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Hey guys so I'm once again trying to get in shape and figured I would ask for some advice since this site seems to be full of more like-minded people than others I've looked into. I figured I should give a little info first. I was just recently diagnosed with GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) and it was heavily implied that losing weight would help with my symptoms or its just going to get worse. My weight has always fluctuated and I'm currently at my heaviest. I've had periods where I lost a lot of weight but always gained it back because of work or school or something I used as an excuse. I'm also a bit of a picky eater and I really want to change that as well. I'm currently about to start back to college in a few days and I just know that my weight is going to get worse from stress eating and stuff so I've considered doing meal preps so that I don't just give into temptation but that whole thing is still new to me so I'm trying to wrap my head around how I might do it. With the whole GERD thing, its restricted a lot of foods that I can or can't eat (mostly tomato based food). When it comes to exercise, I have an exercise bike that I can use at home since money is going towards college and things might be hectic for a while with the schedule and work, So with all of this being said, I was wondering if you guys have any advice that might help me out? I'm open to anything like home work outs, examples of meal preps, meal prep containers, good recipes, or any advice. I hope this is the right area and I'm open to offering any other information that I may not have included.

I posted my weekly recap in my challenge thread. In writing it, I realized that I don't need to work on physical fitness or body weight, but that I have some very important changes I need to make around mindfulness and eating. I've got reflux disease and find that when I don't eat healthfully, I give myself reflux. Truth be told, I can even eat pretty healthfully, but if I eat too many grains, or too many fats, I get reflux. Reflux leads to esophageal cancer, and I don't want that, so I'm going to make that my priority and let the other stuff be, because I do it anyway. So my old goals are listed at the top, and my new goals are revised and at the bottom of this post. I'm posting here because I need to reframe my goals this challenge, and cut away the chaff (and some of the wheat too!!!) from what is a really cluttered challenge for me. Week 2 recap: Exercise 7/7 = A Non-Paleo Mealas 10/6 = C Meditation 3/7 = D No Screen Time (while eating) 14/14 = A Archery Practice = A Fearlessness = A (did all the things on trapeze) But, it's time to revise my challenge and focus on the things that are important. While I only have four goals up there, they each have one or two sub goals, and I'm overwhelming myself with details again. There need to be fewer goals. Archery, working out, and "doing all the things" in aerial class is really what I do anyway, and I'm not going to focus so hard on them because the goal of these goals (!!!) is to make new habits, right? And those are already ingrained. The habits I want to grow are meditation/mindfulness, especially around eating, and eating healthy for my guts. Typically this means eating paleolithically, though exceptions for small amounts of corn, oats, wheat can be made if made in MODERATION because I find that if I restrict myself, then I binge on "cheat days" and that's what causes my reflux. And any day I deem a "cheat" day or use those "NPT's" I just let it all hang out since I've already "screwed up". The new measurement will be: Do I need to take TUMS? If so, it's not a good thing because I'm giving myself esophageal cancer. I don't really care how much I weigh, but I'll still shoot for dropping BF%'s. I don't need abs, I don't need to lose any weight, but I'd like to up my musculature and shed a little more fat. But, I don't need to be ripped and I'm not into bodybuilding competition, so even though I'm still interested for myself, the BF% goal is going away. (Besides I'm practically there anyway) The newer simplified method probably looks like this: Meditate 5-10 min/day (6/7 days, one day off per week is tolerated) No screen time whilst eating breakfast or dinner (12/14 meals) No GERD/Tums (7/7 days) Everything else is just what I do. I feel good about these changes and feel less overwhelmed and obsessive about things. We'll see how it goes.