Hi timwhoa!! LuLuNH, my goal for August is to get down to 184.0 lbs. I want to lose at least 1 lb a week.

My goal is to get to 180 lbs by the end of the month and then my end goal of 170 - 175 by the end of September. That'll be a total loss of 100 lbs!!!!!! I'm currently at 184.5 and just started Phase 3 a couple weeks ago. I notice each phase really does slow it down and that is fine but losing these next 4.5 lbs will be a fun challenge. I'll have to implement lots of running to make up for what diet won't take care of : )

Since I'm "new" here (in this group anyway), my challenge is to complete the first two weeks with a clean induction In order to make this happen "easier" for me, I need to focus more on food prep - My biggest things are breakfasts and lunches because I'm always at work when I'm ready to eat.

My game plan for work breakfasts are pre-cooking both bacon and sausage (no fillers/whole hog/YUM!) and freeze those up. The bacon serves for both breakfast, and lunch salad addition. Anyway, at home I use real eggs (3 @ breakfast), at work I use the egg substitute because it's easier and doesn't really give that sulfur-ey smell throughout the office LOL!. Anyway - also prepped up some mushrooms - all to make a breakfast bowl - (eggs, either bacon or sausage, mushrooms, and topper of shredded sharp cheddar) - nuke & enjoy.

Lunches I prep up salads in mason jars. The jars keep the lettuce from wilting which is a perk. I toss a couple little cherry tomatoes in the bottom of the jar with a couple black olives, then a few onions just for flavor (not a lot), fresh mushroom slices, then shove in lettuce until it's nearly topped. Top with some blue cheese crumbles. I cook the "meat" to go with my salad (usually grilled chicken) and store it separately so when lunch comes, I just pour some vinegar (red wine type) and olive oil on my salad, shake it up. Dice up the chicken, then pour the salad over the top. Works like a charm. I love me some salad.

Dinners are always on the fly though - I just make sure I've got some sort of meat, and some sort of veggie on hand at home and I'm good!

Weekends is spent doing the pre-work. Freeze up the excess, so when I go to work, I just grab and go

Welcome SandysSpot! I like your idea of putting your salad in a Mason jar!

I did make it to my August goal of 184.0 lbs. As a matter of fact, I was stuck there for 4 consecutive days (that does not happen to me) before jumping up .2 lb on the 31st and then jumping up again today .6 more of a lb. It's ok though, as I've said before, I pinball around for about a week before dropping to the next desired level! LOL!!