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I love this - made with xylitol it's 140 calories for a big wodge, or 60 with erythritol :) If you don't have either of those, even with sugar it's only about 200 calories. Failing that, I'm all about porridge made with water, frozen berries and a drizzle of agave - 30 grams of oats, 40-70 grams of berries and about a…
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Aubergine (the English word for Eggplant) is gorgeous, if prepared correctly. However, it's nasty as hell if you get it wrong, so (if you can) check whether you have a modern European strain, or a tradition one - modern strains are fine to prepare and cook straight up, traditional ones will need slicing, salting and…
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That's the big difference! I have dogs, but no children so, aside from our regular two hours of walking/running a day - which is summer and winter - I'm a free agent in the summer, and I like to spend as much of it as I can catching up with a good book!
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That's adorable :smile: How did you teach them? My older boy has learned to tell me what he wants by putting his paw on different parts of my leg ( - back of the knee for a treat, front of my thigh to go outside etc), but that took months of training, and he's a pretty smart dog!
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I think it depends on your schedule, to be honest. I'm a teacher ( - a very active one, no sitting at my desk!), and I tend to put on a couple of pounds in the summer, simply because I'm not walking around the classroom constantly. Conversely, the moment I get back in the classroom after the holidays, I lose all my summer…
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Oh wow - your dogs talk?! That's adorable :smile: Mine just loaf around, demanding cuddles and treats... I'm on the old move more and muscle up bit at the moment - very little weight to loose, but a squishy belly that needs to go! Very happy to provide some moral support if you need it. Feel free to add me.
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Sounds crazy to me! Transfats are nearly non-existant in the UK... But my favourite snack - which should be transfat feel in any country - is jalapino houmous and carrot sticks. If you have trouble sourcing transfat free houmous, it's easy as pie to make at home: all you need is a food processor and five minutes.
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A piece of meat the size (and thickness!) of your palm is approximately 4oz or 100 grams... But the best thing to do is to measure your portions using the scale :smile:
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NLP is pseduo-science - it's been debunked repeatedly. Here's a nice little article about it, before you decide to spend any money on something that has no empirical evidence to support it. Hypnosis has slightly more evidence to support it, but there are flaws in the studies, which are detailed in the link. Basically, as…
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Assuming you're logging correctly ( - and I'd suggest getting a digital scales; cup measures are very inaccurate), it's probably water retention. You're consuming a lot of sodium, and processed foods - both things that can cause water retention.
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An "average" home-made seitan recipe is about 4 points for 4oz (100 grams) on Pro-Points; obviously that depends on your recipe, but I would say it's a good deal, considering it gives you 28 grams of protein :) With regains how much protein you actually need - I've never heard of anyone who didn't have an actual eating…
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I try not to reward/celebrate with food, to break bad habits, so ate healthily on mine. (Saying this, I also elected not to count vodka calories for the day, since I burned them off by dancing!) Happy birthday!
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Two words to you kale haters: Kale chips. Bloody lovely! :)
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Not that I am perfect, but I am a vegan as well, so might be able to give some advice. Your sugars issue probably comes from fruit - MFP doesn't differentiate between fructose and refined sugar; don't worry a huge amount about it, but maybe try to switch a couple of servings of fruit a day to veggies instead. The protein…
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Added you. If anyone else would like to add me, feel free :)
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I was a veggie for a few years; then I stopped being one, to become a vegan. Meat is totally unnecessary in your diet ( - as are dairy and eggs, but that's irrelevant to your question). There's no need to go back to eating meat unless you want to. You can also show your parents loads of sites online that will assure them…
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Sounds great - feel free to add me :)
