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same size.... weigh more
hi, i have been on mfp for many years but only last year decided to take it seriously tracking food and excersing and managed to recah my goal in about 10 months or so, in the past 4 months i'm still excersing (running mostly) and not much has changed in the food area. i'm still wearing the same size clothes, but i have…
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thawing cooked dried beans
i love adding beans to salads, but would prefer cooking them myself rather than buy canned, i know they turn out ok in soups stews etc... but as for salads i'm not too sure how that would turn out. has anyone just thawed them and tossed them into salads or do they have to be re-boiled? all opinions welcome. thanks.
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not so boring flat bread
hi, i made my first 2 ingredient flat bread today and i was quite suprised at how great it was. any ideas on pimping it up other than adding hers. thanks.
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sour cream and onion dry mix
hi, i'm thinking of trying out some healthy sour cream and onion snacks like, shaking it on popcorn, cashews etc, only problem is all the recipes i've seen call for powdered buttermilk, and it is impossible to get it where i am. does anyone know if i can substitute it with powdered milk, coffee whitner or maby omit it all…
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sour cream and onion dry mix
hi, i'm thinking of trying out some healthy sour cream and onion snacks like, shaking it on popcorn, cashews etc, only problem is all the recipes i've seen call for powdered buttermilk, and it is impossible to get it where i am. does anyone know if i can substitute it with powdered milk, coffee whitner or maby omit it all…
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lemon chicken
hi, i'm thinking of making lemon chicken bites either with garlic, black pepper, ginger etc. this weekend. the problem is all the recipes i've looked up all call for the chicken to be coated in flour, and i'd rather skip this as in previous experiences it makes the dish a bit pasty. all ideas are welcome, i'm really…
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lemon chicken
hi, i'm thinking of making lemon chicken bites either with garlic, black pepper, ginger etc. this weekend. the problem is all the recipes i've looked up all call for the chicken to be coated in flour, and i'd rather skip this as in previous experiences it makes the dish a bit pasty. all ideas are welcome, i'm really…
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time better spent.
hi, i've been on mfp on and off for years and just recently got serious reached my "realistic" goal weight, then decided to go for another 5kg and am almost there, all this due to excersise and disipline. basically i weigh all my food including ingredients in recipes, i rarely eat out except for the ocasional cheat meal so…
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mfp works, living proof
hi, i joined mfp roughly 7 years ago weighing 88,9kg, yo-yo dieting and never managing to get beyond 82kg. i started again in january and have managed to lose 17,5kg reaching my 'realistic' goal of 65kg. i began making small changes, cutting out all the typical bad stuff, eating smaller portions allowing the occasional…
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mfp works, living proof!!
hi, i joined mfp roughly 7 years ago weighing 88,9kg, yo-yo dieting and never managing to get beyond 82kg. i started again in january and have managed to lose 17,5kg reaching my 'realistic' goal of 65kg. i began making small changes, cutting out all the typical bad stuff, eating smaller portions allowing the occasional…
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lets not forget the abs
hi, after years of being a mfp member i've decided to take it seriously once and for all, kinda wish i hadn't given up so many times in the past, but thats another story,,,,, anyway i'm very close to my goal weight and exercising 5-6 times a week (running and aerobics) but my abs seem to resist, although there is an…
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something for good fiday that isn't fish
hi, never having made a frittata, i'm thinking of giving it a go. been googeling for some healthy ideas, but can't seem to find anything that tickles my fancy. perhaps using ingredients i already have like frozen broccoli or spinich, roast red peppers, fresh tomatoes, cottage/cream cheese, parmasan cheese, and the ususal…
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half way there
hi guys, i have been on mfp on and off for quite a few years but have never got this far. when i started i weighed 89kg (196lbs) lost some, put some back and kept a weight of 83kg (183lbs) for years. i think i must have been in a dark place and although i still have not reached my goal weight i have managed to lose 8,3kg…
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junk food makeovers
hi, i recently discovered cheeseburger salad, i used ground turkey and must say i hardly noticed the absence of the buns or beef. i wondered if there are more lightened up versions of these types of food (pizzas, hot dogs, tacos etc...). thanks. p.s. also looking for new friends..... if anyone wants to add me.
