tsherb

Sugar is sugar: the youtube video you reference is a great video. He tackles this topic around an hour and 13 minutes into the video. Basically says fruit is okay because it is being eaten in conjunction with fiber. If you have the time watch the video or at least this portion...it is really good.…

When I started this process, I took over cooking all meals. I have a wife and 9 year old daughter and each like their occassional snack splurges. I have been successful in avoiding their snacks (chips, pretzels, etc). I have focused on my menu for the day which in the early stages I planned out in 3 day increments.…

I tend to try to get a fair amount of protein in the morning but also try to keep the calories to between 200-250. I also then have a snack a couple hours later. My typical breakfast is: Arnold's 100 calorie whole wheat thin roll, 1/2 cup of eggbeaters, 1/8 of a cup of reduced fat mozzarella cheese, and a tablespoon of…

Basically I stopped eating out. And the few times I have, I went to the restaurant's website prior to going there to plan out my order with the healthiest/ lower calorie options they offerred. I have also been known to bring my own dressing from home to use on their prepared salads. Good Luck.

Chinese Buffet: the General's chicken, fried rice, fried egg rolls with duck sauce...you name it I ate it all at one sitting.....I don't reallly miss it now. About the only thing I miss now is fried buffalo chicken wings with thick chunky blue cheese dressing. Oh well. :-)

To be honest I think my success so far can be accredited to not eating out and cooking fresh on a daily basis. What I did was go out and find a couple of good eating healthy/ low calorie cookbooks as well as look online to find recipes for dinners under 350 calories. I then usually had the leftover for lunch the next day.…