Eating Right?

please share about roasted chick peas - do you use any olive oil or seasonings? what temp and for how long?

please share about roasted chick peas - do you use any olive oil or seasonings? what temp and for how long?

I use Pam spray, medium heat for about 10 minutes, 2 cans of low sodium beans (rinsed). For seasoning: low sodium soy sauce (2tbsp), curry powder, cumin, pepper, salt, rd pepper flakes.

Hello,
Im having a hard time with meals and what i should snack on.
can anyone tell me what they ate to lose weight?! i know i need to eat less calories, i just wanna find some different food options! Thanks

Well, I'm currently living in a situation where I don't have control over the food. Only portion size so for me, I've strictly ate less of some unhealthy, often times processed foods. (And while I LOVE healthy foods, sometimes some of these unhealthy foods are yummy. Hot dogs being *one* example.)

If I had a choice...

• Whole roasted chickens with veggies.
• Making a pot of soup/chili/stew a week (pea, bean, chicken, veggie, beef, white chili, red chili)
• Shrimp/steak/chicken on salads
• Veggie/bean/fruit/pasta salads (separate, not together!)
• Veggie and pita dips (hummus, guacamole)
• Fajitas/tacos
• Tuna or egg on crackers or celery
• Trail mix (aka buy two bags of dried fruit, add nuts)
• Breakfast: eggs and potatoes (I've been trying to give up toast, it's a lot of fat and carbs and it's not as essential to me, it was more of a thing I did because that's what you do). Pancakes and french toast (can be done on calorie budget), I would omit butter and cooking oil and use fruit to top. Oats. Cold cereal (I only like healthy and boring kinds so this works).
• Yogurt is usually a good snack. There are so many to choose from. Don't just go for the "diet" kind without a little trial and error of all the wonderful kinds (but if the diet kind's the kind you like, it won't kill you).
• Rice. I love rice. I'm excited to finally one day try quinoa, too.

Two places off the top of my head where I usually find awesomeness is Ellie Krieger's website (just add .com) or @ foodnetwork.com/Ellie-Krieger/ or www.skinnytaste.com. Also, pinterest.com and of course here on these boards and my FL here.

That all if your doing a complete 180 from junk to not junk.

You can still eat junk (they're gonna have to pry the hot dogs out of my cold, dead, skinny hands and if the hot dogs kill me, so be it. I'll die knowing I enjoyed them). YMMV. It's seriously all at matter of taste. What do you love? What do you hate? What have you always wanted to try?

I like the Turkish Shepherd Salad. I just use cucumber, red onion, crumbled feta with olive oil and red wine vinegar for the dressing.