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Scalloped potatoes. My mom made this "fancy dish" when I was sick as a kid and I barfed. Even the name sounds gross still 30 yrs later. I like all other potato dishes.

My go to's are soups, chili, stews...and dinner leftovers. Because the former are super simple to portion and freeze well and last one because I'm a single mom of 2 and someone's gotta eat the leftovers. I store them in pint Mason jars and reusable plastic or canning lids, freeze. I take one out and go to work, it thaws…

Don't stop moving....it will only be worse if you lay about, stay lightly active...what ever that means for you. I have a Zumba class the evening after my hardest workout. My sore muscles feel better after the class. On days I feel like I have Trex arms or Im walking like the tin man I take an Epson salt bath...it helps me…

How many calories are you eating in a day? Weighing and measuring everything? Are weekends a free for all or do you keep an eye on your cheat meals? A lb a week is successful, though so be proud of this. I don't usually do "cheat" meals or weekend's because it derails me, I can easily undo my week's work. I plan for meals…

I keep it simple...3 glasses of wine and french fries. I make sure it fits in my weekly goal. Once in awhile, I like wine more than food.

Be able to do assisted pullups on the least resistant band...then do them all on my own. Then climb a rope.

I usually just smile and nod when I hear "just go vegan you don't have to count calories, the weight will fall off" etc. Like there are no calorie dense vegan foods...coconut cream, nuts, pasta, veganaise, french fries in veg oil, Oreos...

The most dull lecture in the history of boring lectures.

B cottage chz, pineapple. Giant Americano. L chicken Asian Inspired salad, lots of veg, a few cashews, peanut sauce and rice vinegar dressing. D half a California burrito...with lots of spicy picked carrots. S a couple frosted animal crackers and pop chips

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Are you wanting to prep for the entire week? Tomatoes and avocados don't hold up well, in a dish, for more than overnight imo. But mash it and add lemon it will stay a little longer prepared but still separate. Soggy sandwiches make me sad. I usually pack the ingredients as separate as possible to grab and go. I do this…

I have a 3 yo that only likes the orange cheese and a five yo who self regulates, saves treats and spreads them out out over days and even refuses sweets choosing fruit (totally serious) instead. Me and 3 gobble it A.L.L. immediately.

Any veg, protein, rice or other grain. The magic for me is in the sauce.. Liquid aminos (soy sauce), rice vinegar, and seasame oil. Sriacha at the end.

I don't call it cheating. I fit it into my budget or if I go over (maintenance) my goal I adjust the difference over the next few days. If I fail to do that, I don't beat myself up, I move on. I weigh once a week no matter my choices and take the average for the month.

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Sounds like you are right on track...10 lbs in 2 months is a job well done! I added exercise as I learned what I liked and what I could easily fit into my weekly routine. Losing weight is a matter of Ci/Co. You don't have to exercise at all if you keep a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. If you want to eat more you…

I'm busy and like to eat what I make from home so alot of things I throw in a tortilla. My current breakfast go to is a whole wheat tortilla (use what ever you like) a half a cup of egg whites microwaved, glass bowl 1:30 and some salsa or left over steamed veggies on top. You can do the same with reg eggs it may take a…

Egg whites Canned tuna Beans and lentils Lf/ff cottage cheese, ff Greek yogurt

Peanut butter chocolate malt balls from the bulk bin at my health food store...84-115 Cal's. I eat them with a super hot cup of coffee. Portion control...since I only buy 2 at a time.

I am at a gym that has free child care and a discount when you join with a current member...both the gyms in the area do the discount. But...FREE CHILD CARE!!!. I get to bust my butt in the gym free of worry that I'm gunna kick my 5 yo in the gut, happened, or almost take her out with a dumbbell, sooooo *kitten* close. I'm…

I have a 5 and 3 yo. The 5 yo eats all her fruit and veg, prefers them over alot of other food. 3 yo took a bit more effort, she would prefer cheese and milk and nothing else, alot of time she says it's the texture so I try my best to cook same things different ways. I have a no thank you bite rule, they have to try…

That^ and I discovered foods that made my nurser fussy... broccoli and onions.. So I ate less of those for awhile. Phdinparenting.com "the calories and breastfeeding roller coaster," a Dr breaks down why you need to eat while nursing.

Off topic but I read as "Dear summer sausage" and was expecting to find a confession.

Non meat options 6g cup of cooked oats, 8g 1c cooked quinoa, 1c lentils 18g, 1c black beans 15g...beans! Broccoli, Brussels, 4g in a cup, spinach 6g for 1 c cooked.

Noocho "cheese" sauce I'm not vegan but this sauce... It's a potato, a couple carrots boiled, some of the boiling liquid, nooch, tumeric, acv, Dijon. It's bright orangy yellow like nacho cheese sauce, but a little tangy. We eat it with chips, in burritos, over broccoli.....it freezes well. My kids love it. We also love a…

Similar goals here too...escaped the holidays with a 4lb gain. Add me! I log the good, the bad, and the ugly, open diary.

A college nutrition class helped me.

I don't go to the gym and just recently joined a zumba class once a week. YouTube is great, I use fitness blender, gymra, and pop fitness. I did invest in dumbells over time, but not right at first. Sports bras fit more snug than you would think, once I found a properly fitting one it made a huge difference. I got a…

I microwave my 1/2 c of egg whites for a minute and a half, flip it once half way through, the egg Patty comes out fluffy. I only figured out this method when all my non stick pans were crap, (too cheap and lazy to do anything about it) and the egg whites sorta disappeared in my veg as well.

I just cook double or triple of what I normally eat...extra rice, extra chicken cut up for salads, sadwiches, wraps. Portion leftover dinner for breakfast and lunch the next couple days. My favorite is oven roasting a bunch of my favorite vegtables so I can stuff them into wraps or eat them reheated from a bowl with…