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I don't really know what my problem is lately, but I'm finding that I'm usually hungry often. I don't want to eat more than 73g of protein daily because I've found that protein is a major staller for me and even causes weight gain even though I'm working out about an hour and a half every morning. I'm still on the veggie rung although I don't always get that extra cup in. Heres what I usually have:
Breakfast - EAS Carb Control Strawberry Shake(since I found a flavor that I can somewhat tolerate for the time being). It has 2g of carbs and 17g of protein. I drink this right after my workout while I'm cooking breakfast for the kids. Sometimes I can't even make myself drink all of this and I finish it throughout the day.
Lunch - Four medium sized eggs scrambled using non-stick canola cooking spray.
Snack - 2oz of cream cheese, 1 packet of splenda, a dash of vanilla (about 3g of carbs here)
Dinner - Chicken Salad - two cups of lettuce, half of a cucumber sliced up, four chicken tenders chopped up and stir-fried in 1tbs of butter and 1tbs of canola oil mixed with cajun spice, garlic powder, basil, and pepper. I pour the remainder of the butter/oil mixture over the entire salad and chicken, then I top it with about 1/2 cup of mexican shredded cheese. I eat this around 3pm. It usually fills me up and I'm fine till bedtime, except for the occasional night-time munchies.
I drink a little over half a gallon of water every day. Also, I know the EAS shakes aren't exactly approved by DANDR, but they work for me right now.
Any advice?
Breakfast - EAS Carb Control Strawberry Shake(since I found a flavor that I can somewhat tolerate for the time being). It has 2g of carbs and 17g of protein. I drink this right after my workout while I'm cooking breakfast for the kids. Sometimes I can't even make myself drink all of this and I finish it throughout the day.
Lunch - Four medium sized eggs scrambled using non-stick canola cooking spray.
Snack - 2oz of cream cheese, 1 packet of splenda, a dash of vanilla (about 3g of carbs here)
Dinner - Chicken Salad - two cups of lettuce, half of a cucumber sliced up, four chicken tenders chopped up and stir-fried in 1tbs of butter and 1tbs of canola oil mixed with cajun spice, garlic powder, basil, and pepper. I pour the remainder of the butter/oil mixture over the entire salad and chicken, then I top it with about 1/2 cup of mexican shredded cheese. I eat this around 3pm. It usually fills me up and I'm fine till bedtime, except for the occasional night-time munchies.
I drink a little over half a gallon of water every day. Also, I know the EAS shakes aren't exactly approved by DANDR, but they work for me right now.
Any advice?
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to add an extra cup of veggies as a snack. 
After some thought today, I'm trying to up my fat intake too. I added extra oil and butter to my salad and tomorrow I'm going to fry my eggs. Hopefully the fat will help decrease my hunger. I used to be able to eat this stuff and not be hungry, but now it doesn't work so well. Maybe its because I changed my workout program? I really do stink when it comes to putting a menu together...Thanks for replying Adena! 
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I need start loosing again. I've been in this place long enough and it seems that I've gained a pound. That has been very depressing for me. I feel like such a failure sometimes, like I can't make the plan work for me and I know thats not true. Theres plenty of success stories here and I know it can work for me too. I'm doing this awesome workout program and I need my eating habits in line to get maximum results. I'm going to try taking everyone's advice except for lowering my carbs. I need to go crunch numbers and come up with something more effective towards my weightloss. Thanks for the help! If anyone has anymore advice, feel free to post! I want to get this right...
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