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How to stop soy milk separating
A few months ago I complained about the way that soy-base milk substitutes tend to curdle or at least break up in coffee. I don't think they taste all that great but when you add that grainy, lumpy curdled look? Ugh! Hard to face!! I asked advice, and got several suggestions worth trying, but nothing worked reliably. But…
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The Pie Graphs in the latest app upgrade
Two questions: What is the basis for the standard percentages of carbohydrates (55%), fats (30%) and protein (15%)? and... How worried should I be over consistently departing from them? Although the pie graphs for daily balance vary more widely, the weekly averages are pretty consistent, but in my case show low fat…
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Anyone else living in Japan?
I'm a Brit living in Japan, and wondered if anyone else in MFP lives here too?
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How CAN you cut down sugar?
I don't have sugar in coffee, don't drink sodas, never eat sugary snacks between meals, don't eat chocolate or ice cream AND YET I am over the recommended levels of sugar intake almost EVERY DAY! I really don't know what else I could do. Suggestions, anyone? I've tried going over to cream cheese instead of jam on my bread,…
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Can anyone recommend potassium-rich foods?
I was checking my nutrition track record, and found that I am only getting about 30 to 50% of the recommended potassium. There were only three days in the last month when I got barely 100% of the recommended daily dose. I seem to remember that potatoes are high in potassium but I wonder if there are any more? Would be…
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How to reduce sugar statistics OR improve accuracy!
One simple way is to search carefully through the food and drink database and use items where people have not included a figure for sugar, although it you look at other similar items, there usually IS a sugar figure. I'm only HALF joking. I've been having a battle to cut down on sugar intake, as it's always been over the…
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Need help with use of soy milk in coffee
On doctors orders I began to cut out milk and cheese about the same time as I began to count calories in my first organized attempt to lose weight slowly but steadily. One result is that I've been using soy milk. No problems with taste, but I do have a problem with adding it to coffee. Sometimes the soy milk curdles. Well,…
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Please explain exercise terms
Today I went to a training gym for the first time in my life. I got the beginners' orientation from a very young woman who spoke too fast for me and assumed I would know a lot more than I did. Well, that's not hard, because I know nothing. This evening I wanted to enter my exercise in my diary, under "Strength" and…
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Help with nutrients for a home made pudding
Since the doctor recommended my wife and I to cut out milk-based products we have substituted soy milk, which seems to work very well. My wife makes a delicious soy milk custard pudding, but when I searched for it there was nothing quite "right" in the database. The pudding is about the size of a dinner plate, and we cut…
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Converting kj (kilojoules) to calories
Lots of European foods here in Japan have the energy content listed in kj just where kilocalories ("calories") go on British or US lists, i.e., right at the top. I assumed this was just a different European term for the same thing, but the quoted value looked too high for the Elderberry concentrate I bought from IKEA.…
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Help for someone who's never worked out in a gymn.
I've become convinced that I need to add some weight training to build muscle so that I can burn off calories a little faster. I don't want to spend much time on this--I was thinking 30 minutes twice a week. I read somewhere that short, sharp sessions are better than longer, less strenuous ones. But I'm 72, and don't want…
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Self Introduction
I'm a 72 year-old Brit but a long-term resident of Tokyo. I recently remarried, and my much younger wife wants me to get into better shape. I found this great (my fitnesspal) iPhone app--and now the great website behind it. Looking for encouragement as I seek to cut down the calories and increase the exercise.
