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During weekdays, I’ll often have a homemade trail mix that includes almonds, roasted edamame, and other mix ins like granola. The edamame gives it more protein than a trail mix you’d buy in the store. Weekends, I love being more flexible. Leftovers with fried eggs on top, omelettes with caramelized onions and whatever…

Breakfast: Trail mix with spicy dill pickle almonds and roasted edamame, plus a black coffee. Lunch: egg roll in a bowl with turkey sausage, plus some saltine crackers. Snack: chocolate chip pure protein bar and some blueberries. Dinner: pasta with red sauce, beans, and chorizo, topped with grated Parmesan. A romaine…

I started off ALWAYS going under my calories. It was my silly way of insuring myself against any perceived/imagined “inaccuracies” I would make with my logging. It wasn’t really the best way to go about it, because every single number is an estimate anyway. As long as we weigh our food, use accurate MFP food diary entries,…

Breakfast: spicy dill pickle almonds and roasted edamame, plus a black coffee Lunch: a black iced coffee, egg roll in a bowl with turkey sausage, plus watermelon. Snack: chocolate-frosted-donut protein bites, plus another watermelon blueberry fruit salad. Dinner: pasta with red sauce, black beans, and sausage, plus a…

Fully admit it’s very possible I’m projecting 😂 but wanted to share the view just in case. You never know when someone’s experience might be helpful to someone else. Glad you have joy together.

Weird day yesterday because I was expecting to have friends over and order out (so saved calories) but plans fell through so I ate anniversary dessert treats instead. Breakfast: Starbucks iced coffee with a splash of almond milk, and one pump each of mocha and peppermint. Later, Japanese-curry-style chicken rice and…

Such a different day yesterday! Different but awesome. Breakfast: eggs with steak and sautéed onions, served with a little ketchup-for-grownups on the side. Lunch: went to a wonderful restaurant (seated outdoors) and got sautéed wild mushroom/cippolini onions on toast with honey goat cheese, on top of a spring mix of…

😊 @PAV8888 totally agree with your other advice btw! But I had a moment reading all the stuff above (definitely not just your comment 😉) because I am currently struggling with feeling very accountable and responsible for my partner’s weight loss and mood in a way that I KNOW is not good for me 😂 So while reading the OP, I…

All in all, my thoughts are that if he’s serious about his goals, he should research it himself. It’s an important part of the process of building a lifelong understanding of the topic. Occasional help and loving advice is fine, when asked for. But only occasional!

Just my two cents, but you’re not responsible for teaching your bf how to reach his physical fitness goals, and you’re not responsible for creating a simplified plan from scratch and teaching it to him. You’ll end up with him asking you to diagnose if it’s not working, suggest tweaks, look at results to understand what’s…

Breakfast: Kashi cinnamon crisp cereal with almond milk, and a black coffee. Lunch: Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies, and rice. Snack: black iced coffee, a pure protein chocolate deluxe bar, and watermelon. Dinner: Charcoal-grilled burger with red onion, ketchup, and dijon, plus a dill pickle spear and Greek yogurt…

Breakfast: Kashi cinnamon crisp cereal with almond milk, and a black coffee. Lunch: Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies, and rice. Snack: black iced coffee, a pure protein chocolate deluxe bar, and watermelon. Dinner: seared London broil with A1, cumin roasted carrots and sweet potatoes, a peach cucumber salad with…

Breakfast: Kashi cinnamon crisp cereal with almond milk, and a black coffee. Lunch: Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies, and rice. Snack: black iced coffee, a pure protein chocolate salted caramel bar, and watermelon. Dinner: another serving of that Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies and rice. Added cumin roasted…

I also keep a pretty strict work-habit routine that I think helps manage stress. I do a morning 5-10 min meditation, I drink at least 4 glasses of water a day, I take a full 30 min lunch and 15 min afternoon break for food, I log all distractions in a distraction tracker I made, I put my phone out of reach, and I take a…

