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I meal prep one big thing for the entire week or two smaller dishes for the week. Today I threw some chicken breasts in the crockpot and covered with salsa. Cooked all day and shredded them. I'm eating a bowl of this chicken topped with some peppers and onions I steamed in chicken broth and will top with 28 grams of…

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I would only tell that to my friend if they were about to eat ice cream. And I would be like, "here's a spoon" It's none of my business unless they ask me! I would be so offended if a friend said that to me.

Oh my goodness!!!! I am DEFINITELY trying that! Thank you!!!

Awesome! I'm definitely going to try it! I am such a ketchup fan! Also.... cheeseburger salad! I have been meaning to make something like that! Sounds amazing!!! Thank you :)

No idea whether you SHOULD or not, but I also urge you to see a doctor! I did keto successfully for a few months and fell off the wagon and I'm back on again. I'm honestly feeling like I may just switch to moderately low carb. Keto is so strict with keeping your carbs below a certain level that it eliminates foods that I…

I do string cheese or a measured hunk of sharp cheddar! Sometimes i have almond butter or peanut butter off the spoon! Mini yogurts are great too! Cottage cheese!

Ouch! Feel better!! Maybe some homemade tomato soup or other soups with soft veggies. Otherwise zucchini noodles with sauce may work!! I always had a giant milk shake after all my oral surgeries, but those add up in calories!

I do a measured spoonful of honey almond butter or plain peanut butter!

Yum!!! I loved chopping up half an avocado over cottage cheese and sprinkling with salt and pepper! So good!

I first started with just fitting things into my caloric allowance rather than focusing on the whole "healthy" thing because that's a loaded term. Once I got used to the whole calorie counting thing, I started to play around with macros and what would be "healthy" for me. I personally found that keeping my carbs lower made…

I'm like that with the Justin's honey almond butter. I usually take a spoonful (measured) and put the butter away and then go sit down to eat it. Otherwise I'll just keep dipping the spoon back in. It's so good!!!

When I'm making a skinny/low carb hot chocolate or pumpkin spice latte, I use unsweetened vanilla almond milk! It's great!

I like both! I avoid eating huge amounts due to the calories and carbs, but when I crave something sweet, a measured tablespoon of Justin's Honey Almond Butter does the trick!

My mom makes me beef jerky for care packages sometimes and it's so good! I think she put the meat in the freezer until it is slightly cold and slices it think and then hangs the strips on the racks of the oven. Cooks it on a low temperature for hours. It's seriously so delicious!

I just added you! I'm almost 24 and I'm active and log in every day! Will try to be motivating! I'm always down to chat whenever :)

I do the same thing sometimes. Occasionally I like to indulge at an all you can eat fish fry with my family or some other meal or outing where I know I'm gonna eat way more than my allotted 1200 calories. If I know I'm going out, I'll shave off less calories the days leading up to it (do 1000-1100 per day) and also do an…

Idealshape! So tasty!

Nope, not diabetic or anything like that. Just someone who googled a little too much! I'll keep that in mind. I exceeded my protein goal, but I won't worry about it! Thank you!

I guess my fear was that too much protein would be harmful to the ketosis. I read excess protein will get converted to glucose. I need to switch up my breakfast routine because I was starving before lunch, but I'm quite satisfied now and I should be good until after my spinning class tonight.

I drink an ideal shake shake every morning either blender with almond milk and ice or just in a shaker with almond milk. It keeps me full until my morning snack and they are the only meal replacement shake I can tolerate every morning.

I do crock pot salsa chicken so often! Literally just put chicken breasts and salsa (I purée my salsa because chunks are the worst) in the crock pot and then shred the chicken. You can put it in a salad or on tortillas. I usually just eat the shredded meat plain with a little cheese or some fajita veggies (steamed in…

Thanks so much! Yeah I really don't have regular cheat meals. It's really just the day after I finish exams where I'll have a bunch of pizza or if I'm on vacation etc. I tend to be pretty good at staying on track. Thank you everyone!

I just started today! I'm following this post as well! Feel free to add me :)

That's great advice! I definitely have had no trouble losing weight at a caloric deficit (I'm now at 1200 calories per day - I started around 1600 maybe? I can't remember). I usually have not had any issues being hungry on the 1200 calories, but I do have a snack in between breakfast and lunch usually. I always get too…

Thank you everyone for your responses! I greatly appreciate it! I may have more questions eventually - we will see how this goes!

I'm on 1200 calories a day as well! Feel free to add me! (Please don't judge my day today - it was not the norm and I tried to estimate what I ate!)

Pizza smothered in ranch and wings with sauce and ranch! I know I can have anything in moderation but I would rather have a satisfying binge every once in a while rather than the sad portioned size it would be if I worked it into my calories :)

I have an idealshape shake every morning for breakfast just because I am lazy and don't have time to make anything. They are low cal when mixed with almond milk. I like them. I only replace one meal though - I would be cranky and hungry if I did two meals as shakes.

I second idealshape. I have one every morning for breakfast mixed with almond milk for convenience purposes (too lazy to take longer than 1 minute for breakfast). The best price I have gotten is when they have a buy 2 get 1 free special so it comes to $33 a tub. You can't buy them in a store though. You can only get them…