I've had to revamp my entire snacking scene as well. I am on a low carb diet which helps with weight loss but it also cuts down on my snack options. Obviously nuts are big for a low carb diet but I've been buying a lot more fruit and a lot of beef jerky. Also plain popcorn is pretty healthy but most people don't like it without anything on it. I would love to eat granola but it's higher than oats so I'm suffering through the nastiness that is oatmeal. I do have an oats cereal that I eat as a snack which, while not great, isn't that bad. I eat a lot more often now so my snack amount has increased but I don't eat very much. Even with gaining weight with the baby I managed to lose 6lbs in 2 weeks just by cutting my carbs. (note: no carbs is unhealthy and very hard to do, I'm not promoting that!)

(October 23, 2017 at 11:55 am)Shell B Wrote: That's fucking amazing!

It really is, good job!

(October 23, 2017 at 6:52 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:

(October 23, 2017 at 11:55 am)Shell B Wrote: That's fucking amazing!

It really is, good job!

Thanks Mystic! Lately they're at a kind of lower prediabetes level. Hopefully by the time I meet my next big goal for weight they will be squarely normal and my body will have adjusted to the new levels.

So, Tibs and I are doing No Take Out November with the caveat that we can eat out if we're having salad and that we can eat out on my birthday. We usually eat on the run way more often than this, so I'm hoping it will impact our health and our savings. Just an idea if you want to try out a challenge!

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Oh, I'm also replacing my lunch with either soup or salad every day now. I haven't lost 30 pounds from it in two weeks, so it's a failure.

Salads can be wonderful. We still buy and eat some Trader Joe prepared salads but I'm also making some of our own. I recommend this one:

salad greens
thin sliced sweet onion
thin sliced radishes
julienned beets (I just nuke them for 4-5 minutes, cool them off in water, skin them and then cut them up)
thin sliced Fuyu persimmon
fresh pomegranate seeds
brazil nuts, sliced and quickly heated in dry skillet
grated fresh blue cheese

dressing:
apple cider vinegar
pomegranate molases
olive oil

I get my salads prepped from Stop 'n Shop or the local Greek gyro shop. Whole Foods has a good (if overpriced) salad bar too. I wish there were more salad bars around.

I've never tried flash sauteed Brazil nuts. I'm in!

Brazil nuts do taste yummy all toasty.

Weird but as I was scrolling down "Today's Posts", I read the title of this thread as:

AF Biggest Loser/Fitness Challenge-May 3 to Whenever (We're Not Fat Anymore)

Talk about wishful thinking.

There is nothing like working out to procrastinate studying for a midterm! That is what I am going to do right now lol. Wish me well!

I gained 2% extra fat, won't get abs at this rate.......... going to diet better and do some more cardio, the latter I been almost altogether avoiding.

I get up 5:00 am and go to the gym around 5:50 am, but I think I am going to sleep one hour earlier and get up at 4:00 am from now on and go there at 4:50 am.

That will give me extra time for cardio.

I can't seem to lose the chub, but as long as I'm getting my exercise in, I'm happy.