by Jacob | Nov 7, 2025 | Macro Meal Prep
If you looked in my fridge on any given week over the past five years, you’d probably find a container of meatballs. I’m serious. For me, the humble meatball has been a total game-changer, both before and after I started ADHD medication. When I first set out to lose...
by Jacob | Nov 6, 2025 | Macro Friendly Desserts
If you told me ten years ago that cheesecake would be a regular part of my fat loss plan, I would have laughed. Back then, cheesecake was a reward. It was a once-in-a-while, guilt-ridden indulgence I’d have after a week of “perfect” eating. It was the kind...
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 4, 2025 | Macro Friendly Desserts
For most of my life, pumpkin pie was a once-a-year thing. It was that dessert you only saw at Thanksgiving, usually loaded with sugar and served with a giant scoop of whipped cream from a can. It was delicious, but it always felt like an indulgence that would derail...
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 | Nov 2, 2025 | Macro Friendly Desserts
I have a complicated history with apple pie. Growing up, it was the ultimate comfort food. The smell of cinnamon and baked apples meant holidays, family, and a sense of everything being right in the world. But when I started my fitness journey, determined to lose the...
by Jacob | Nov 1, 2025 | Max Protein Meals
Mac and cheese was one of those foods I thought I had to say goodbye to forever when I started my fat loss journey. For me, it was pure comfort. A bowl of the boxed stuff was a reward after a tough day or a quick meal when executive dysfunction hit hard. But the...
by Jacob | Oct 31, 2025 | Macro Friendly Snacks
I have a long and complicated history with deviled eggs. For most of my life, they were a holiday-only food. They would appear on a fancy platter at family gatherings, and I’d eat about six of them, feeling a little guilty but mostly just satisfied. When I started my...
by Jacob | Oct 30, 2025 | Macro Meal Prep
If you told me five years ago that I’d be writing a love letter to cottage cheese, I would have laughed. Back then, I was a single dad just starting my weight loss journey, and my relationship with food was complicated. I wanted results, but I also craved comfort...
by Jacob | Oct 29, 2025 | Max Protein Meals
I used to think of French toast as a weekend-only, sugar-loaded indulgence. It was something you had at a diner, drowning in butter and syrup, that would inevitably lead to an energy crash and a feeling of guilt later. When I started my journey to lose 65-70 pounds, I...
