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Pleasant Prairie Pork Chops
I bought a box of frozen, seasoned pork chops under the brand name "Pleasant Prairie Pork". It says it's best to cook from frozen, but the only instructions are to place in pan, turn early and often, let rest once fully cooked. It never mentions about how long this should take. Has anyone here made these before? I'm…
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US Stores where sizes run big or small
I used to always buy nice clothes at the mall. During the last 16 years while I've been "bigger", I haven't wanted to spend much money on clothes because I always thought I would lose weight soon, so all this time I've bought clothes at Walmart and Kohl's. I've been working hard at losing weight and getting healthy for the…
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Advice on buying a bike
My husband and I would like to buy bikes today so that we can start biking on all the local paved trails we have here in our city. We will be having fun getting some exercise, but always on pavement, not racing, etc. We are totally new to biking as exercise. Can anyone offer advice on what type of bike we should look at?…
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what to order at Rib Crib
I'm going to Rib Crib with my parents tonight - we're doing some fun things that they like to do, and they chose the restaurant. I want to eat healthy without looking like I hated the choice of Rib Crib or making a special point that I am cutting back. Their website does not post nutrition info, so I'm using generalized…
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Bakery Cupcakes
Today my daughter made the high school soccer team so I bought cupcakes from a local bakery to celebrate. They were delicious! BUT when I went to log it into MFP, the calories counts ranged from 110 - 485 and up for one cupcake. To be on the safe side, I chose the 485 calorie cupcake to log. This is a tiny bakery so there…
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Greek Yogurt and Granola questions
I finally got brave and tried Greek yogurt - yum! And I love how much protein is there. Yesterday I ate caramel Greek yogurt (110 cal) with half a banana for breakfast. It was ok, but I think there's probably a more enjoyable way to eat the greek yogurt for breakfast. What do you like to eat it with to make it a good…
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Running with a friend
I'm very new to running. Right now I spend an hour as follows: walk 2 songs to warmup, run 1 mile, walk 1 song, run 1 mile, walk 1 song, run 1 mile, walk 3 songs to cool down. So it ends up with 3 miles running and about 2 miles walking. The only thing that stops me from running further than a mile before the walk break is…
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Elliptical question
When I use the elliptical at the Y, the setup is: choose a program (I usually choose #5, glutes), enter your age, enter your weight, how long you want to do it, and then you start. It never asks me about what intensity level or how hard I want to work. But I read other people's posts about elliptical levels, like "Today I…
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Bagel Thins
Found a new product at the grocery store today and wow! Yummy and not too many calories. They are Thomas Bagel Thins - only 110 calories. Perfect to be the bread on a sandwich, or just now I toast half (only 55 calories) because I've been wanting a bagel for the last few weeks but didn't want to use that many calories on…
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Best Percentage settings for food
I'm sure this has been discussed, but I went back a few pages and couldn't find it, sorry if I'm duplicating an old topic. I would like to manually override the food settings for percentage of protein, carbs, etc for the best nutritional match to my situation: Goal is weight loss, have 25 pounds left to lose, goal is half…
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Best reason for a really hard workout
I just finished really pushing myself at the gym. And the reward is . . . chocolate milk for recovery! Gotta love it.
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I've already blown it today
I'm so disappointed in myself. It's mid-morning, and I've already eaten almost all my calories today. I am in the middle of a stressful week. I had to take my daughter to an early doctor's appointment, so I ate a big breakfast. She had to fast for bloodwork, so afterwards she asked me to take her to Chik Fil A for…
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Success on the track
I'm working so hard and trying not to plateau - I've heard those tend to hit when you've lost 10% of your weight, which is what I"m getting close to. Anyway, I have asthma and bad knees, and I have never been a runner - I never even took PE as a kid! Our gym is 18 laps = one mile. Until today, the most I have ever run was…
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How to help your body recover from strenuous exercise
I have been faithfully working out daily for a while now - all cardio, like elliptical, running, biking, etc. Today I tried out a class at the gym and it was called "Sculpt and Tone". 60 minutes of exercising with weights at a fast pace to aerobics music. Things like squats, lunges, flys, etc. I know I will be outrageously…
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A Healthy Night!
Tonight I was hosting a group of friends for Bible study. The rule is that the host doesn't have to provide anything but drinks, and the guests bring food whenever possible - so sometimes you take food, sometimes you just eat what others provided. It's potluck snacking. Anyway, I knew I wanted to only eat healthy and not…
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Don't you hate it when
Don't you hate it when you go to bed happy with yourself for staying right on the day's calorie goal, and even wake up feeling a bit thinner the next morning, until you suddenly remember something you forgot to log yesterday, and you realize you actually went over your calorie goal by 200?? So frustrating!
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Tuna Safety
Is it safe to eat a small amount of tuna each day? I love the 3 oz. Starkist tuna pouches - they're delicious, full of protein, and they fit right into my calorie counting. But I'm worried about too much mercury or other possible issues with eating it more than once or twice a week. Do you know if it's safe in small…
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A positive thought for today
Yesterday I went WAY over my calorie budget for the first time in a month. It was a fun night with friends so I tried to not beat myself up too bad for it, but I did regret it this morning when I thought about how it might impact my weight loss, which has been going so well. Then at the gym today I had a thought which…
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Salmon at Chili's
I went to Chili's last week and ordered the Salmon with Garlic and Herbs. I asked for double broccoli instead of rice and broccoli. It was outstanding! I found a calorie count somewhere for that meal that said "as served" with around 700 calories. Since I didn't eat any rice, I calculated the calories of the salmon (it…
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Low Energy by End of Day
My recommended calories are 1200 plus exercise calories. I've done a good job of staying in that range since Dec 28. I have read the posts about starvation mode so I am careful to not go below 1200 and I usually eat my exercise calories, too, with a workout 99% of the days. I've noticed that although I feel great during…