i am also learning and discovering things. Learning is about "bulk cooking". Difficult to do when you don't have freezer OR fridge space but i'm making it work. I just threw out a bunch of stuff from the freezer!
Nobody will ever miss it! I'm finding that i will HAVE to make a list of what's made so i make sure to USE it before it goes bad.
Since i have declared my "diet" everybody has left me alone about eating their foods AND cooking!
This has been a huge blessing! Dh seems happy to be creating his own meals (he IS a good cook!) and mom is making whatever sounds good to her without making any for us. It seems everyone is happier now altho' we would all like to have a sit-down meal together. We just don't eat at the same times. I *discovered* some ADORABLE little canning jars (1/2 c) that i will probably use for dressings or sauces or spice mix stuff. Maybe even some flax seed meal that will be handier.
Can't say i don't crave stuff. I battle a couple times a day. Hopefully those times will become less frequent as time goes on.
As the days get shorter we may be able to join mom for her early dinner by having a cup of soup as an appetizer or something. We'll see.
The weight loss has slowed to a crawl after that wonderful 5# drop the first week but i'm down nearly 10lb.
Drat those tenths of pounds on the digital scale! 
