Anyone else feel like this?

your foods seem to be pretty good although I would stay away from the soups since they are so high in sodium. Maybe add some veggies as in a salad with your meals..

I get like this sometimes, I can only assume it is because you have to be very aware of everything you are eating when you start something like this and I think you can get overwhelmed by it sometimes.

You will gradually settle into your new way of life and learn to trust foods , just keep going and try to keep your calories up. I find eating smaller meals and snacking more throughout the day a really good way to keep yourself satisfied and interested.

Hi, yes I think we get a bit obsessive at first. Thats why I like the daily food charts on here cause you can see at a glance if the balance of fat or protein is wrong. You soon get used to which food is best and how little treats work in. I try to focus on if I have done any movement or exercise as this increases the metabolism and also becomes a good habit. I was a couch potato and getting out plus healthier eating lost me 3 stone now it is harder but still another 3 stone to go! Hard after Christmas to get anything off but just started moving again so never give up. just keep moving, walk, swim, dance (no alcohol :happy: ) and watch it go, good luck

Yes, just bought the book "Eat This Not That" supermarket version.....gives you alot of good ideas of what to buy at the grocery. Try to keep away from alot of processed foods....and make sure your MFP is set to track calories, carbs, sugar, sodium, and fat...this helps you see EXACTLY what you are consuming!

You will want to look at the nutritional values carefully of the foods you are eating as losing weight isnt just reducing calories. That works for a while but then when it stops working you cant just reduce your calories more to lose more. If you look at the protein, carbs, sugar, sodium etc and keep them close to what MFP recommends it will help you in the long run.
You cant change everything over night thats for sure. I tried changing things slowly maybe like 1 thing a week.. One week i stopped drinking diet soda .. the next week I stopped eating processed foods like deli meat and prepackaged meals. The processed foods dont fill you up as fresh and natural foods do.. This is a process and a lifestyle change so take you time and we are all a work in progress.
I still change things even after 100lbs of weight gone.. Have to or the weight stop coming off.. keep the body guessing.

You are doing good! keep it up and just tweak as you go!

You have to ask yourself what is important to you. If you tracked everything even just for a little while but you learn about right sizing portions and you learn what foods do and don't do for you and you picked up tips here are there to live a healther lifestyle, doesn't that feel good in itself? I felt better, after all knowledge is power and by learning more about my body and how it works, it made me feel more in control of my life. That alone made me feel better. Now when you get those little "AH" moments and things start to click and you see results, that makes you feel even better because you can apply the knowledge you learn about yourself. When you transform your body into the final result you want, that is the ulitmate goal and you feel invincible! It all comes in small changes, making healthy choices and improving your health but small leaps and bounds. If you have children .... you can accelerate this feeling. Think of where you are today and how you got there, if all this knowledge you are learning about yourself you knew earlier in life you might be happier, imparting this knowledge on your children now so they get a head start, makes me feel all tingly inside because my hope is they never need a tool like MFP. Stay positive, take it slow, don't get discouraged it takes time. It takes many years for a car to rust and it takes a lot of dedication, love and bondo to remove the rust and rebuild the car, in the end you have a body your happy with. Ok ok it is too early and my one cup of black coffee hasnt kicked in yet.

My personal thought is other than trans fat laden food, no food is bad unless you eat a lot of it. For example you mention fat, fat doesn't make you fat, eating too many calories do. The thing is fat can result in too many calories fairly quickly, but you need fat. It is essential in the production of hormones and other functions of your body. You calorie goal is just that a goal to reach, not something to stay below.