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We tried low fat no salt for a month. I learned that salt is in nearly all prepared foods and if you want flavour without salt start with very fresh, strong flavoured ingredients. We’ve moderated back to low salt but I still pay a lot more attention to my vegetables. Follow the create-your-plate diabetic plan. It does keep…

My son couldn’t have MSG or tomatoes. I missed the sauces most of all. So I got good at making my own. You are likely missing the caramelization that comes from long, slow cooking. If you have a slow cooker you can do this from scratch. Make a batch of caramelized onions. If there is a dairy allergy in the house use oil…

I’d poach it and flake it. I’d make this, lovely cold. https://pin.it/u4j55nsgsx4sy7

I suggest your current diet minus a hundred calories a day. You figure this out by weighing logging all your meals the way you eat normally today. This information should point to where you can make small changes to create a daily calorie deficit.

I’m trying to puzzle out the difference between overnight oats and regular oats. Soak your regular oats in milk....overnight. I’d eat the oats with Greek yogurt to add more protein.

Tofu. Seitan. Qorn. Whey supplements. If you want to try more protein and fat, you will get even more calories per gram. In this category I would include all the nuts and cheeses, soybeans, lupini beans.

I have had two close encounters with giants. The first was when I was six. It was a cow munching in a glade of bamboo (I was in the tropics). The second was a moose crashing down a hill at Elk Island Park.

Use a smaller bowl. Pair with a side salad.

How about some inspiring reading? An Astronauts guide to life on earth. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18170143 Let me know how it goes. Along the way, find your why.

Might I suggest instead of trying to reach a historical ideal you shoot for a new look that takes advantage of your maturity and natural vitality. My granddaughter fought off the freshman fifteen by increasing her dancing hours and she has been gratified by getting herself some visible abs.

I disagree with another poster who suggests that any quantity is irrelevant to weight loss or health. The dose makes the poison. Vinegar is corrosive so I limit consumption to a tablespoon at a time, whipped in with a fine oil like olive oil.

Low fat diets leave me hungry. Adding about a teaspoon of fats to each meal extends both pleasure and satiety, not to mention fat soluble vitamins. Think salad dressing on the salad. Butter on the bread. Cheese with the apple. The. Whole. Egg. If you want to improve your diet for overall health, I suggest using the choose…

The US diet patterns are not homogenous. The way people eat in California is different than the Deep South, the Ozarks, the Midwest and the East Coast. Very different regions.

Baked apple sweetened with Splenda half sugar and filled with walnuts. Mousse. https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/4-ingredient-sugar-free-mocha-mousse/

I use a similar strategy to keep me from ordering take-out. I have a half dozen slow cooker recipes for chicken but none are for chicken thighs. I have thirty minute recipes for thighs.

I did nearly everything mentioned here other than the steroid injection. Significant loss of weight and a years worth of stretching (and shoe insert) finally set me free. Don’t try and tough through the sharp pain. That only makes it works. I still regularly stretch, even during the day under the desk. Any time I get a…

All my lunches and dinners include protein. My meal planning centres on the protein choice and then I plan the rest of the meal around it. Hamburger - meat balls, meat patties, or meat loaf. Meat balls can be dressed with a spaghetti sauce or a Swedish brown sauce. Chicken - whole, boneless chicken breast, or chicken…

Oops. Scurvy.

Check mortality rates for communities with a limited diet range. It’s more than anecdotal or abbreviated studies when we figure out that there are vitamins and minerals we absolutely need. The discovery of the cause of rickets is high up on that list. You can personally re-learn the lessons of the past but these lessons…

For diabetes I look for a snack that has balanced macros. Edamame seed pods are about perfect. Or cheese and crackers. Not that many. Or peanut butter and apple slices.

You can recoup your investment by supplementing your plan with a 200 (female) to 500 (male) calorie meal. If you haven’t done so get yourself a kitchen scale. Log your planned meal in to MFP to keep within your calorie goal. Your weight loss was going to slow down anyways as your water weight has been shed. Don’t freak if…

Food is a reward and we are creatures of habit. It is so easy to take a snack when it is right there outside your office. I’d pick one item to enjoy at the end of the day for a job well done. Anticipate and enjoy. Take your time eating it. This turns unconscious eating to conscious enjoyment. You can triple your pleasure…

He likes big parties and you don’t. Regardless which way this friendship leads I think you better explain to him why the big party thing is not your bag.

I’m not sure we have the same branding in Canada. My favourite is Dairyland.

My willpower drops throughout the day so I adjusted with a lighter lunch (soup or salad) and a high volume snack in the evening. I need dry crunch so air popped popcorn does it for me.

A backpack can help distribute the weight better.

I started to lose weight when I logged all my meals, set weekly behavioural goals, re-evaluated with an accountability partner. I need frequent validation to keep inspired. The weekly goals help with that. I also bore easily so if I feel that setting in, I change my strategy. For instance, I’ve switched from Zumba to…

Tofu. I bake it with baby bok choy and some teriyaki sauce.

I substituted a square of good, dark chocolate for my old Hershey’s bar and I won’t go back. I get ten times the satisfaction for a fraction of the calories. https://www.nicabm.com/mindless-eating-would-you-notice-if-your-popcorn-was-stale/

Read Habit by Duhigg. You are giving yourself a reward with all that food. What was the reward for? A hard days work, a bit of comfort? Do some self analysis what all that excess food was doing for you and replace with non food reward. For instance a proven stress reliever is a good cardio workout right after work. Why…