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This is just the first of many times you'll be tempted. Part of the journey is learning how to deal with the temptation. Only you know if eating just one will lead to eating half the basket. IMO, you don't owe it to anyone to eat anything.

There's really no easy answer except to eat fewer calories. One way to figure out how much of which foods you can eat and stay within your goal is to pre-log, instead of logging after you've eaten. Try pre-logging tomorrow's food. First, start with what you'd normally eat. Then play around with reducing portion sizes, or…

Hmmmm. He has cravings and you don't. If he had a broken leg, would he want you to wear a cast along with him?

I hope the snark was unintentional. The more people you need to feed, the more it makes sense to economize. Do you have any idea how much food you can grow from $1-2 packet of seeds? If you're really trying to economize, restaurants (fast food or otherwise) aren't your friend - regardless of what you order.

What did he eat while you were losing weight?

In the middle of PA, you can certainly grow some of your own food. Now is a good time to buy seeds, some things can be planted now, and a lot in the coming months. If you don't have a yard, you can grow lots of stuff in pots, even on a sunny balcony if that's all you have. Shop in local farm stands when the season starts…

Do you have a way to make dried fruit or beef jerky at home before your trip?

I rarely shop in an actual grocery store. Most of my food comes from a produce market, that also sells some canned goods, eggs, cheese, fresh bread, and fresh fish. Grocery store shopping consists of things like coffee, canned soup, canned tomatoes, meat, and yogurt. At the produce market, my shopping list includes romaine…

@climbingup you are doing so well! Thank you for the inspiring update.

@ninerbuff I'm sorry to hear about your mom's decline in health.

My mom was a child during the depression. Her family survived on lentils and what they could grow in their city yard. She said her dream was to someday be SO rich she wouldn't have to eat lentils ever again. That seemed like a wild dream to her at the time.

Yesterday - Cardio: 40 minutes on recumbent bike. 8.4 miles. Strength: lots of machines at the gym. Raised the weight on several of them, and did 3 sets instead of 2. Assessment: shoulders are a tiny bit sore this morning, but in a good way. Eating is on track. Slept 7 hours without waking up last night!!!

See if you can get a whole raw chicken on sale. Roast it whole, and eat some of the meat. Then use leftover cooked meat in other meals - mixed with rice and/or beans is a great way to stretch it. Compare the price/lb of a raw chicken and a cooked rotisserie chicken. Sometimes the cooked ones are on sale - ask someone what…

Do YOU want to eat chicken and quinoa every night? If you love everything, eat everything. Just don't eat all of it, all at once! Watch your calories, eat appropriate amounts. You didn't say how old your kids are, but chances are they're still growing. Their nutritional needs are not the same as yours. Check with their…

Find a good Vietnamese restaurant, and get a giant bowl of pho. If you have room for more calories than that, look at the spring rolls - the kind wrapped in rice paper, NOT the fried ones (unless you have enough calories for those, then go for it!).

Craving carbs? Eat some carbs. I enjoy a bowl of oatmeal any time of day, with stuff added to it if it fits my calories. I always add cinnamon. Other additions (alone or in combination) cocoa powder, PB2 powder (it's peanut butter powder), chopped apple, chopped banana, frozen cherries. A serving (1/2 cup before cooking)…

You already input that it's 12 servings. So when you log "1 serving" it's already giving you the nutritional value of 1/12 of the entire recipe. (Also the decimal of one twelfth (1/12) is .0833, not .12)

Is there someone in Food Services that would give you nutrition info for their prepared foods? Maybe they can assist you in making the wisest choices.

Your body doesn't know what day of the week it is, or even that there are "weeks". Other than that, I don't understand your question.

My reward for being healthy all week is...being healthier.

Sounds great!

That is an excellent article and everyone who's trying to lose weight should read it, IMO. Thank you for posting it!

Toast isn't caused by sugars in bread being caramelized. Toast is caused by the Maillaird Reaction, which is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars, and requires heat. Here's a somewhat decent (ie, easy-ish to understand) explanation of the differences:…

Oh, and I'm not a premium user. :)

Thank you @deniseew2 for asking this, because I'd never heard of this feature before. http://www.businessinsider.com/myfitnesspal-now-logs-restaruant-meals-2016-1 This article explains how to do it. It includes helpful pictures. It's working for me on my iphone.

There are plenty of foods that aren't meat and aren't salad veggies. All the other vegetables, all the fruits, all the dairy. Yogurt, nuts, nut butter (peanut butter, cashew butter...), cheese, sweet potatoes, beans and lentils, squash, tofu, avocado. Vegetable soup, chili, hummus, veggie burgers. Rice, potatoes, barley,…

Sometimes you don't need to be focused and determined. You just have to slog away at it, because it's the right thing to do. Think of this: you don't have to be "focused and determined" to take a shower every day.

It depends how many calories you have left for the day. Eat what fits in with your plan. HOWEVER if you don't have enough calories left to have a realistic dinner, eat a realistic dinner tonight anyway. You've already gone overboard today, you can't really undo it. But learn from today. Try not to repeat it. Maybe pre-log…

I agree with @Witchdoctor58. You can do really well with just a microwave. If there's not one in your room, there might be one you can use in the "breakfast area" if the hotel offers free breakfast. I travel with a small electric skillet, some lightweight plates and bowls and flatware. Other options, if you can't cook at…

I politely disagree with Witchdoctor58. You need to learn how to be in the room with food that doesn't belong in your mouth. Don't give up family time just because you're giving up certain foods or eating habits. Because you need to learn how to function in "forever" mode, and unless you're never going to sit at a table…