not disillusioned Doug, frustrated!!!

if you wanna lose weight but arent, then you need to cut calories! ratios are great, but you can do 30-50-20, 40-40-20, 60-30-10 and blah blah blah but if you're taking in more cals than you burn guess what?

if you're really serious about losing some blubber then you're going to have to discipline yourself better. the time for excuses is over and cheat meals should be ONE every 7-10 days not 3 a week. is it really THAT hard to manage to get through ONE day of eating clean??
Cottage cheese is a fine protien source and the fat free variety is perfect for a dieter looking to lean out but dont live on the stuff either! Things like pancakes, cheese omlets and pasta and meatballs with tons of parmesan cheese are not the foods a serious dieter would gobble down, not in my book anyway. Save those types of meals for your cheat day but dont be using that as an excuse to gorge yourself on everything in sight either. The way i look at it is, the cheat meal is your reward for eating strict the rest of the time. i use sunday as my cheat day but i gotta earn it first!!!!

anyway, nothing any one of us can say will make you do what needs to be done, either you're commited to your goals or you arent, it's that simple.

and yes it is better than corn dogs and potato chips but that really isnt saying much when you think about it

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