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Ranch veggie dip recipe.
My wife got this recipe from a co-worker. It fits really well into our meal plans, but I will let you decide if it's low calorie/high protein enough for you. If you let it chill properly, it becomes thick and creamy with an intense ranch flavor. 1 cup 2% cottage cheese (substitute fat free if you want, I don't) 6 oz. plain…
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I need food ideas for my wife's lunch.
I do all the cooking in our household, including packing a lunch for my wife. She just started a new job where she is constantly on her feet with no real chance to sit down and eat. I started out making her a rollup with a tortilla stuffed with various things like turkey, olives and cheese or tuna salad and various other…
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Doing the math: Eat more, lose more test run and questions
I was inspired by this thread... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 After figuring my own body fat percentage and basal metabolic rate, I discovered MFP was actually asking me to eat fewer calories than my estimated BMR. I should be eating more to lose more, according…
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Injury is the best thing that ever happened to me.
My name is John. I suffered a herniated disc in my L4/L5 space in early May, and the offending disc pressed right on a nerve cluster. I was in traumatic levels of pain, spent some time in the ER and overall was really considering suicide. I hate to admit that I was that much in pain, and that low. I had a neurosurgeon…
