Does anyone have any advice i would totally appreciate it! :)
Weight loss is all about mass balance. Calories in = Calories out + accumulation. As a general rule, if you eat less than your body uses, you will lose weight. if you can combine less calories in (eat less calories) with more calories out (increase your base metabolic rate and exercise), you should see the amount of accumulation decrease. The trick is to make the balance work for you so that you stay healthy. That said, unless you're willing to make a sustained change to your lifestyle, calorie reduction will get you to your goal if you stick with it but you'll just gain it all back if you go back to your old habits. For healthy, stick to foods that are less processed. For delicious, pick foods that you like. For weight loss, try and find less calorie dense foods (same amount of food, less calories) and foods that have a low GI index (evens out the food delivery to your system so the calories last longer).
Burritos can be great if you make them yourself (using a whole-wheat tortilla, no sour cream, drained black/pinto beans, not too much rice, and healthy meat). I also used to basically survive off of chili and risotto with salmon the first time I had to cook for myself. I can add some links/recipes to the above if you're interested. Generally speaking, lots of things can be made healthy if you're cooking for yourself and use healthy ingredients (lean meats, no cheese/heavy cream, moderate salt etc.)
Instead of going with healthy foods, I've decided to follow the guidelines and do a no meat day. I usually eat half a can of green beans for lunch with a sandwhich and then for dinner have the other half of the can for dinner along with a cup of fruit usually watermelon, grapes or a banana and some meat, usually spiced chicken. On no meat days I eat a bean soup, 4 cans of kidney beans, 2 cans of black beans, green peppers and chopped onions. Although it does have a half stick of butter in it and a 1/2 Tsp of cayanne pepper. It's spicy and I like it that way. The next day I eat what is left for lunch. I assume it's healthy or at least healthyish as it doesn't have meat in it. Of course if you want to the original recipe called for a pound of ham chunks.
It's a struggle. If you follow the guideline plans and eat 2000 calories a day and eat the fruit, vegetable requirements you can, it's not going to be a lot if you aren't excercising though. I think I'm down 10 lbs in a year, but I also stray a lot. I have low willpower so if I pass a Krispy Kreme or something I'm going to probably grab a donut over a bagel. I'm prone to a sprite over a water. I think if I could find the willpower to switch out my sprite for a water with lemon and stop grabbing a donut when the mood strikes, it'd be working better. It's all about calorie counting and not eating a ton of meat. I found almost all my calories were coming from eating a large slice of pork or a whole chicken breasts at a meal twice a day. I use MyFitnessPal to track calories and try to adjust accordingly, I've found in the last year I've one from roughly 3300 calories a day to 2000-2500, If I got down to the 2000 and carved out time for walking I'd probably go down to a healthier size.
First, it depends on what is your goal. If it's simply to lose weight you could eat everything but in smaller portions. A recipe that I like that is light is egg white omelette. Instead of using the whole egg, you just use one or two egg whites, with some turkey breast and tomatoes (and seasoning of course).
One whole egg is 70 calories and scrambled will be about the size of your palm. The typical serving of eggs is two whole eggs for one person. With that in mind, two egg whites for one person is not a lot.