I meditate every work morning, use a ton of positive self-talk, take at least solitary 12 walks a week, talk to mom/friends/partner, watch a nostalgic movie from childhood, clean up and relax in the cleaned environment, light candles, etc. For stress while at work, it’s harder. I got a book called “Work Makes Me Nervous”…

Breakfast: Kashi cinnamon crisp cereal with almond milk, and a black coffee. Lunch: Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies, and rice. Snack: Chocolate-frosted-donut protein bites, a peach, and a black iced coffee. Dinner: Chili burger on a bun with ketchup/mustard/mayo and red onion, a grilled chorizo sausage, and…

In maintenance since October 2019. I have turned into a weekly banker. I eat 100 calories below maintenance 5 days per week, and then have 500 extra calories for one of my weekend days (usually Sunday). I’ll use them to add an indulgent dessert or restaurant meal. Everything is tracked (Estimated when I can’t weigh…

Breakfast: Kashi cinnamon crisp cereal with almond milk, and a black coffee. Lunch: Japanese-curry-style chicken, veggies, and rice. Snack: Cookies n cream protein bites, a peach, and an orange mango diet fizzy drink. Dinner: Chili burger on a bun with ketchup/mustard/mayo and red onion, plus a romaine-carrot-onion salad…

Breakfast: Potato-bread toast topped with ricotta, dried Italian herbs, garlic powder, salt n pepper. Omelette with onions, scallions, garlic, and hot sauce. Lunch: 1-minute packet of madras lentils and a side of garlic-roasted cauliflower. Dinner: Fried rice with chard and sausage, topped with gochujang mayo. Side of…

I love Chocolove XOXOX! Such good flavors, especially the dark chocolate almond, and the dark chocolate salted caramel.

Breakfast: black coffee, trail mix of roasted edamame, vanilla almond granola, and lightly salted almonds. Lunch: iced black coffee. turkey burger topped with pizza sauce, plus spicy Moroccan meatballs in sauce with sautéed peppers topped with a touch of sour cream. Afternoon snack: pure protein bar (chocolate peanut…

Breakfast: black coffee, trail mix of roasted edamame, vanilla almond granola, and lightly salted almonds. Lunch: iced black coffee. turkey burger on a slice of toasted potato bread topped with pizza sauce, plus a side of baked beans. Snack: chocolates salted caramel pure protein bar, plus some strawberries. Dinner:…

Breakfast: black coffee, trail mix of roasted edamame, vanilla almond granola, and lightly salted almonds. Lunch: turkey burger on a slice of roasted potato bread topped with pizza sauce, plus a side of quinoa zucchini bean salad. Snack: black iced coffee, strawberries and some chocolate-frosted-donut-protein-bites.…

Breakfast: black coffee, trail mix of roasted edamame, vanilla almond granola, and lightly salted almonds. Lunch: turkey burger on a slice of roasted potato bread with ketchup, and a side of baked beans. Snack: Cookies and cream protein bites and some strawberries. Dinner: Romaine salad topped with lime-cumin-marinated…

Breakfast: black coffee, trail mix of roasted edamame, vanilla almond granola, and lightly salted almonds. Lunch: turkey burger on a whole wheat pita, plus a quinoa zucchini bean salad. Snack: Pure protein chocolate salted caramel bar and some strawberries. Dinner: homemade pizza topped with ricotta cheese and chicken…

I feel like you know the answer is no.

Roasted salted edamame!

Breakfast: Oatmeal with sweet potato, brown sugar, and granola on top, and an iced coffee with almond milk. Lunch: Black bean-corn-avocado salad. Snack 1: Starbucks iced coffee with a splash of almond milk, a pump of peppermint, and a pump of mocha. Snack 2: Sweet-salty roasted edamame and peanut-butter-filled pretzel…

Breakfast: Black coffee, mix of strawberries, cantaloupe, kiwi, and grapes, with a cheesecake fruit dip. Lunch: hot-sauce-cilantro turkey meatballs, shredded Greek-marinated chicken. Dinner: seared duck breast with balsamic-maple-Dijon glaze, duck-fat-roasted carrots and onions, and a carrot salad with honey Dijon…