RedSquirrelsNut

Seriously? No response to this? I'm surprised.

OK I will - thanks!

Thanks everyone! (Love the Kermit flail!)

Welcome from another newbie who needs motivation. I used to be always ill. Allergies, eczema, migraines, terrible monthly cramps, short temper, just generally physically and mentally irritated. Oh and infertility issues. The Dr I was seeing for the fertility suggested I went on the Blood Type Diet, and it helped me loads.…

Um, guess I'd better go change my avatar...

LOL Mrmagee3. Sugars occurring naturally in fruits and whole foods are natural and fine, as long as your body can metabolise them. Processed sugar is not. If the counter on this site can't tell the difference, as long as the calories are right, there's no point in looking at the sugar part. If the sugar AND the calories…

No medical need, although I'm not good with cane sugar or synthetic sweeteners. I don't use sugar in cooking at all, only agave nectar. My only weakness is dark chocolate. That makes perfect sense. Thank you for explaining.

Thank you. I had some mini dark chocolate mint thins after dinner yesterday. My only treat all day. When I went to add them to my first day's food diary, I nearly fell off my chair. I thought I'd blown my diet before I'd even started, and I thought I was doing so well, too!

I just ate my stew, and as I ate, I created the recipe from what I could identify. I had to estimate the weights but I think I wasn't far out. It came out at 188 calories per serving. I know I used all good stuff in it, but does that sound right? It doesn't seem much. I usually eat it with no added carbs as a lunch, and I…

Thank you so much everyone. It's lovely to get so many responses, so quickly. I'll go and play with the Recipe utility now - I didn't know about that. :flowerforyou:

It was "bottom-of-the-fridge" stew. I just used all the veggies that needed using up - can't remember what they were or how much. I used home-made stock - how can you put a calorie content on that? No idea how much liquid was added. I know that each tub was 9 - 10oz of stew though. By the way, what's that at the top of my…