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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**Jodippls**
How is the meal planning going? I know you just started but the beginning was the hardest part IMO.
Re: **Jodippls**
Breakfast and lunch are pretty easy b/c I'm eating the same thing everyday so far. Dinner is more of a challenge but I've found several things on Skinnytaste that I'm planning to make. I think it will get easier as I get used to it.
Thank you for asking! It's nice knowing people that are familiar with what I'm doing.
I take the same approach to breakfast and lunch. Coffee and banana for breakfast every day, and then I have about 3 or 4 lunch options that I rotate. I have relied very heavily on the skinny taste website for dinner ideas. I'm not much of a cook and not very creative so having a website that comes up with yummy options (that DH will also eat) and gives me the points? Awesome.
Don't hesitate to ask if you need any input or suggestions. I feel like I'm a pro by now!
I've also found it helps to have things prelabled with points. I labeled all my Chobani yogurt, my string cheese, my pita pockets and a few other things.
I get a lot of points right now and I'm not sure I'll always meet the goal which I guess is better than going over. With my planned breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner today I still have 7 points left. I'm liking the zero points fruit and veggies.
I labeled food in the beginning also. Eventually I just remembered a lot of things.
As for using your points, with the new system, I believe it's best to get as close to your daily points as possible. Obviously you don't have to eat if you're not hungry, but if you've got 7 points left and feel hungry, go ahead and let yourself have a snack. It used to be a points range but now it's really a number they want you to try and hit (at least that's my understanding).
You can skip using the extra weekly points if you don't need them though. I usually use mine and still lose weight so don't hesitate to use them if you want to.
Tonight's extra points will probably be wine points.
I'm pretty sure the extra points will be useful on the weekends since we tend to eat out a lot.
You will get sick of chicken and veggies very quickly. Spice it up a little by using the skinny taste website and then mixing in stuff you like sometimes. Also, she has a lot of really good sweets recipes so you can have your chocolate cake.
I haven't looked at her desserts yet but I'll probably check them out soon.
Thank you again for the support. I really appreciate it.
:: Butting In ::
I just discovered the skinnytaste site. The bang bang shrimp I made the other night were from her site and were really good.
:: Butting Out ::
I'm going to have to make her Bang, Bang Shrimp for DH. He loves them.
Also, you're not butting in!