I don’t know what kinds of foods you enjoy, or what your particular issues are, AND I’m not one to talk right now, but when I am doing the right thing, this is what works for me:
Eat small amounts throughout the day; whenever you think you’re hungry, have a healthful snack and don’t let cravings build up.
Keep yourself hydrated. I don’t like water so for me this means Crystal Light. It’s more hydrating than diet soda.
Snacks I keep in the office: Almonds, FiberOne or similar bars, hard-boiled eggs, cups of fruit.
Things I eat at home: Any cereal with two or fewer grams of sugar per serving, preferably whole grains. Tuna sandwich with low-fat cheese melt. Low-fat brakfast sandwich (Whole grain English muffin, egg fried in olive oil, Canadian Bacon (look for 1.5 grams of fat per slice or two, some is higher in fat), low-fat cheese). Egg salad sandiwch with low-fat mayo, mustard, honey mustard.
I’ve tried Lean Cuisine but it’s just not much food, and it’s a lot of sodium. Is there any kind of pasta you are comfortable making? I make a pot or pan of whole wheat pasta with vegetables and ground turkey or low-fat hamburger, and I can eat more for the same amount of fat. It gets a little boring but it means lunch is made for the week. I divvy up the portions and freeze them in individual containers.
Fry up chicken cutlet with jarred garlic in olive oil–simple and flavorful for dinner, and pair it with a steam-in-a-bag frozen veggies. Or bake some potatoes and keep them in the fridge to slice up with mushrooms and onions and fry in olive oil (sensing a theme?
) for yummy low-fat, easy hashbrowns for dinner.
Toasted English muffin with low-fat cream cheese and green olives.
Grill up a bunch of chicken and vegetables and keep them on hand to put in tortillas and melt some low-fat cheese over them.
If you have a sweet tooth, Jello nonfat sugar-free puddings are good. And weight Watchers makes a whole line of frozen treats that actually are reasonable sizes and yummy.
All this talk is making me psyched up to go grocery shopping for all these options myself!