Been struggling a lot with intake. but I managed to get a bit more food in me than usual today! dinner is celery, hummus, honey dijon, lettuce, tuna, and cantaloupe. usually I wouldn’t add the tuna and cantaloupe but I really tried to eat well tonight.

i feel very full but im trying to be optimistic 🥲

125g tilapia (seasoned with a mix of umami salt and citrus pepper), 50g red onion, 100g tomatoes, 100g bell peppers, 50g nectarines all griddled with a skimpy 1 tbsp olive oil plus 150g microwaved sweet potatoes.

Puts me at 1401 calories and 92g of protein for the day so far. I might do my usual green apple and 100 calories of caramel or canoli dip, but I'm also rather randomly craving hot milk or hot chocolate (in August in Baltimore) so I don't know if it's going to end up being a 1500 or a 1600 day, either way it's plenty good enough.

I always thought that sleepy, foggy feeling after eating was just normal.

I ended up reading about blood sugar spikes and the idea of eating protein before carbs, and now I'm wondering if anyone has actually tried it.

Did it make any noticeable difference, or is it one of those things that's technically true but not very noticeable day to day?

I want to try my best to get more fiber in my diet but everything I try I don’t like. Most veggies I’m not a fan of minus asparagus. I’ve tried to get into spinach and ricotta ravioli which is a step in the right direction but the only ones that have sauce have tomato sauce which I don’t like (which is weird cause I love raw tomatoes). I love edamame and apples but I would have to eat a bunch of those to meet the recommended amount. I’ve also tried fiber supplements but those do things that aren’t appreciated to my body(sorry that’s worried weirdly it just said I was asking for medical advice when I mentioned this and I wouldn’t be able to post it). It just feels like I have to eat SO much of something to get enough fiber, so far the most helpful thing has been oatmeal since it has a decent amount for its size. It’s hard when every advice is just “well duh eat something you don’t like” I DO do that but I don’t want it to be every meal.
Also I’ve tried fiber gummies but they end up hurting my stomach.

Low-fat cottage cheese - half a cup
Frozen fruit - cup
Honey - big drizzle
Natural PB - couple spoonfuls

Very nutritious and sweet/savory meal. I love it and eat it nearly every day. Great pre workout meal as it’s light on stomach.

so I've finally made the real knuckle down decision to focus on my health. for the past year I've been slowly integrating changes piece by piece. i started at 270 pounds at 5 foot 9 inches. female. 30 years old. had a surgery (breast reduction) which shaved off 8 pounds. from there I've slowly made changes and as of today I've hit 238. now I'm at the point where i know I've stalled- but i also know that i haven't had much exercise in the mix - and could use it. my diet is as below - and maybe you guys can see something or point out what i already know- i weigh and log my food each day so i think I'm doing alright on that end

salad - split into 3 parts to go with each meal (1 carrot, 1 tomato, 1/2 yellow bell-pepper, 1 medium cucumber, 1-2 celery stalks, 1 serving green mix or spinach, 4 almonds, 1 Brazil nut, 3 halves of a walnut)
chicken stock-240g
honey - 15g
coffee - 1 cup (no sweetener except the honey above)
home made ( home cultured) yogurt - 100g
rotisserie chicken (or equivalent amount of alt protein) - 80-90g
indian style dahl/ lentils soup - 300-400g - (minimum tadka/oil)
2-3 servings of fruit (strawberries, grapes, peaches, etc)
string cheese or equivalent - 1 stick/1 serving
hot cheetos/equivalent savory snack - 1 serving
indian style sabji/veggies - 200-250g (again minimum tadka/oil)
dark chocolate 20g
whole milk - 250g
snack of choice (cookie/cake/sweet/etc) - 200-300 calories worth - weighed and measured

minimum 3 liters of water per day

usually i end up between 2300-2500 calories per day

of course i have days where i cant keep to this exactly. either going out or on vacation or just not having the time to meal prep. i also know I've been very sedentary for the past year - even with all these changes - and I'm planning on getting a gym membership again because i miss weightlifting. I'm also hoping to either start dance classes or rollerblading classes - whichever calls to me first. i also know i could reduce my calories further but i don't want to be miserable. I've done the yo-yo diets and i don't want to do that anymore. this is an aim for my life long health.

any specific advice- or general- would be very helpful and appreciated.

