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I'm intrigued...what kind of dental work?

I meal prep and prelog, so I at least know what my breakfast/lunch calories are so I know how much I can spend on dinner/dessert.

I prelog my food and work in any treats so they fit. That way, I'm not tempted to go over my calories.

I eat greek yogurt and cottage cheese by the ton. I love a good steak.

budgetbytes.com has some good slow cooker recipes. I make the black bean soup regularly.

I can usually get 300-500 miles out of mine and I track mileage on the app for my Garmin. I have two pairs--one that I wear for road and one I wear for trail. If you ran hard in less-than-optimal shoes and you have a lot of miles on them already, it could be time for new shoes. Can you get the same shoes? I concur on good…

I like these, too. They are very similar to Quest bars. I bought a box of each combo pack this weekend, in fact. Chocolate Brownie is on deck today.

If you're already a healthy weight, losing 2lbs per week is unrealistic. Recomposition is a great suggestion and you can set your calorie goal to maintain your current weight. If you do want a slight deficit, I'd recommend a rate of loss of .5lb per week during recomp with very slow weight loss. None of this is going to…

You might find this thread helpful: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10651976/beachbody-support-group-2018#latest

I would ask for a Celiac blood test before you are too far away from gluten. It can be hard to get a positive diagnosis after eliminating it. ETA: While gluten intolerance and Celiac have similar treatments, the level of strictness regarding avoidance varies great between the conditions. It's important to know for sure.

That's a great accomplishment. It's hard not to beat ourselves up when we know we could be better. I have a couple ideas.* Take a diet break and eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks to let yourself mentally recharge * Stick with maintenance for a while and look into recomp/structured weight lifting program to help with body…

I never in my life have forgotten to eat. :D

What kind of exercise do you enjoy? Do that.

Do your best and have fun!

Exercise helped me a lot. I went at it from the angle of looking for information about how to keep off the weight once lost. It all came back to activity level. If you were active during-ish and after weight loss, you were more likely to keep the weight off for x amount of time (sorry I don't have the super scientific…

I tried IF, but I wake up too hungry and my attempts at keeping the hunger at bay just gives me headaches and a caffeine/coffee tummy. Hubby will eat a small-ish breakfast (250 calories) and then he can go all the way to dinner without eating anything. Nope. Not me. Too hangry. I still clean my plate and meal plan, so that…

I don't know what's healthy for you, but I do this:* 50g baby spinach * 100g banana * 1/2c unsweetened chocolate almond milk * scoop chocolate protein powder of choice * 150g plain greek yogurt * ice to bulk it up

https://www.budgetbytes.com/slow-cooker-black-bean-soup/ I love this recipe and make it even simpler by using a bag of frozen mirepoix vegetables and minced garlic. It's cheap and hella easy.

Pulled pork w/ BBQ sauce, jasmine rice, broccoli.

I think the only thing you should give up on is your expectations. The 40lbs didn't get there in three weeks, so you shouldn't expect it to come off that quickly. Pick a reasonable deficit (1-1.5lb loss per week goal) and eat to that goal. Repeat. You're only prolonging being overweight by quitting.

Have a baby.

I have a YMCA membership and go about once a week for a class I really enjoy. Most of my exercise I get is by running, which I do right out my front door. I used to use my gym membership more frequently, but my favorite instructor quit, so the class schedules no longer work with my life schedules. I also use the treadmill…

Taco salad! Ground beef w/ taco seasoning, bag of iceberg lettuce mix, lite sour cream, salsa, tortilla chips of choice (try Cool Ranch Doritos if you're feeling sassy). It's easy to keep everything in the cooler, and prep the taco meat before you go. Can eat it out of a ziplock if needed. Yum! When we did a week long…

Baked goods and pastries. No brakes. None at all.

I try to make it easy on myself and I consider a "serving" of vegetables to be 100g, I count potatoes and corn as a starch/grain rather than a veg, and aim to get 4-5 100g servings of veg a day.

When I do eat PB, I usually have bread on the scale already and scoop it from the PB jar onto the bread on the scale that I've tared.

Scoop peanut butter into a container on a food scale. Measure it. Cry.

Definitely wait until after your trip and give it a few months to a year to really settle in and normalize. My daughter also has one. She gets cramping way more than I do. I get some lower back pain at most.

Yep. Here too. I am a card-carrying member of the clean your plate club. I ate quickly as a kid in order to get second before the food was all gone. For as long as I can remember, I could always eat. It takes a lot of food to feel really, really full. I love feeling full, even to this day. Every now and again I will eat to…

I'll also add, I get very specific cravings for pastry-like carbohydrates. Like, epic, pregnancy level cravings.