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Canned beans
Tonight I opened a can of cannellini beans (serving size 130g, servings per container 3.5), rinsed them, cooked them in water with seasoning, drained them, and... weighed the entire can as 200g. I am so confused! An entire can is meant to be 3.5 servings and approximately 585kcal, but 130g is supposed to be a single…
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Kick my butt?
I am so off track, you guys. My foot is injured, I'm losing my job, and my mother has moved in with me -- added stress, decreased exercise, and constant fast food availability (my mom is not a fan of the healthy foods). I need a kick in the pants, big-time, to get me back on track with my food at least. And I'll probably…
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Remind me that...
... it really isn't possible to gain ten pounds in two days? I was 206 (down from 241) on Friday. That evening I injured my foot and my mother moved in with me; I spent the whole weekend sleeping through painkillers, only briefly surfacing to chow down on the fast food my mom would kindly bring me. I weighed in this…
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Challenges.
What's the biggest obstacle you face in meeting your goals? For me, it's the *kitten*-It Monster. As in, "I've worked 92 hours this week; *kitten* it, I'm not going for a walk." Or, "I've been awake for almost two days; *kitten* it, I'm ordering pizza." Or, "The world is a crumbling funhouse of terror and dismay; *kitten*…
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TOM talk
Hi guys, I was talking with some friends about our TOM and the subject of calories lost by expelling "matter" came up. Do you think women should be eating back their womb goo calories? How many calories do you think are lost via this biological process each month? It doesn't happen by magic; we were figuring the energy for…
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Everyday "workouts"
Okay, I suck at organized exercise. I can manage a 1-3 mile walk at the track (and I do a couple sets of stairs on the overpass -- probably ~40 feet at a steep angle, up across, down, and back once or twice), but everything else I've tried just sucks. As a result, I'm trying to become more active/vigorous as a consequence…
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Random pasta tip
I've been on a pasta kick lately; it's so high-calorie and the portions are so unsatisfying that I've been playing around with it some. I finally hit on a solution: bulk it out with green beans! Fix a half-portion (or whole portion, whatever) of pasta and throw a cup or two of frozen or fresh green beans in about halfway…
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MFP calories burned -- accurate?
I've just started working out again after nearly ten sedentary years. I'm mostly doing very gentle, easy things at home (like the Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds videos) because I'm so out of shape and I have an autoimmune disorder that makes movement very painful. I know this isn't going to be a big calorie-burner and…