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Foods	Low sodium sandwich meat??	Jun 23 2008 22:42 (UTC)	6
Boar's Head is actually not that bad when it comes to sodium. As long as you're eating the serving size, of course. I've seen worse, and it tastes great. Their lower sodium meat and cheese options are still just as good.
Foods	frustrated w/ watermelon	May 30 2008 02:50 (UTC)	1
You can eat a pound (16 ounces) of watermelon for 136 calories. It's really necessary to weigh or measure fruits like that, or you'll end up grossly under- or over-estimating their caloric content.
Foods	Smart Ones Desserts	May 24 2008 23:26 (UTC)
The cookie dough and the brownie ala mode ones are absolutely worth it. The portion isn't really tiny...it's just that our perceptions of dessert portions are way out of whack. It's actually a fairly decent amount of sweet for the calories.
Foods	How much do you spend on groceries per week	May 06 2008 04:39 (UTC)	16
I'm a sucker for buying whatever I need to keep this diet interesting and yummy (and organic where possible!) so I spend blindly (thankfully I can afford it)--around $100 a week for just myself, sometimes a little more.
Foods	Is feta cheese really bad for you?	Apr 30 2008 02:45 (UTC)	6
I eat regular, full-fat cheese every day. Twice a day, sometimes. If you eat the 1 ounce portion, the salt does not become an issue, nor do the fat grams or calories. Cheese is an awesome way to make diet meals of veggies and chicken interesting. Keeps me from using creamy sauces and loads of other stuff!
Foods	Healthy Microwavable Meals?	Apr 26 2008 18:23 (UTC)	3
Amy's is the best you can get, Kashi runs a close second.
Foods	D+ food grades make me sad	Apr 26 2008 18:23 (UTC)	6
I stopped paying attention to those grades months ago.
Foods	Cookies?	Apr 16 2008 15:55 (UTC)	3
You probably will only find these at specialty stores, but they are organic and delicious: latejuly.com
Foods	pirates booty?	Apr 03 2008 03:25 (UTC)	4
I love Pirate's Booty! It's the perfect solution to a cheese doodle craving. And you can eat so much of it for 130 cals, omg.
Foods	Fiber Gourmet Pasta	Apr 03 2008 03:21 (UTC)
It's AWESOME. I threw away my whole wheat and bought a case of this stuff.
Foods	soy joy!?	Apr 01 2008 12:48 (UTC)	8
IMO, they were disgusting.
Foods	Chicken Breast	Mar 09 2008 23:03 (UTC)	8
Brown the chicken first, a minute or two on each side, on high heat, then lower to a simmer and fill the pan's bottom with liquid (stock or water). Simmer until the chicken's cooked through, replacing the liquid if it burns away. This ensures that you get nicely browned, moist chicken in the pan.
Foods	Sunflower Seed SHELLS?	Mar 09 2008 01:13 (UTC)
I used to eat bags and bags of whole sunflower seeds when I was younger--and yes, they do eventually block you up and make you "tear" on the inside on the way out. Gross but true. I had to stop altogether.
Foods	Almond Breeze Unsweetened	Feb 18 2008 19:26 (UTC)	12
It's great to use where you'd normally use milk but not really care about the flavor of milk--soups, smoothies, sauces, oatmeal, strongly flavored cereal (I've used it with bland cereal and it just tastes gross, but if your cereal is sugary by itself it's bearable), coffee, tea. Basically anything where you need it for texture and body and not taste.
Foods	Girl on the Run- Frozen Dinners That Taste Good?	Feb 05 2008 22:58 (UTC)	24
Amy's and Kashi. Definitely. ;)
Foods	Favorite luna bar?	Feb 01 2008 04:50 (UTC)	15
Chocolate peppermint or caramel nut brownie. :) The new chocolate raspberry one is also pretty good. I use them as snacks. They are a little lacking to be meal replacements.
