Spinach and avacodo and ham wrap with some low fat wasabi mayonnaise for lunch. Looks like pesto pasta with turkey sausage, sundried tamatoes, olives and artichoke hearts for dinner.

Did not quite get a gallon of water drank, had a apple with yogurt dip for snack.

This food is actually quite good.

You all are such a bunch of women....sorry could not resist ....with your gluten intolerance and thunder thighs....yep!

Pretty sure gluten intolerance is not a woman only thing.

I don't know if anyone's mentioned this as I just skimmed the thread, but juicing has been pretty good to me. I usually make about 20 oz of carrot, apple, orange & ginger (if I have it) in the morning with some kind of high fiber cereal, a tasty sando for lunch, usually eaten a half at a time about 3 hours apart. Drink copious amounts of Di-Hydrogen Oxide throughout the day, then a green juice when I get home & whatever my body tells me it wants for dinner.
I work an insanely physical job (climbing arborist), so keeping the lbs down isn't really an issue, but just keeping the machine maintained and ready for performance takes a lot more discipline than it used to. The heat in D-town this summer has added to the general beat-down and necessity of a proper diet.
Jack Lalanne and the "Juiceman" Jay Kordich both claim juicing played a central role in their longevity and almost freakish physical prowess into advanced age.
I also second the "Blessed Herbs" cleanse as a catalyst for a healthier diet. It can cut your desire for calories, reset your metabolism to a more efficient input-output cycle, and psychologically it creates a break in bad habits and at least will get you paying more attention to the needs of your body, instead of just satisfying slavish appetite.
Ramp up the cardio, eat less and better, and it's pretty amazing how your body responds.
Also, lay off the beer.

Had a delish breakfast this morning: cold oatmeal. Took some oats poured some milk in, sliced up some strawberries, and shook some cinnamin and a touch of honey on. Set it in the fridge over night. Pretty good this morning. I would recommend soy milk if you have it, it adds so much more flavor to oatmeal.

Breakfast: Sausage, egg, cheese bagel.

Lunch: PB, sesame stick burrito (~1/2 lb) heavy on the PB....

Dinner: Frozen pizza, ice cream, beer, insulin (heavy on the beer)

Sprinkle in some snacks like chips and red bull, maybe a fruit covered in something to make it not taste like shit.

Dead thread back to life...

Down 20lbs so far, looking to get even further since 20 was so easy. Key to changing my diet was having alternatives around, have food in the fridge, have snacks that are healthy laying around, and when you go to the store just head straight back to the produce area. Seriously, 90% of everything on the shelves at the store is trash. Quiona, chicken, and Spinach are my go to bases. Peanut butter is my go to snack. Eggs are great, if you have veggies that are going bad i.e. limp, just dice them up and throw them in a pan with some beaten eggs, let it all simmer and it is delish!

Thanks to all the links and personal recipes that got this started, now it is a habit and easy to eat healthy meals and I have even started making my own dishes because a idea sounds good.

Now I need a diet that will improve my footwork...

Good job J.

"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast."

-Shooter McGavin

I lost 15 lbs this summer without dieting. But lots of hiking/climbing will do that. I find climbing suppresses my appetite, an effect of adrenaline on my GI system, I suppose.

Winter's here, so my goal is to keep ten of those pounds off, so I guess I probably need to monitor my intake again. Drats!