Diets, yo.

[faynia]

That 20lbs I shed last summer, miraculously came back and added some. MY JOY IS SO LARGE YOU CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE.

And now half my dress clothes for student teaching no longer fit! MY JOY, YOU GUYS. MY JOY.

So now that everyone is caught up.

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[wordplay]

I struggle with my weight a lot - I'm quite a bit older than you and post-baby so it's harder to take off; and I have Crohn's disease and have to eat pretty low-fiber, which makes it hard; also, I love sugar and fat is **AWESOME**.

Foods that Totally Work For Me:

+ Buffalo chicken sandwich - basically, one of those whole wheat sandwich thin bun thingies, a few slices of very thin-sliced rotisserie chicken, 26gm (exactly) of low-fat blue cheese, and some hot sauce. TONS of flavor, good protein and whole grains, reasonable calorie count.
+ Grapes
+ Soups - the extra water in them helps.
+ Yogurt - good protein, little bump of sweet
+ Fat-free refried beans, low-cal tortilla, salsa, and a little regular or low-fat cheese. This is super easy to throw together, even if you're living in a dorm and just have a refrigerator and microwave, and SO FILLING and SO GOOD.
+ Even when I'm not dieting, I still pretty much live on a Luna bar for breakfast every morning, maybe with an apple if I'm really hungry.

Just some ideas - it's always the finding-new-staples thing that's tricky for me.

If you don't have a food scale from your last go round, I'd really encourage you to pick one up. You don't have to weigh everything ever, but it's really easy for portion sizes to creep up without us noticing and it will keep you a little bit more honest, especially as you're starting back out.

Good luck/go you!