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I know how you feel. I've been stuck for so long that I quit using the food diary and quit exercising but I'm back! Gained weight while I was on vacation but we've got to stick with it!! If we keep watching what we eat and keep exercising the weight has got to come off!!! Don't quit. Change your patterns and try to figure…
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Beans (pinto beans, garbanzo beans, lentils, navy beans) are healthy and cheap, they have protein and enough fiber to offset some of the carbohydrate count, and they are filling. Hang out at the meat counter when you know they are marking down things (Mondays) and take advantage of marked down chicken or whatever you like.…
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Sugar (or starchy carbs) release glucose into the system and as long as our body is trying to deal with a spike in glucose, it cannot burn fat, and it puts the body into a stressed out state. The body can't use it all as fuel so it stores it as fat. So you get a double whammy, you stop burning body fat, you store MORE fat…
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Order a chicken fajita salad, season it with pico de gallo or salsa and no other dressing, tell them no cheese or sour cream, but a little guacamole should be okay. If it comes in a fried shell don't eat it. If you want a tortilla, a steamed corn tortilla would be pretty healthy. Order water with lots of lemon, and eat…
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I have been putting my salad greens in mason jars with the regular mason jar lids. Those things, as well as celery, chopped onion, lemon wedges and homemade low calorie dressings keep much longer in mason jars. (a couple of weeks) You can grab one in the morning to take a lunch to work, too, very easy to brown bag lunch to…
