These recipes look great, but I'd have to double or triple the quantities to get the calories I need. Should be pretty easy though.

LabGrrl: Johnsnownw: Why do so many of these have to use lemon so much. I farking hate lemon on savory dishes. I use it in fish, but not as a main flavor.

/Lemon in food SUCKS!!!!!

I disagree, but lemon and pork does suck, and that's the first fricking one. Ew. I like lemon in chicken and fish dishes, and it goes well with asparagus, but lemon and pork is not a pleasant combination. Especially with oregano.
/But, eat what you like.
//I like pork with blackcurrant or peaches, if it has to be fruited up

I make a pork tenderloin basically the same as that one with orange instead of lemon. and white wine instead of the broth. (add a few calories for the wine)
Works pretty well.
There is another whole tenderloin recipe I make in foil on the BBQ with orange and a bit of lime juice and a lot of fresh ground cumin and cilantro...

Lemon with pork can work, think a lemon-pepper kind of thing (like the articles recipe, but skip the oregano and the broth), but it would be better with pork that hasn't been "seasoned" (brined)

Fresh (not in a box) food does cost a bit more upfront. Get the right stuff and slowly expand outward. I've been phasing in one small change into my eating habits every couple weeks and it's been working fine.

-Get fresh fruit (or at least fruit packed in water)
-Switch to wheat bread
-Buy whole wheat pasta
-Eat more green/fiber stuff
-Switched to a lower sugar drink for pop
-More water

I haven't touched dessert or beer or really changed exercise patterns, but I'm down fifteen pounds. Small changes add up if you stick to them (and it doesn't make dieting suck).

/Former fatty
//Significantly less of a fatty

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I've been phasing in one small change into my eating habits every couple weeks and it's been working fine.

You're doing it exactly right. Well done.

Barfmaker: Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I've been phasing in one small change into my eating habits every couple weeks and it's been working fine.

You're doing it exactly right. Well done.

Exactly. Wanted to add my $0.02 with a well done as well.

Next thing to lose is the diet pop. Seriously, look up what's in it. There is nothing that your body needs.
And just a reminder about the wheat bread, make sure it is actually whole wheat, if the words "enriched flour" is on the label somewhere, move on.

/There is very little hope for me as long as they make beer.

Johnsnownw: Why do so many of these have to use lemon so much. I farking hate lemon on savory dishes. I use it in fish, but not as a main flavor.

/Lemon in food SUCKS!!!!!

Exchange it for chili. You can often get away with salsa in a lot of recipies.

proteus_b: portion control is the only necessary element of any diet program for about 99% of the people who want to lose weight. specific recipes, exercise---these are really irrelevant.

that said, let's see a hungry person eat a bowl of lentil soup and be sated. i love lentil soup, but it just whets my appetite for what's coming next.

Let's see a fat person eat a bowl of lentil soup and stop. It's the inability to BE sated that keeps fatties fat. I had a client once I couldn't bear to watch eat because it was so nauseating (she was mentally disabled, but still...). I once watched her eat an entire 6-piece chicken dinner, two sides and four dinner rolls in about 20 minutes or less. Then she would whine about how she hated being fat. "Maybe you should eat less," I would say, but that never seemed to work.

Barfmaker: Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I've been phasing in one small change into my eating habits every couple weeks and it's been working fine.

You're doing it exactly right. Well done.

sno man: Barfmaker: Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: I've been phasing in one small change into my eating habits every couple weeks and it's been working fine.

You're doing it exactly right. Well done.

Exactly. Wanted to add my $0.02 with a well done as well.

Next thing to lose is the diet pop. Seriously, look up what's in it. There is nothing that your body needs.
And just a reminder about the wheat bread, make sure it is actually whole wheat, if the words "enriched flour" is on the label somewhere, move on.

/There is very little hope for me as long as they make beer.



I don't know. I'm kind of tempted by the whole "Get so fat I get a 90 minute special on TLC" aspect.

/Don't sugarcoat words, because I'd eat those too

good one subby

I've switched to nothing but water except on Sundays. I used to have iced tea (sweetened) or Diet Coke for all my drinks.

I'm noticing a little weight loss, but what I notice more is that I'm hungrier and eat more on Sundays when I can have my Diet Coke. The days when I drink water I have less appetite.

Ornery Alien: sno man:
I make a pork tenderloin basically the same as that one with orange instead of lemon. and white wine instead of the broth. (add a few calories for the wine)
Works pretty well.

That sounds yummy. :) Can you share the recipe? Or can I just follow the one in TFA & swap those ingredients?

/Got motivated to start eating better this week
//A bunch of friends are now on food-replacement-milkshakes or eat-500-calories-daily-and-take-this-herbal-thing diets, and I want to prove (to myself) that a basic eat-less/exercise-more approach is workable
///Doing my best to be supportive and not roll my eyes when my friends talk about their various "systems"

Basically, follow and swap... but trust your instincts and preferences. What works for me, might not for you and so on. I use just fresh oregano, about a tablespoon v. the 2 teaspoons of dry for the rub in the recipe...
And depending on your wine, you might not want to add the sugar, which will get the calories back down a bit too, or you could use an unrefined sugar like honey or maple syrup for a bit different flavour.