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Apps for fruits and veggies
I've been looking for apps that will help me learn more about fresh fruits and vegetables. They could be helpful while shopping at a grocery store or local farmer's market. Ideally it would provide pictures, a description, nutritional information, recipes and seasonal availability. I just installed "specialty produce,"…
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Toast--what to put on it???
As I track what I eat, I've been evaluating each item...trying to determine if I should continue eating it or perhaps reduce how much of it I eat. In the morning I like toasting my 100% whole wheat bread. I'm looking for suggestions for what to put on my toast. I like butter but am avoiding it due to the saturated fat.…
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Legumes and spices--recipies?
Ok, I'm trying to get more legumes into my diet. I just have little cooking talent and am pretty confused by which spices are good with various combinations of beans. I'm looking for a cold mixed bean salad (not looking for one with a strong vinegar flavor or one with green beans or wax beans...more of the kidney…
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How do YOU count servings?
I've worked hard to increase my daily vegetable consumption. While I'm working to eat even more, I feel I've made good progress. Recently some people who have looked at my diary said I need to eat more servings of vegetables. I'm wondering if it is because of they way they are counting? If I eat a large amount (4 servings)…
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Open diary--suggestions to improve my diet?
My diary is public and I'm interested in any and all feedback about my diet. My goal is to have an excellent, sustainable diet for long-term health. I've been tweaking it little by little for some time. I'm very happy with my body as it is now and am not currently interested in losing weight or changing my body shape. Many…
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Paleo diet followers: Open diary?
I've learned so much from interacting with people on this site. I'd like to add some friends who are following the Paleo diet who have an open food diary. I'd love to be friends so I can see what you actually eat. I'm not asking readers to tell me about the Paleo diet. I'm not asking readers to tell me what people…
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Tired of the myths--how do you get accurate info?
There is so much health advice out there these days. Browsing these forums gives ample evidence of the vast amount of ideas (there are some myths/bad information that just won't die) circulating. A lot of "experts" would like to sell you their book/dvd/etc. Some are clearly wrong while others seem to have some accurate…
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We need a picture
I've browsed through other MFP groups and many have a picture instead of the generic one we have. Anyone have suggestions for something great for ours?
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Tip for tracking fruits and vegetable servings in diary
I've been enjoying MFP but, as my focus is long-term health and not really weight loss, I wanted a way to help assure a balanced and healthy diet. Yesterday I tried something new in my food diary. 1) I changed the normal "breakfast", "lunch", and "dinner" categories to "vegetables", "fruits", "grains", etc. 2) I included…
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Fiber--why exercise increases my MFP "goal"
I track my fiber intake and I've noticed that when I exercise, MFP increases my fiber "goal" for the day. Does anyone know why they do that? I eat plenty of fiber so I wouldn't think exercise would increase my need.
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Halloween candy everwhere! What to do?
When I arrived at work there was already a bag of candy on my desk that someone left for me. A couple of minutes later, a coworker stopped by with a box of goodies and a "happy halloween!" wish. Of course this is to be expected on such a festive day. :) That's where the plan comes in. Today I brought in the following: 1) 2…
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I don't buy it!
I remember once complaining to someone that my kids just seemed to eat a bunch of junk. Breakfast would consist of Cocoa Puff, Cap'n Crunch and stuff like that. The guy set me straight when he said, "Yeah, but who buys their food?" That hit me hard, realizing that they just eat what I buy them. A while back I just didn't…
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"You've earned xxx extra calories from exercise today."
I think this feature of MFP is pretty bogus. I don't exercise to earn more allowable calories. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose? I noticed that my progress really increased when I focused on filling myself with as much delicious, healthy food as I could find and exercising at a regular, sustainable rate.
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New here. Want to keep fit. Food diary public?
I've always been active but about a year ago decided to focus on healthy eating and exercise. I'm where I want to be now and just trying to maintain. I'd like to be friends with anyone, especially those who make their food diary public. For me, honestly recording everything I eat and the exercise I do is the best…
