relative lack of kitchen?

@rheddmobile Very smart about assessing their regular offers in advance, while I still have internet access! For the most part, a single "meal" there would be close to my entire daily calorie allotment, so I know I will need to decline most. But I'd like to say yes to at least one item (not meal) per day. That will work well. Fruits are smart, but add up very quickly without providing satiation (in my case).

@nooboots I'm realizing that a major issue here is my calorie count. I have my count set for losing one pound per week. Unless I walk 2-6kms in a day (and I often do), MFP puts me at 1200 calories. Most canned meals seem to run about 600 calories. That would allow me two cans of food per day, and nothing else. Currently I'm divvying up my minimum 1200 calories across a wide variety of foods and snacks, so that I feel well. I'll continue looking for ones like @amrluvarr posted that are 400 cals per can. One of those per day, plus a bunch of other stuff, could work (if I can find them in my region).

@amrluvarr Yes, I just some minutes ago thought the same thing, that I could make one of my walks to the store and back. I google mapped that; it would be 30 minutes return. So one walk could be to the store and back for a fresher dish, and another could be to a closer store for picnic items, then to the picnic site. Planning the meals will be very smart. (I bring a bin very similar to that on my trips there, yep!)

@aries68mc It's more the calorie counts from MFP I rely on. So finding out later that I ate 600-800 calories over quota per day, every day for ten days, won't help me Maybe there's a way for me to print out the calorie counts of my most common ingredients and meals, though, and have that for reference.

corinasue1143 wrote: »

OP, you have gotten so many suggestions, it’s almost beginning to sound easy. Lol.

I can't even begin to express how much I appreciate it all!!! I so didn't want to gain any of the weight back, and am feeling increasingly confident about how I can go about this

Also, calorie counter book from library, thank you! I will look.

@SueSueDio It looks like I might have access to Sprague stuff!!

The idea for anti-b wipes are reminding me of much worse places I've stayed, lol! This one is more just messiness, crumbs, stickiness, smears, blobs, etc. A good wash with dish soap is sufficient

@springlering62 I wouldn't be allowed to plug it in in my room, but I could see that being a phenomenal solution for someone in a similar situation who does have that option!

Total Aside:

tl;dr: Requesting congratulations!

In May I told my shiny new doctor that I was now at the highest weight of my life, I think including pregnancy! I said that ten months newly at the gym, and the things that normally worked for me -including cutting out all "problematic" foods for six recent weeks- had had no impact, and I was now officially concerned. I had also recently resigned myself to the new, sticky weight, donated away the biggest clothes I'd worn for up to 14 years previously, and bought in my new, bigger size.

He acknowledged that weight at my stage of life can be very sticky, and loss tricky. He was willing to refer me for more help, but in the meantime suggested MFP ("or anything like it").

I was skeptical as I'd never need to count calories before, but the very first food I went to enter made clear the issue. The pounds have fallen off. I've now lost 7% of that starting weight, feel WAY better on multiple counts, and am very happy with my new size. This feels acceptable, healthy, tickedyboo.

I'm excited to show the doctor when I see him in some weeks.

However, I was sooooooooooooo disappointed when MFP software didn't toss up big celebratory GIFs when I achieved my goal. AND, no one in my life has noticed! So, here I have had what feels like a massive breakthrough, and there have been no high-fives, not from computers and not from humans.

Can someone here please say nice things about my success?

THANK YOU, @nutmegoreo ! I sure am!!!!