Struggling and Need help

texasmom78
texasmom78 Posts: 5
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all I'm struggling so much and just need some ideas on healthy meals and if you use a menu to plan meals. I'm wanting to lose 60 or more pounds by the end of the year and so far I've only done around 2 lbs. I know I can do it just need some support to keep me on track. Please feel free to add me as a friend and I will do that as well. At this point any kind of suuport will be great and help me lose the 60 or more pounds that I wanna lose. I walk aroudn 5-8 miles a day when the weather is good and lately it has been bad and cold and I don't like to walk when it is cold and I'm gonna start making my self go back to planet fitness adn do cardio and weights every other day. Please help me.

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  • lisawinning4losing
    lisawinning4losing Posts: 726 Member
    Don't ask me, I eat frozen dinners. Lol. But one quick and easy thing to do is throw some chicken seasoning on a chicken breast and cook it in the skillet. And ready-made salad, of course.
  • nikki_hayter
    nikki_hayter Posts: 45 Member
    Have you checked out skinnytaste.com or emilybites.com? Both have lots of yummy, healthy recipes. If you don't like to cook and eat out a lot, try to always browse menus online before you go to the restaurant so you can choose a calorie-friendly option to order.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I don't use menus, and I don't even really use recipes. I stock up on proteins at Costco and buy fresh veggies every week at the local supermarket, then I mix and match all week long. We rarely include carbs for dinner.

    We eat most of our veggies roasted and I am learning to experiment with spices.I recently learned that my husband will swoon over anything sauteed with olive oil, onion and garlic.

    Fish pairs well with spinach (tonight I used Tasty Bites Kashmir Spinach, plus some of our own frozen stuff) and broccoli.
    Chicken pairs well with every veg that I know of.
    Lentils with taco seasoning will make a yummy taco salad.

    One of my go to things is to brown ground turkey with onion, then add cabbage and tomato (spices vary). It is basically a cabbage roll without the fuss of boiling the cabbage to roll it (hubby has requested that bread be served with this, now). Yesterday I did something similar, but I added cheddar cheese and served it with a dollop of mayo. It was a bit like a Big Mac casserole. We also fill up on just ground turkey with tomato sauce - more meat than sauce, no pasta, served with a bit of parmesan. All the flavor of your favorite spaghetti, 1/3 the calories. Even better with extra onion.
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    Do you like chile? There are all sorts of nice, healthy variations on it.

    I do a little Tuscan thing that's yummy that you probably wouldn't think of:

    1 onion (chopped)
    Lots of garlic (to taste or 2 cloves, chopped)
    Italian sausage (a little or a lot; whatever you like). Fennel seasoned is awesome in this.
    Brown the bite-sized pieces of sausage (highish heat) and then saute the onions and garlic in the (same big) pot on lower heat. Add a bit of olive oil if you need it or like it

    Chicken stock (a cup or so???)
    2 cans of cannellini beans, drained
    Italian seasoning or fresh herbs to taste (Italian style)
    ^^^ add those

    Simmer for ages (or minimum 25-30 minutes) on lower heat. Mmmmm :) The longer you can simmer, the better it is, but do add more water/stock/white wine as needed. If you have to do the quick version, make sure to cook it high enough that the meat will get done inside.

    HTH someone :) It's really easy and yummy even if you aren't big on most beans.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Losing weight is about getting what you eat right - dont worry too much about the exercise part.

    Start logging your foods.

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