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I live with my parents and younger brother, and the hardest part about eating well is when you're in a house of people who aren't. I started reducing my portions as well as timing WHEN I eat certain amounts. Basically, whatever my family is having for supper, I take my portion, put it in a container in the fridge, and have it for breakfast. Then, throughout the day I eat small, light things, and make sure I don't eat anything past 6:00 p.m. Well, there's two problems: 1) I'm the one who MAKES my family's supper, and it is getting harder to not want to take my portion at the same time that everyone else is eating. My brother only knows how to cook simple things. My dad has little patience and usually ends up making a huge mess, which is why I prefer just doing the cooking myself rather than having to clean up his mess. My mom is legally blind. 2) Our family doesn't have a lot of money, and as everyone probably knows, eating healthy is costly. Tonight, for example, there is a pizza in the oven; a pizza that already had its crust, sauce and cheese applied in a factory somewhere, and we added other ingredients. If anyone has easy, low-cost healthy recipes, I need them. Naxius shared a tuna fritter recipe which I'll be trying tomorrow, and I found a no-bake breakfast bar recipe on another website, but I need at least fourteen (to promote variety) recipes for meals that I can prepare for my family ahead of time. My plan is prepare everything the night before, cook my portion for breakfast, and then I can tell my brother "Just throw it in the oven/frying pan/pot." This way, if I need to go out for the evening (or when I finally get a job), or I've been out all day and have to be able to make something fast because it's already late in the evening, it'll be ready to go. Everyone, help!

Hello to everyone, I'm 45 years old, living in the glorious Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and I've reached the end of my rope. A bit of background on me. I started my weight loss journey back in 2009 when I weighed about 425lbs. After emergency gall-bladder surgery, I made a pact with myself to get into better shape. Within about a year, I was able to drop below 300lbs. I was extremely motivated. Up until a year ago, I was up and down, making my way down to my "career best" of 246 lbs last July. Since then, I've gained all the way back up to 290 lbs several months ago and I'm currently sitting at 263 lbs as of this morning. I've been hovering in the 260s since May and it's frustrating as hell. I'm not what I would consider sedentary. I jog on the treadmill 5 - 6 days a week, clocking in-between 2.5 and 3 miles in a 30 minute period. All total, with my FitBit, I clock in a minimum of 5 miles/day. I try to eat healthy, however temptation is a big part of my life since I spent many years in the 300-400 lb range. Let's just say I was fast food's bitch. These days, I don't eat much fast food (maybe once every couple of weeks) but I do still love the Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream (by the pint) and pasta with butter/garlic. Of course, since I live in the Pacific NW, I also enjoy the local brews and a bit of the local vodka as well. I have a goal for myself to reach/maintain 199 lbs within the next year. Honestly, I would love to see the 240s before October 1st when I have a trip planned with a group of friends to DisneyWorld. Flying isn't so much of an issue, I can buckle the belt and am relatively comfortable. I would just like to be more comfortable. Looking for a bit of help from those of you who started large and have lost/maintained at or near goal. I'm not a gym person and would prefer to keep my working out regiment (aside from my outside walks) solo. I'm a full time college student with limited funds so I'm looking more in the direction of body weight exercising, continuing my morning runs, etc. I think my big hurdle is the food side of things. Any input would be awesome, and I look forward to the conversations that follow. Thanks for listening. ~RJ

I post an introduction when I first registered for the site, but that was months ago but I didn't seem to have the drive to do anything until now. I think part of that was because I had the money to go super grocery shopping. So here's a little about myself: - 28 y/o - Female - married - Pittsburgh, PA - 5'1" 157# - work F/T in the retail setting, go to school F/T - working on a BA in Liberal Studies, then hopefully a MA in School Counseling. - Size 10/12, would like fit into a size 6. - I realize a 'weight goal' isn't a good idea since I will hopefully be building muscle. - would like to get toned, lose a little belly flab, slim my upper arms (I have "bingo arms") and definitely tone/slim my legs and thighs. - They are large, and always have been. - I can go to the gym 2x a week, Tues/Thurs, while I am on campus. I realize this isn't a lot. - Hopefully I can be full paleo within a month. Feel free to ask any questions, I'll answer pretty much anything. Any advice is more than welcome, too. ~Reanna

Hey everybody, This is my 6th time participating in the Nerd Fitness challenges. I have managed to level up my life in many ways through this process, and plan to continue during this challenge. Here is a link to my previous challenge http://nerdfitnessrebellion.com/index.php?/topic/22527-kyliewyotie-regains-his-motivation/ In my last challenge I overcame an almost complete lack of motivation. I was very pleased with the results. I want to keep on pushing myself with increasingly difficult exercise, and to improve my eating habits even more. Stage 1: Eat right, 80% 85% of the time, every time. "Right" counts as low calorie or paleo. I'm not setting specific limitations because I know what's good and bad; for example grubbing out on 20 slices of bacon and 5 eggs isn't good, despite being paleo. Measuring success: 3 meals a day for 6 weeks is 126 meals total. 15% of those will be the "cheat" meals (19 total), or as I called them last challenge, "no-go's". All other meals that are good are "go's". For this challenge I will have 19 "no go's" +3 CHA Last challenge I completed this goal using 24 (just under 80%) I want to continue this method put improve a little, so 5 more % sounds good. Stage 2: Workout 3 times a week (strength training.) Last challenge I wanted to ingrain the habit of working out 3 times a week. It really worked, so this time I am making it a stipulation that I will strength train 3 times a week. It can be my body weight routine, or some of my new fangled weight training. +5 STR, Stage 3: Run! First I HATE running. Or at least I always used to. I have been doing alot (still using it, shout out to motivation team ALOT) of walking. During my walking I have felt a desire to job a bit. I will make it a goal to run once a week. I will be starting small. I am not setting a length goal, or a time frame. I just want to do it. Let's see how it goes. Its hard to catch the road runner when I refuse to run. Hopefully I trade the magnet in and start beating up my shoes. +4 STA Stage 4: Monies I have begun reading "I will teach you to be rich" and I really am liking it. I have never really thought about investing, or really using my money to work for me. My extent of my money management in the past has been just knowing I have enough to pay my bills. For this goal I want to finish the book, and follow through with the 6 week program that is shown inside. +3 Wis As always I am looking forward to seeing how everyone else does this challenge.