chevyman

keep it simple,
the one meal of the daythat you can and should sit down and enjoy is dinner.
unlike breaskfast which is some times a hurried affair,and lunch which is usallly part of the work day or nibbled in between household errands ,dinner can take place ibm a quiet relaxed atnosphere sittig down relaxing is important while low calorie diet, it incourages you when you sit calmly, be mindful and enjoy yourself while your eatng, the lss you have to worry bout the better while on a low calorie diet,
poultry as one of the best low cal, hi-protein food choices, prepared in many different ways.
They are so many choices in the different food groups and you need to learn what those food groups are. whats bad whats good.
protein, hi fiber, meals such as whole grains,fruits, veggies 30 grams of fiber daily, because most of the meals we eat are loaded with protein as in 60 grams daily.
bout the only fats to worry about or stay clear from are the hi-sat fats altho the daily allowance for sat fat in healthy people is 20 grams stay away from or the trans fats-hydrogenated fats, its hard to miss them completely but a few of the good fats will fine.. most everything we eat has some form of fats sugars, corn syrup/starch ect,,ect,,

Write everything you eat down count the calories be precise...thats very important starting out.
you will be surprised at what you thought was low calories foods WHEN actually there not!..I know I was very surprised.
The best part of counting calories in my opinon when you count calories you have a wonderful food choice, we can eat just about anything we want just not as much as were use to thats basicly it.

After a while you will get use to it and know bout how much you can have by measure or from the labels..
rule of thumb I use is portion control
your palm is about the size of a 3 ounce serving of meat, your thumb tip is about one t-spoon,your fist is about1 cupyour thumb from the tip to the first joint is about the size of one ounce of cheese,one ounce of nuts or smal candies fits in your cupped hand.
you need to get ya a book on the calorie counts of select foods.
learn to read food labels or nurtition guides.
Remember its not what we eat with in reason its how much.