Oh, and the baked apples do sound really good (made with skim milk, of course) but I'm not sure how "Rib sticking" they will be. Steel cut oats with 1/4 cup of dried fruit or scrambled eggs wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla or a cup of fat free yogurt with a sprinkle of whole grain granola or 2 pieces of whole grain toast with peanut butter (2 tbs) might keep you full longer!

For me, a plain fruit for breakfast would make me pretty hungry an hour later.

I just saw this! I so know how you feel becuase I have days where I feel like that and it is frustrating. I just wanted to tell you that you are doing awesome! You should be very proud of yourself. You are a sweet person and I always enjoy reading your posts. Keep going with your weight loss, you will get to your goal and you are worth it! Remember that! Keep coming back here, we are all here for the same cause and all here to support you! We can do this together. If you ever want to talk please pm me, I would love to hear from you! Take one day at a time and before you know it you will be at your goal.

When I first started eating sensibly, yes I was hungry, especially because I pretty much had to cut my meals in HALF because that's just how much I was eating. But my stomach has shrunk so much that I can't even finish what's on my plate now, and it's usually a good portion. The stomach is a funny thing, if you give it time to shrink, it will!

I was thinking the vanilla soy for the smoothie!!

Thanks, Maybe I could even just put some home made oat clusters int he apples, those are filling right?

Thanks to everyone, this morning it was nice to come here and read all these posts, It's going to be a GREAT DAY for sure<3. I'm going to come back to this thread whenever I'm feeling down. You ladies are amazing.

And p.s. I'm down to 292 or 293 this morning (my scale weighs differently on different parts of the floor uncarpeted floor, I love going with the smallest number but I try not to. ahaha) YAY.

Ace, you're doing great!!! I'm EXCITED for you. You're about to make a huge change which is going to absolutely TRANSFORM your life.

Soy milk sounds find for your smoothie. I like to make a smoothie from fresh fruit, fat free/sugar free yogurt and some skim milk. Yumm. And easy.

For that baked apple, I'm not exactly sure what home made oat clusters are.

Also, try to think protein and fiber at every meal/snack. Protein and fiber. Protein and fiber. And avoid sugar as much as possible. This will keep you full and satisfied. Keeps those cravings at bay. Keeps your tummy full. Which is what we're aiming for.

So for the morning, what about instead of that hot apple reciple, I have just PLAIN OL' baked apples with cinnamon, nothing else, on a peice of toast (or whole wheat english muffin with a little bit of PB?

Sounds okay. How about a nice bowl of oatmeal, with cinnamon and chopped apple and a 3 egg white omlette? VERY FILLING. VERY. And delicious.

BTW, don't think I'm ignoring you. I'm headed out in a half hour or so. Going away for the weekend, so I won't be able to respond to your ???. I'm leaving you in very capable hands here at 3FC. You young lady stick with this. Keep on asking questions and get more and more into this. Get more and more pumped as you learn what foods are best for you.

Thanks so much for your help this far, what you just suggested for breakfast sounds like so much food.... lol and I'm not a fan of oatmeal. but honestly I just might eat it anyways if it will help lose weight. lol

The biggest thing that is going to help you lose weight is STICKING with your plan. If we don't stick with it, then we can't lose the weight. So, I'd really like you to find and eat foods that you LOVE. This way it won't seem like a hardship to stay on plan. But I promise you, I am certain of this, that once you elminate all the junk and start ADDing in good, wholesome foods, your tastes will most definitely change.

So please, I urge you to give different foods a try. Try changing your cooking methods and what you add to them to make them more agreeable to your tastes.

And yes, it's IS a lot of food. You need to eat in order to lose weight. Ha. What a concept. But really, it's the truth. Good, wholesome, nutritious, filling, low calorie foods. We want to keep you full and satisfied, avoiding hunger and avoiding binges.

You want your food to work for you. Get the most out of every precious calorie that you down. This is definitely a process. Your food choices will evolve.

Have a great ON-PLAN weekend. Set yourself up for success. PLAN out those weekends even more so. They ARE tougher. Get thy house fully stocked with healthy, healthy foods. And remember you most definitely CAN do this. Losing weight IS a doable thing. Stick with it. You won't regret it for a teeny, tiny second.

Hahaha I know that eating is important to lose, but just in the morning I usually have something light like an egg on a whole wheat english muffin or something lol.

See Beautiful Ace ... a couple of very good points have been made in this thread of yours (besides the excellent advice)

1. Just reach out. Folks do want to help.
2. You never know who is wondering/feeling just like you.
3. Many folks read. You never know who will be helped by you just being here.