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10 kilos since the start of this year - from "plump" to "toned"
I started back counting calories in the middle of January and have lost about 10 kilos since then. There have been a lot of ups and downs, but weight has consistently gone down, not at the rate that it says it should according to the MFP goals (I have mine at 1200 calories per day), but I have taken into consideration that…
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Completely uncoordinated and want to improve — what should I try?
Ok, so I've tried a few sports over the years, as well as dance, and the problem is that I've never been fit, have never had good muscular or cardiovascular strength. I always struggled with timing in dance, could never do cartwheels or martial arts break falls to save my own life.... I began doing karate several months…
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Choooooocooooate. What's your favourite?
Even though I'm trying to lose weight at the moment I always put away a few hundred calories daily for a bit of my favourite chocolate! These include * Chocolate mudcake....When I can share it or have the self control to not eat it all at once (it does last quite a while in the fridge so worrying about it going off after a…
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Your favourite sandwich fillings
I used to used sandwiches as a leftover tool, which was silly because 2 sandwiches often ended up being 700 calories (and for not much food. seems weird but it was something to do with the fact I was eating half a serving of something and putting the other half in the sandwiches, calling it a full serving). Since then I…
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Come dine with me
Come dine with me! Tonight I can provide you with the following menu: Appetiser: Chocolate coated walnuts Soup: Leek & potato soup with sour cream & chives rice thins Main course: Handmade saffron spaghetti alfredo Dessert: Chocolate vanilla swirl ice cream sandwiched between two slices of chocolate crumble with melted…
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Calories in canned tuna
If it says the nutritional information for the drained amount and I want to have the liquids as well, how do I know how many calories are in the entire container??
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What is your strategy
Whenever I have found myself in a new environment I realised pretty quickly that I needed to think of a new strategy to prevent going over in my calories. Here are some of mine, but anyone feel free to share yours :bigsmile: - It's easier to eat less when you're making a meal for 2. - Dumplings take a long time to prepare…
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Lowest calorie brands available in Australia
I have learned recently that calories can be highly variable among foods, and that one meat pie might be 100+ calories less than another. Here is a short list of the lowest calorie staples: Bread (two slices, sandwich style) Aldi White sandwich = 120 Budget wholegrain = 122 Sandwich thins Aldi multigrain sandwich thins =…
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Favourite tastes and textures
Food is mainly tastes, textures and presentation. I eat such a wide variety of foods I'm trying to identify what I actually crave. Do I like a food purely because of the taste or the texture and how can I choose better foods that have that? My favourite tastes: chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, coriander, BBQ Textures:…
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Any food you refuse to eat?
Some forums have alerted me to the fact that I don't just eat everything and anything. I, too, have my food aversions! What are yours? To start off... - I'm very fussy about bananas. They have to be perfectly ripe but not too much so, and not squashed or otherwise presented as something that resembles my own vomit - I like…
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Chocolate foods review
I love chocolate, so I want to review different chocolate products and recipes I have tried to see which ones were "worth it" or not. Microwave chocolate cake (my recipe) At 180 calories per serving, this recipe is very worth it! It is basically half a cup of pancake mix, a tablespoon of cocoa powder, a few sachets of…
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Interesting foods have you added to the MFP database?
I just noticed I had heaps of things I added to the database because there were times when I couldn't find something out of poor wording or because it just wasn't there, or because I was trying out a recipe and worked out the calories, or made a recipe of my own. Then I thought, what are other people's ideas? So here's me…
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Chocolate!!
Hey, I was thinking, since I work at a chocolate bar and am addicted to chocolate, how do you guys like your chocolate? I'll start off: Frappe Fondue with bananas, strawberries and cherries Ice cream (especially the Whittakers brand, but any brand as long as it's soft and almost melted) On bread Melted In cake recipes
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Microwave honey chocolate pancakes
While I was experimenting with chocolate mug cakes I came across this. 325 g pancake mix 2 cups boiling water 40 mL honey 5-6 tbspns cocoa Mix in 1 cup of boiling water with the pancake mix and when it starts to become dry add the other cup of hot water. Hot water makes the mixing and cooking processes much quicker. Then…
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Progress via IF calculator
This is progress I have made since February! - Have lost 7 KG. - I am on track for reaching my goal of 55 KG by May 2014. - Haven't measured my body fat again, but my stomach is smaller :) - My waist measurement is now 71 cm (as opposed to 75 cm), so I've lost FOUR centimeters!! - Bodyfat has gone from 34.2% to 20.3%!! -…
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What do you like to eat on your birthday?
