Posts by pickle5

i'm not a very active person... and my burn meter says i burn around 1,550 a day.... so i don't know. i'm only working with the information i have. 

i've heard about a spray butter... although i've never used it.

i think it was something like 5 sprays for 0 calories.... but that just means it's like 5 sprays for 4 calories, because nutrition labels count by 5's.... so don't go too overboard with it! but it's definitely going to be a lot less calories than what you're using now.

good luck :] 

i think the reason why it comes out to be less after you toasted it, is because the water that was in the bread (making it weight more) evaporated. 

so i would log it in as bread - not toast, because water doesn't contain any calories, so even though it weighs less, it still has just as many calories as it did before toasting. 

i have no idea if it will work...

although, i know that when i'm tried (from staying up too late) i tend to eat more.

i think it's because my brain is substituting my craving for sleep with a craving for food. so in that way i can see how more sleep would = weight loss.  

Original Post by marisahojnacki:

Please don't put staples in the microwave! Metal doesn't go in the microwave, that can cause a fire.  (In response to stapling the bag shut that you microwave the popcorn in)

i saw a mythbusters about putting metal in a microwave, and it got busted (the myth, not the microwave! lol). 

and i too pop my corn that way! except i don't use staples... not because of the worry of metal in the microwave, but because it's easier to just fold the top of the bag over about an inch. i'm lazy hehe....

yes, they do exist!

as pills go, they're usually a little big... which bugs me a bit. however, you can get a pill cutter and make one big pill two not so big pills. :P

i'm proud eating healthy, and of now weighing the same weight i was at 14!

my daily meals vary quite a bit, but i've found these items to be very useful in keeping me full throughout the day. plus, they're quite low in calories and high in protein! 

first off, i am IN LOVE with bread! the only problem is, bread is usually high-ish in calories, and i like to eat a lot, so low-cal bread IS my best friend! :P orowheat makes a light bread that's only 80 calories for 2 (yes 2!) slices! sure they're not the biggest slices of bread you'll ever see, but i feel they're just enough to make me happy.

another thing i really like is egg beaters. very low in calorie (30 per 1/4 cup), and high in protein, which will help keep you satisfied.

other things i like that are quite low in calorie: frozen peaches (to satisfied your sweet tooth and they're a yummy cold snack, not to mention healthy), foster farms honey roasted turkey "lunch meat" (it's only 25 calories a slice! put 2 slices in a sandwich made with 80-cal bread, add in some lettuce, tomato and mustard, and you've got yourself a sandwich for under 150 calories!!! you can have 2 if you want, and it would still be less calories than most sandwiches!), salsa (i love to put some in my egg beaters. half a cup of egg beaters with a few tbs of salsa makes an omelet for less than 80 calories!), eating right soy protein burgers (only 70 calories! cut it up and add it to your omelet, SO, so good!), splenda with fiber (every packet has 1 gram of fiber in it, what more can i say?), tea, coffee, water.

hope this helped!

PS: i've actually found that using CC as a meal planners works better for me than trying to keep track of everything i put in my mouth. this way i can put together 5 or 6 meals (plus snacks!).