Your food eating can't be any stranger than mine. I put many things on salad for starts. When I see things like an english muffin with 1T peanut butter I just think I will be hungry in an hour from the chemicals in this.

I learned not to eat that crap. I am having a great salad with lots of chicken on it and Balsamic vinegar. Not a little salad but a big salad. Last night I made bean soup for dinner. Very good. The big carb in it was carrots and the beans. I really don't like noodles and potatoes in my soup or chili. I call them low nutrition extenders so I do a pass on them 90% of the time

I am married to a normal weight man that eats what I cook. I am a pretty good cook. I am not a big sauce person so that cuts a bunch of calories. I have no children at home. I do get tired of cooking some days. Make that many days. I work full time and then like to go to the gym after work. One thing I hate but am trying to change is to workout before work. I have a sit job but am not tied to the desk. I am not a big breakfast person. Give me a couple of cups of coffee with chocolate milk. I do make and freeze some foods. I did an egg dish with 18 eggs and putted 6 yokes out added chopped onion, mushroom, spinach S & P bake, cool, cut into squares and froze. I eat a big salad for lunch most days. I have to say that I am writing a book about my 1 year journey. We don't eat out much because every-time we do we are kind of disappointed be cause I do cook. If I had to label how I eat you could call it more of an intermittent fasted. I am coming off of a challenge that I lost 8 pounds. It is getting tough because I am getting closer to goal.

This is a picture of the egg bake I talked about. Please note apples not toast. Toast is a high calorie/low nutrition filler food and I am trying to stay clear of.

chandraminick wrote: »

lynnbaum wrote: »

Help I am bored with food. I am tired of cooking.

Chocolater Protein powder smoothie with raw/frozen veggies=no cooking, no prep, no dishes

I'm not thinking dear husband wants a shake for dinner? I am not a big shake person. I had a green drink before I went to the gym. I too want to know what you ate the last time you did this?

I am looking for some healthy things to make for dinner. I am thinking I need to do a weekly plan of what to eat for the week. Normally I can think of something pretty good the night before of the morning of. This does put a stress on me because I have another person to think about. I need to do a plan for the week

I've made a change to my diet recently. It sounds crazy, but I've stopped snacking!

Last week, I went for acupuncture, because I've been retaining a lot of fluid in the joints on my left side. I have old injuries, and I find that a round of 4-5 acupuncture treatments every 3-4 years keeps everything moving well and addresses any fluid accumulation that happens for me.

Anyway, I was complaining to Paul (my acupunk) that I felt like my body is not processing things well. For about 2 months, I've been exercising regularly (5 days a week, ~45 minutes of cardio a day), doing yoga 4-5 times a week, and eating a small (500) calorie deficit. I should be losing weight, I should be getting more flexible, but I'm not.

He looked at my diet, and agreed that I was eating a good balance, and had no suggestions (which he usually does) about increasing x or y kinds of foods. But what he did say was that I need to stop eating every three hours. Now this is huge for me - I've been doing this for about 5 years, and get the shakes if it's 10am and I don't eat my yogurt and fruit.

He said that I was preparing my body for diabetes. Yikes! By keeping a relatively steady level of calories coming in, my body was constantly producing insulin. High levels of insulin mean that your body is always "fed" and therefore never dips into secondary energy sources (ie fat) for energy. Worse yet, because my body is always producing insulin, there is a tendency (as we hit those years of change in our late 30s and early 40s) for our bodies to exhaust in their ability to produce insulin...in other words, prompting a diabetic state where you have to supply your body with insulin - medication, needles, and strict dietary regimes.

He said I needed to go cold turkey from the snacks and suggested I wait until the weekend to do so. He told me I should continue eating my diet as it was, but just combine my snacks into my lunch and dinner. He suggested I'd probably end up eating less overall because of this, and he was right. I was finding that, because I was eating such small meals, I never really felt full, and so even if I had my full calories for the day, I'd snack in the evenings - going over my calorie plan for the day. But now, I eat the same 450 calorie breakfast, about 600 calories for lunch, and 6-800 calories for supper. And I feel full all evening, so no snacking.

After a week of this, I lost 2.5 pounds (in addition to shred, I try to do another 30 minutes of cardio 5 days, and then easy yoga most days; I also typically walk 10,000 steps a day just in the course of my workday).

I wanted to share this with you, in case some of my story resonates and in case this adjustment could be helpful for you. When I started eating snacks, it was during a time when i was doing a lot of weighlifting - and my snacks were primarily protein, with very little if any carbohydrates. I think that makes a big difference in terms of the insulin piece. Over time, as I stopped strength training, I kept snacking, but adjusted my snacks overall to be more fruit, less pure protein. They say little things add up, and I think in my case, this is a good example of that premise.