Evening all! Just joined the community and wanted to pick everyone's brain here. I've read the FAQ and do think this is worth a full post. If this question still should go to the daily Q&A, please delete and I'll be happy to post it there.
Long and short, I'm a 31M, 5'10'' SW:270 / CW: 236 / GW: 200. My journey is that back in 2017 I began a diet taking me from 270 all the way down to 228 through using LoseIt!'s calorie counting daily and (I'll be generous) sporadic exercise. I maintained within about 6 pounds or so of that bottom for about a year. Naturally, I gained most of that back through the dual pressures of quarantine and studying for my state's bar exam and so went up to a 260 top end.
I began calorie counting anew on March 1 and went from 260 to my current of hovering around 236 or so. I'm finding my biggest impediment is my evening meals. For lunch, I'm a big fan of the HealthyChoice Steamers, Saffron Road microwave meals (seriously, some great South and East Asian meals all below 400 calories but with a ton of flavor. Get'em if you can!), and store-bought salads. These have been the key so far.
My evenings are much rougher as I find myself wanting to take advantage of the myriad dining options around me. My apartment complex even has an attached bar/restaurant that delivers to the door like room service. I've avoided those for the most part through cost arguments. Oftentimes this comes because I don't get to the grocery as often as I should.
But even when I do, I find the meals that I'm actually able to cook with my meager talents are way too caloric intensive. Chicken Tikka Masala, Pasta+Protein combos, steaks, hamburgers, etc. are all go-to's but not exactly good options.
My palate is such that I'm fine eating same meals over and over again as I don't tend to get bored with meals. There's stretches where, due to cooking alone, I've had tons of leftovers and eaten the same thing 5 nights in a row.
So knowing that, I was wondering if a meal-deliver service might be best bet. HelloFresh, Freshly, Blue Apron, etc. I've all heard different advice but I'm wondering if any fine members here have had success incorporating those into a calorie-counting weight-loss regime.
Any advice on that front would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks and I hope to submit some progress pics in a few months.
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