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Is eating rice a good idea?
Since dieting I have been spending a lot more on food then I used to. I was thinking of incorporating rice into my diet since its really cheap. Is this good idea or is rice just dead calories?
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Do oils cook off?
I though I was making a low calorie meals but I hadn't factored in the oil. Now i'm suddenly realizing that what I thought was calorie might in fact be the opposite. Its 1 can of Black Beans (360 calories) 1 large potato (300 calories) 4 tbls salsa (50 calories) 1 tbls garlic powder (25 calories) 1 tbls onion powder (25…
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Things to think when you are tempted to break your diet.
The junk food that you want whether its a milkshake, candy bar, slice of cake or whatever will only give you 5 minutes of happiness. Then its gone. Yet you live with the results of eating that crap constantly. Add your own motivational phrase. We could all use as much help as possible. Candy bars are freaking everywhere.
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Stupid question about weighing food.
I'm new to this and am about to bake some tilapia. I took it out of the freezer and it weighs 144grams. Right now its uncooked. I am, however, about to cook it. Do I use the cooked or uncooked numbers for the calorie count? Why are there different numbers to begin with? While I have you here, I was thinking of making black…
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Stupid questions about canned black beans
The can says it is 120 calories a serving, there are three serving, so 360 calories for the can. Does that calorie amount include the black liquid the beans are soaking in? If so, is there a way to know what the calories would be after I drain the liquid and wash them off? Also, If I drain the liquid, and separate the…
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dairy important?
I used to eat a fair amount of cheese. Now that I am trying to lose weight I have stopped eating cheese. It has just occurred to me that unless I'm getting it from a source I'm not aware of I'm not really getting any dairy at all anymore. Is this bad? If so what are some good sources of dairy for someone trying to lose…
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How to determine callories?
I really like soup. I often make a soup that has 1. 1.7 pounds of short ribs (I skim off the fat at the start, then after 3 hours totally remove it. So its for flavoring. I don't actually eat it in the soup) 2. 2 cans diced tomatoes 3. Can of tomatoes juice 4. Carrots 5. Celery 6. Lima beans 7. Mushrooms 8. Large union 9.…
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Really stupid question
I feel like I must be stupid and missing something obvious, so I thought I would ask here. I have cans of black beans. They say they have 3.5 servings and that each serving is 122 grams. To get the total amount of grams I would do 61+122+122+122=427 grams right? When I actually weigh the contents of the can They add up to…
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I need a low calorie protein to add to pasta
Recently I have been making a meal out of 500 calories of penne pasta 100 calories of pasta sauce 100 calories of bell peppers This is my highest calorie meal of the day, and it has been working out well. I like it, and I am successfully losing weight. The problem is this meal does not supply me with any protein. Can…
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Are eggs good or bad for you?
Are eggs good or bad for you? and how many eggs is it safe to eat a week. I feel like there is allot of contradictory information on this. As I try and completely change my eating habits I don't want to replace one set of bad decisions with a whole new set of bad decisions. Thanks for the info.
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Biking kicks my *kitten*
I do find it hilarious i'm making this thread while a "is biking really exercise" thread is live right now. Didn't want to derail that thread though. I just bought a bike and dear god did biking kick my *kitten*. I wanted to do a 5 mile trail and back. Ended up having to turn around early, and had to rest twice along the…
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day off from diet?
I read a book that suggested working hard on your diet 6 days a week. On the 7th day you blow off the diet and then eat whatever you want. How many people have heard of this? and I guess like the soda thread yay or nay?
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more then two pounds a week?
Last week I was 228 pounds (male, 29, 5'10). I decided I wanted to lose weight. Bought a fitbit, have been logging all my food here. This past week I have had around 1800 calories a day. Went from completely sedentary lifestyle to walking over 5 miles every day. Long story short, When i weighed myself for the first time, a…
