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need breakfast ideas
I have a very busy teenage boy who doesn't like to eat breakfast foods but is so busy in the mornings that he needs to eat something healthy. He will eat eggs but I really don't want him to have eggs every day. He also needs it fast, there isn't much time in the morning. And I don't want to be buying prepared stuff from…
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bear creek creamy potato soup white spots??
I just made some bear creek creamy potato soup mix, and there are tiny white spots all over it. The second ingredient is modified corn starch, so do you think that could be it. I have used many mixes before but have never seen this.
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gardening = hungry??
why is it every time after I finish working outside I feel like I am starving and end up eating everything in sight. It does not happen after a walk or time on the elliptical, just after gardening type activities, I just came in after weeding for about 3 hours and ended up eating about 600 calories, I am feeling full now…
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how many oz is pasta
I am assuming that when mfp asks for oz of dry pasta it is going by weight, I have no clue where my scale is currently but does anybody know how many oz 2 1/2 cups of whole wheat shell pasta is??
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recipe website??
I remember once seeing a website where you put in the ingredients you have on hand and it will search recipes that include only those ingredients. Does anybody know where that site is?? I can't find it.
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what do you eat before hard work
I need to till my garden (by hand) and I am just too much out of shape. So I know that I need to work up slowly, little by little, but what can I eat to help give me a little extra energy before I start working in the garden. Protein???
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lactose free recipes
I never realized how many recipes contained milk products until I started looking for ones without it. My son is very lactose intolerant and although lactaid may help it doesn't always and I don't want him to become dependent on it. I just tried doing a search for recipes for dinner that use spinach but no milk products,…
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question about calories burned
one thing I have always wondered about, does this mfp or this site http://www.healthstatus.com/cgi-bin/calc/calculator.cgi take into account the number of calories you would have burned if you hadn't been exercising??? I have been subtracting that amount from my calories burned in order to get a more accurate amount. you…
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diebetic cupcakes???
My daughter's b-day is coming up and I wanted to give cupcakes to the soccer team "after" the game that weekend or maybe after practice. The only problem is that one of the girls is diabetic. I don't want to leave her out or give her anything different from the rest of the girls, I want her to be treated equally. I have…
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it's 111 degrees, what do you eat?
ok so over the summer I have gained a bit back that I had lost, it's so easy to do. It's too hot to cook and it's so easy to reach for the icecream that you are desperately wanting. (by the way there is no A/C) so what do you eat when it's super hot I've been doing crock pot cooking at least once a week but most recipes…
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what's the difference
at the store they sell (in bulk) whole wheat flour and whole wheat bread flour, one is 20 cents per pound more than the other, I have been using the cheeper one (whole wheat flour) but I wonder if the other would make a better bread. Does anybody know what the difference is, if there is any real difference and would it be…
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looking for cookbooks
I am looking for 2 kinds of cookbooks, I would like one that has good recipes for dry beans, and rice and such that includes pictures I also want a cook book that is for slow cooker recipes that uses mainly fresh items (ie, no canned items) that also has pictures I've been searching the internet on book store websites but…
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unwanted side effects of eating healthy
ok, when I was able to eat what ever I wanted when ever I wanted I didn't have these problems, the first one makes sense but the second I don't understand. ever since I have gone back to eating whole wheat and whole grain items and alot of veggies (I think even my protein drinks are causing it but I'm not sure) I have alot…
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help me figure out these calories please
ok I tried entering all the info from last night's dinner, I thought it was a fairly light meal with the most calories being in the sausage but when i entered all the info intothe recipe calculator on spark people, it say the meal was 1600+, there is no way possible. I make foil packets last night so I was trying to enter…
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I hate eggs
ok I really do hate eggs, I have to have it scrambled in with other veggies before I can eat it. What I did today I hope will turn out great. I cut up 2 large onions, 2 large green peppers and a package of bacon. First I slice the bacon into small pieces while it's still in the package, that makes it easier to cut, oh and…
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looking for recipes for dry beans
I like cooking as fresh as possible I don't like buying canned beans at all, plus dry beans are cheaper and aren't hard to cook but my kids are getting bored of the same old chili, split pea soup, 15 bean soup, and re-fried beans (cooked without oil) Please send me links to recipes that utilize dry beans and fresh (not…
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anybody else loose weight like me
My body seems to be different than most. previously I had lost 35lbs (gained 15 back, lol) , it did it then and I'm seeing it again. I don't loose weight steadily and constantly like most people, my weight will stay the same for a whole month then one day it will drop 5lbs, then it will stay the same again for a whole…
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new HRM
I'm sorry if this has already been posted but I searched previous posts and didnt find anything. I just bought the sportline sx universal combo monitor, got it set up with all my info and put it on, in the last 5 hours it has gauged my calories burned at half what this site says I should burn for the whole day (or almost…
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who shops at farmers markets??? rant and question
I finally found a farmers market in my area, it's new so it's fairly small, about 16 vendors. the only problem is that they were twice the price that it would cost to buy it in the store. I know that most people will say that the fruits and veggies are better for you because they are supposedly locally grown. but the big…
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peanuts, half my daily fat allowance?????
Today I was feeling faint because I hadn't eaten enough so since I was in the store I looked around to see what was the best think for me to eat that's fairly healthy, well I was in target so there isn't much to choose from. I found a jar of low salt dry roasted peanuts, I grabed and handful and felt better right away. I…
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can't drink milk
OMGosh, rice milk tastes nasty!!!!! I can't drink milk, I just tried the rice milk and it was bad, it was vanilla flavored. I have tried the soy milk in the past have havn't liked it either. Is there any other alternatives that I can drink or should I just continue like I have for years and just not have any milk I can…
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wore my hrm all day
ok so I wore my hrm all day and only took it off at night time, I burned just over 2000 calories in the day and from what I read I burn about 400-500 while sleeping, so how much should I be eating if I burn this much, do I still go by what mfp says. I am working sitting down most of the day but I have upped my activity…
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calories I need to eat
ok I have opened my food diary to public viewing so that maybe I can be helped. I am trying to drop 30 lbs but so far all I've lost is just the initial water weight. (I initially dropped in measurements but they have gone back up) I usually have a hard time reaching 1200 so I've been making myself eat more and have…
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Help with this recipe please
I made some home made chili for dinner and I can't figure out how I'm going to enter it. I usually use sparkpeople but how do I enter in the beans that were made from a bag of dry small red beans. I think that's the main thing I need, I no longer have the bag it came in, but it was a whole bag I bought at walmart 1 bag dry…
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exercise calorie counts
are the calorie counts on this site fairly accurate?? for a 30 minute work out on my elliptical, the machine says that I only burned 100 calories but the calorie count on this site says it's over 400 calories. I know my elliptical is not accurate because no mater how hard or easy I work out it just does a constant count,…
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can't eat enough calories
I am having a hard time with this diet. I just looked at my net calories and even though I've been doing my best to eat 1200, with all the exercise I do, I am still taking in just over 400 calories per day, one day was 400 deficient. Most of the time I try to just do my 30 minutes on the elliptical but through out the week…
