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I make a veggie chili that's pretty tasty. It's basically my "Throw everything in a pot and have done with it" kind of meal. XD 1-2 white onions diced 3 ribs of celery diced .5 lbs of carrots, diced 6 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained 1lb package of…

Thank you all so much. <3 I'm ready to move forward!

Wow, that is a HUGE amount to lose in a year! That's AMAZING. I'm sorry that your husband treats you that way, I don't think I could do this without support. You have so much to be proud of, and I am really inspired by your story. I have almost two hundred pounds to lose, total, and I'm only 9 pounds in. :neutral:

It's not so much that he can't cook, but he does work about 60-70 hours per week (he's my hero, I'd be dead after 70 hours XD) so I do the majority of the cooking. We've been talking about it a bit since I did the original post, and we've worked out some things. I pack him a lunch almost every day, so he can have pretty…

Genuinely? I just picked at random, from things I knew we both liked. I did it in such a way that each day, I had a couple of things to choose from, from what I'd bought supplies for, and as the week went on I just prepared whichever options were left, if that makes sense. :smiley: I made lunches and things interchangeable…

When I wrote the plan I just picked 6 things I knew I liked, and decided that's what we were going to have. It's when I'm put on the spot that I can't decide, really.

So, it's been a week. We stuck to the meal plan (sort of.) I had left one day open to go out to eat, because we usually do after pay day, but then later in the week we had sort of a.... disaster.... with one of the dinners and ended up ordering in. That aside, the plan DID help. Having meals prepped, and snacks built into…

Thank you so much! I really really appreciate all of these specific suggestions, that's kinda what I was looking for. I like the pizza idea, I like to pile mine sky-high with veggies anyway. :smiley: I'm also intrigues by the potato-cauliflower mash idea. I've never been a fan of raw cauli, but maybe in a mash that'd help…

I'm not trying to subject him to it, that was the whole point of my earlier post. We work with a really tight budget and most of the time I can't afford to make two different meals, a diet-meal for me, and a non-diet meal for him. What I am trying to do is find a compromise that will allow me to lose weight while not…

Thanks everybody for the suggestions! I think I WAS oversimplifying a bit by splitting everything right in half to share between the two of us. I can definitely balance it so that he gets more of the entree, and I get more of the veggies and stuff. And I will try to make a few tweaked versions of his favorites so I can…

A big problem is that he just hates vegetables, basically every kind. I've been trying to incorporate more and more veggie sides, and less pasta and such. So a lot of the time, he'll just eat half the meal and be miserable and hungry after.

My first mini-goal is to make it one full month of meeting my calorie goal. I'm two weeks in today, so I feel pretty confident!

Everything included in my plan is stuff I like (or slightly tweaked versions of stuff I like.) Except the steamed vegetables, but hey, maybe if I start eating them on the regular I'll hate them less. XD

If you like fajitas, a super easy way to make vegan fajitas is to take out the beef and sub in mushrooms. With beans and rice on the side, it's an awesome dinner.

A great thing to do for breakfast on a budget is homemade oat muffins. One batch will last the week, it's super convenient, and it's a kick of protein in the morning. :smile: 2 1/2 cups of oats (blitz in a food processor or blender to make it more flour-y) 2 eggs 3 ripe bananas, mashed 1-2 tbsp. of honey 1/2 tsp cinnamon…

Thanks! I've been under my calorie limit every day so far, and it's actually been easier than I thought. Stuff like Weight Watchers makes choosing foods way more complicated than it should be. Using the food database on myfitnesspal is WAY easier, and I feel really good about this so far. :smile:

Thank you, that is very encouraging. I'm always a little nervous starting these things. <3

I'm in an awkward place insurance-wise (I'm still technically supposed to be on my mom's, but her company keeps kicking me off, and I can't afford my own plan right now.) I suspect there might be some hormonal/metabolism issue that contributes to my problem, and as soon as I can I want to get checked out. In the mean time,…

Thank you :) My first mini-goal is to have a seven day "streak," and meet at least my calorie goal or lower for seven days.