sherrifoster123 Member

I wouldn't say he expects me to plan all his meals, but I tend to plan all the dinner meals for the week. He does his own breakfast and lunch. He makes the kids' breakfast and I make their lunches. We alternate who cooks dinner, but I usually plan dinner.

I jokingly told my husband I would cook the same meals and I would eat all the meat and he could eat all the starchy carbs.

I did that as I was going through the holidays. Then on a Sunday I sat down and wrote out an entire weeks worth of meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). I calculated all the calories and made a chart. That made it so much easier to start. Once I had a plan it wasn't hard.

I just plan it as part of my day. I find that if I know I get to have something I want at night, it's easier for me to stay on track during the day. I leave a certain amount of calories out just for TV watching snack.

I eat 1200 right now. I'm shooting for 2 lbs a week. Early on I always lose a lot right off the bat. Then it levels out for me. Like first week was 5 lbs.

I was vitamin d deficient and started a supplement a year ago. I gained ten pounds over that year. I don't think it had anything to do with it personally. When you were 16 you might have been able to eat dominos like that; I could. But not anymore.

Have you replaced that with something else with the same amount of calories?

Definitely possible. I have a sedentary job and eat 1300 calories a day. I typically lose 1-2 lbs a week. Some days I'm closer to 1200 calories. On Friday and Saturday I splurge a little eating out but I've still been losing not working out at all.

I take it and had some side effects early on but now none. And it has been awesome. By the way it had no effect on my appetite except maybe I ate more because my mood was better...lol

Tuna, eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, beans. That's a good variety of my diet for protein. Fiber just comes when I eat more green veggies and take a multivitamin. Sometimes if I eat a granola bar.

I really like the Skinny Taste website for healthy meal ideas. I have found some good recipes there that are filling but lower calorie.

I'm a bigger fan of New Kids on the Block than anybody on MFP. I'm a blockhead!

Four words: old man ball sack Enough said.

I bought it used off Amazon for $69.

I usually buy myself new nail polish (shellac kind...it's more expensive), or treat myself to something that I normally wouldn't (mani/pedi, eyebrow wax, etc.).

I have been doing Insanity for about 3 weeks and I'm in the same boat. I gained 2 lbs the first week, lost 2 lbs the second week, and lost 2 lbs the third week. So my overall loss is 2 lbs, but I have dropped almost an inch in my waist. I try to stay motivated by that.

I mix it up with a combination of any of the following (depending on calories) usually picking two, but I spread it out over the morning because i don't each lunch until 1:00. bagel thin with cream cheese yogurt with granola banana fresh fruit Special K fruit & yogurt cereal (skim milk) Cheerios multi-grain cereal Kashi…

I don't have a HRM and I log it as calisthenics (vigorous effort). It comes out to about 400ish calories (depending on the workout). I'm not using my to get an exact count of calories burned; I care more about my caloric intake than how much I'm burning off.

I usually put calisthenics with vigorous effort.

I started it about 3 weeks ago and it was SO hard. I didn't think I could do it, but I've still doing it. I'm going about 5-6 days a week. I have gotten so much better at it and I actually kinda look forward to doing it. I do not enjoy that it is somewhat predictable and monotonous, but I like how I feel a couple hours…