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Be really careful copying recipes...
Just a heads up. We have guests tonight so I made a pie - the recipe I found online said the calorie count was 340 calories for an 8th of a pie. Not too bad, right? Well, I made it, entered it in the calculator... 520 calories a serving! NEVER trust what websites give you for calorie info! I'm sure it's going to be…
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Chia seeds?
Where do you find them? I've looked in stores, can't even figure out what isle they would be in... I've looked everywhere. I know they're on sale on amazon, but how does the price compare? Also... what do they taste like? I wouldn't mind using them to make oatmeal more filling. What do you use them in?
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How do you eat your veggies?
I need to eat more veggies. Typically, we buy frozen veggies, nuke them, and I add some salt and pepper on them. They don't really fill me up unless I have protein with them though... So... advice? Easy/fast recipes or ideas would be great.
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Girl scout cookies!
I made a mistake. I bought some. Now I need to resist and not eat the whole boxes in one day. What's your favorites? The thanks-a-lot for me.
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Staying under calories when up very early?
How do you do it? I'm still struggling with this! I tend to go to bed early (sometimes hungry, and it's part of the reason I go to bed early), unfortunately it means I'm often up early too (like 5am), and often hungry by 6am. So, I eat. Then I'm hungry for lunch at 10.30am... After that it's a struggle all day to leave…
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Why do whole chickens have more calories?
Someone explain this to me. I buy chicken at Wegmans, they put cooked calories on their nutrition, which is just fine with me. So, cooked chicken breasts are 130 calories for 3oz. Cooked chicken thighs are 140 calories for 3oz. But I buy a chicken to roast, and suddenly the calories are 200 for 3oz... Why???? I'm totally…
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Favorite shrimp recipes?
I got a bag of frozen shrimp. I love fried rice, but would love something else... Any recipes?
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George Foreman grill... tips?
I finally ordered one... Tired of having to pan fry things. Any tip to make the most of it? What do you cook on it?
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Ricotta breakfast!
1/2 cup of ricotta (I used skim, you can use fat free I guess) 30g of milk 1/8th a package of jello instant pudding (I used cheesecake) Delicious, filling yumminess. Calories will vary on what you use, I actually ate two servings, the pudding was not fat free, so it was about 500 calories but I'm stuffed.
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What are your good calorie surprises?
Only 28 calories in a Werther's Original soft caramel! OH YEAH!
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Runners - lung freeze?
I haven't run since I was 17 or something... so, it's been... a while, lol. Sometimes I feel like running during my walks though, so I did today... but I had to stop after 5 minutes, my lungs were burning like crazy. It's 48 outside. I tried breathing through my nose instead (which is hard for me, I had a deviated septum…
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So I have loose skin on my fingers
I just noticed. I was looking at my thumbs and thinking that wow, I had skinny fingers now. Then looked at my other fingers... oh, the horror. Another side of weight loss that people don't talk about... sigh.
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what do you do with PB2?
I got some for the first time this week... So far I've mostly used it in Greek yogurt and overnight oats. Any other suggestions?
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Low calorie pudding mixes without chemicals?
Is there such thing?
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So I have this big ham steak
Anyone got some easy and yummy recipes?
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Those ads are really tracking my diary...
So I thought the ads you see on the site only track your searches, but apparently not... It's twice now that I enter some food in my diary, never do a search about them, and ads pop up about it. It's seriously creepy.
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What to eat when getting a cold?
My throat is sore. It's usually the beginning of the end. I've been eating some of those 'take at the first sign of a cold' lozenges (18 calories each, grrr), I typically drink hot tea and honey (double grrr. I like it, but not my favorite thing to spend the calories on, so I've been holding off)... Any advice on what else…
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Healthier fried rice
I made this for lunch... huge serving for only 520 calories. You could make it two servings easily. 1 egg 170g of cooked rice (I used brown rice) 2 cups of frozen veggies (I used some cauliflower/broccoli/zucchini/yellow squash/carrot mix) 100g of shrimp (or chicken, or pork, or none) 5g of oil 7g of butter 2 tbsp of soy…
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My family eating schedule sucks for me
Situation - I'm a stay at home mom. I typically wake up early (anytime between 5am and 7am) and go to bed early (9-10pm). Typically I'm hungry by 7am so I have an early breakfast, then an early lunch (often 11.30am or earlier, with sometimes a snack in between after my workout)... I pretty much eat most of my calories in…
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What to do with bananas?
I keep buying them for the kids and they don't eat them. I've done Skinnytaste's banana nut bread and it's delicious, but it was very hard not to eat the whole loaf, and I'd like to try something else... Suggestions?
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The thread killer, or ignored question...
Has anyone else noticed that every time you ask 'do you weigh all your food?', you suddenly turn into a ghost that nobody seems to notice?
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I hate Winter
Ok rant time. I hate this! I love walking. I can't. Everything's covered in ice and heck I don't even dare going to the gym in this mess. I guess I should just expect to pretty much maintain the next couple months at this point... (plus we're having work done in the bathroom this week so taking a shower is going to be…
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Tips to get your mind off food?
Anyone got tips to stop thinking about food all the time other than, you know, eating it? :)
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Trader Joe's weird nutritional info
I'm starting to get really confused. It's happened several times that I buy something there, look it up, and the nutrition info is totally wrong, yet it's been confirmed 10+ times. I always correct it, but now I wonder... Is it the same everywhere? Do they change their products all the time or something?
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Do your metabolism increase in Winter?
Dumb question of the day, ie, looking for excuses for not feeling bad if I eat more. But really?
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The reason I love frozen meals...
They're fantastic to get rid of a craving, for less than 350 calories. The other day I was craving lasagna... Just bought a $1 frozen meal and had lasagna for 300 calories. I've been craving pizza, so I bought a 350 calorie pizza for tomorrow's lunch. Just something to think about next time you're craving something...
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Stop losing weight to eat more at maintenance?
I'm not where I want to be yet... I'm still in the high end of a normal BMI, my body fat is 25.5%ish, and ideally I would like to lose another 12 lbs (without counting my recent water weight gain). Heck I could probably lose 15+ lbs really... but I'm in a normal weight and look ok in clothes (ok not sure about those Summer…
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Dumb question about crockpot cooking
Do you always need to add water? The recipe uses some frozen food.
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Ever doubt you can really do it?
I'm in a bit of a funk. My weight loss has slowed down significantly between Holidays, a couple cheat days, and me flat out refusing to eat less (I eat 1600, which is probably 18% under my TDEE nowadays). So I've been eating at 1600 most days, and usually it's ok... but man I miss food. So I've had a few cheat days in the…
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Blew up my goal to avoid temptation and start fresh
Today I had a very, very bad idea. I'm French and I always had Galette des Rois for Epiphany. It's basically some puff pastry dough with almond paste in the middle. So I was craving it, and decided to look at recipes online... Easy enough. Then I entered the recipe and it was way worse than I thought :p But I made one. And…
