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I make meals on the weekends when I have more free time and then reheat them during the week. I've found that beans and bean soups, vegetable soups, rice or other grains, turnip/mustard/collard greens are all foods that reheat well and can simmer in a crock pot or cook in a rice cooker while you are doing other errands…
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Sounds like you might benefit from cookbooks and websites for vegans, since they will all be dairy free. My favorite is ohsheglows.com.
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My favorite cookbook at the moment is "Oh She Glows" (it is vegan). I got that at Christmas and have been trying lots of yummy things.
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Okay, okay I'll untwist. Sorry if I'm being a jerk, OP. And FWIW, I'm not a vegan, but I'm transitioning to vegan after being a vegetarian for about a year. So I'm practicing my "rigid know it all" act. And maybe a little irritable about someone getting to claim the label I'm working toward while still eating cheese.…
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Um... someone who eats eggs and cheese all the time is NOT a vegan. Please use the terms correctly, it is insulting to people who actually are vegans when people use the label to sound trendy or something, but don't actually seem to know what it means or want to live the way a vegan lives. A vegan does not eat ANY products…
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Americans often eat too much protein and not enough fiber...I think that's why plant based eaters have lower rates of colon cancer. Plenty of fiber. As for whether you want to live eating mostly plant based choices, that is your decision but I will say that for me it has been wonderful. I've been a vegetarian for a year…
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Okay, I just re-read you post and I see you are afraid of gaining into an high range.... but that really shouldn't be your worry right now. Address the problem you actually HAVE, which is you are severely underweight and need to address this problem ASAP before you do permanent damage. Gain the weight as soon as you can…
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I'm wondering, if you are okay to do this on your own and are REALLY thinking enough is enough... why are you still so resistant to eating the high calorie levels that are recommended for those in recovery? Why do you want to keep it low and move so slowly?
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I agree that there's a dysfunctional relationship with food and body in the world around us. But here's the thing: (1) These people who you see in your environment aren't being healthy. They are very mixed up people on an unhealthy path. You don't need to take them as your role models, ESPECIALLY post-recovery. Find people…
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Thank you! I have felt a bit alone, especially among extended family that hasn't been around daily to witness the transformation. Ate breakfast with them on Christmas Day. They are still trying to make sense of me ha ha. These are very traditional, rural southerners (USA) who cook with lots of pork fat. And me, the…
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-230 on 24th +400 on 25th But I was already in a deficit from Mon/Tue, so I am in a slight deficit for the week still. I'm trying to break free from the mindset that I used to have relating to Christmas and any other special occasion for that matter. The holiday, for me, is about going to church and celebrating the…
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My mother and I both wear size 10 and she is 5'4" and 120 pounds. I'm 5'5" and 165. I was size 12 around 180, she at 130. The difference is due to the fact that she is very sedentary because of her fibromyalgia and other health problems. Probably low-muscle. She also is low in bone density (not osteoporosis, but it runs in…
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I am tracking multiple sources of data, but how I use them has changed as I have lost weight. My health stats--BP, cholesterol, general health--was the most important reason to lose and those were documented by my doctor to be in the healthy range about 40 pounds ago. So I'm not focusing on that as much now. About 10…
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YEP. This is exactly it. It's real easy to say "I'll NEVER regain" because I am determined.... but I have found that my determination waxes and wanes. I know I could feel differently tomorrow than I do today, and need to be on guard for signs of faltering. "It's just a matter of making good choices"... but my ability to…
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Thank you. There's a lot of people on these boards who don't take binge eating seriously, in their mind just an excuse to evade personal responsibility for the heinous sin of overeating.
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I was behind a shrub at my parents home...peering at this critter through my new camera lens!
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I'm one of those folks who swore I wouldn't re-gain the 70 pounds I lost because I wasn't like those foolish quick-fixers who didn't know to make a lifestyle change. And then a bout with depression and some work related drama led to my losing focus after a couple of years, and my sedentary and binge-eating habits came…
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Yep, toss it if there is no one to give it to. I understand your desire to not be wasteful, but I have had to unlearn some of that in order to lose weight and get my mindset right for maintaining. I used to use the "I don't want to waste" as an excuse to clean my plate even when I had already over eaten or when the food…
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Wow you are eating way too few calories for your size and activity level. When I switched to Fitbit I was shocked about how many calories it was giving me....but I decided to eat them anyway as an experiment. If it slowed me down a few weeks because my experiment failed, so be it. I'm not in a emergency here. At least I…
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In my bra! I wear this one and love it. Has two layers on the front, forming a pocket that I use for ID and phone. http://www.amazon.com/Champion-Womens-All-Out-Support-Sports/dp/B00DG7BQCU/ref=sr_1_19?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1416713937&sr=1-19
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I always eat before a workout, but not a huge meal that would leave me with a full feeling. Like 200-300ish calories from a cliff bar, piece of fruit, trail mix, things like that. I think I have more stamina that way and it keeps me from being hungry during my workout. But I know people who would feel nauseated if they did…
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My personal goal is to land in the higher part of the normal BMI range. Here's why: -My primary goal is to be healthy. I'm about 20 pounds overweight now, but I've already reversed all the medical issues I was having because of my weight (and the lifestyle that got me there) such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol,…
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Yes it is absurd to think you will accidentally look this way from a little lifting. Like me thinking I'm going to run around the block a few hours a week and accidentally become ready to win a marathon. They want to look this way and work very hard for it.
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Even if your percent has stayed the same, you have still lost fat. 28% of 201 pounds is less than 28% of 232. You've just been losing muscle at the same rate, so the percentage of each stays the same. You should probably do some weight training and not let your deficits get too steep....try to force your body to take more…
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I eat the extra calories! This is telling you that you have underestimated how active you truly are in your MFP a settings and fitbit is correcting it, giving you a deficit based on your actual activity level.
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To those saying a plateau isn't a real thing, I have experienced a 3-4 week plateau twice during my 82 pound loss for reasons I believe are NOT caused by a lack of caloric deficit (I've also had plateaus because I was messing up, but I understood that was my fault). In both cases, I had made some changes in my exercise…
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I've never had that happen, but I have had weird random muscle pain or knee pain suddenly appear every time I run.... And a new pair of shoes always makes it go away. As shoes wear they sometimes break down in ways that can make your foot pronate differently, aggravating certain things. I'd start there with new shoes and a…
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That's the whole point of the app... many of us here don't know how to eat the right amount without data to guide us... so we end up underweight or overweight. This keeps me on track.
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I set MFP to sedentary with 1 pound per week loss and then eat back the calories fitbit adds based on my activity. Over the last 5 weeks since I started using this method, my logging would predict a 5.1 pound weight loss and I actually lost 5.2. So, it's very accurate for me. Its a great method to make sure you are fueling…
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They might, but the rest of you will shrink too so it will be proportional. I actually look much more chesty after losing weight. Went from 42D to 36DD because my rib cage shrunk faster than the breasts, and my belly being flatter makes my chest more prominent.
