kittygrrl15

I hate playing the guessing game. But if we eat at someone else's house or at one of the many independent restaurants in my area (I don't remember the last sit down chain I've eaten at), I just try to take an average. It's a pain because you have to scan through lots of database listings, but I just do my best. For…

For me, for the exercise part, it's got to be something I actually like so that I'll do it. I will never ever decide to go for a run because it seems like the right thing to do, because the idea of running makes me want to die. I've been taking up enthusiastic walks with excellent music. I might have looked like a weirdo,…

I always wonder this too. I am NO expert, but if I can find a non-asterisk USDA option in the database for the cooked version, that's what I use. For example, I made burgers last night. They were 4.3 oz before I cooked them and around 2.8 after being cooked. They were like 230 calories raw/4 oz at 86% lean, but I knew…

My muffin top was turning into the whole bakery shelf and I couldn't take it any more. I'm a belly dancer on the side and when I feel gross in my costumes in spite of my general over abundance of self confidence, it's not cool. I've been slowly and steadily gaining year after year. Two pregnancies isn't accounting for all…

Our food scale just got delivered today. I made myself a pita pizza for lunch. Why is cheese so heavy!? I love cheese and clearly have been WAY under with my estimates.

Our food scale is coming later this week- I can't wait. I hate not really knowing if I'm eating a quarter ounce or cheese or like 3 ounces! And the tip about copying items from someone else's diary is going to be HUGE for my husband and I- it's so cumbersome for us to both log everything for the meals I cook us. I will…

Not that anyone is on the edge of their seat, but I thought I'd follow up with this to share that taking the sliced up fruit stored in a plastic container from the freezer at night (9-11 PMish) to be used in a smoothie with yogurt and a splash of milk the next morning (8:30 AMish) has worked great the last 2 days. It's the…

Thanks for the suggestions all! Yes, clearly my added ice this morning was a rookie mistake- the last thing I needed was anything else frozen in there! I love the idea of freezing on a sheet and then bagging- I'm probably too lazy for that though. Running it under hot water is another good tip. Mmm_drop- is your fruit…