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Strawberries, cantaloupe, and carrots are frequent choices for me when I want a snack but don't have many calories. If I'm not actually hungry but just want to eat something, I like having a dill pickle, as the intense flavour will satisfy my munchies.

No, it takes time for your body to digest things. Nothing is immediate. Also, looking at your diary, combining yesterday with the day before likely balances out to maintenance levels anyway. Thus, you probably won't gain weight. Any immediate increase in weight is likely water retention, so don't panic if you suddenly…

You do not need to do intermittent fasting to lose weight. My guess is that you are overindulging on Fridays and counteracting the rest of the week. Log every day. If you want to eat more on Fridays, either allow it to be a maintenance day, or eat less throughout the week to save calories for Friday.

Your diary isn't open, so this is just speculation, but your calorie goal may be too aggressive. A lot of people are set to 1200 by MFP, which, unless you are very small and very sedentary, is pretty low. I'm 5'3.5", 173lb, and very sedentary (I usually walk for 30-45min each day or do similar amount of strength training,…

I only use MFP on my computer now, since the app was really annoying... but some things don't work on the app. You can definitely change this without premium, but it's possible it doesn't work on the app.

1000 calories on weekdays and 2000 on weekends still leaves you short of the 1400 per day mark - if you only eat 1000 on weekdays, you should be eating 4800 on the weekend to compensate. There is nothing wrong with this format of eating in terms of weight loss, as long as you are actually eating enough. Lots of people…

According to the label, they both have 160 calories in 28g. One simply tells you that 28g is about 1/4 cup, and the other is giving the estimate of 40 peanuts. So both are about 320 calories in 1/2 cup. However, I highly recommend using a scale to weigh calorie dense foods such as nuts, instead of measuring by volume, as…

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I have an open diary to my friends and log every day. My goal is 1500 cal.

Trader Joe's sells lots of dried fruit with no added sugars. I like them because the fruit seems to have actually been ripe before they were dried. They are usually called Just ____, e.g. "Just dried baby bananas".

Some people also have non-FODMAP triggers such as chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, or greasy foods.

My diary is open to my friends and I don't log exercise, and weight loss notifications are off too (I prefer to weigh myself daily, so there's so many fluctuations!) I have IBS so I mostly follow a low FODMAP diet. Sometimes I eat things that disagree with me anyway, since it's not too bad as long as everything else I'm…

When logging meat, find an entry specifying raw or cooked. It is often helpful to add key words like "USDA", or be really specific, e.g. chicken breast, raw, meat only, boneless. You can verify the information by searching for the USDA information online for meat in that form.

Do you have the FODMAP app? "Pitted fruit" is a pretty broad category (as is "cruciferous veggies"), and different ones are high in different FODMAPs. e.g. I cannot eat a whole mango because it's high in fructose. I can eat yellow peaches, because they're only high in sortbitol, which is not a problem for me. White peaches…

If you are going to follow low FODMAP, it is best to find a FODMAP trained dietician to help you. Definitely follow Monash University's instructions: they are the ones who developed the FODMAP diet. Download their official FODMAP app - it costs something like $10, but it's the only entirely reliable source of information,…

It is very hard to be accurate when eating out, even if you go to a chain that publishes calorie information (since your portion size may be larger than it says). If you eat out a lot, it will be difficult for you, also because restaurant food tends to be very high in calories. Basically, I would recommend eating out less…

I have to avoid garlic and onion due to IBS (it is a FODMAP issue), not GERD, so my advice may not be applicable, as I'm not sure exactly what the issue is for GERD. With FODMAPs, one has the option to fry whole garlic cloves in oil, remove the garlic, and then continue cooking with the garlic oil - this is because the…

I would like to revise my opinion of the B-up Red Velvet. I ordered some more bars and got them today so I tried another one. The base is not super flavourful (par for the course with B-up, but I kind of like that), but I really enjoy the "icing" chunks dispersed throughout. I actually think I enjoyed it more than even the…

It's probably the sugar alcohols, not the stevia. Sugar alcohols are known to have laxative effects. Stevia can cause bloating in some people but it's not that common. She's probably up for an unpleasant bathroom experience that will teach her not to do that again.

I tried the Red Velvet and the Chocolate Brownie B-Up bars. I'm not sure when they came out, but new to me. B-Up bars have subtle flavours, and these are no different. The base of the Red Velvet does remind me of (muted) red velvet cake, and I really like the "icing" chunks throughout the bar, like in Quest's cookies and…

I tried Lifeway Birthday Cake kefir. I like kefir, but this didn't really work. It just tastes like vanilla with some vague after taste like they were trying for more. But the actual Madagascar Vanilla is way tastier. I'd give this one a pass.

Trader Joe's has started selling ginger paste that does not have fructose in it (like every single other one I've seen anywhere). This is really convenient if you don't like peeling and grating fresh ginger.

This is really late, but I finally ate the peanut butter and the mint Quest keto cups that I bought ages ago. I tried the vanilla first and thought they were awful, so I hadn't wanted to eat the others. But I found the mint ones were quite good - not super minty but not too weak of a flavour either. The peanut butter ones…

Read the owner's manual for the required minimum amount. I believe it is mostly about the amount of liquid - I think my 6qt one requires 1 cup, if I remember correctly. It just needs enough to build the pressure.

Monash (who conduct the research for low FODMAP) say you should not undertake this diet without dietician supervision. Moreover, the elimination phase should be limited in duration. It helped me tremendously, and we eventually figured out I had SIBO. But be sure to have your doctors and/or dietician monitoring.

This isn't food, but this blog post from Monash may be useful for anyone like me who considered asking for a fructose malabsorption breath test: fodmapmonash.blogspot.com/2016/08/research-update-how-important-is.html. I'm curious what other people eat for snacks, in particular for ones that are good in a packed lunch.…

D's Natural's No Cow protein bars are pretty good, and vegan. Most are around 150-170cal and 20g protein.

Enter '300' as the number of servings. Then just remember that 1 serving = 1 gram.

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Today I made a smoothie with vanilla kefir and frozen banana.