Thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm going to work on cooking in the mornings. Lettuce is tough for me. I hate crunchy vegetables! But I know I need to work on eating different things if I really want to make a life change.
You guys should see me eat asparagus lol. I practically have to hold my nose. I am such a child sometimes
Making myself eat lettuce will be my goal for the week!
Some people successfully add lettuce blended in their shakes. I have not and I know there are ways to do it so you don't even notice it. I am sure someone will probably chime in there.
Try roasting asparagus if you haven't already!
Just add your oil on your salads or veggies. You can still drizzle a but on roasted veggies, but you will get more of what you need by adding it on to foods.
Welcome Linda and congrats on getting started. You'll find lots of support here along with recipes, ideas and great motivation!
Thank you so much Ruth Ann! I am finding everyone in the forums to be so thoughtful and kind. This is going to be quite the journey. And look at your numbers, wow, that is incredible! Very inspiring!
Boy, you're ambitious! I want to see a pic of your kitchen after you make all that!
So far I've only made the oatmeal zucchini muffins but my house smells SO GOOD! I'm willing them to cool faster so I can eat them! I also made up a doc/PDF of all the recipes I'm trying so they're all in one place. Plus I'm doubling each recipe so it's interesting.
SV: My morning WI put me at 219.4 today ... goodbye forever to the 220s, and 2.4lbs to go before I've lost 60lbs!! I could conceivably make that for my official WI on Thursday, but if not (I'm changing my WI time to an hour later to save myself a little gas), I'll be there next week.
I agree with IP43 's suggestions! I love making muffins and cookies for Bfast. Or try using one whole egg and three egg whites as a replacement for a packet... Add a few veggies 1/4 to 1/3 cup) and you have a filling omelet to start the day.
Definitely add a salad at lunch. For example purée 1 cup peppers into your soup and the rest add to your unlimited lettuce. Some of our bigger losers have at least three to four cups of lettuce salad per day!
Save a little bit of your veggies and have a couple pickles as afternoon snack and leave your final packet for after dinner. If you have six oz of protein at dinner, you could add a hard boiled egg with the pickles for snack.
Have hot drinks when you are hungry... decaf coffee or tea, fat free broth.
Also get your mind to recognize the difference between true stomach hunger and the "I am tired-bored-hot-cold-mad-happy munchies!"
Why do you think having three to four cups of lettuce a day would increase weight loss? I haven't been eating much lettuce at all BUT if it makes that big of a difference I will start, haha! I'd love to know thoughts on this!
NSV: I needed to fix the speaker cables behind the TV--one had come unplugged--and I FIT back there without worrying I was going to knock the TV off and break it!
Wish me luck!
Kelly! I agree, I also feel so good and I'm only on my 5th day! No more "carb comma" LOL 
