favorite foods

Regarding your food question, here's what works for me and has always worked:

Breakfast: Oatmeal (plain) with brown sugar (sometimes cinnamon, too) and soy milk, coffee with half n half and sugar (I did learn to drink it black but now I'm back to the half n half and it's just something I really enjoy)

Snack: Hard boiled egg or apple with peanut butter

Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat with a navel orange OR a bean/cheese burrito, either homemade or (more likely) the Monterey frozen brand that comes in an orange bag--not the best, I know, but it's very economical

Snack: Bowl of cereal with soy milk or fruit...this varies

Dinner: Again, this varies...I eat a lot of beans, either refried (vegetarian) with tortillas or I'll make veggie chili with black beans, kidney beans, and pintos. Frozen veggies are always good. Sometimes I'll roast potatoes, carrots, and onions in the oven, brushed with olive oil and spices, takes about an hour at 350 degrees. Also, I eat a lot of pasta with marinara, and occasionally add black beans/jalapeno peppers/pineapple.
Now, I do pop in the occasional frozen pizza, but I try to do this only on days where I've done heavy workouts and have earned the calories. I love pizza.

Post-dinner/Pre-bed: A cup of hot chocolate, sometimes.

This is what works for me. Good luck to you! You've done this before, so you can do it again, and this time you have MFP to help. :drinker:

I am also working out at home and I don't have a treadmill so have to run outside (I live in Canada so not always fun with the weather!! :sad: ) I do DVDs for weights twice a week and run outside 4 times a week. A typical day for me is:

Breakfast
Coffee - No Sugar With Skim Milk
English muffins - Whole-wheat, 1 muffin
Babybel - Light Cheese, 1 piece
Blackberries - Raw, 0.5 cup
Butterball - Turkey Bacon, 1 slice

Lunch
Turkey Breast (2 slices)
Hellmann's - Light Mayo, 1 tbsp
Generic Tomato - Tomato Raw, Red,
Dole - Packaged Salad - Spring Mix, 0.25 ounces 1
Healthyway - 8" Organic Whole Wheat Tortilla, 1 tortilla

Dinner
Body for Life - Helkat Chunky Beef Stew, 275.5 g
Dempsters 100% Wholegrain - Multigrain Bread, 2 slice 220 44 2 8 remove
Becel - Olive Oil Margerine, 0.5 tsp 18 0 2 0 remove

Snacks
Oranges - Raw, navels, 1 fruit
Dannon - Dan Active - Yogurt Pro Biotic Dairy Drink - Vanilla, 1 bottle
All Recipes - Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookie, 1 cookie
Nescafe - Skinny Cappuccino

Good luck to you... this website has helped me lose 4 pounds since January 30th and I don't really have a lot to lose so it is harder for me to lose the extra pounds! The people are fantastic and I actually enjoy watching my caloric intake now!