Thank you, everyone. I think I'm going to pull a little bit from everyone.

1) I'm going back to FitDay. As much as it pains me, I think it's necessary to be accountable and not just "winging it" every day, b/c that's not going to get me to ONEderland.

2) Planning ahead. I think I'm going to try to start cooking big batches of things on Monday nights and freezing them or whatever for the week. I'll have to buy some tupperware, but it'll be worth it. I'm also going to buy a food scale to monitor portion sizes. I just can't deal with "on the spur of the moment" choices b/c I ALWAYS pick the wrong thing.

3) So, I'm pretty convinced that the only way I'm going to get this to fly for a while is to allow more calories on weekends. During the week I can do about 1400-1500. But on weekends.... that just ain't gonna happen. I think that not trying to kid myself into the rigidness of "1500 every day for the rest of my life" is going to be a big help. So maybe I can get away with 1800-2000 calories on the weekends?

[barbygirl43]

It sounds like you have a great plan mapped out. I think your calorie ranges sound great. The 1800-2000 on the weekends sound doable. I'm sure you'll find your balance.

as for your tupperware, you might check out the glad or ziploc containers. They are that expensive are reusable and then you can toss them.