I'm new to Body for Life, but not so much to fitness... Or more accurately, the study of fitness. I love reading about the stuff and applying what I learned into my gym routine as far as weight training goes (not so much cardio since, for some reason, my subconscious makes me avoid the treadmill after my initial 5-minute warm-up). I joined my first challenge in June, and at first I figured it would be easy to start, but then I realized something I'd never realized before:

My problem isn't eating too much (which is what I thought it was by default). It's eating far too little!

When I'm not thinking about it, I tend to completely skip breakfast, sometimes lunch too, and then think "Holy crap I'm STARVING! What's that all about!?" and then gorge myself at dinner on such wonderful things as hamburger helper or plates of spaghetti that could fit a whole fashion model inside!

I've been trying to follow the eating plan in the book. A portion of carbs, a portion of protien, easy right? No. The biggest block of all though, is that I have friends who really don't care that I'm trying to lose fat and gain muscle, and since I spend pretty much all my time with them, I tend to eat whatever they're eating for dinner, and it's never the best choices I could make... Nor is it ever just one portion...

I need inspiration and advice and stuff!