eating enough calories but staying under

I think what it boils down to ( and I mean this in the kindest way) is that if you REALLY want to lose fat and gain health then you WILL FIND A WAY to learn to cook, use your computer or phone to research healthy food, why & how you should eat it and why & how you should exercise. You will also learn that food is fuel and the priority is health, not eating what tastes good or is easy. Finally, not only seek & heed advice but be accountable and stop making excuses. Instead of going to that place in your head that whines why something is hard or you can't/won't/don't want to, start to find a way because there is always away IF YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH. It's not magic, it's HARD work, lots of it and you will not find success unless you are willing to put that kind of effort in.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but for every bit of advice someone has given you seem to have come back with an excuse as to why you can't do it. If you really do want to lose weight you need to listen to people's advice, there are a lot of people on here who have list huge amounts of weight and they are trying to help you.

I'm in the UK so have no idea what Walmart sells but I'm sure it sells healthy food as well as unhealthy. If your boyfriend and kids won't eat the healthier food then you need to eat differently to them, you could make big portions of stuff you like and freeze it then just microwave it while you are cooking for them. I know it's not easy when money is tight but personally I'd get rid of the gym membership and exercise at home using DVD's of go out walking/running and put the $30 towards better food.

I typed "grocery stores sherwood az" into Google and came up with quite a few: Sprouts, Safeway, Smart & Final (warehouse type store) . . . you even have a Trader Joe's. Have you tried any of these places?

we dont have any of those places. im in arkansas not arizona. this town has a walmart... thats it theres a kroger not too far and in other towns a few different places but i dont go to those towns too much.

i cant eat enough calories most days and stay under sugar/salt max limit. i dont know what to do about it. For the most part i eat healthy foods (i mean like 60 percent of most days foods are healthy then the other 40 percent are a little less) i add dark chocolate to my day to get some more calories but stay low in sodium (not too low in sugar though) i eat greek yogurt to add calories and protein but i have come to find i dont like plain flavor and vanilla is high in sugar too. my max on sugar is usually 39 g (with no exercise) and my sodium 2500 which is normal i know. anyway i have been trying not to overestimate my calories in exercise (at first i was just taking whatever mfp tells me but i dont think im honestly burnign 1079 calories in one hour of zumba so i shorted it to 873 calories) ANYWAY any help will be greatly appreciated. am i going to do myself harm when i dont hit my calories? today i have a headache thats lasted most of the day and i am worried its because of my nutrition or lack thereof.

im not going to respond to every post. part of my reason for making this thread was to find some advice and i didnt mean to make excuses. i know i did but i wasnt really meaing to do it. anyway i am trying to change my diet and its definitely something thats hard to do when all my bf fights with me about is how i cook (he hates my cooking) so i cook the few things i know he likes and i cant buy too much extra to make seperate meals for me so thats why i eat almost as bad. i just try to make the foods healthier by replacing things. anyway i went to the store like i said before and bought some stuff that isnt too bad for me (fish veggies and fruits) today my diary looked better than it has in a long time i bet. i did eat a few chips earlier but we went to the lake and hadnt had lunch and my bf bought some chips i had a few. literally like 3 or 4 to stave off my hunger til we got home. but im going to continue to TRY and make this work. and the whole "fat people stay fat beacuse of excuses" other **** happens its not always because they are lazy and dont try.. anyway i am done with this thread UNLESS i get good positive advice. i dont care much to see how people are pretty much attacking me. just wanted some advice. im still new here and im still trying to figure it all out and instead of postive advice its "oh ur making excuses" or "fat people stay fat because of excuses" ect. u dont know my exact life so u cant judge me that way.

I will be honest and say I didn't read through every single post in this thread. I'm just not that patient, but I will throw in my "advice" and thoughts.

If you're boyfriend is not supportive, it happens. My husband (bless his little heart) is a jerk when it comes to my diet and exercise. LOL He just doesn't care. He doesn't like to hear about it. He doesn't like to talk about it. That's just something I have to deal with. Now, he married me when I was much much heavier than I am today, and he is HAPPY with the way I look now. He just doesn't like to hear me talk about my workouts or diet. I have a rule in my house. I cook. You eat what I cook. If you do not LIKE what I cook, you have a few options. You can cook for yourself, eat cereal (or sandwiches or whatever else we have that doesn't involve cooking), or starve. See! Not so hard! There are some nights my husband just doesn't like what I cook so he eats cereal. He likes cereal so he doesn't complain. LOL My diet and exercise is for ME. Nobody else. I refuse to let anybody get in my way.

Second, finding healthy food in Walmart is fairly easy. You just need to know what to shop for you and how to cook it! Raw veggies and fruit is ideal of course. We are a single income family. I have 2 children. We live on a tight budget. My husband gets paid every 2 weeks therefore I make a grocery list that will get us through 2 weeks and I leave enough space in our budget for us to shop for more fresh fruit and vegetables as needed. Doing this took some discipline. I sit down with my calendar. I leave 1 day a week for leftovers (Thursday is leftover night since Friday is trash day). I plan accordingly. If you need recipes, feel free to message me! I have mountains of them. You can also find MANY healthy recipes online. We eat only whole grains and brown rice, fresh fruit and veggies, and lean cuts of meat. I will not say I'm perfect by any means. I enjoy junk food just as much as the next person! My butt wouldn't be this big if I didn't! I just limit it. I don't coupon because I'm not patient, but I spend far less on groceries than many of my friends do because I plan.

Third, my heartrate monitor cost me about $30. My husband's cost us a little more than $100. Is his nicer than mine? YEP! Does he use his? NOPE! I am happy with my cheapo HR monitor. Yes, I have to press a button to get a reading, but I still get a pretty accurate reading. If finding the extra money to buy a HR monitor is a problem, make budget cuts of put any loose change or dollar bills into a jar until you can get one. I was overestimating my calorie burn for certain workouts and underestimating for others.

Sorry. I'm long winded. LOL I don't post here often, but I remember how I felt when I first started my weight loss. I was very clueless (not saying you are, but I honestly was). I didn't know what to shop for. I didn't know how to cook. I was the queen of boxed meals. I wish you the best of luck!!