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I try to plan ahead for my girls nights out which also get a little messy. I will have a slightly larger deficit than usual (typically slash an extra 200-300 calories per day the week leading up to the night out). I do a light breakfast and lunch and then eat a filling dinner to help absorb all that booze! I usually log…

I have a board on Pinterest dedicated to homemade foods. There are a few recipes I've been looking at trying. Definitely check out Pinterest! It's a wealth of yummy food recipes!

I second this! We tried swapping Greek yogurt for sour cream and it was delicious! I am curious about whether these chips turned out crunchy or not. It sounds too good to be true, but omg it would be wonderful!

Sounds yummy! What was your total calorie count?

That sounds amazing! Definitely going to try this for sure! Thanks for the great idea :)

Individual fruit crisp? Like as in you put a few pieces of fruit and just bake it? (sorry - I'm a newb in the kitchen).

Yum!!! I just tried the Kodiak cake power cakes (in crunchy peanut butter and dark chocolate) and I love them! Will have to try this :)

Thank you everyone for the suggestions! I'm excited to try a lot of these ideas! With the regard to me only eating 1200 calories, it does work for me and I rarely find myself hungry (besides the 10 am hour when I'm waiting for an opportunity to have my morning snack :) ) I know I could technically eat a few more than 1200…

I think it is a little tacky to do it at someone else's house. My family already teases me for doing it at home. They stopped teasing me so much once they saw the pounds dropping off :) When I am out to eat or at a friend's house, I just do my best estimate and I usually log a little more than what I estimate just to be…

This! I gained weight my last year of college and my year off. I made excuses that I was too busy in college and then when I was working full time, I made more excuses. Then I went to law school which was much more work than undergrad and working full time. I decided it was time for a change. I struggled the first…

Haven't stepped on the scale yet - will do it later tonight or tomorrow morn! Definitely losing inches from doing the 30 day shred, but unsure if the weight loss has caught up yet!

I make a layered taco bowl. Salsa on the bottom, then some black beans or no beans (depends on my meal) then shredded chicken, then cheese. Then a little sour cream (now that I have tried Greek yogurt, I'm doing that next time), and lettuce. I don't microwave it - I eat it cold and it's pretty tasty to me! Otherwise I'll…

I will do a vodka and club soda with lime as the club soda has no calories and negligible sodium, if any. 1 oz of vodka is like 75 calories or so. Honestly I try to go out and drink less because I always want to eat more food while I'm drinking. It's still calories in vs. calories out, but when I take in alcohol calories,…

I'm on 1200 calories. My diary is boring (typically I meal prep and eat the same thing for lunch and dinner for several days). This week it was shredded chicken taco meat, taco sauce, and cheese melted over it. If you plan ahead a little, it isn't a big deal at all! Feel free to add me or to ask me any questions!

These are all great! Thank you, everyone!

Thanks! Do you pretty much just eat the same calories in a smaller window? I'm on 1200 calories so are you suggesting two meals of 600 calories rather than spreading it out throughout the day? I've looked into IF very briefly. I just know that I hate breakfast, but if I don't eat (and sometimes even if I do) my tummy is…

I'm sorry if I missed this in the post or am just missing something - but why can't you have raspberries?

I am OBSESSED with Starbucks iced green tea! It is a tea concentrate with water and ice and it is light and refreshing! It is tazo brand! I make my own by boiling a ton of tea bags and making a concentrate - you can google it! Very tasty :)

thanks for posting this! I may look into freezing them myself! Zucchini is expensive out of season!

Thanks everyone! I'll check out target this week!

I plan ahead to cheat for special occasions. I had a cheat night planned for after my final exams because I was good on my intake for the weeks leading up to the exams and during the exam period. My best friend's birthday is next weekend so I'm planning on having several drinks so I'm making sure I build that deficit into…

Pinterest! Skinny taste is great too! I tend to just browse through Pinterest - it links to so many different blogs!

I love making zucchini noodles with a spiralizer in place of spaghetti noodles. Once it is sauced up, it tastes almost as good. I do veggies in dips rather than chips. I'm looking into trying cauliflower pizza crust - one of these weekends! I never was a soda drinker unless it was a mixer for alcohol, but I started…

This is a little late! I just made the crunchy peanut butter ones today! They were a little bland - I could not really taste the peanut butter. I still enjoyed them and they kept me full for a while! I may try the chocolate!

Hey :) I'm Alyssa! I'm 23! I've been on here a few months. Down almost 30 pounds with 46 more to go! I'm here every day and try to be pretty active and love to chat :) feel free to add me! I love motivation :)

Hi there! I'm 23 and have about 46 pounds left to lose! I'm active daily and love having more friends to chat with and motivate! Feel free to add me :)

I'm a beginner runner. I like the Nike app or Fitbit all because it shows you a map of what you run. I like to look at the weird shapes of the path when I switch up my normal route :)

Thanks everyone! Appreciate the input! I really do!

Wow! That is incredible and very inspirational! Congratulations on all your hard work so far! What you are saying makes total sense! I may have to reevaluate my goals to get the body I really want :) 9 pounds away! That is so awesome! I'm glad to hear it can be done :)

Thank you, both of you! I moved my goal from 2 pounds per week to 1.5 pounds per week as well (85 only gave me 150 more calories each day, but we will see!). I'll see how that treats me for a few weeks!