re: What is the one thing preventing you from losing weight?

I tried to do a mild form of keto a few years ago, but it was just too expensive. I couldn’t afford to make meat and veggies for every meal. I rely on stretching cheap cuts of meat from here to eternity with starches in order to keep my meals tasty but affordable. I’ll try it again if I get in a better place financially. Steak, grilled chicken, and cooked veggies are all things I love. I just can’t afford to do those all the time, and they don’t reheat well at work.

Rice & gravy, on the other hand, is way cheaper to make, is more time consuming but requires way less attention (a lot of crockpot) and reheats much better.