Just wondering what you guys eat for a special occasion (e..g birthday). Are there any great healthy/semi-healthy ideas or non healthy but tasty ideas? I've never actually organised food for my own birthday since other people usually shout me. But this is what I had in my birthdays: 22nd: Had poptarts in the morning, then…
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Novels you're reading?
What novels are you reading and do you recommend them? For me- Brisingr by Christopher Paolini - one of the sequels of Eragon. The "inheritance" series is very worth it if you enjoy fantasy!! Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - very well written and a classic
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Worst foods
What have been foods that were so bad and ruined your macros without any/much benefit (so much so that you no longer eat it anymore cause it's not worth it)? For me, it's Chocolate pizza - at 250 cal per slice it adds up VERY quickly Medjool dates - 70 cals per piece is ridiculous, doesn't matter how good they taste…
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Food strategies
What are your strategies for eating specific foods? Chips - I usually stop at 1, even reaching into one of the bags in mum's cupboard just to take 1 Hamburger - I always share mine with someone else or throw half away Soft drinks - always have the zero calorie or diet versions Chocolate - let it melt in my mouth to prolong…
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Foods you had to throw out to prevent a binge
What foods have you thrown out because it got to the point where if you continued eating it, it would be a serious binge that you regretted? For me, it was: A batch of cookies that no one else was touching A cake that I made as an experiment and was a success Cookies that were fail but tasted good nonetheless 2 blocks of…
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Bingeable foods
This may seem really bad, but sometimes I just WANT to eat a whole container of something. For these days, I have a list of foods that can be eaten and constituted as a very large meal or two reasonable sized meals. The only aftereffect of these binges will be sky high sugar levels that make it impossible to concentrate or…
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Recipe themes
It seems to me that after trolling through infinite recipes and recipe ideas that it all comes down to recipe THEMES. As long as you can make a basic omelet, stir fry, sandwich, wrap, porridge, curry, pizza, etc. all you need is something to make ordinary meals interesting. Same goes for sweets like protein fluffs,…
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Safe foods
I have compiled a list of safe foods that I can buy that will decrease the risk of binging or reduce the damage of a binge. What are your safe foods? Meal Bases Eggs Bean noodles Salad Frozen veg mix Tortillas Rice Instant noodles Canned soup Sauces/spices Soy sauce Hoisin sauce Sweet chili sauce Paprika Garlc Ginger…
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Family and friends' reactions to MFP?
MFP certainly has affected the way I have interacted with my family and friends. Mum: She joined MFP at the same time as me and lost 6 KG right away but has been in plateau ever since. She has a fitbit as well and accumulates quite a lot of steps at work, but she keeps forgetting to log her food XD. She keeps saying that I…
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Food variety checklist
How do you fare on this food variety test? (http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/national/resource/food-variety) As for me... This week I have had Mandarin Apple Banana Strawberry Carrots Chicken Yogurt Chocolate Pecans Margarine Milk Beetroot Feta Leafy greens Lettuce Peas Capsicum Corn White bread My Week Day 1: Low fat…
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Doing IB but not losing weight??
I've been doing IB three times a week. That is 2 hours of non-stop running and walking, and generally burns about 1000 calories each time. The first week I did it, I was eating a lot of my exercise calories (but most of it was lollies and stuff), but my weight went up by 2 KG!! In the last week I've cut down on calories…
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Looking for friends from NZ and Australia :)
Hey, I'm an Australian student living in Auckland and trying to find ways too lose weight through healthy eating and exercise. Please add me :flowerforyou:
