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OOPS!
Yet another reminder to check the count before you eat...I only recently tried sushi and discovered I liked it. I was starving post-gym today and decided that sushi would be good. It's just fish and rice, how bad could the calorie count be? Plus the portions are small. Five hundred calories later, I have regrets. Although,…
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Awesome breakfast
I swear, I gave serious thought to licking the plate when I was done. I made mujadra (Lentils, rice, and onions) the other night, and had way more leftovers than I expected, so I've been eating it for lunch for days. This morning, I reheated a half cup of mujadra, topped it with a half ounce of cheddar cheese, added two…
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Blood Donation
I'm going to be giving blood this afternoon. I'm not planning a workout today, other than playing fetch with and walking the dog. Are there any other adjustments I should be making? I don't need to increase calories for today or anything like that, do I?
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Roasted Veggies
I saw a post yesterday about roasting broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts. It sounded awesome, but I forgot to tag it, and now I can't find it. I just need to know temperature and time for roasting...can anyone help?
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Clean(ish) Eating-Am I doing this right?
I've been gone about a month. Fell completely off the wagon. No motivation to exercise or to eat healthy. And I REALLY had an aversion to counting calories. Gained three pounds, which is not bad, considering how far I fell. I was annoyed with myself the entire time, and was trying to figure out what the hell my problem…
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Good breakfast today
Usually I have a cottage cheese, oatmeal, and egg white pancake for breakfast, but I felt like changing it up today. so I made an omelet, using one whole egg and a half cup of egg whites. I chopped up about a quarter of a medium sized white onion, chopped a strip of turkey bacon and used that for the filling, along with an…
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Enough!!!
I've fallen back into the same old self-destructive rut I always fall into. Lose 20 pounds or so, start thinking I can cut corners here and there. "Oh, so I'm a few (hundred) calories over today...still below maintenance, it's not a big deal." "ugh, I'm tired, I don't feel like working out, plus it's cold out...and I don't…
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14 minute mile!!!
I just did 2 miles in 28 minutes flat...and I was running for half that time. I walked one block, ran one, walked one--except for the second mile, where I walked one, ran two. I am a badass. In fact, I am the Goddess of Exercise. Tribute line to the right>>> :tongue:
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Once a month, being a girl sucks!
I had a terrible week! I was struggling with really severe cravings, had several very stressful things come up in my personal life, and it was TOM. I caved. If you read my food diary this week, you will see things I am ashamed of. I came very close to not logging several days this week, because I didn't want to admit how…
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Leave well enough alone?
So, I weighed in this morning, and I'm down another 4 pounds since two weeks ago. MFP recommends changing my goals. So I mess around with my settings, and find that I'm only set for .8 pound weight loss per week. So I changed it to 1 pound. Now I have only 1320 cals per day, and I'm a little nervous about that...staying at…
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Delicious, filling, low-cal...dingdingding!!!
I made a great dinner last night, so I thought I'd share. Mrsbeck Spaghetti Squash: I spaghetti squash (mine was about 3 lbs) 1 lb lean ground turkey 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes 1 1/2 chopped bell peppers, any color (I did a mix of green and red, looked pretty) 1/2 of a large white onion, diced 2 cups sliced mushrooms…
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Wasa
Oh, wasa! Where have you been all my life? I can barely bring myself to eat anything else since buying this stuff! Wasa with cottage cheese, Wasa with Garden Vegetable flavored Cream Cheese. Wasa with sliced avocado and tomatoes, fresh ground pepper, and sea salt!!!!!!!!!:love:
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Wasa
oops...this seems to have posted twice! :blushing:
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Ladies--Over or Under??
When taking chest measurements, do you wrap the tape under the breasts or over them? I have two very different numbers here, and I'm not sure which to record.
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Does it get easier? :D
So, I bought Thirty Day Shred. I did day five of level one today. I've only been able to do the shred every other day, because I am just too sore the day after. Once I finish the shred workout, I've been hitting the streets for a walk/jog of varying lengths--usually 30 minutes, but sometimes as much as 45. I'm planning to…
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I need help
Some of you know me, most of you, probably not. I've been here since May of 08...I think. It may have been a little earlier or later in the year, I don't remember. I have a pattern: Do really well for three to six weeks, see a tiny change, get frustrated with how slow it's going, leap off the wagon, arms outstretched and…
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I totally overate just now-but it was good!!
I'm stuffed...came home from the gym starving and made some lunch. It came out so well that I totally pigged out...so I thought I'd share the recipe! :devil: I eggplant, sliced 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick (thinner slices seemed to work better) tablespoon olive oil 2 medium tomatoes, chopped 1/4 cup feta cheese 4 ounces reduced…
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BAD MORNING VENT
I just need to blow off some steam here...my day is not starting off right! Making my lunch this morning, discover that my low cal pita pockets have become moldy. I can't eat turkey breast and lite swiss on nothing, so check the crisper for lettuce. Nada. Ok, plan B, grab the emergency healthy choice meal in the back of…
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Is my BMR incorrect?
According to MFP, my BMR is around 1500. So to lose weight, I've been struggling to stick to 1200-1400 cals depending on how much exercise I do on a given day. I am not losing weight. With so many of the threads recently touching on the topic of starvation mode, I started to wonder. I'm fat, but there is significant muscle…
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What's for breakfast?
Good Morning, All! What are we having for breakfast on this lazy Sunday? My breakfast was a half cup eggbeaters with bell peppers, some leftover roast chicken breast, a roma tomato, and a reduced fat cheddar cheese stick...and a ton of coffee of course! A pretty full plate of food for about 330 calories..not a bad start to…
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So here's some proof...
I come to you with proof that getting back on this horse after you fall off works, and works fairly quickly. I posted in a thread just after thanksgiving wherein I bemoaned the fact that I had gained two pounds over the holiday. I knew I would gain, and I went absolutely crazy with the food over that entire weekend.…
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change goals?
I just weighed myself and entered the new number...up popped a note asking me if I wanted MFP to recalculate my goals since I've lost more than ten pounds since the goals were set. Is this something I should do? I figured that since I've had some success, I should probably keep doing what I've been doing, and recalculate…
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Something going around?
It seems like there were a lot of threads today about people hitting the wall, going over cals, generally feeling like they've fallen down on the job, weight management wise. I am sorry to say, this is another! I'm starting to wonder if there's some sort of "miss today's goals" virus going around! :laugh: I knew I wasn't…
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Just feel like giving up right now
Hi all, I'm feeling really frustrated right now. There've been some lifestyle changes for me recently, and I'm so exhausted that my workouts have been cut by about a third and I'm having a lot of trouble focusing when I grocery shop and when I plan meals. I was really jazzed up and excited about this, and felt like using…
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discovering veggies
I never liked vegetables. Not even a little bit. Beyond a baked potato and some tomatoes on my burger, I avoided vegetables. Obviously, once my teenager metabolism switched over to adult metabolism, I was constantly fighting the fat. Then 30 came along. It didn't take long to for me to have 200+ pounds on a 5'1 frame. So…
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question about calories
I cannot seem to grasp the concept of net calories...I haven't slept much lately, so my brain is fuzzy. At the end of the day, do I want a negative number or a positive number in my calories remaining? Please don't mock the lack of thinking skills. My fried is brain lately. :blushing:
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New kid
Hi, I just joined today...I'm hoping that having to record everything will keep me honest! I've been trying to lose 60 pounds for the last two years. I lose ten or fifteen, and then gain it right back. I seem to be able to stay on track for a few weeks, then I get an overwhelming craving for junk food, and start getting…
