Calorie Counting

[Kepler]

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This thread just turned so white, it's demanding to speak to your manager immediately.

So. New to the Cafe?

[trixR4kids]

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One thing I haven't seen mentioned is carb cycling. Nothing super complex but basically just having a mix of low carb meals throughout the weak especially if you have some higher carb meals at other times. Like I'll sometimes eat a burrito bowl at Chipotle (which is already lower carb than a burrito because you don't get that 200 calorie tortilla) or greek food with rice/flat bread and so for dinner I might do something low carb like chicken/greens. Or maybe for lunch if I go to Potbelly I get a sandwich on flat bread instead of normal bread and cut 60+ useless calories that way. I might do that for lunch tomorrow as I plan to have pasta with red sauce/shrimp tonight. Lunch today we had a potluck with tacos but I just skipped the tortillas/chips.

You don't have to totally overthink it or anything but basically it ensures that you don't totally overdo it on useless calories while also not going full no-carb fad diet.

[SonofSouthie]

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But go into the grocery section to get your oils and spices, please. I go in for coffee, salt/spices/seasoning, oils, my baking needs, canned anchovies and tuna (chunk light in water, not in oil).

Easy baked chicken breast/thigh:

1 cup olive oil
3-4 cloves of whole, peeled garlic
3 tbsp of lemon juice
Salt/pepper

marinate overnight... bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes.

It's not like I avoid the groc section altogether, I'd be done shopping in 10 mins. Great looking recipe btw.

[Kepler]

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One thing I haven't seen mentioned is carb cycling

Never heard of it. Thanks for the tip.

Friday, 5/3:

8" liverwurst sub, 600

My pre-dinner calorie intake linear trendline between 4/2 and 5/3 has dropped from 1900 to 900, with an R² of .2255. Mean systolic over the same period has dropped from 160 to 140.

"That which is measured improves."

I actually feel more energetic so I'm thinking of getting on the bike this weekend.

[trixR4kids]

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That's huge and hopefully it hasn't been too painful.

[Kepler]

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That's huge and hopefully it hasn't been too painful.

Not painful at all. The trick is to be honest and to report everything publicly. Shame works.

[Slap Shot]

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8" liverwurst sub

I don't recall specifically which foods you've said you don't like, but come on man.

[Kepler]

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I don't recall specifically which foods you've said you don't like, but come on man.

I like liverwurst and spinach. :-)

[Slap Shot]

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I like liverwurst and spinach. :-)

Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.

[Kepler]

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Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.

I have never had Thai food I didn't like. They could probably rehabilitate a lot of vegetables for me but I'm not sure whether stir fry defeats the whole purpose.

I have a difficult time believing any of the Asian foods I love can be anything but lethal for me. Not that this stops me, you understand.

[Spartanforlife4]

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Haha, I do like spinach myself. Although it took a slightly Thai version of a similar vegetable dish (Pad Pak Boong) to finally get me on board with cooked spinach.

I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.

[Kepler]

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I don't actually know anyone who doesn't like spinach. Seems to me to be a leftover trope from the days when everything was canned or boiled to death.

Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.

[Slap Shot]

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This bit of advice might be obvious and not unknown to anyone, but eat slowly and chew!

[dxmnkd316]

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Dr. Mrs. can't stand it but I think you are also right in general. Of all the foods ruined by mid-century modern American food prep, spinach might have been the most extreme. My mother prepared it that way and I loathed it. I only discovered that I actually liked spinach later when I ran into cromulent cooking.

The greatest non-monetary disservice the boomers and gen-X did to millennials was to prepare sh-tty canned vegetables. Growing up with horrid vegetables turned me off from them. It took me 30-some years to like broccoli. 25-something to like onions. Still don’t like mushrooms. I didn’t like salads until I was in my 20s.

Steak with roasted broccoli? Yes please. A nice midweek salad? Yum.

[SonofSouthie]

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This bit of advice might be obvious and not unknown to anyone, but eat slowly and chew!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmimhqPHkc