Keep up the good work, you have all that you need to be successful.

Just do it.

Snack packs may be my favorite thing in the whole world. I may pay more in the long run, but just knowing how many calories are in that package means so much!! And it’s so much easier to track on Weight Watchers. As for sodas, I can gladly say that I gave those up over two years ago and I can’t say that I miss them. Water and juice is my best friend!

Yes, Jeff is sooo picky! Tomatoes are a big no no in my household, for his food at least.

Thanks again for the great ideas!!

Here’s how I lost 60 pounds while still actually eating:

*Paying attention to portion sizes. Try to really listen to when my body is telling me it is full AND STOP.

*For lunches: I started using for at-home lunches Oscar Meyer boxed sandwiches and cracker snacks. The fixed serving size helped control my intake. For fast food, I used Subway as often as possible and got their chicken breast sandwich. Much better than many of the alternatives.

*For dinners: We started eating A LOT of the bulk bagged frozen boneless chicken breasts they sell at the grocery store. They are pretty affordable and also you can thaw and use only what you need from the big package, so there is less waste versus fresh. We also started using ground turkey sometimes as a substitute for ground beef. It works especially well in spicy recipes like tacos. I actually prefer it in some things because it isn’t as greasy.

*For snacks: Pre-cut apples that are sold bagged in the produce section (convenient & less waste), sometimes with snack cups of caramel. 100 calorie or snack packs of M&M’s (limit serving size). Dried Cherries (Welch’s are by far the best). South Beach Diet cranberry almond protein bars (although they just changed them and I haven’t tried the new ones.) The goal here was to let me either have a small fix of something that I craved, or let me have a decent size snack without consuming a lot of calories.

*Drinks: I substituted Vitamin Water for a lot of my Dr. Pepper intake. I can’t drink diet sodas because the sweetners give me migraines but the Vitamin Water is about half the calories of a soda.

Hope there is something useful for you there! Good luck!

Fruit. My main problem with it is, I buy it and then I don’t eat it all so it goes bad. Then I get mad. Ugh, such is life.

As for salads, I need to get more into them. Mix it up a bit. And using those salad spritzer things are quite nice. Enough dressing to taste it, but not so over powering that the calories/fat are taking over.

Jeff, however, can start making his own dinner if he doesn’t want salad