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I have a few suggestions for you. First, to rev up your metabolism, you need to eat smaller meals more often. Going too long between eating sort of tells your body you might be in a famine situation, which triggers a slow-down in metabolism. Instead of two meals a day, try breaking that up into 4-6 meals (which, ok, tend…

To ease him into accepting healthier eating, start by focussing more on including all the healthy foods that give important nutrients than than you focus on eliminating less healthy foods. What kinds of foods does your husband like? It may be possible to add veggies to some of them in an appealing way. We love chili around…

Ohhhhhh, that sounds amazing! Lime and ranch. Yum!

Oooh grilled cheese... sounds good. Just bought more, but they are still rock-hard. In the meantime I have told the man how many he has to leave for me. Maybe I'll get a chance to try this sometime this week.

I think I would have already tried the ranch dressing idea myself except that avocados seem to mysteriously disappear when my fiance is around. Let me know how it turns out if you do make it before I do.

Fresh veggies & dip or salad dressing, a piece of fruit, cheese stick, and a wheat roll. Salad mix, can of chicken, avocado, and crackers. Some of the frozen dinners aren't too bad, especially if you flesh them out with some fresh veggies.

lo Emotionally, it is difficult for me because it feels like cause and effect have come untethered. I mean, all that restriction was supposed to earn me my turn to be thin, but it didn't. So that diet didn't work? Oh I must be eating too much, better cut back some more. What, that didn't work either? Cut back some more…

This may be a strange question, but was anyone else surprised by how many calories per day were suggested by MFP? I mean, I've been told before by medical professionals that I might not be eating enough, that I might have shut down my metabolism. That's a terrifying thought. But after eating fruits and vegetables, lean…

If you are going low carb and the whole grain thin crust pizza ideas above are too carby for you, there are pizza crust recipes out there that are based on cheese and egg - you bake it up then add toppings and bake again. The suggestion I first made about sauteeing veggies in balsamic vinegar? I have also used that to…

Hi! I have 230 to lose. After spending decades dieting, the old metabolism is completely messed up. I shed more pounds at 3000 calories a day than I do at 1900. That has my mind messed up, I can't quite make sense of it. But I am a caregiver by profession and if I don't take care of myself, I won't be able to take care of…

Sautee veggies - onions, zucchini, bell peppers, carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, eggplant, green beans, tomato, pea pods, cabbage, spinach - any or all of them, plus any others you can think of, with a smidgeon of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Add garlic, basil, or any other seasonings that…

Darned if I know, I just got here, too. I signed up because of the handy recipe thingy that you input the ingredients and number of servings and it gives you the nutritional breakdown and calorie count of the dish. I'm a caregiver, and have to track intake for someone who is on a doctor-ordered tight calorie restriction.…

If you like dark chocolate and you like hot cocoa, here is what I do. To my mug of water I add a square of Lindt 90% Cocoa Dark Chocolate, and microwave it long enough to get the water hot enough to melt the chocolate. In my microwave it takes 1min. 20 sec. Then I add the hot cocoa mix. This is 120 calories. Sometimes if I…

Do you use soy yogurt? I make a lovely fruit salad by cutting up whatever fruit we have on hand into bite sized pieces, with a sauce made from a dab (aprox 2 tbs per serving) of plain yogurt with a packet or two of artificial sweetener and cinnamon. Berries work beautifully in this, as well as any random assortment of…

I like crumbling crisp bacon into oatmeal and adding a handful of blueberries. Without adding sweetener, it is savory with a hint of tart.