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Originally Posted by kawright
Hey everyone,
My name's Kendal and this is my first post here. I'm 22 and live in Roscoe, Tx. I've been doing MRC since February and cannot seem to stick with it. I hate eating breakfast and most of the time I forget to eat lunch because I don't always get lunch breaks. My husband refuses to eat vegetables, and I usually end up cooking 2 or 3 different things at dinner. School is draining me of energy and I need some willpower, encouragement, anything. I had two miscarriages, one in April, one in May, and I gained all of my weight back. I'm back on the program now, but I could've lost most of my weight already! I have to have surgery sometime next month or so to remove a lump from my breast (it's just a cyst), and the medication he's given me to get rid of the infection reacts with all the supplements from mrc! It's only 10 days but I hope it doesn't screw me over. Sorry for practically writing a short story, but I could really use some encouragement, advice, anything.
Kendal
Welcome Kendal,
You really do have a lot going on. Does your center offer any classes to help with emotional and/or stress eating? If not, look for "Life is Hard, Food is Easy" by Linda Spangle. A lot of the centers that do offer classes base them on this book.
As far as your husband goes, mine didn't always eat just like me either - he likes veggies, but he likes his taters & pasta & rice too. You can feed him whatever protein you're eating, fix your veggies & fix him a starch, & keep some fruit on hand if he'll eat that. I pretty much fed mine what I was eating, then added a starch for him (potatoes, rice, etc) if I felt like he needed a little something extra. That way you're pretty much cooking a "normal" meal - protein, starch, veggie. At times I'd fix him something simple that was totally off plan for me, and eat some of my leftovers (I'd usually cook more veggies that necessary for me) or a big salad with leftover chicken or tuna in it.
As far as breakfast goes, is it "breakfast food" you don't care for? Or the time it takes to prep? Or eating early in the morning? It's easy enough to get around the first two. If you have a hard time eating in the morning, just keep in mind that every weight loss plan and every healthy eating plan out there stresses the importance of eating something in the morning. It doesn't have to be the typical "breakfast" food. But you definitely need to eat something. Let us know what your specific issues are with breakfast and we might be able to give you more help. Same with your counselors at your center - you're paying them good money for their help & advice - USE THEM!!!
As far as the medication goes - it probably won't do any more damage than your skipping breakfast and/or lunch does. Spend this time thinking about ways you can get yourself back on track. Figure out some good on-the-fly breakfasts & lunches that can keep you on program. You can make smoothies for breakfast, lunch can be most anything if you put it in an insulated lunch bag. There are ways to do this - you just have to figure them out & commit yourself to them. You can do this!