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Veg prepping = fewer nutrients?
Some nights when I get in from work, I'm exhausted. If I've got a fridge full of vegetables for a meal (eg. stir-fry), slicing and dicing a load of things is the last thing I want to do. So I typically get all the prep done earlier on in the day, or the day before. Works well for me. I'm just curious how this affects the…
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Weekend sabotage!
I've got into an annoying pattern recently that I need to break. I seem to have started treating Saturdays and Sundays as opportunities to give myself a little leeway - for example, I might say, "I've had a great week, hitting my calorie goals, getting exercise, why not sacrifice 200-300 calories for a bit of ice…
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How to thicken a curry?
I've been using curry paste with some onion, a drop of water and chicken pieces on a bed of cannellini beans. It's yummy and quite low cal, but even when the water has gone, it's still a bit runny. An online search tells me to use coconut milk, but then the cals go through the roof. Anyone have any ideas how to thicken it?
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Sneaked up on me...
Hi everyone! :smile: All my life, up until a couple of years ago, I was referred to as "Beanpole", a "Rake", even "Skinnymalinks", as I was 11 stone and 6'3" tall. A severe illness (which I have pretty much recovered from now) laid me low for a year, and...BOOM! 16 stone! I carry it pretty well because of my height, but I…