Foods	chicken breast vs. tenderloins	Jan 23 2008 14:44 (UTC)	1
You know, that's kind of odd. When I log 4 ounces of "chicken - skinless, boneless, all white, stewed" it says it's something like 160 or 170 cals. Is that because it's post cooking weight, or because it assumes you're stewing it in liquid that has calories?
Foods	100 calorie packs of nuts!	Dec 19 2007 21:45 (UTC)
I love these, too!
Foods	Favorite things to eat with pasta	Dec 15 2007 19:50 (UTC)	13
Snow peas and sugar snap peas are my absolute favorite thing to eat with pasta. My pasta dishes are often more snow peas than pasta, ha. Any crunchy vegetable is fantastic with pasta. I love making medleys of different colored peppers to put with my pasta. And of course I always have chicken in there for protein. :)
Foods	aaarrrgghhh so bummed	Dec 12 2007 00:01 (UTC)	11
I bought a whole box and had the same reaction. I tried, I really did! I suppose being Italian and raised on pasta doesn't help matters. Hee. No thanks--gimme my multi-grain and whole wheat pasta and I'll happily take on the cals.
Weight Loss	Loose Skin After 100+ Pound Weight Loss	Nov 29 2007 21:49 (UTC)	13
I think the key, really, is to lose the weight slowly. Some people drop 150 pounds in a year...and, well, it's possible, even possible to do it the healthy way, but me? Nah. I'll take 2-3 years to lose my 130-150 pounds. This way my body has time to bounce back naturally along the way.
Motivation	Pictures: 158 pounds lost	Nov 28 2007 17:48 (UTC)	45
You give me hope that I will make it to my goal weight! Some days I think about the next 66 pounds I have to lose and I get dizzy with doubt and fear that my body will just not let me get smaller. But knowing that you have made it makes me feel positive! Congratulations. :D
Weight Loss	Lost 17 lbs....Like the way I Look in my clothes..not healthy BMI yet, should I quit?	Nov 27 2007 17:42 (UTC)	4
I am the same height as you and also have a goal weight of 150! Some of us are just built to look better 15-20 pounds above our BMI index weight.
Weight Loss	My one year anniversary - 71 pounds gone!	Nov 27 2007 17:35 (UTC)	9
Thanks everyone!
Foods	Nutella alternative!	Nov 18 2007 02:23 (UTC)
nycgirl - actually, that's funny, because when I bought this stuff I thought it would be more chocolate flavored peanut butter, you know? But really, it was more like peanut butter flavored chocolate spread. Most definitely more chocolatey, and the peanut butter is just a nice smooth background flavor. Much like nutella with its hazelnut taste.
Foods	Nutella alternative!	Nov 15 2007 16:27 (UTC)	7
That stuff is AWESOME. So addictive.
Foods	Amy's vegetable lasagna	Nov 08 2007 17:11 (UTC)
If you made lasagna at home with tomato sauce and cheese, you'd be hard-pressed to get the sodium per serving much lower than that (I've tried!). So I don't really think it is excessive.
Foods	How do you measure greens?	Oct 19 2007 01:13 (UTC)	2
I know it's rather an overkill, but I weigh my lettuce. :)
Foods	Weight Watchers Bread?	Oct 19 2007 01:12 (UTC)	10
I don't eat much bread anymore, but I enjoy the bagels. I'd long ago given up bagels, and it's nice to have one once in a while now.
Weight Loss	"Cheat" Days	Oct 16 2007 18:01 (UTC)	12
There's a huge range of variation in these cheat days. Some people just do dinner. Some do all day, meals and snacks. I do a mixture of all of the above depending on my mood and how the cheating is going to be (eating in or out). I feel best when it's just one meal...because it's the least amount of damage and I still get to enjoy whatever I want. Some folks find if they start doing cheat DAYS they put on weight...some don't. All I know is that if I have a cheat meal, even, I'm not touching the scale for at least a week or two. Those of us who use cheat meals and days as a lifestyle change tool are typically very good at going back on the diet the next day. If you have trouble "lapsing back", then it might not be the thing for you. But see what your behavior is like.

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