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I've been doing SL about 3-4 weeks. Not a lot of gains, using dumbells so that 5lb increase each is a little much. But with calories deficit and come cardio, my belt notch has gone down by one. Great NSV! Especially since I've only lost a few scale lbs!

I'm not very hungry in the mornings, til about 10. Lunch time at work is 1130. I don't need to eat again 1.5 hrs later. If I do, I'm wanting something again at 3. So I'll eat something small at around 10, something bigger around 2. Then I can eat whatever for dinner. It's more timing my calories for when I'm hungry rather…

PS- I had coffee this morning, some chicken stir fry leftovers for "lunch" at 1 when I got home. 400 cal workout. A whole bottle of wine (yes not the best) spaghetti n meatballs, veggies n bread for dinner. I'm still at less than 1000 net. Edited- use fitbit for life and hrm for workouts.

I don't love breakfast but I LOVE dinner. I have coffee and maybe some cottage cheese in the AM, lots of water. Light lunch around 2, then work out for some extra calories and then basically get to eat whatever for dinner/late night eating. Love I have 1000 cals for dinner to use as I please and still keep an eye on total…

Doing weights and cardio so trying to stay away from the scale anyways. I'm in too!!

Fage 2% plain, PB2 and blueberry syrup stirred in. Tastes like pb&j! 275 calories, 25 gms protein!

I added eggplant to my roasted veggies last night. Drizzled balsamic over while cooking, added some red wine at the end. Super yummy! I also love it with chinese food sauces (with or without meat). Cooked into your spaghetti sauce. It's "meaty" and delicious! Breaded and baked dipped in marinara sauce.

I only eat fast food once a week (if that), barely eat out at restaurants, I cook protein veg brown rice/carb side most days of the week. I gained weight because I eat too much of this food. Last night I made roasted veggies and those thin pork chops (marinated, not fried in any oil). All good until you eat 2 pork chops,…

Honestly I'll eat whatever for breakfast, including dinner leftovers. This morning I had "everyone in the pool" soup. Black eyed peas, barley, spinach, broccoli, shredded chicken breast and frozen meatballs. I basically wanted to eat the other day but not shop, so cleaned some things out of my freezer. Protein and fiber…

Probably homemade egg rolls...yummmm!

Today I had leftover chicken/veggie stirfry. Weighed the leftover rice (83 g), about 4 oz (112g) chicken, and couple scoops of the veggies. 19 Carbs, 35 protein, about 350 cals (I added in 50 quick cals for homemade sauce).

This guy at work actually bought one of those just so he could check out in Sporting Goods section....

I've just started this week, I set an alarm on my email to go off at 9 that tells me to get up. Once it goes off, I snooze it for an hour, then get up and walk around the interior of our building for two laps. Just got a fitbit so I'm trying to start making small changes to things. In an hour, the snooze goes off again, so…

It's Skinnytaste.

This morning I had 2 turkey sausage patties chopped up with spinach, tomato, 1/4 cup cottage cheese, all mixed in and scrambled with 2 eggs. 345 calories, and 35 grams of protein, I'm still not hungry for lunch and it's 1:30. Also you don't taste or see the cottage cheese, I was worried about that as I don't like it on…

^^^this, the sugar high out of control is placebo effect.

About the dog food vs people food thing. Read the label of a good brand of dog food. It should have REAL food listed. Real meat, real veggies, real fruits. Read a label of most brands you find in the grocery store or big box store. It starts will filler. I'd rather feed my dog the best brand of dog food or real people…

Anything that's slightly sweet on it's own, sweet potatoes, squash etc, I like to go savory on. Just roast with some olive oil, salt and pepper, herbs. I don't like my dinner food sweet, so I go this route.

In regards to the nutrition labels above, the serving says 1 cup, but the grams are way different. If you go by that, it's about the same calories per gram. 1.2 vs 1.2 cal per gram.

Yes, it's Skinnytaste, copied and pasted directly from her site.

Please add me too? 34 single mom of 2 teens with busy schedules and my own full time job. Need help and ideas on how to fit it all in, feeling pretty discouraged.

I'm not very good at keep up with stuff, but I took about a tablespoon every morning for about a week and I noticed my fingers around the nails were better looking, not dry and tearing like usual. I haven't kept up with it and my nails and nail skin is back to dry and blah again.

I hate oatmeal but eat it anyways because it's good for you. Don't like the texture of it, but I found out if it's thick and solid like, it's better. Gotta try ways you can handle it and then just do it.

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You can also buy a bag of frozen veggies for that price as well. It drives me mad when people say things like this. Yes little debbies might be 1.50, but you can also buy veggies for 1.50!!!

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Chicharrones! But not the crispy pork rinds sold in bags. At this meat market, they sell "pork fat". It's chunks of pork fat with a tiny bit of meat. When cooked right the meat is tasty and the fat like pops and melts in your mouth...it's the best fat!

I LOVE soup, so during the colder times I make a big pot a week and eat/freeze it. Live in Southwest, so I also love anything spicy. I LOVE white chili but don't care for regular chili, so this works out great for me!

Browse your produce section a bit. Pick up something new every week and then just google a good recipe. Pretty much anything is good roasted or grilled. Learn the basics of a vinaigrette and then you can sub out different vinegar, herbs etc to dress anything up as well. Also take your favorites, the ones you're already…