i really need the calorie counting, BTW. I use the MyFitnessPal calorie/exercise counter. The big thing for me is that I think of snacks in terms of 'how much headroom do I have left for today?', because otherwise I tend to just keep nibbling. Also, some foods surprise you. Nuts, for example, are incredibly high in calories, while most of the home-cooked food we make is surprisingly low. Well, maybe not that carbonara we were discussing earlier. But last night The Older Boy made Cajun Barbecue Shrimp (which we call Barb's Ecru Shrimp), and the calories from that are pretty low. Mostly because we skip an entire stick of the 1 1/2 sticks of butter the recipe calls for.
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