If you're avoiding eggs for dietary reasons and not just because your fridge is understocked check the brownie mix ingredients first. Some brownie mixes contain whey or other dairy products not suitable for vegans. Less commonly, some brands include egg whites. The easiest option is to follow the recipe printed on the box. For each egg in the recipe, replace it with one of the following: 1 tbsp (15 mL) finely ground flax seeds, mixed into 3 tbsp (45 mL) water and allowed to thicken for five minutes. cup (60 mL) plain nonfat yogurt (or soy yogurt for a vegan recipe) An egg replacement product, available at health food stores Eggs are complex ingredients. While most egg substitutes can replace the moisture and the ability to hold the batter together, they do not form the same foaming structure that eggs do. Try adding tsp (2.5 mL) baking powder to the mix to create a slightly airier batter and avoid a dense, collapsed brownie. This is a ballpark figure, since brownie mixes come in many different recipes. You may need to experiment with adding more. If you don't want to worry about all these egg substitutes, you can skip the recipe on the box and go with a two-ingredient recipe instead. Here are a couple options which may sound strange, but which end up working pretty well: Open a can of black beans (~15 oz). Drain and rinse well to reduce salt, fill can with water, and blend until you don't see any bean skins. Mix with a box of brownie mix (~20 oz) and bake on a greased pan until a toothpick comes out mostly clean. Combine a can of pumpkin puree (~15 oz) with a box of brownie mix (~20 oz). Bake for about 2530 minutes or according to package instructions.

Summary: Start with a box of brownie mix. Replace the eggs with simple substitutes. Consider adding a rising agent. Try a quick brownie mix recipe instead.

In order for any diet to be successful, the goal is to burn more calories than you consume each day. This creates what is called a "caloric deficit." The total caloric intake on the Subway Diet will vary, depending on which bread, vegetables, and meat (if any) you add to your sandwich. Walking was part of the original Subway Diet. In addition to eating low-fat Subway sandwiches, the diet requires regular exercise. The Subway spokesman who pioneered the Subway Diet walked 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) each day while keeping his fat and calorie intake low. How many calories you burn while walking will depend on how far you walk, how fast you walk, and how much you weigh. A 160 pound (73 kg) individual who walks for one hour at 2 mph will burn 204 calories. At 3.5 mph, that individual would burn 314 calories. A 200 pound (91 kg) individual who walks for one hour at 2 mph will burn 255 calories. At 3.5 mph, that individual would burn 391 calories. A 240 pound (109 kg) individual who walks for one hour at 2 mph will burn 305 calories. At 3.5 mph, that individual would burn 469 calories. While the diet's pioneer and Subway spokesman consumed fewer than 1,200 calories each day, many medical experts caution caution against a diet so low in calories. Aim for at least 1,200 calories per day to prevent a deficiency in iron, calcium, and protein, and to prevent slowing down in your metabolism. The diet's pioneer lost 245 pounds. However, Subway cautions that these results are not typical. Talk to your doctor or a registered dietitian before beginning this or any other weight loss plan.

Summary: Balance calories eaten and calories burned. Take up walking. Understand the Subway Diet.

Just like eating, thinking is something we need to do to survive, so it is sometimes hard to judge when you are doing too much of it. However, there are several red flags that you are doing too much thinking for your own good. Here are a few of them: Are you consumed by the same thought over and over again? Are you not making progress by thinking about this particular thing? If so, this may be a sign that you should move on. Have you analyzed the same situation from a million angles? If you've found too many ways to look at something before you decide how to act, you may be being counterproductive. Have you enlisted the help of your twenty closest friends in thinking about a particular thing? If so, then it's time to realize that you can only ask for so many opinions about the same idea before you drive yourself insane. Are people constantly telling you to stop over-thinking things? Do people tease you for brooding, being a philosopher, or staring out of rainy windows all the time? If so, they may have a point. . If you feel like you don't know how to stop thinking, you need to learn what it's like to "let go" of your thoughts, so that it's something you can do deliberately. Imagine that thinking is like breathing; you do it all the time, without even realizing it. But if you need to, you can hold your breath. Meditating will help you learn how to release your thoughts. Just spending 15-20 minutes meditating every morning can make a dramatic impact on your ability to stay in the present and let go of all of your nagging thoughts. You can also meditate at night to help yourself wind down. Running or even walking vigorously can help you take your mind off of all of those annoying thoughts and to focus on your body. Participating in something particularly active, like power yoga, martial arts or beach volleyball, will have you so focused on your body that you won't have time for your thoughts. Here are some great things to try: Join a circuit gym. Having to switch to a new machine every minute when you hear that bell ring will keep you from getting lost in your thoughts. Go hiking. Being around nature and seeing the beauty and stillness around you will keep you more focused on the present moment. Go swimming. Swimming is such a physical activity that it's even harder to swim and think. Once you've said everything aloud, even if you're talking to yourself, you've begun the process of letting go. Walk around and pace if you have to. Once you've put your ideas out there, you've begun the process of putting them out into the world and out of your thoughts. You can say them aloud to yourself, your cat, or to a trusted friend. . You may have exhausted your own thinking power, but someone else might be able to offer a different perspective that makes the decision clearer. This can help let go of your troubling thoughts. Your friend can make you feel better, can ease your problems, and can also make you realize when you're spending way too much time thinking. Besides, if you're hanging out with a friend, you're not just thinking, right? That's something.
Summary: Accept that you're thinking too much. Meditate Exercise. Say your ideas out loud. Ask for advice