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I have struggled with the same issue especially when adding in a lot of protein. It's such a pain. My 20-25g fiber is made up of oats, PB2, berries, cold veggies with lunch, steamed veggies with dinner, avocados, and beans. When I find myself very low I'll do a protein bar from Costco (15g fiber each bar). That said I try…

I don't log my 15 cal fish oil supp... But if it were me I would probably log those 55 calories. That's between 1540-1705 calories a month. Like another poster mentioned you're probably off on any number of other estimates throughout the day - why add to potential overestimating when you know the total cals.

Counting calories will be key to you reaching your goals! It's so easy to under or over estimate. As others have mentioned .8-1g/per pound of bodyweight of protein is important to build those muscles. Personally I aim for just over .8g/lb of current bodyweight each day and let the rest of my macros fall where they may…

I put most of my Christmas cookies into recipe builder this year - most are around 100/cal each or less.... If I could single one out as the least calories I'd recommend the mint chocolate chip meringues - https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/mint-meringues/ Although I'm not sure about being easy

Cottage cheese with berries on the side 4-5 flat pretzels, 1.5oz cheese, 5-6 candied nuts 2 ounces peanut-butter filled pretzels - I buy these in bulk, love them so much but one serving is not enough Greek yogurt with chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, mini chocolate chips, and whipped cream (my usual dessert)…

You look great! Lyme's sucks so much - sorry you had to deal with that

Jillian Michaels videos, Insanity workouts. When you're ready buy some adjustable dumbbells and follow a beginner dumbbell program, even a cheap $40 set of weights will take you far as a beginner (or look around for a secondhand set)

Soda especially orange and grape, cheese from a can, sugary breakfast cereals

If I am at home I'll replace my 300 cal dessert with wine - I can have 2 glasses for less than 300 cals (and come out ahead calorie wise). Beer is trickier. I'm from WI and when we go out with friends we drink beer... not the light stuff either. If I can, I'll plan ahead so I stay within my calories. If not, I'll make it…

I wake up around 5 each day and drink my latte. During the week I follow this pattern: Breakfast, 6am, 225-245cal AM Snack, 9-10am, 170-200cal Lunch, 11-Noon, 400-430cal PM Snack, 2-4pm, 160-200cal Dinner, 6-7pm, 400-500cal Dessert, usually right after dinner, 300cal I also work at a desk job. I like to add in snacks…

I had sushi, champagne, and cake, cake, cake for my birthday this year!

I have made crustless pumpkin pie before. Similar to this, https://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/141287/Crustless-LIBBYS-Famous-Pumpkin-Pie/

Congrats on your gains!

I plan to eat and enjoy all the things. I'll login and log a number I think is close, maybe 4000 or so. I won't be hungry the next few days afterwards so I'll take advantage of that. I'm not banking calories beforehand but I'm making sure to intentionally stay active this month

Click on the little calendar next to Your Food Diary For: Date field. Then scroll back to the month/year you're looking for.

Right after supper - I don't like food rolling around in my tummy all night when I'm trying to sleep

Great work - you're in the right place

Losing since November of last year, lifting since April of this year

Black bean quinoa chili followed by chocolate greek yogart parfait topped with whipped cream for dessert

Good luck... but you'll need more than luck to make it work!

I log everything. I never consider eating to be 'cheating' - its just eating

There is a bunch of good advice here. One thing that I do is instead of trying to 'save up' enough calories Mon-Fri before the weekend is to 'repay' any extra calories I've eaten the Mon-Fri after the weekend. In other words, if I go over my calorie goal by 700 calories on the weekend I'll have to reduce my Mon-Fri…

Feel free to add - I log everything and eat sweets... pretty much every day

I'm your height and started at the same weight in November of last year. It is doable to lose weight but not at all easy. The biggest thing is weighing and honestly logging every single thing, every single day. Logging meticulously also helps me understand the calories I need to maintain my weight. Upping my activity has…

I started with a pair of small adjustable dumbbells - around 20/lb each - that allowed for adding more plates. A set similar to mine is $30 at Walmart online right now. I used just the weights that came with the set for awhile. As I started to outgrow the 20lbs I added a few small plates which I picked up used at Play It…

Congrats - you look great! And... inspire me to keep lifting. Like you I started with just a small set of adjustable dumbbells - the transformation is incredible. I've been adding more and more equipment including barbell and my newest addition is a pullup bar. What kind of rack did you get?

Mac and cheese is a huge pain! I weight the entire cooked amount (either in a separate bowl or by subtracting the weight of the pot) and then divide by number of servings in the box - which is probably an estimate so you'll only ever get 'kinda close' with mac and cheese. Say the entire weight of the cooked mac and cheese…

This is so difficult! As I was losing I bought a few things here and there at thrift stores. I reached my goal back in April and managed to make it through summer without buying much - dresses are really forgiving. Now that winter is here I am just not able to make my pants from last year (size 6-8) work anymore. Last…

I have used yougurt in cold tuna sandwiches - not sure how it would be hot though. Like another person mentioned, I have used hummus and would think it to be a better sub for a hot sandwich. Now that the weather has turned cold I was just thinking about tuna melts... I was thinking of skipping the binder completely and…

Me too - currently recomping!