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Everyone, thank you so much! I'm getting a lot of really good ideas. I'm planning on meal prepping this weekend. I'll try to remember to take some pictures. No promises. I'm usually a whirlwind of productivity while I'm in the kitchen because I want to get done asap, but I'll try. Thanks again!

Maybe it's harder to suck in your stomach if your muscles are sore? That or you're not contracting all of your abs while you're doing exercises? That seems weird to me.

Working on my forehand topspin!

We made some amazing bulgogi beef tacos. I just wrapped some of the beef strips in lettuce and gobbled them up.

Are you 100% sure it is your breakfast that is causing your stomach to be upset? Looking through your food diary you have quite a few things that I know would make my stomach upset. Caffeine, alcohol, McDonald's...

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Very cool. Thank you guys.

Thanks for correctly interpreting my vague bullet point. ;)

Don't be so hard on yourself. Use the same scale to monitor your weight. Or for a different perspective measure your body fat % on a handheld bioelectric impedence device and see a different set of numbers. (I recommend a BIA device because they are relatively cheap and discreet. Pls don't pinch my fat ok?)

My un-manly secret is that I really hate feeling ashamed of not wanting to be stereotypically manly.

This is a really frustrating situation to be in. I can relate. Try meal prepping. If you can design a meal that is the appropriate amount of calories ahead of time then just know when you go to eat whatever meal that you have to eat the whole thing. It takes a while to adjust to eating more but after a few months it will…

Would rather sit on his porch than go to the gym.

I'm going to be pragmatic here. Your feelings have no effects on facts. If you can say something like "I am almost certain that my food journal reflects my diet" then I would say start looking into why your diet and exercise routine is not working. For now, take some extra time and make sure your food journal is accurate…

Please don't. This follows the same fallacy as all of the named diets. You are being tricked into losing weight by taking a short cut. Your body will be losing weight because you have surgically altered your intestines. Then what happens? You still don't know how to diet after you have the band taken out and you gain your…

All due respect - this is what's wrong with your diet. If I had to bet these "diets" did not teach you how to actually eat healthy. If someone does that portion of the "diet" for you and just flat out tells you what to eat - then you are doomed to fail. You HAVE TO know what your body is going to do when you eat certain…

Thank you all for taking time to share your ideas! I really didn't think I would get this much help. :)

Wonderful advice. Thank you.

I hadn't considered this at all. I'll check it out!

Yeah! Great idea. I'd do chicken or turkey instead. Now to figure out how long to slow cook proteins! :D

Breakfast/lunch/dinner/snack ideas are all welcome!

Always a good one..