Staple foods on your weight loss journey

Skinless chicken breasts and good-quality sardines.

Nuts, meat roll-ups, black tea

I've learned to love veggies!

Eggs, bananas, ground turkey/chicken, broccoli

Eggs. So many eggs. My life is incomplete without eggs.

I say, "Guess what we are making for dinner?"

Everyone knows the answer. Eggs.

tuna salad, grilled chicken breast, baked white fish, turkey mince, loads of veggies (raw and cooked), 100% true fruit straps/fruit and raw almonds, and protein smoothies to name a few.

Salad, I eat a spinach salad for lunch most days of the week. Lunch meat usually goes on it, with some cucumber and carrot sticks, sometimes lowfat cottage cheese, salsa. A lot of veggies, some fruits (especially banana and apple) chicken breast and other lean meats, liquid eggs and some whole eggs. I mostly cut back on extra bread and butter, like on the side of dinner or as sandwiches. Snacks staples are South Beach Diet snack bars, iced tea and diet soda(no calories), Kay's naturals protein snacks, and emerald cocoa roast almond 100 calorie packs. I used to make protein iced coffee a lot too, just brew some coffee, refrigerate over night, then add 1/2 a AdvantEdge protein shake to it--great as an afternoon pick-me-up.

Pomegranate greek yogurt, bear naked cinnamon granola, peanut butter, chicken....good lord I love chicken crunchy stuff: baby carrots, apples, celery (with pb)

boneless skinless chicken breasts, eggs, fish, pork tenderloin, cottage cheese, whey isolate protein powder, casein protein powder, steamed vegetables, salsa, oats, brown rice, Italiano spice mix, seasoned salt, unsweetened cocoa, cinnamon, extra virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, splenda

Potatoes, cabbage(i've recently found that i love it boiled), egg beaters, bananas, honeydew and cantaloupe(huge ones for me), activia light, 80% dark chocolate, oranges, broccoli, wheat breads, frozen berries.

I grouped them in a way that made sense to me... hope this helps


Eggs, greek yogurt, tilapia, boneless skinless chicken tenderloins, ground turkey/chicken, salmon, tuna, protein powder

Bananas, blueberries, strawberries, spinach (for smoothies and salads),

Frozen veggies... mostly corn, carrots, green beans, peas

Oatmeal, cereal of all kinds, whole wheat bread

Peanut butter, almond butter, salad dressings

Most importantly... CHEESE. Cheese sticks, shredded cheese. I could not survive without cheese

Almond milk, Crystal Lite and Diet Coke (sparingly)

Salsa and guacamole

I eat Chipotle at least twice a week

Apples. I'm obsessed with trying every kind of apple there is.

Chicken breasts, ground turkey, bacon, feta, spinach, peanut butter, almonds, bananas

Foods that I've found to be filling, satisfying and relatively low calorie thus have been eating most or every day:
eggs (just one, at breakfast)
whole grain toast
sauerkraut
cottage cheese - 1% or 2%, usually 1/4c at breakfast, 1/4c at dinner
squash (butternut, buttercup, acorn, spaghetti squash, doesn't matter, they're all delicious and full of nutrients)
broccoli
spinach or kale
raspberries or blackberries
coffee
almond milk
brown rice or chick pea based crackers

not every day, but regularly:
quinoa (pretty high cal, surprisingly)
black beans
tofu or tempeh, or vegetarian meat alternative like tofurky sausage
cheddar cheese
1% plain yogurt
carrots
clementines
apples
sweet potato
cucumber + tomato + red onion + feta
red pepper
hummus
canned tuna or salmon

that's been 90% of my diet for the past month, other than eating at restaurants or getting drunk occasionally and breaking down and eating a bunch of delicious, wonderful pizza

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