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  • There are a lot of ways to cook vegetables ... sauteed, in lasagne, tomato sauces, cheese sauces, roasted under the broiler. Winter squash might be a place to start - try baking that in the oven or dicing and roasting under the broiler. How about soups? You can get a lot of veggies into some sort of meat-based soup. Or…
  • If you want to up your protein without adding a lot of carbs or fat the following foods are your friends: eggs, canned tuna or salmon in water, lowfat cottage cheese, and nonfat greek yogurt. I don't eat meat (other than fish), but boiled chicken could also be added to the list.
  • Maybe take a look at your carb or sugar consumption (you can use the my fitness pal reports), and try to scale those back. Sugar can trigger an insulin response that triggers your body to put on fat. I was eating boxed cereal for breakfast, and even though it was a lower-sugar cereal, and when I started checking out my…
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