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Mine is open and fairly uninteresting.

No grains? But you must have couscous . . .

Can you post some? By the way, this isn't Twitter :-(

Who said anything about calories? I believe we are discussing the healthfulness of natural sugars vs processed / added sugars.

Thank you -- good to know. I like being wrong when it means I can eat ;-)

Maybe, but the very first ingredient is why I choose to avoid them . . . non-organic soy is almost definitely genetically modified. So, yes, I'm counting. I have no illusions that my entire diet is GMO free (I'll never stop going out to eat), but when I can avoid knowingly purchasing them, I do.

Luna bars are not organic.

They do have trans fat. There is a loophole in the labeling laws that allow serving sizes with less than half a gram of trans fat to be labeled as "0". Read the ingredients. If there is partially hydrogenated oil in there, that means trans fat. If it's in the first five ingredients, it's probably very nearly half a gram .…

You don't need to be "into the au naturale diet" to make a wise decision to avoid things like trans fats that are PROVEN to be harmful. It isn't black and white.

Don't mean to crash the party, but those bars are a perfect example of the terrible nutritive value of most protein bars. Trans fat, 15 grams of added sugar including high fructose corn syrup, tons of processed chemicals and preservatives and junk . . . Why would anyone eat that? Awful for you.

Make an appointment with an allergist. Food allergies can be adult onset.

No, we can't. Even nutrition facts on packaged foods are not always accurate. And restaurants certainly aren't. It's more about mindfulness than exact numbers.

About a cup.

You can also weigh it cooked and log it that way in the database. Search for spaghetti cooked enriched and choose a listing without an asterisk. It will have gram options.

I haven't been to CB in ages as I find their food nearly inedible, but if I remember correctly they sell the hashbrown casserole as a to-go side thing as well as serving it as an entree. The 155 calorie one is certainly the former, not the latter. I'd peg the entree at 400-500 calories.

Pulling from my own diary . . . cantaloupe (a pound gives you 115 calories and almost 1000 mg of potassium), blackberries, carrots, mangos, dried fruit like apricots and raisins, tomatoes (40 calories : 500 mg of potassium), bell peppers, strawberries, brussels sprouts (these have a ton), potatoes (also a ton), Greek…

Now there's a new one.

I tried that, but I ended up feeling entirely too restricted and my anxiety was through the roof. I enjoy food too much to get all anxious over it. I may log a meal ahead of time once in awhile, but rarely even that. I do weigh my food, but I'm going to try moving away from that as well. Too close to obsessive.

If you know it's a pyramid scheme, why even consider it?

Roasted brussels sprouts a la Ina Garten. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-brussels-sprouts-recipe2/index.html I cut the sprouts in half and use about a third of the salt she calls for. I make these at least once a week. They've converted quite a few friends and family members who were convinced they…

Good to hear.

If you've been logging everything, you are not eating enough. Today was the only day this week you broke 1,000 calories. Not good.

Potassium is important.

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Well, for #1 at least, you can search "homemade turkey sandwich".

Rather than give something up this year, I'm going to add more prayer every day, for whomever in my life needs it most :-) Best of luck to everyone giving up junk / sweets! My entire weight loss / lifestyle change began in Lent of 2009 when I chose to give up literally everything I knew was bad for me. I started educating…

Fat free = other crap added to boost the flavor Sugar free = artificial sweeteners (usually) Both are marketing terms, both typically mean fake food / junk.

Bacon is actually an exception to this. If the package (as all I've seen do) says the calories are for pan-fried slices, the fat left in the pan / poured off is not included in that count.

I admit that I didn't do the math, and appreciate the corrections in the post to which I responded. I'm not a fan of inaccurate information. But in this case, if that infographic convinces someone to cut back on their sugar intake, that sounds good to me.

Thanks for posting. Perhaps the takeaway, despite the inaccuracies, is that we consume entirely too much sugar, mostly in the form of nutritionally bankrupt soft drinks.