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I suggest when you get the urge to snack, make yourself a cup of tea instead. Then if you're still hungry afterwards you can always have your snack. But if you're just eating out of boredom, making a cup of tea and sipping it for a while may be enough of a distraction. I also agree with snacks that are time consuming to…

Not a chance! I normally have dinner at about 8pm, but sometimes have a dessert (just a yoghurt or something) closer to bedtime (9:30ish?). I get up at 6am and eat breakfast sometime between 6:30 and 7. So there's pretty much never a 12 hour gap between dinner and breakfast and it hasn't stopped me losing weight or had any…

5'6" SW: 165lbs CW: 145lbs GW: 140lbs (though I'm now thinking I might lower it a bit when I get there). When I first started losing, I though 140 would be too skinny on me (I wear UK Size 10 - US 6 - clothes, so am not big at this size) especially as a fair bit of my weight is on my arms and legs which are quite muscular.…

Hi, Yes but mine (I use the iPad app) also shows a grey bar on the right which is the average. Obviously you can calculate your average yourself if the phone app doesn't do that. For the 6 days in your screenshot, your average is 1308 calories per day, so eating more at the weekend isn't a problem. But you have a couple of…

Low calorie instant hot chocolate drinks - usually around 40 calories. Alpro soya dark chocolate pudding - 120ish calories. Nakd Cocoa Orange bar - made of dates, cashews and cocoa - 140ish calories.

Try different marinades on your chicken. My 2 easy favourites are: -Lemon and garlic chicken - mix 2 tbs olive oil, 3 tbs lemon juice and 2 cloves crushed garlic. -Tandoori style chicken - mix tandoori / tikka curry paste with low fat greek yoghurt. Cut the chicken breast into chunks, marinate for an hour or so, then…

Look at your average calories (on the app, click the pie chart symbol on the left, then click "weekly" at the bottom - this should bring up a bar chart). If your average calories (in grey at the right-hand side of the chart) are below the orange line, then you're doing fine. If it's a bit over then you will probably be…

Height - 5'6" Weight - 145 lbs (down from 165 a few months ago, woop) Thighs - 21" Calves - 15" I used to hate my calves but I quite like them now - would like to lose a bit of fat from them but I know a lot of the size is muscle from dance. I'd like my thighs to slim down a little bit more, but as I only have a few lbs…

Plan what you will eat - if you're going to have a big dinner or extra calories from alcohol, plan to have a lighter lunch/breakfast to save calories. It's OK to go a bit over your calories so long as you balance it out earlier in the week but try to minimise how much you go over by. Personally I sometimes just avoid…

I use mostly water too - just a little splash of milk towards the end.

Breakfast (200-300 calories) - cereal and semi-skimmed milk, or porridge (oatmeal), or potato cakes with butter. Lunch (300-500 calories) - salad (has been bean and tuna this week) or wrap or leftovers. Snacks - cake / biscuits / cereal bar / banana and peanut butter (whatever I can fit into my calorie goal that day)…

US: steel cut oats / UK: pinhead oats US: frosting / UK: icing US: can (for tomatoes, beans etc.) / UK: tin (cans are what fizzy drinks come in) US: applesauce ??? I am not quite sure what this is as it seems to be something people eat on its own and add into recipes. UK: apple sauce - made from Bramley apples, served with…

Tuna bean salad - made it on Sunday and am having it for lunch 3 days in a row. Really tasty, filling, and just over 300 calories. -2 tins haricot beans -2 tins tuna -50g black olives in brine, drained and halved -1 tbs capers -4 anchovy fillets in oil -20 baby plum tomatoes, halved -1 tbs olive oil -1 tbs lemon juice -…

Ooh if I could get scallops at that price I'd eat them all the time! In supermarkets here in the UK, you're looking at £25/kg! (that's $40).

I'd pick something that you think is similar in terms of effort/energy expended and log it as that for an estimate. eg: gymnastics / dance / high intensity aerobics, etc. It's never going to be perfect anyway, but it's better than total random guessing.

