I posted this picture on another thread for fun. Might be helpful.

Puleeze, forget the sandwiches and the anxiety pills! If you follow the advice in this group, you won't be looking for either one.

A couple of thoughts to help you get started.

Plan to start each day the same way for a week. Start simple as some have said.

For breakfast have two eggs any style, add cheese and spinach one day for an omelette, the next day- 2 fried eggs, next day-scrambled with heavy cream. Add to your eggs 4 to 6oz of meat , try bacon, steak, the leftover bison burger meat from the night before. Top it off with heavy cream in your coffee or bulletproof coffee.

You will feel a lot better tackling the rest of the day. Be consistent and patient. Carbs around 20-40g/day. You might later go less carbs once you learn more about this woe, but keep it below 40g and those cravings will lessen.

From your rant, it sounds like you should be starting in the grocery store. You look with bleak desolation at the fridge. If you want to eat something, then you should. However, it should be helpful to a healthy way of eating.

Plan your meals in advance with fresh chicken or turkey thighs and breasts, not deli meats. Plan meals with real fresh steaks, loins, tips, real fish fillets, nothing from the freezer section loaded with breading. A small amount of fresh non-starch veggies, such as sprouts, kale, spinach, drowned with butter, coconut oil, or MCT oil. You won't be hungry and your mood with drastically improve.

Yup! Cut out all sugars, breads, rice, pasta, then add in meat, fish, chicken, fresh veggies, cheese, cream, water, coffee, tea, seasonings! That means getting more fresh eggs, heavy cream, and meats. Did I mention, meat? LOL. Explore new things, bison burgers, veal, cook a roast in the crockpot. I had a great 6oz. sirloin drowned in butter last night. Cooked to perfection, even if I do say so myself. I'm getting to be a real great cook since I started this. No more nuking something prepackaged!

Also, it does require planning 3 solid meals in advance for the day from your shopping cart that you just brought home which contains solid fresh foods. Throw out anything that comes in a can or pre-packaged, toss out chips, crackers, cookies. As most everyone has said, in a nice way, changing your life "half-arsed" is not changing your life. If you think about it, it's really just the same thing, only rebranded. We've all been on a diet before, only to see it go up in flames. If you want an overhaul, Only YOU can put your head in the game. Using your old ideas of a "diet" (i.e., not eating as much, skipping meals, just having a salad! ) is going to lead to frustration.

Read the older posts from this group. You will get a lot of great cooking ideas and some solid resources as to how to change your metabolism and your moods. Stick with it and you will be pleasantly surprised how quickly life can change for the better, how much food you will really enjoy eating, and all while losing weight. And you will feel and look great! No kidding!

KnitOrMiss wrote: »

Seeing posts like this make me so happy and literally bring tears to my eyes... I'm so happy others are finding their footing!! So amazing. Makes my own struggles (and yes, we all have struggles of some sort, dietary or otherwise) seem a little less impossible to defeat now. Thanks for that reminder. I needed it today.

You were that tough love I was talking about girl!! But you know that anyway. Honestly, without your support and encouragement (and boot up the butt) I really don't think I would've gotten to here. So major shout out to you!!

I still don't feel at all "qualified" to reply to these sort of posts but knowing that's exactly where I was not that long ago compelled me to write. Having support I think is key to making it so I want to give back what you gave me. I truly hope @farmers_daughter takes the help offered and kicks this in the *kitten*! We can all do this, especially if we stick together.

/End mushiness!

@InADarkRoom! So proud of how far you have come with this woe. I can remember feeling excited once I felt like I could actually offer advice to others. OP can get there too! I'm routing for you too!