I agree. Those Cocoa Puffs are loaded with sugar. And not filling at all. You'd be much better off, IMO with a protein & or fiber based cereal. Like KAshi Go Lean or Fiber One. MUCH MORE SATISFYING - and it will keep you full, where as the sugar based cereal will just leave you clamoring for more and more sugar and leave your stomach empty in no time at all.

Same thing with those 100 cal packs and the fruit snack. You need to get more nutrition and more FILLING power with your snacks and food in general. A no fat yogurt. Cottage cheese. An apple and a few almonds. Cut up veggies with some hummus. Some carefully measured out peanut butter with an apple. A 3 oz can of tuna with onions and celery in a bell pepper. A 100 calorie bag of popcorn.

For lunch, have a HUGE salad. Maybe with some tuna or grilled chicken breast or thinly sliced deli turkey breast.

You want to stick with this right? So you've got to find foods that are delicious - yet filling, nutritious, satisfying and lasting. If you get all of that from your food - you will be more apt to stick with your plan - thus losing the weight and keeping it off.

It takes a while in the beginning to find the right combination of foods. You're doing great. Just keep on trying and experimenting to find what works for you.

Instead of ranch how about the salad sprays. For breakfast I eat Special K with Vanilla and almonds and a banana, that keeps me until my snack time, which is usually an apple or orange with a handful of almonds. My lunch is protein (turkey breast cutlet, chicken breast, tuna) baked sweet potato and some sort of veggie, then another snack (sometimes a hardboiled egg white and fruit) then my dinner. But I don't eat past 8pm, I get sick if I do. I try to have my dinner snack around 7 or so. I also drink 100oz of water. I try to take a nice sip before I eat each time. I just wanted to give you an idea of some of what I eat and I am losing 2-4.5 a week.

I know the coco puff are bad.. I have 3 kids..and it was a quick grab cause I did not want to leave home hungry.... that was a first and a last normaly I would eat oatmeal and a cup of green tea to replace my coffee cravings... I went out and got a couple boxes of special K....Is it okay if I eat a bowl of that at night if and when I get hungry...


If I eat a NICE big bowl of salad for lunch I'll be right back hungry within a couple hours..... What about grapes...? I don't want to assume that all fruit is good to go....

The 100 cal paks are the little mini rice cakes and then I have the graham crackers, thin oreos, and choc chip cookies in the 90 cal paks.

What's IMO with protein....?

Thanks Devsmama....Thank you to you all... That's something else I know I'm missing and that's WATER....I hate drinking water....unless I am like really thirsty.

IMO = in my opinion...I eat breakfast for dinner all of the time..lol..You will figure out what works best for you..I took what I learned from here and what I've read and made it my own thing...I measure everything, too. Like the salad, I usually eat 2cups of it. I eat grapes, pineapple, all kinds of fruit...just check out something like fatsecret.com or calorieking or dailyplate.com and they will tell you how many calories something is..I don't eat any of the calorie packed stuff, I try to stay away from processed food as much as possible, I know its hard with kids, I have a 14y/o boy who eats my weight in food by himself..lol..but just learn from these ladies and read on your own, take your time, make a plan and things will fall in place for you...about the water, use crystal light if you have to or lemon in your water, but please get that water in, 64oz a day...

I did the Special K this morn, and did a couple workouts on FitTV ( Belly Dancing and Gilad ). I got a really good sweat going and drank plenty of water.

Tonight I'm gonna try to make a run for it....I got in my car today a drive around the perimeter of the neighborhood and I totaled a little over a mille and half....wish me luck and if all goes well I'm going to make it apart of my program to do at least three days a week... I gotta work my way back up to that three mile run again...nice weather, fresh air. I'm feelin good about it.