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If you do keto, you can forget about eating fruit in your diet. one apple or peach will wipe out just about all your keto calories for the day. you will have to struggle whether to choose each day - a fruit, a cereal, and other foods that have carbs. also people often get constipated on keto because they don't get enough…

After experimenting and tweaking what diet I chose, I now am keeping calories within 1350 and watching my sugars, fats and sodium. That seems to work for me. I make most of my food, rarely eat out, that keeps me from being tempted and eating food that I don't know whats in it, and that's about it. I'm doing well on this. I…

I was in Michigan a few weeks ago and I had some creamy crab soup. it was pureed more than I liked. I did have the tomato based crab soup in Baltimore many many years ago and sadly, I coudnt find a restaurant closer to me in Chicago that makes it. I like it tomato-based and chunky. it was delish! thank you for the recipe..…

Nope meaning what?

Had blueberries for breakfast, had carrots, celery, onions, in my chilli for dinner and lunch was my vege crab soup made with tomato base. so i believe i did good. :)

Thanks! i'm not heavily exercising.. but i did peruse the internet for an idea, and it seems like about 1500 mg of sodium is ok per day. of course there are factors that determine that - age, health issues, etc. but it seems like 1500 is an average but could go to 2,000.

I did not know that,, I will check with him - thanks! it would be nice to have a little more salt on my food as salt adds flavor.

if you can make yourself go without sweets for a couple weeks, your tastes will change. Your cravings will go away, then when you eat something a little sweet, like blueberries, the sweetness will be delicious. but I think in your case you may allow yourself some sweet, and record it on MFP, work it into your day's food,…

I'm choosing to keep salt at about 1,000 mg a day, due to my trying not to retain water. but if I happen to go over some days, I am not going to fret. i'm going to get me to the ethnic market where they do sell all these kinds of spices and food items :) by the way, the crab soup is very good, and I just need to kick the…

low calorie is the answer. i tried doing low carb, 50 carbs a day, but i could not enjoy all the food i wanted to eat. so i watch all these things - calories, sugar, fat, carbs, salt, and keeping careful track on MFP. I am successful losing weight this way. by the way, I'm enjoying my food, except i need to learn how to…

hi great suggestions! tonight i made turkey chilli and i literally dumped in a couple handfuls of spices and used tomato paste, tomato sauce too. i had a sample - it was flavorful! so i took you all's suggestions :) i also am going to put a slice of jalapeno pepper jack cheese to melt on top. oh yeah it will be totally on…

when the temptation hits you, you have to stop and not run after it, You have to talk to yourself to distract you, remind yourself all your hard work to lose the weight. talk yourself out of it, and the temptation will go away. you can keep some healthy foods like a handful of nuts at your desk for when those cravings hit.…

Was here before too. I regained the weight when I started eating back my favorite foods. Used stress and "because I want to" as an excuse, gained weight. now back losing it. what is keeping me - motivation to want to do it for good this time, and found a way to eat the way I want to eat the rest of my life. watching out…

i tried a no salt seasoning from The Spice House, while it adds crunch, there is no flavor. i will have to look for your suggestion.

Make one-pot or one pan meals where you stick in all your ingredients, and cook either on top of the stove or in the oven. make enough for 3-4 meals. freeze (or use next few days). voila. no cooking next few days except to reheat.

Sounds like you're tired from eating the same stuff. happened to me this week. I had a slice of bread with peanut butter that I just got, had not eaten that in 5 months, and so when I ate it, it was the best thing ever. so find something new you can eat. it will spark you. it doesn't have to be fattening. go to the store…

I had to hop on the scale twice to see the number fall below 300 FINALLY!! took a month more than MFP promised me!

I made it to below 300 today.. it did take me longer than MFP told me but here I am and I am happy. when I saw the number on the scale I almost passed out. I had not seen that number in about 17 years.

i cannot stand plain yogurt, and even with fresh fruit, its not good. so i choose Fage or Danon Fit and Lite - delicious and i fit it in perfectly with my macros per day. I'm not going to buy something healthy and then squirm around to force myself to eat it.. coz i wont eat it and it will be a waste. so i just allow for…

you can either spend your time getting jealous of someone else's progress but you still have to work on yourself. Save the energy for taking care of you. Perhaps your friend is working harder at it than you think. some people dont have a sweet tooth or cravings for unhealthy food. they naturally will be slimmer, you may as…

I like 1% milk and 2% milk but hate skim milk .. skim milk over cereal is like pouring water on it. however, i noticed when i eat a bowl of cereal and milk i am hungrier than when i eat 2 boiled egg whites for the meal.

I have had food in my house that I just give away to friends or family. If I have any pizza which I had last week, it lasted a breakfast and a lunch next day.. I didn't make a big deal out of it.. didn't hurt my weight loss. but I have been tempted outside and then I did count the cost of eating that much calories and so I…

Since you are gendering as a male and taking testosterone, then I would choose male as gender. If I picked female, that would go against who or what I felt about me, as a person.

that's funny/ironic - when I eat cereal for breakfast, I'm hungrier at lunch than if I ate 2 boiled eggs.

I eat boiled egg whites, not the yolk because I might have 2-4 in a day and that would go over my cholesterol. That's why I do it. but I don't just eat only eggs.

Looks like MFP punk us ;) lol

Hey all :) today i saw an episode on Dr Oz with a doctor who was telling us about lectin. Knowing that it is potentially bro-science, i decided to ask you all. Now, after all we hear about plants (veg and fruit) and beans, legumes, etc. now he says an apple will kill you, based on the THEORY that an apple has stuff in it…

AH thank you everyone, i was believing it .. now i see its just a little smiley face as a possibiity.

hi - just temporary till I lose 2 more pounds, then I will go back to my MFP recommendation. Which is 1300 cals per day.

Hi - update - so the scale reached 313 on Saturday and now it has begun to go down. I watched what I eat like a hawk. I ate NO condiments and kept my calories lower (1,000 to 1,200). I aimed for about 1,000 of sodium (g or mg, whatever MFP records the sodium at). So I'm going to do this and hopefully I will catch up to my…