The only thing that needs to happen to lose weight is for you to be in a caloric defecit. If you are eating less calories than your body needs to maintain its' weight, you'll lose weight. It's just a fact. So, if that looks like eating mcdonalds nuggets and a small fry with a diet coke for lunch, that's what it looks like. iifym.com is a good website I was reccommended to check out by a nutrionsit. She said it's... Source: about 1 year ago

No wonder you're so damn weak. You're on a crash diet. You should be eating no less than 300 calories below maintenance for sustainable weight loss, and your diet is roughly 1200 calories below maintenance. Check out iifym.com and rethink those macros. Source: over 1 year ago

Iifym.com was where I got started first with Anthony's purchasable macro breakdown, then Mike Vacanti's got a website too (Mike's Macros maybe?), and then Mike Matthews website is LegionAthletics.com which has gotten a bit too supplement-y for my taste but I really like his books and I'm actually starting his 5-Day workout split for women this week. Source: almost 2 years ago

Sure! All I did was add some crippling depression to a toxic (previous) relationship with a side of overcoming addiction. As far as food goes, use this. Source: almost 2 years ago

Ok so there is a lot of math you need to do here if you really want to compare things, on top of if you are comfortable having a mortgage when in retirement. The first thing I'd recommend is going to healthcare.gov, or even healthsherpa.com to price out some plans to get an idea of where things are. Keep in mind next year FPL is increasing due to inflation. Source: about 1 year ago

You might try looking up plans on healthsherpa.com. The plans listed there are ACA plans and I think their interface is a little easier to browse than healthcare.gov was last time I looked. Source: over 1 year ago

ACA for health insurance - the price varies a lot based on your age, location, and whether you qualify for subsidies. healthcare.gov is the official signup but other sites like healthsherpa.com can give you an idea of the rate. Source: over 2 years ago

ACA plans - Affordable Care Act, also deemed Obamacare or the public marketplace. Serve a great purpose. Those earning less these will receive a credit from the federal goverment towards their healthcare called a "premium tax credit." For example, Jane really needs health coverage, but the premiums are just not affordable, since she earnes about $35,000/year. Again,, her rates are determined by gender, age, and... Source: over 2 years ago

Something else you might consider is to ask your employer if they could just give you a stipend each month for insurance and go buy it on healthsherpa.com or healthcare.gov yourself. Source: over 2 years ago