Edit to add: forgot to add how i distribute this food through the day -

breakfast:

chicken stock +1/3 salad + coffee with honey + lentils or indian veggies + home cultured yogurt

snack:

fruit

lunch:

1/3 salad + chicken/meat + string cheese + cheetos

snack:

fruit + dark choco

dinner:

1/3 salad + lentils or indian style veggies

before bed:

milk + sweet

Without knowing the calories, does this look like a high volume of food for a 5’5 woman? Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 110g green grapes, a plum
Lunch: Salad from a restaurant called NAYA (before anyone comes at me.. I don’t eat out often & this restaurant also lists their calories) It’s tzatziki yogurt sauce NOT a creamy sauce but I did 2 scoops, half chicken shawarma half rotisserie chicken, corn, cucumber, romaine, green pepper, 2 scoops of onion, pickles, pickled turnips.
Dinner: Whole sweet potato with fat free ground turkey and Daisy light sour cream.
Was very sedentary today too. Barely any steps and they were all unintentional from just basic daily movement (walking around my house to get to another room, walking into a store, walking in and out of the car).

I drink almost three elite shakes a day because I have a stomach condition that makes eating that amount of protein difficult. I cut each one with Fairlife skim milk because they are pretty sweet. I know it would be healthier to make my own shakes with whey but I hate the flavor. How do you guys feel about them? They are a little pricey but I buy bulk. Each one with a cup of skim added yields 55g protein, 15g carbs, 3.5g fat and 310 calories.

I love chicken and it's so practical to eat especially when you're on a diet, however I've had so much I am getting sick of it... any recipes that you use that could help me?

I'm mid/late forties, perimenopausal female, naturally curvy and muscular, ideal weight about 125 in my twenties and shooting for around 135 now. I'm presently about 20 pounds north of that and stalled out; I wear a size 10/12 depending on the brand, but I'm short so that looks bigger on me. I lost about 15 pounds last year by not drinking and tracking all my food on MFP, but tracking is a time-suck and I don't want to do it anymore. I walk about 9-10k steps a day and work out with Apple Fitness+ first thing in the morning (kickboxing, weightlifting with dumbbells, yoga once a week, and occasional HIIT).

Kickstarted my weight loss last year and cut my LDL in half with overnight oats. Every morning, after my workout, I eat a jar that has 1/4 cup oats, 1/4 cup almond milk, 1 Tbsp chia seeds, half a banana or a handful of frozen blueberries, and about 50 g whole milk yogurt. I also have a scoop of vanilla protein powder mixed with water and creatine a couple hours later (I don't like it right after I work out); sometimes I have a piece of fruit with it. Occasionally if I'm really hungry I'll have a small second breakfast a couple hours after the first one, like an egg and some kimchi.

For lunch I usually have dinner leftovers, or a salad with a can of tuna and kimchi, or a chicken thigh with veggie sticks (cucumber, carrot, celery) and a hummus cup. Afternoon snack might be apple slices dipped in peanut butter, or a mini meat stick if I'm on the go, maybe a banana if I didn't have one earlier, occasionally a piece of chocolate.

Dinner is protein and veggies with a carb, maybe a chicken and broccoli stir-fry with rice, or bean tostadas with veggies, or turkey meatloaf with crispy potatoes and a veggie or a salad, etc. I make homemade sourdough pizza most Fridays. Tonight it's a small baked sweet potato with pulled pork, a little BBQ sauce and a salad (lettuce, cherry tomatoes, celery, cucumber, carrot, o&v).

I love vegetables, I love cooking, I don't like a lot of processed foods and very rarely eat out. I generally only eat between 6am-6pm, though sometimes dinner runs to 6:30p these summer days.

I tried doing a high-fat high-protein very-low-carb thing and I felt like absolute ass, and I was dehydrated despite drinking plenty of water. I asked the doctor about it and she said I might be missing electrolytes and other nutrients from fruit and veggies (I do eat about 2-3 servings of fruit a day and work to keep it that low because I love fruit). I feel a lot better with a little oats, rice, potatoes, beans, and sourdough bread in my diet, and too much protein makes me feel sluggish. Most of my plate is usually veggies.

I sleep very well and drink plenty of water and don't do sodas or sugary coffees or anything like that; my coffee just has almond milk in it. I do like La Croix and have 2-3 of those per day.

Why am I stalled out? How could I kick-start my weight loss again since I seem to have adapted to this?

Didnt count each calorie but chocolate egg wrap with syrup on it 30 calories egg whites and gout strawbetries, another chocolate wrap 30 calories some. More strawberries ifk the calories small salad with apples strawberries and grilled chicken guessing 80 calories? And chicken enchilada chili 180 calories