We always eat above our BMR with MFP, We SAFTFBS and we are EMTWL.

[ShirleyKnot]

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at Quark sauce

Hully -- just chop a leg off. Quicker and cheaper.

Umami, I used mashed bananas, ground almonds and blueberries instead of butter, sugar and syrup. Still sugar in them, but I didn't add it!

Ha! My boobs are giant, too. If I lopped them off, and some of the backfat, job's a good'un :o

Mashed bananas eh? I always have an excess of over-ripe bananas, so I may give this a go. Thanks Mango!

I think dd might be a bit upset if i chopped off my boobs :o

I just bought some almond butter to replace normal butter in my nut/seed bars but mashed bannana is a genius idea. must try that.

Stewed apple/apple sauce is used a lot in vegan baking to replace fat.

Thinking about it, my favourite granola bar recipe has no added fat or sugar, actually just a whole tin of condensed milk

How bad are they Umami? I have a tin of condensed milk in the cupboard that glares at me whenever I open the door!

I think they're not too bad actually. They're just oats, seeds, nuts and dried fruit, with the warmed condensed milk stirred in, then into a tin and baked. They're practically a health food, though not if you're low sugar-ing. You could up the seeds and nuts for protein. The contents are pretty jigglable.

The finished bars seem to have a shelf-life of forever, though I would easily much through them all on my own within a week.

DISCLAIMER

I think of anything with oats in as 'practically a health food'

:o at Quark sauce!

Help, I have 600 calories that I need to eat today to get to my net BMR and have no idea what to eat. Don't have much in the house - am thinking a big bowl of vanilla ice-cream with chocolate sauce and crushed nuts on top (at least the nuts are healthy ) but not sure that is in keeping with this WOE

Please share on any ideas you have got about how to eat 600 calories with limited stocks.

OMG, I have actually done my goals today! 31% protein 31% fat 37% carbs. Quite why it only adds up to 99% is anyone's guess :o

Whoop! Go Toby :o

Inspired by earlier talk of cauliflower, I made this spicy cauliflower with sesame for dinner and it was delicious. Plus muttar paneer, and an approximation of HFW's aubergine and green bean curry. Both also delicious (though I confess I did not make the curry paste, but used a thai penang curry paste I'd got in the fridge). Even DH was happy with it all, though I did cook him a chicken breast too, lest he baulk at the thought of an entirely vegetarian meal

I haven't really done anything different. I did have a protein shake this morning but I also had one yesterday and only did 16% protein

Whoever recommended cashew butter - thank you, yum, yum, yum! Absolutely delicious.

All those curry things sound lovely. I noticed in my ancient Indian cookbook the other day, a recipe for making your own paneer, which looked quite simple as long as you plan ahead. I suppose it must be easy enough to get hold of now, though - never looked tbh.
My macros are still all over the place. And I've forgotten what the goal are meant to be - was it 40/30/30 protein/carbs/fat? I'm sure that's what I put in. Might explain why I never reach my protein goal in spite of consuming what seems like vast quantities .

Wow Shirley, I think I may have just had my light bulb moment. Thank you for explaining net calories (way back - I have only just started reading the first thread and have jumped ahead to say this). I have been using mfp on and off for a while with various ups and downs, but I never knew what net calories meant so basically ignored it.

Today I ate 2000 calories but my net calories were 800. (2 school runs, 2 brownie runs, 1 kettle bell workout).

Maybe a protein shake would be a good way to up my cals on a day where I have lots of activity? Where do you buy them please, and can you recommend any particular brand?