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my love for cheesecakes
hi there, i adore cheesecake but don't want the temptation of a large cheesecake in fridge, just a little one every now and then. does anyone have any skinny microwave mug cheesecake recipes? all flavours are welcome (chocolate, cherry etc.) thanks.
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what i haven't eaten.
a few days ago i decided to try something new, instead of logging in what i have eaten i'm going to log in what i have had the will power to say "do i really need that?" to... and the results were that i was eating more than a staggering seven or eight hundred calories per day. of course mfp won't allow me to complete the…
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squats,,,yes or no?
hi! i started adding squats to my excersise routine about a week ago, and was wondering if anyone who does squats regularly seen any physical changes after some weeks? also i try to add extra reps during my day whenever i can, is this beneficial or am i just wasting my time and should be doing something else like jogging…
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force eating.
hi, i've read so mush on how we shouldn't skip meals in this case breakfast if we want to succesfully lose weigh, but the thing is that i'm not usually hungry in the morning at least till around 11h, so i sometimes find myself eating something just so i don't feel hungry between breakfast and lunch. thing is that if i wait…
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homemade pb
i just made my first homemade peanut butter using ready salted peanuts as i couldn't find raw ones, sitll turned out prity good and i'm storing it in the fridge. only thing is i'm not too sure how long it might last without going off. any thoughts?
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planning ahead
when i sit to have my breakfast i usually fill out my food part of the diary beforehand...i find it help me keep on track and make better meal choices. does anyone else do this or is it just me? must confess though weekend are a bit of a mess!! o:)
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what excersise is this?
i recently started following 'jessica smith' workouts and do different workouts every day, only thing is as there are so many variations for different parts of the body how would i log this? i'm currently logging it in as aerobic general, but the calories burnt seem so high i wonder if i should be logging it in as dancing…
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homemade coconut milk
i've recently started making my own homemade coconut milk using dessicated coconut and hot water, letting it infuse for a couple of hours then straining, to flavour smoothies, oats etc... does anyone know how many calories might be in that?
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the recipe calculator....?
when the recipe calculator was added to mfp i added some of my own recipes to contribute to a recipe seccion; that was quite a while ago and still no recipe seccion (that i can see anyway). does anyone know what happened with that?
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things that fustrate
you know that bit in almost every film where one of the parents gets up really early to prepare a fantastic breakfast that includes everything you could possibly imagine and looks absoloutly delish.....and no other family member even tries it......they just leave! if i was to wake up and found that someone had prepared…
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risotto
hi! does anyone have a recipe for low kcal simple to make risotto (or even with leftover rice)? all the recipes i've browsed through look yummy but too high in calories and complicated with too many ingridients!
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cooking wine
i use wine in quite a few meals but never stopped to think how many calories this adds to recipes when cooked. does anybody know the answer? :love: :heart: :love:
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why everyone else except me?
today was my weigh in day and ihave lost 8kg eich is about 18lbs in 11 weeks, (can't complain):bigsmile: but comparing to most of you and my mfp friends i've lost very little in this time, which means that it's going to take me much longer than the rest. :sad: i generally keep under the 1200 kcals rarely eating my exercise…
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ooops!
i removed what i had exercised today by mistake from the summary in 'my home', does anyone know how to get it back? :blushing:
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up and down
i've been exercising for almost three month and have managed to lose some of my stomach, but my lower abs seem to want to stay. does anyone have any tips on exercising the lower part as well as the upper. :sad:
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how many calories have i really burned?
does anyone know how accurate the exercise database on mfp actually is? today i did 50 minutes of moderate speed stationary cycling and added it to my daily exercise. then i looked the same thing up on other calorie counter sites and the results were way different to mfp figures. only one came remotely close. so as i've…
