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I weight nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans) regularly. One serving (28g/1oz) is about 200 calories (slightly more or less depending on the type of nut). It's very calorie dense, yes. It is not something you want to binge or mindlessly eat without weighing. 150 grams of peanuts is about 5 servings (about 1000 calories), so…

Yes! Adjusting to the cold after losing about 70 pounds has been a challenge! Just trying to stay warm the best I can.

Really it just comes down to making better choices. http://www.subway.com/nutrition/files/nutritionvalues.pdf

What was the first thing you changed to get healthy? Gave up soda and other heavily carbonated or heavily sweetened drinks. Also stopped eating multiples-- no more two or three cheeseburgers or a double or triple cheeseburger in a single sitting every other day. Also got a NutriBullet and learned about eating greener, ate…

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I like these pretzel sticks: http://www.snydersofhanover.com/products/pretzels/pretzel-sticks.html. I usually find half a serving which is 15 grams (~14 sticks) very filling --- comes in at 55 calories and 11.5g of carbohydrates. I can see these going very well with a caprese cheese dip.

That's a pretty good balance. Myself I set my goals on MFP to 30 carb|35 fat|35 protein. I'm still a newbie and struggle with these macro goals I set for myself, but most of the time I do alright. My primary concern is having a calorie deficit and the secondary is trying to keep the protein and fat percentages slightly…

Amazing! Congratulations on all your hard work! Wishing you continued success! Will send you a friend add.

I use to be very negative: "oh only one pound lost I'll never get to where I need to go!" kind of thoughts. I never take a pound for granted now, that one pound is one less than what I had before and one step in the right direction moving me forward to a better tomorrow.

Will add you! Always looking for new active mfp'ers!

High school, around 2001. Got rejected by a girl and very heart broken. 2 gallons of mint chocolate chip ice cream followed by two 2L bottles of Dr. Pepper. Then shortly after another gallon of mint chocolate chip and another 2L of Dr. Pepper. Probably the most I ever ate at one time and it's the binging incident that…

This youtube video explains things really well (also discusses your egg scenario): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUCgAxI8rhg This image also helps explain what is meant by primary, secondary, tertiary protein structures: If you have additional questions feel free to ask!

Yes, it will get denatured. Will it get destroyed? No. Destroyed and denatured do not mean the same thing. So what does denatured mean? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturation_(biochemistry) Take home message from the article: "When a protein is denatured, secondary and tertiary structures are altered but the peptide…

youtube if I want something under 15 minutes; netflix for greater than 15 minutes

Looking at this it's kinda a lot, maybe slightly excessive, broke them down into how I group them together: • Centrum - Multivitamin Men • Nature Made Balanced Vitamin B-100 Complex • Nature's Bounty - Super Strength Vitamin D3 (2000 IU) • Nature's Bounty - Maximum Strength Fish Oil (1,400 mg - 980 mg Omega-3) • Schiff -…

If the sky turns black, it don't matter, we know the sun is coming up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehHQBKCJbA good luck with the insomnia :p

Redemption. To forgive myself for getting as big as I did. The only way to do that is to try to learn from my mistakes and work hard for a better tomorrow and to make a better me. 60 pounds lost so far, but still a long road ahead to redemption. ((On an aside, if you are reading this, feel free to send me a friend add.…

Monday: WWE Raw Thursday: The Big Bang Theory Friday: Haven Sunday: The Walking Dead Haven is really underrated. It's a great show. Looking forward to new episodes of: Being Human (U.S.), Doctor Who, Warehouse 13

The MFP food and exercise diary will help you to shed light on your eating habits and can allow you to make improvements and figure out a weight loss strategy. Just be consistent with logging and try to be as accurate as possible (without crossing the boundary into territory that will make you stressed/anxious of course).…

All the best and good luck! Will send you an add. I'm looking for supporters too so if anyone needs an mfp buddy add me!

The calculations, the math part of what you want to accomplish, sounds about right to me.

Wow! Fantastic!

It's kinda of a trade off isn't it? Often times the reduced fat foods don't create the feeling of fullness, so we tend to eat more than we would if we would have gotten the regular full fat version. I know for me weighing my foods out has helped me keep the binging tendancies in check; it just makes me feel more…

Long hair. Yes.

Depression is often associated often with a vitamin D deficiency. If you google how much vitamin D to take you get varying answers. The answer is often somewhere between 1000 to 4000 IU (big range). Vitamin D is fat soluble so too much daily can mess up your liver, so always good to check with your healthcare…

I'm not sure, but can't excessive protein lead to gout down the road?

Meeting single females is hard for me. The females I have met in recent years tend to be married or in a relationship (really can't think of anyone who was single). So it's bad luck, coupled with the geographic limitations of living in a suburban city (I have to drive 30 to 60 miles to get to "where the people go"). I…

Yes. It's just going to be my parents and maybe my sister and her boyfriend this year for Thanksgiving. I don't plan to eat a lot to begin with and I will probably weigh the turkey meat and other foods to know how many calories I'm getting (just like any other day). I will also help with preparing and cooking the meal, so…

I had an acquaintance yesterday tell me what I was doing on my phone when I was at a friend's birthday party. I was counting the calories in the chips and calculating them on MFP for my food diary so I told him I was calorie counting. He said that he thought it was pretty stupid. However earlier in the night that same…