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In the U.S. we don't consider butternut (squash) to be pumpkins -- we only call the round squash that I think are what you mean by Halloween looking ones "pumpkins," although you can find them smaller than most people use for jack o' lanterns and they'll typically be labelled "pie" pumpkins -- I assume because they're the…

Ground chipotle is good as well.

I use canned pumpkin puree (no spices) in oatmeal, smoothies, and soups/stews, and sometimes as a mashed veg side. I don't use whole pumpkin (or cubed pumpkin) in anything, as it's usually only available for a short time and generally seems to cost more than other, more available, winter squashes.

The goo is filled with pumpkin seeds that are delicious when roasted (with or without salt and oil, per your taste).

Yet I find it hard to see what their reason for choosing a stand-alone prefix that's a homonyms for sin to describe foods they view as treats, according to the website language. I don't know anything about Slimming World and have never seen an ad for it -- I assume it's not offered in the U.S.

Yes, if you used a TDEE calculator that didn't ask you about breastfeeding, you can just eat your TDEE and let the calories your body is expending on making milk create your deficit. A lot of mothers seem to do this. If you're using MFP, you'll need to manually set your calorie goal to your TDEE and don't log exercise (or…

You should weigh things in packages to be sure how much is in there. Also, be sure that the nutrition info on the pack matches the database entry you're using, and that the information is for the amount you're eating -- even a single cookie in a pack might be 2 and a half servings, that is, 2.5 times the calorie in the…

Your body holding on to everything because you're undereating isn't a thing. Does your (non-electric/non-hybrid) car hold on to to gasoline if you just keep driving without adding anything to the tank?

You can try telling him how you feel, how you're worried, how (presumably) you don't want to lose him. If he doesn't have adequate life insurance (especially if you have children who aren't fully launched), you can ask him about budgeting for more life insurance. But it's unlikely to be effective for you to tell him that…

When my mom got lung cancer, initially she was very discouraged and uninterested in treatment. The oncologist urged the family to convince her to fight it, and we did. She seemed very upbeat for a few days until the doctor came back and said it was untreatable. So she got to go through the whole process of accepting her…

How is someone enjoying the food you've cooked so much that they want to eat more than you're willing to let them "disliking" the meat you've cooked?

As others have said, I only use recipe for things that make multiple servings, whether that means multiple meals for me and multiple people dividing the dish among theml In addition to purging recipes, as some have mentioned, I edit recipes I don't expect to use again for similar recipes that use a lot of the same…

Continued (doing this on my phone and I couldn't navigate to the end after going back to fix a typo ... you want at least three to four weeks of data, preferably more if you're a woman experiencing monthly cycles, to assess whether you're in a calorie surplus (as you want to be), at maintenance, or deficit. In short, if…

By real world check, I mean stepping on a scale at least once a week and seeing if your expected results (based on the number of calories you think you're burning and consuming) match what the scale is telling you. You want at least three to four weeks of data

Is "syn" short for something? Or did the company just intentionally misspell "sin" to avoid people accusing them of demonizing food?

The protein won't lose its effectiveness from baking, and my experience from using pancake mix that includes protein powder is that it won't interfere with the pancake rise. You might want to search for bread recipes that include protein powder already, rather than tinkering with an existing recipe, as bread can be…

One thing I would do is a real-world check of the calorie burns your watch is telling you. I'm not suggesting that they're unreasonable for someone riding a bike all day, but you say you're eating a lot less and, if I understand correctly, this has been going on for three weeks. In the real world, that should result in…

Bless your heart.

In general, smaller deficits are more muscle-sparing. As others have said, without stats, it's difficult to be specific, but for most people, even an 800-calorie deficit seems a bit aggressive with your stated goal (cut/fat burning). Something in the 250 to 500 calorie range would seem more in line with that goal. If…

If the food you serve your family would make you obese if you ate it, won't it have the same effect on your children? Is that the future you want for them? Think about what you mean by delicious meals. Does it mean every dish comes with extreme amounts of added fat (oil, butter, cheese, etc.) (fat is more calorie dense…

If AI can "hallucinate" facts, I don't think we should be confident that it wouldn't "hallucinate" what HIPAA rules are.

They would have to connect patient-identifying information to the Rx info to be able to match it with the grocery store customer account.

This seems like a HIPAA violation. They're sharing people's private medical information that they know from their pharmacy (health care provider) arm with their grocery arm.

Coffee and a light breakfast if it's a morning workout. Otherwise, nothing.

Have you figured out how many calories you can consume and still be in a deficit? Losing 20-25 lbs is a goal. A plan is actions you will take to achieve that goal. Exercise and positivity and eating "healthy" -- assuming by that you mean, as most people do, the kinds of things you eat -- are good for you, but they won't…

Best of luck!

Good point. After reading the whole thread, I guess I forgot what the original issue was.

Do you have a food scale? I do, and I know I have to weigh food as I'm preparing it if I'm going to log it accurately. And I have to record it when I weigh it if I'm going to log it accurately. So either I log it as I weigh it, or I jot it down on a pice of paper to log it later. Other strategies needed for food you don't…

For lasagna I would use the recipe feature instead of the meals feature.

I advise just using the default settings from MFP and treating protein and fat as minimums and ignoring the carbs goal. Concentrate on your calories goal.