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[quote=Anonymous]PP here, a couple of my healthier eating go-tos... a couple eggs for breakfast, a homemade smoothie as the main component of lunch, and for dinner I like those pre-made salad packs in the produce section of the grocery store (esp. poppyseed), but combine them 50/50 with a bag of fresh baby spinach (and thus even only using half at a time it's still a large salad portion). I'll often supplement with a pretty small portion of chicken tenders or spaghetti or whatever I'm making my kids for dinner so that the bulk of my meal is healthier (the salad), but I also don't feel like I'm completely depriving myself.

Snacks I try to have apples, maybe a handful of almonds, etc. but the key thing is also drinking lots of water. I keep bottles of "Hint" brand flavored water in the fridge (I can only drink so much unflavored water). Not only is drinking water healthy, but it helps assuage your appetitie / feelings of hunger to a degree.

I do eat other less healthy things plenty of the time too, sometimes I'm making my kids burgers and I just really need/want one too, or occasionally splurge on some ice cream in the evening, etc... but I find trying to be too absolutist about it just makes me rebel and/or give up... so it's all about making those changes and having some of your food intake be healthier, but not absolutely depriving yourself of joy either because that's not sustainable.

Anyway, that's what's working for me. My weight is not falling off a cliff, but nearly 20 pounds during the 5 months I've been doing this seems pretty good progress for a program that I'm able to fit into my life and sustain long-term. Whatever changes you make have to be long-term, and anything too drastic is IMO a recipe for eventual failure.[/quote]

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