That's also fun.

New runner here -- just finished the C25K program. Totally agree with the "second best" part. I love the run, but that exhausted, sweaty, slightly sore feeling right after a run and right before I clobber a plateful of pancakes is awesome. But you forgot my favorite part. Running comes with YELLING PRIVILEGES. "On yer…

This. I toss one cubed sweet potato with 4g of oil before roasting. Thorough tossing -- hardly a trace is left in the bowl when I'm done lol. Sometimes I'll toss some greens in the bowl afterwards to pick up those traces. It only adds, what, 35 calories? And it's not great to cut all fats out of your diet anyway.

OMFG YES sugar on two slices of buttered Wonderbread I haven't thought about that since the 70's! My mom used to make all these weird PBJ substitutions when we ran out of stuff. PB and caro syrup; cream cheese and jam. All on Wonderbread, of course.

You're making some choices that sound an AWFUL LOT like someone who is trying to burn a lot of calories and eat very few calories, who is at least dimly aware that it's unhealthful, and seeking validation -- not a solution -- for it. Like, if you think you're burning 600 calories doing zumba* and you say you're not…

This is what I call a "don't major in the minors" question. Sure, metabolism varies somewhat from person to person. But for any individual person, that person has a pretty narrow calorie range that is "maintenance" and eating more than that will cause weight gain over time, and eating below that range will cause weight…

MMW is accurate, but be aware that the GPS on your phone is not always accurate. I've learned that if my phone gets too warm (e.g., if I carry it in the back hip pocket of my compression pants) it messes the GPS up enough to add quite a lot of mileage to my walks. You can tell by looking at the map of your walk (preferably…

If you honestly believe that you're not capable of eating a measly 1200 calories per day, then your exercise should not be cardio like Zumba. But frankly, I don't believe that's the case. If your calorie goal is 1200 and you're doing Zumba, that tells me you want to lose weight. If you want to lose weight, then you're…

Parcooked (steam), then chilled, dipped in peanut sauce.

I used to struggle with iron but the following help a ton: 1. lentils 2. spinach 3. tofu (depending on how it is made: some are higher in iron -- and calcium -- than others based just on the manufacturing method) 4. perhaps oddly, dutch processed cocoa. I swapped this in for my old cocoa mix and now I get >25% of my RDA in…