Just buy what you enjoy and what is easily available. Scallops are delicious but expensive so I don't have them often. Cod is a really good source of protein but I agree it can be boring. I sometimes do it in a delicious and healthy fish tagine - marinate the fish in a chermoula marinade (crushed garlic, chilli, coriander,…

You might be overboiling them as that can cause a bitter flavour - try steaming until just tender for things like broccoli. I find literally just adding salt really improves green vegetables (kale, cabbage, broccoli, green beans) a lot. Other veg (butternut squash, courgette, etc.) are nicer roasted.

I find it difficult to eat as much protein as MFP tells me to on a daily basis (109g) but I always eat over 25g without eating a load of supplements. For lunch just now I had a egg noodles with a tofu and pak choi stir fry - it came to 27g protein despite being a vegetarian meal. So with another meal in the evening…

I regularly have cheat days but don't go that high. I just have some treats that take me above my calorie goals but not way over maintenance. For example, yesterday was Friday and I had a few treats - a small piece of cake in the staffroom, a peanut butter creme doughnut after work, a glass of wine in the evening. But I'd…

I really can't comprehend this. Generally I am hungry before all my meals/snacks. But if I have calories left and am not overly hungry, you can guarantee that most days I'll find something to spend them on (dessert, a glass of wine...). Food is delicious and whilst I'm trying to eat a lot less in order to lose weight…

Weigh if you can, because it will be more accurate. If you're in a hurry/don't have scales to hand, measuring with cups/tablespoons etc. is still much better than not measuring at all. I weigh pasta, rice, meat, vegetables, etc. and use a teaspoons/tablespoons to measure cooking oils etc and cup measures for other liquids…

I'm 5'6" with a goal weight of 140lbs. I started at 165lbs and am down to 148lbs. Even at 165lbs, although technically overweight, I was considered slim by most people, and wore UK 10-12 (US 6-8) clothes. So I think body type/build has a lot to do with it. When I reach my goal of 140lbs I might consider going a bit lower,…

Yeah, whilst water is best for you, trying to switch to plain water is likely to just make you miserable. I have never been a big drinker of fizzy drinks (though I do have Lucozade today as I'm hungover) but I only ever drink water whilst working or exercising - I just can't make myself drink it. I drink a lot of tea (all…

I don't have a cheat day in terms of going totally nuts and eating a massive takeaway or something. But at least one day per week I eat what I want (whilst still carefully measuring everything) and end up a few hundred calories over my goal (eg: 1,900 instead of 1,500). This might be because I have dessert, or wine, or…

5ft6. SW - 11st 11lbs- All my Size 10 clothes were really tight and uncomfortable, I had to undo the button on my jeans as soon as I got home and sat down! CW - 10st 11lbs - comfortably Size 10. GW - 10st - 10st 4lbs- Size 8-10.

I'm 5ft6 and aiming for 140lbs. Though I might stop at 145lbs as 140 might be too skinny on me. At my current weight (and even when I was over 160lbs) I mostly wear UK Size 10 clothes (US Size 6) at this size. I think with a few more lbs lost I might fit into some Size 8s (US Size 4) but I don't think my frame is built to…

I heard somewhere that "the best exercise is the exercise you will do". It sounds really cheese, but it's totally true. You could tell me that the best exercise to burn calories is running, or using some crazy gym machine, and I still wouldn't do it. Or maybe I'd try it once then not bother again. Personally I swim once…

1lb per week is normal. You may find you lose significantly more in the first 1-2 weeks, but that will be water weight. Once that's gone, 1 lb per week is a good rate. I am similar to you - bit taller and started a bit heavier, but only a bit overweight not huge. I'm 5ft6 and started at 165lbs. In my first week using MFP I…

Quantities of carbs and the calories therein. I have nothing against carbs, don't try to follow a low carb diet and have carbs of some kind at every meal (more or less). But my portion sizes before meant I was eating way too many calories even when having a relatively "healthy" meal. For example, I would make 2 tortilla…

You do get used to eating less and will feel less hungry, definitely. A couple of months ago, a normal day for me would be around 2,500 calories (often more). So cutting to 1,500 was painful. Instead, I would eat 1,800-2,000 and do loads of exercise every day to balance things out. Even then, my 70g portion of pasta would…