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Yes, I'm recovering - if I was active then I'd see where my calories are going! LOL. I'm 15 months sober. Part of why I am now trying to lose weight is I gained when I quit drinking. The withdrawal of alcohol from ones body makes them crave sugar. You can imagine. There was no way for me to log my drinks. Like I said, I'm…

Hmm, I'll have to check Culver's menu. I just thought that they offered far more in the way of choices. BTW, my problem is that if I walk into a McD's, no way am I ordering a salad. I did get a diet coke.

Thank you asciar1!!!!

Thanks for those sites! I can do egg whites on toasted English muffin - those don't seem to travel too well though, and with my workouts at night, it's very hard to prepare meals for the next day. I think I've got lunch down, but breakfast is hard. I remember making these egg cups in South Beach diet, maybe I could do…

Yeah, I'm not sure where the 1200 cals came from but that is crazy low. Eating back my cals - as in eating the -net cals I see on my diary? Like break even?

OK, but you were talking about servings for two people, etc.? My husband and I always share a dish, and then he gets the combo rice. Thankfully, I'm not a big rice eater so don't usually eat a lot of that.

I do the same with weekly meals. I'm sorry, what I mean by not being able to plan life, is saying, ok, I'm going to have McD's tonight, so I'll eat accordingly today. I ate good in the day, but then blew it at McD's at night, unexpectedly. I will say that I could have also chosen to eat better at McD's. That part, I just…

Alright, I'm going to start with tonight's PF Chang's meal and try to log this weekend, just to get a grip on what I'm eating.

I'm going to PF's tonight, what's this cal count thing you are talking about?

I have fluctuated between a goal of 1200-1500. I usually end up closer to 1600 though.

I agree with the weekend habits. I don't have small local restaurants nearby, I live in suburbia with a mecca of chains. There is one other place (Culver's, burger joint) and I think they actually do offer ok tasting food for lower cals than McD's.

I get this, I honestly do. I've done it before. The problem lies in real life. You can't always plan it. So I'll be eating ok all day, and then something will happen at home, and we choose to go to McD's. This is actually a rarity, but it did happen this week. Today I do know I'm having PF Chang's tonight, so I'm trying to…

I want to lose 10 lbs!! I thought the pretzels were ok due to the calorie content. At least I counted them, so didn't go crazy on them. How about popcorn?

Yep, I'm very vigilant about eating right during the work week. It's when I'm not at work and lounging on the weekends that is my downfall.

Thanks for your inspiring post. I don't want to spend another 10 yrs gaining. I see older folks at the gym and think, wow, I don't want to be there, trying to do this bootcamp class. I want to maintain my fitness so I can age well. Really? So how long are you supposed to be hungry? I think this is a weird line for me.…

Alright, I suspected the same. I don't skip breakfast, because I do get hungry eventually, just much later. I'm one of those weird people who don't like eggs. I can't have yogurt. So I have to find an alternative. I'd like to eat tuna/triscuits, but there are the carbs again.

shoney: You know, there was a time I was eating greek yogurt every morning. But then I began to experience acne!! At 40 yrs!! I read that dairy aggravated it, so I had to quit. I hate breakfast, so thought oatmeal would be ok. I struggle with foods in the morning. I'm eating pretzels right now. You think I should cut down…

My diary is now public: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/TMHoy I will start logging again to see if anyone has any suggestions as to why I'm not losing weight (other than the obvious - Marie Calendar's). I'm also wondering if my 3-4 days a week at the gym is not enough. They are not light workouts by far, they are…

Yes. And this is part of the problem. The Marie Calendar's pie was not a good shopping choice. We shopped when hungry, which we both know is a #1 no no.

OK, I can do that. I haven't logged my food for quite some time. At this point, I am making not just guesses on measuring food, but educated guesses. As I said, I spent at least half a year diligently measuring my food, and I know understand what it weighs/measures. I think what I'm really getting at is how to stick with…