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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't count carbs or anything. I try to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, raw unsalted nuts, avocados, and some lean meats like chicken, though only 2x a week or so, and a lot of eggs from a fresh, local source. I like fat free or low fat greek yogurt, and I snack on string cheese as well. I eat a lot of carbs - mainly in the form of whole grains and more complex carbs, like (non-instant) oatmeal, whole wheat pita and hummus, whole wheat bread on sandwiches (mainly almond butter sandwiches and egg salad), sweet potatoes, and I love to snack on Kind Bars (fruit and nut bars, not overly processed).

I also have a big sweet tooth so allow myself a reasonable dessert every night. I am pretty active but not like pre-kids, I walk a lot and I try to do short full body strength workouts 2x a week. When my kids are older I hope to get back into yoga.

Really though, I'm genetically thin. I'm sure I'd be heavier if I ate worse and were totally sedentary though.

Good luck OP - losing weight is hard and I admire you for trying. Don't get too caught up in carbs and fat etc. If you can, it might be helpful to meet with a nutritionist for a few sessions. Nutrition can be hard, because we get a lot of false messages from the food industry. I have a public health related graduate degree and my concentration was in nutrition. Even though I've always considered myself a healthy eater, I learned so much from those classes, and only then realized how screwed up the messages on nutrition we get. One helpful tip: it's not about reading labels, it's actually about choosing foods that don't have labels (obviously not all the time) and reading ingredient lists, and aiming to choose foods that have few ingredients, ingredients you can pronounce and recognize, etc.

If only I could find a decent nutritionist. I saw one years ago and she was neither particularly knowledgeable nor insightful. Whereas my friend saw one who had simple, concrete solutions at the beginning and then they built from there. Of course she was being treated for anorexia, so there were different things they were doing.
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