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Calories in Australian meat (or veggie) pies?
Trying to work out the calories in an Australian-style individual-sized meat pie. (Or, in this case, a veggie version with ricotta, spinach, mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes). There's a great local shop here in Montreal that does them, and they're good for a treat once in a while, though with the flaky crust and filling…
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What have you bought?
We all know (or we should know) that it doesn't cost anything to lose weight. No special tools or products are required, and all you need is a little willpower and a little know-how. Having said that, many people buy tools or gear that they find helpful in their weight loss journey. Without advertising any specific…
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What foods do you eat more of since starting here?
For me it's milk. I love cheese, yogurt, ice cream, etc. but I've never been a huge fan of just drinking a glass of milk (outside of putting it in coffee). Still, since I've started here again, I find that I'm drinking more of it, both because it's a good way to boost those protein and calcium numbers that always seem to…
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Ode to broccoli
You are green. You are leafy. You are nutritious. You are delicious. You are low in calories, high in fibre and calcium. You keep me feeling full for hours. I can eat so much of you and not exceed my calorie goals. You're just as good steamed with lunch, roasted with dinner, or served raw with some hummus dip as a late…
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Getting in shape for ski season
Any other skiers out there? With the season only a couple of months out, I'm looking for some suggestions of good light exercises I can do in the lead-up to ski season to get my ski legs* in shape. I ski downhill, though I'm sure you cross-country skiers would have some good ideas, too. Let it snow, let it snow, let it…
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Yet Another Macros Question Thread
I've been logging steadily for a couple of weeks now, and while I am staying under my daily calorie goal pretty much every day, I am still having trouble sorting out my fat/carbs/protein percentages. My calorie goal is 1290 per day. (h5'1" / cw150 / tw115). I started off with a 50/25/25 breakdown for carbs/fat/protein, as…
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Looking ahead to goal weight maintenance calories: This is a lifestyle change
So, I'm sticking to a 1290 net calorie plan to earn a TDEE-20% caloric deficit. I started off with 40 pounds to lose, and I've got 35 to go. So, early days yet in this journey. But once I reach my goal weight, my caloric goal will be 1380 net calories -- in other words, only about 100 calories more than I'm eating right…
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Paradox: Unhealthy food is often easier to track.
The calorie counting paradox is that the easiest food to log and track is often the food that is less healthy. For instance, packaged and processed food has the nutritional info printed right on the label, and can be logged with a simple bar code scan. Fresh cooking with real ingredients takes a lot more effort to log.…
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Calculating calories in soup?
How do you calculate calories in homemade broth? Examples: Clear chicken noodle soup, clear vegetable broth, etc. In most recipes, I just add all the ingredients together. But for soup (at least, the clear broth kind), normally it will cook all afternoon with the vegetables, meat, etc., skimming regularly to remove the fat…
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Logging restaurant meals: Any long-term workable advice?
Okay, so in the past when I've tried to log meals, restaurant food has always been my downfall. I just find it so cumbersome and unworkable to try to figure out ingredients, portions or calories when I eat out. From what I gather, many people do one of the following:* Give up eating in restaurants altogether, or cut down…
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High fibre, low-cal suggestions?
My target is 1290 calories per day. I have no issues so far coming in on target. I feel full, I do pretty well on nutrients and vitamins, etc. But I'm consistently coming in way below my target of 25g of dietary fibre per day. I can see how this would be easier on a 2000-calorie or higher diet. But on 1290 calories, I'm…
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Third time's a charm?
Tried this twice already. Both times I quit before the first month was up. Going to give it another go for the third time. A little about me: I'm 34 years old, live in Montreal, and work at a desk job all day (terrible for health). I absolutely detest going to the gym, so I try to fit in activity that doesn't feel like…