I just started today

Hi! Welcome. I don't have any recipes for you, but there is a recipe section on these boards. If you search them, you can find a lot of good recipes.

You are right, this is a lot of work. You will have ups and downs. Weeks when you should lose that you gain and weeks when you should gain that you lose. That's the nature of the beast. However, it is all worth it.

You will find a lot of support here. Just stick with it and you will succeed!

Hello,

1. Keep track of the food you eat. Sounds easy but most people underestimate their calories by 50%.

2. Don't skip meals. The reason for this is simple, when you skip a meal you are hungrier longer. This will trigger something in your brain that will draw you to high calorie foods (cravings). If you can eat at regular intervals, that will help.

3. Low fat dairy that is high in calcium actually traps fat and keeps it from absorbing into your system. In other words you poop it out.

4. Protein and Fiber will keep you full longer and it has the added benefit of retaining or gaining some muscle.

5. Exercise has the added benefit of after-burn. When you exercise you deplete your fat stores, not many but enough that in the next 22 hours they will have to be replenished and thats where the weight loss comes in.

6. Any exercise is good for you. Take the stairs, park away from the building, walk to the corner grocery store, take a bike ride. Everything doesn't have to be an all out exercise attack. Anything you can do will help.