Exercise frustration

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. You are doing great - congratulations! What I need to tell myself....

My weight gain took place over a long period of time (as do most people's gains), so it will take time for it to come off - and I do think our body ends up resetting some food burning cycles/having to break preferences and attempts to keep the weight on.

so focus on your victories, stay the course, with confidence that what you are doing will work in the long run.

Just for interest, my food plan is far less about protein and much more about grains, legumes, veggies and fruit - in fact, no more to very little dairy, essentially no to hardly any meat, and just a bit of seafood....so lots of dishes with chickpeas, beans, brown rice, quinoa - lots of spices, tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers - loads of broccoli or cauliflower. Two fruit breaks per day - mid AM and mid PM - melon, pineapple, cherries. I am never hungry with this/feel quite full after meals, but no longer feel "sick/stuffed".

Soups are great, as are veggie stew type things you can serve over rice. I've got some recipes I worked on and we enjoy here -

http://nctomatoman.weebly.com/food-drink-and-recipe-blog.html

As I said, keep up the great work and know that you are doing good things for yourself and loved ones!