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shop only the perimeter of your food store. start with that.

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I agree with the people who are telling you to ditch the "starting Monday" mentality. That don't work! Start again right after you fall off the wagon. Maybe your giving up or waving the white flag isn't as bad as you think. If you have a bad day, really look at it and decide if its as bad as you think. It probably isn't.…

welcome back! it's as much mental as it is physical! good luck!

stick with it, adjust as necessary. you'll have a good feel for it at the end of first month. good luck.

i don't have any advice, but read the thread and this is exactly why i love this place! OP asked a great question and received terrific advice. nicely done to all!

i KNOW someone so cheap they reuse coffee grinds and tea bags... they also sneak back to the table if a bunch of us go out to eat and take their share of the tip back

as a guy who gets close to 2500 calories and never came close, i didn't find the need to weigh out my salads, however i don't use dressing or croutons. can see benefit for people who don't have as much calorie allowance or are more strict on macros.

my mom says,"vica (instead of vice) versa" my dad says, "at any rate" a hundred times a day "irregardless" isn't a word "fall down six times, get up seven." that is impossible, fall down six times? you need to get up six times! i'm sure there is more, i just can't think of any ...

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6th grade English teacher. so wacth you're grammer and speling?

don't weight yourself. judge progress by clothes and how you feel.

the problem is a pasta serving size isn't anything we are used to. too small. i'm not a huge pasta fan so i can get away with zoodles once in a while. also not a huge red sauce fan.

that's great! numbers, and in your case, pictures, done lie! i don't weigh myself either!

quest protein shake. one tastes like cinnamon toast crunch. not a great nutritional breakfast but based on school schedule i eat lunch so early i really only need something to hold me a few hours.

youre gonna struggle, can't lie. but one of my fav recipies that meets your requirements is pepper tacos. make regular tacos as usual, i switch from ground beef and ground chicken or turkey depending on whats on sale. once you add spices it all tastes same anyway, but instead of shells but them on lettuce leafs or what i…

i make egg cups. spray muffin tin with Pam, scramble eggs and pour in. each section holds one egg. I add some chopped peppers or turkey pepperoni or bacon bits or cheese. can also line a strip of bacon around edge, like cupcake wrapper, if you want a bit more calories. Makes 12, can reheat 2 quickly for breakfast, but i…

eat to live, not live to eat.

read title of post and knew where this was headed. had this problem a long time ago. here was my solution... i placed three pieces of velcro on the bottom of my orthodic going lengthwise from heel towards toe. lined those up with three pieces of velcro on sneaker sole and they never moved. they sell circle velcro pieces.…

i, too, actually prefer to work out alone. started going to gym with my son, had to show him a few things in first few sessions but now we work out separately. i followed a few videos on line about which exercises to do and form and stuff. never saw a trainer as i knew i'd be suckered in to more sessions i couldn't afford,…

Thanks for the responses. I appreciate everyone's thoughtful advice.

you should've lifted today. and the only thing that changed in my diet was i upped my protein a bit. and i'm not even sure why. get out from in front of your computer and go lift.

ladies, when you post something for "women only" men are def going to click on it. we can't help it. congrats on weight loss, good luck with other issue. perhaps see a doc.

black. all black. look good, feel good.

follow some keto people on instagram. you don't get full week plans but there are tons of recipes. i prefer it that way as i am kinda picky and don't like a lot of what the whole week plans offer. plus, i don't like avocado, which is in almost every week long plan i've seen. be creative on your own.

figure out your "WHY" and go from there. Why are you here? How did you get here? What's your plan? Be excited. Grab some motivational, successful friends and work your butt off! You can and will do it!

my air fryer cooks most of my meals. Pork chops turn out excellent. As do french fries, which is partly why I am here. Do a bunch of meal prepping on Sundays and cook a weeks worth of chicken breasts. Doesn't save me much time over an oven or bbq but much more convenient. I've done burgers, steak, chicken, wings, pork…

There is a lot of good advice on this thread to the OP, so no need to repeat. My advice, based on personal experience, would be to see a therapist. 13 knee surgeries deep here. I went every other Tuesday for about 8 years. Found it very helpful. Even if we didn't speak of my lack of mobility and how that was limiting my…

congrats! that's awesome progress!

ive had 13 knee surgeries in the span of about 20 years. yes, a physical therapist would help. there is other stuff you can do tho. leg lifts. lay on your back. tighten thigh muscle and lift leg a few inches off the floor and put back down. you can't do enough of these. turn on side and do same. roll to other side and…