Looking for some advice: Pure willpower at this point??

[Chad Ryan]

That looks great!

People look at me crazy with my dinner salads since I just grab the largest bowl in the house - fill it up with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, grilled chicken etc, and sit down for a feast. Funny thing is - it is hard to get over 500 - 600 calories with that - and that is adding a ton of chicken to it.

[Renee Lee]

Originally Posted by Chad Ryan

That looks great!

People look at me crazy with my dinner salads since I just grab the largest bowl in the house - fill it up with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, grilled chicken etc, and sit down for a feast. Funny thing is - it is hard to get over 500 - 600 calories with that - and that is adding a ton of chicken to it.

you're not trying hard enough. add bacon, avocado and EVOO

[Tamara Cohen]

Originally Posted by Chad Ryan

That looks great!

People look at me crazy with my dinner salads since I just grab the largest bowl in the house - fill it up with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, grilled chicken etc, and sit down for a feast. Funny thing is - it is hard to get over 500 - 600 calories with that - and that is adding a ton of chicken to it.

Yeah, what Renee said.

The steak in the pic was 12.5 oz, and the brussels sprouts were cooked with 4 strips of bacon. Try harder, haha.

[Chad Ryan]

Originally Posted by Renee Lee

you're not trying hard enough. add bacon, avocado and EVOO

Originally Posted by Tamara Cohen

Yeah, what Renee said.

The steak in the pic was 12.5 oz, and the brussels sprouts were cooked with 4 strips of bacon. Try harder, haha.

Ha! I know - I really need to step up my game with the bacon and calories in general. I am 6' 3" 225 and programmed my calories in fitday yesterday and with grilled chicken, ribeye steaks, bacon and veggies my caloric intake still came out to under 2000 calories! I don't think this under 80 grams of carbs I have been trying to do is going to work for me - it seems like 100g - 125g of carbs is my sweet spot.