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They're okay, and pretty dang tasty, but every time I told myself "I'm gonna GET HEALTHY!" and fell back on freezer-meals, I always, always failed. If you have more guts than I do, and can stick with it despite the convenience-factor (seriously, I think the convenience made it too easy for me to fall off the wagon), then I…

Quinoa! It's superb. Love your soy. And embrace the power of Quorn.

If you've got a kroger around, always scope out the produce section for anything marked with a "Manager's Special" sticker. It's usually half off retail, and good for at least a couple of days in the fridge. Same goes with lean meats, except those can be frozen for 4-6 weeks, so stock up whenever you find a nice score!…

I try to avoid eating "on the run" if at all possible by eating every four hours, give or take. However! I really like keeping a meal bar handy. The slimfast brownie meal bar is pretty good... gritty as heck but it packs a nice protein and fiber punch at just 200 calories. Plus, I mean, chocolate. Another one I really like…

I just like turkey on a nice, hearty wheat bread with PILES of lettuce. That, and I'll merrily polish off whatever cranberry sauce is left over.

And for a more hetero selection...

If you're not too hot on soy milk, try almond milk. It's has a much better flavor than soy, and it's very easy to cook with - you don't have to worry about curdling at high heats, like you do with soy. Some other things I really liked were mushrooms, seitan (wheat gluten), and different nut butters (peanut, hazelnut,…

My favourite after-dinner sweet is bananas with peanut butter. Not only does the banana kick the sweet, but the peanut butter sticks to your ribs until the next morning.

Oven roasted chicken on wheat with lettuce, onions, spinach, banana peppers, and provolone.

When I was vegan, and working at a pizza place, I pretty much lived off of carbs. I ate so much spaghetti, it was positively shameful. Yet I lost a full pants in the three months that I worked there. It's definitely not weird :)

The vegetarian fajita burrito bol from Chipotle is pretty tight. It's surprising just how unimportant the tortilla really is. Calories on that varies according to your taste, but you can ballpark it at http://www.chipotlefan.com/index.php?id=nutrition_calculator My two picks at Olive Garden are the lunch-sized portion of…

Quit 11 days ago, and I've already gained 5 lbs... but I told myself that quitting was temporarily more important than the weight loss. So if I wanted a handful of chips in place of a cigarette, I'd do it. In my mind, better that than another layer of tar in my lungs. But now I'm comfortable enough with the not-smoking…

Amy's = Heck yeah. I can totally jack up some enchiladas and veggie-loaf. The rice bowls are pretty delicious, too. I rarely get the chance to have them, though... only if they go on sale.

Every time I lose weight, I lose it from some place I would never expect. This time, the padding I had on my back decided to be the first to go... so I can't tell any difference between my starting weight and my current weight, except that my bras fit a lot better. And hey, I'll take that -- results are results! Any place…

I try to make myself have a pack of Quaker Lower Sugar Apples and Cinnamon oatmeal... sometimes with an ounce of almonds. I've noticed I have better luck with the scale when I actually eat breakfast. But it's so easy to forget sometimes... I've just never been a brekkie person.

I would never have guessed... you don't strike me as the Kentucky type! Then again, neither do I, but I've been here all my life. Ha! Best thing I can come up with is have some gum on hand. I'll pop a stick when I get the boredom-munchies, and within five minutes, I've forgotten I was ever "hungry". Pop helps with that, as…

Seconding the vitamin drink/supplement shake idea. They're a quick and easy way to add extra calories to your daily intake, with the added nutrition bonus (ie, they're not just empty calories). Store-brand slim-fast shakes will do the trick (same thing, just marketed differently), but I think Boost shakes are the tastiest…

I second this. It's not all that surprising to have a massive wtf-day when you've been restricting so much during the week. Relax a little bit, and this sort of thing won't be such a problem.

Shows just what "deal" means. The only one that is a remotely okay choice is the Subway. At least with that one you can eat half now, then have the other half later. Which I do rather regularly... hooray for student diets! XD

I get Honeysuckle White frozen chubs... the Kroger I go to has them 3 for $5 about once a month. :3

Peanut butter jelly! Peanut buttery jelly! Do the peanut butter jelly with a baseball BAT. No, seriously. It's sweet, quick, portable, rich in protein, and all around good for you. Especially if you dig your pb&j on whole wheat bread, with a nice glass of milk. Just do it with reduced sugar jelly at the very least... you…

Yup yup, lean beef is really quite alright. The only reason I even bother with ground turkey is cos it's frequently less expensive. I mean, $5 for three pounds of ground turkey, or $3 for one pound of 97/3 beef? Yeah.

If you count 1979 releases as close enough to the 80s... OMD - Electricity ELO - Don't Bring Me Down Both way dancable. I'll surely think of more as the day goes on... I loves my 80s :3

No, you do have a choice. You just choose to have the pizza, then blame peer pressure for the lack of self-control. And I know that sounds horribly, terribly harsh, but it's the god's honest truth. If you want to get healthy for you, you have to put your foot down and do the right thing. Your body isn't about your friends…

Heh, my boyf is the same way. Vocally, he's very supportive... he's my very own little cheer team. But so much of the time, he'll just be so focused on having what he wants that he doesn't realize how much it limits my own choices. Grrr. Luckily, I do go to the grocery by myself most of the time... so if he wants something…

Diet for me. I need to get my body used to eating right before I go and shock my heart and joints with a buttload of exercise.

It's kind of different from person to person. My body seems to burn carbohydrates very well (whereas meats just confuse the crap out of it). I worked at a pizza joint once, had spaghetti and breadsticks every day I clocked in, and lost weight while I was at it. So if you don't find them to be problematic for you, I'd say…

I have two... a pentacle on my left shoulder (16th birthday present), and one of the little crying minotaurs from Radiohead's Amnesiac art set on my right forearm (18th birthday present). I want more, but I can't convince myself that I can spare the money for new projects.

I've found that pairing carrots with hummus helps make them stick for longer, if that helps :3

For breakfast, I usually have Special K Cinnamon Pecan (1 cup with 1/2 cup light soymilk weighs in at 195cal, 12g sugar), or the Quaker Lower Sugar Apple Cinnamon with a half ounce of almonds (195cal, 7g sugar). Another tasty cold cereal I've been digging lately is Life (1 cup with 1/2 cup light soymilk is 195cal, 11g…