by Jacob | Nov 11, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
Potato salad used to be on my “never eat” list. You know the one. It’s the list of foods you tell yourself are off-limits if you ever want to see your abs again. For years, I saw it as a creamy, mayo-drenched calorie bomb that would derail any...
by Jacob | Nov 9, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
I have a complicated history with green bean casserole. For years, it was a holiday-only food, a symbol of a “cheat day.” It was delicious, comforting, and completely off-limits for the other 360-some days of the year. When I started my fat loss journey, that...
by Jacob | Nov 8, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
Chicken pot pie used to feel like an enemy. I’m serious. Growing up, it was the ultimate comfort food, a frozen disc of creamy goodness my mom would pop in the oven on a cold day. But when I started my journey to lose 65-70 pounds, I put foods like that on a mental...
by Jacob | Nov 5, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
I have a long and complicated history with mashed potatoes. For most of my life, they were a forbidden food, a guilty pleasure loaded with butter, heavy cream, and regret. They were the first thing I would binge on during a “cheat meal” and the first thing...
by Jacob | Nov 3, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
Potato soup has always been one of my ultimate comfort foods. Growing up, it was the creamy, cheesy, bacon-loaded kind that felt like a warm hug in a bowl. When I started my fitness journey and lost 65 pounds, I thought those days were over. I figured creamy soups...
by Jacob | Oct 27, 2025 | Reduced-Calorie Classics
Lasagna used to feel like an off-limits food for me. During the early days of my fitness journey, when I was losing that first 65 pounds, my mindset was very black-and-white. Foods were either “good” or “bad.” Lasagna was definitely in the “bad” category. It was...
