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Find a dinner you like that happens not to have many carbs. I like to simmer a boneless/skinless chicken thigh (because dark meat is tasty) with garlic, green onions, a carrot, salt or soy sauce and a 1/2 tsp chili oil. Just enough water to barely cover/steam the meat in a tiny covered saucepan. You could add a pile of…
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A lot of you guys pointed to bulk cooked soup as cheap/healthy/tasty/easy. So true! Plus soup also helps you stay hydrated, something I struggle with. But my aha moment came when I started quick-cooking single serving soup dinners... it tastes so much fresher and I can customize it according to what I feel like eating and…
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Hey all - feel free to add me - I'm in recovery also from major depression. Finished tapering off meds two months ago and so far, so good. I think a lot of the skills for managing depression, especially mindfulness, are also important for successful healthy lifestyle changes. But yeah. Definitely rough. Don't be too hard…
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Yeah, I'm usually really tired when I come home, which makes it hard to make good choices about how I spend my time. Some days I've been to the gym, so when I come home I turn on a podcast, make a quick dinner, clean up and go to bed. If I'm home earlier I often spend more time cooking, read the internet, sometimes do…
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I can be kinda shy, but I would maybe be down. LetiKZ, this made me think of a realization I had recently: a lot of physical endurance is in fact mental, i.e. sports psychology. I didn't do sports growing up, so I've only just started to learn about it, mostly from good spin class instructors. It's almost like meditation -…
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I'm just starting out but I've logged every day so far. I agree, seeing the open diary is really educational. I try to eat real food; actually I don't buy anything processed. It's easier to make the decisions at the grocery store. But I do eat sweets and such at social events. Haven't figured out how to change that, mainly…
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Age: 25 Height: 5'7 CW: 142 GW: 125 New here! Would be cool to see how other people with similar goals eat, exercise, use the site etc. I'm into cycling, clean eating on a tight time/money budget ( = simplicity rules). Set the counter to 1430, but I'll adjust if I need to. Just starting to do body weight strength training,…
