Food that made your diet much easier

egg whites, low fat cheese, low fat ice cream, english muffins, jam, PB2, italian ice, low fat cottage cheese, jello, etc. To sum it up, low fiber and low fat foods. Easy on my digestive system.

Bananas and bran flakes. Coffee flavored protein shakes. Green beans. Almonds. Walnuts. Eggs. Flax seed bread. Peanut butter. Milk. Skinless chicken. Apples. Pineapple. V8. Juicing. Spinach leaves.

bagels instead of bread! you dont really need an entire bagel to feel full, but eating only one slice of bread in a sandwich feels very lackluster

Halo Top ice cream. It's low calorie and carb and freaking delish

I eat whatever I want it to. You can't look at this is a diet. diets suck you're constantly miserable and that's why you fail. I lost 80 pounds over an eight month. and I've been maintaining for about eight months.

During both phases I've still had Wendy's hamburger, pizza and beers on the beach if I had to give those things up I could have never done it. As crazy as this sounds losing the weight was the easiest thing I ever did and so is maintaining it. To lose the weight it's just a matter of eating less calories than your body Burns and be consistent.

Potatoes! Plain! So filling

Turkey, I realized how much I love turkey sandwiches. And the fact that turkey tacos taste the same as beef, so does chili! So love making those home made. Carrots with vegetable dip. (I mix light sour cream with hidden valley ranch packet seasoning) I meaure out the amount and love it. Also! Edy's slow churned ice cream, the mint chocolate chip is my favorite, but it's 110 for a serving of ice cream, although most times I have two, but it literally doesn't taste any different than regular, just a bit less calories, aka easier to fit into my day.

Other than that, it's not really a food but a strategy, I always try to log something I'm craving before I eat it. Sometimes, I figure it out and it's worth it, but equally as much or probably more I figure out it will take too much out of my day and find something else I want that works better. Basically, sometimes 700 calories of pizza seems worth it, other times it doesn't. Lol

Strawberries. Thank god it's summer and berries are in season. My love for spinach salads with nothing but strawberries and a little drizzle of homemade balsamic vinegarette knows no limits. I eat a lot of spinach because of the strawberries..more than I would normally.

The tuna in the 70 calorie packets. It's so easy to make a quick tuna salad. I just use a pack, add a tablespoon or so of light olive-oil based mayo (gotta be Dukes), celery and dill. I could eat it every day.

Also, hardboiled eggs. I eat one every day around mid-morning and it keeps me full to lunch. I love eggs.

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Strawberries. Thank god it's summer and berries are in season. My love for spinach salads with nothing but strawberries and a little drizzle of homemade balsamic vinegarette knows no limits. I eat a lot of spinach because of the strawberries..more than I would normally.

The tuna in the 70 calorie packets. It's so easy to make a quick tuna salad. I just use a pack, add a tablespoon or so of light olive-oil based mayo (gotta be Dukes), celery and dill. I could eat it every day.

Also, hardboiled eggs. I eat one every day around mid-morning and it keeps me full to lunch. I love eggs.

Oh man- I LOVE strawberry and spinach salads, with balsamic vinaigrette and some shredded mozzarella. So good.

I am trying to gain weight on a restricted diet, so foods like avocados, salmon, and evoo are life saviors...and they're delicious!