What are your top one or two strategies for staying at your calorie target each day?

Chemichicka

Last discussion we talked about the one or two strategies we have utilized to add in exercise. Now, we get in the what is really going to help us all shed the pounds - our diets. Mirroring what was said at the "Knowledge is Power" luncheon, diet refers to what we put into our bodies on a daily basis not a periodic change and/or restriction in what we consume.

Remember the Pareto Principle - 20% of the work is responsible for 80% of the results and you can't out run your fork.

Chemichicka

My top strategies are the following:
1. Planning/packing my meals.
- I learned this from my fitness friends. You have 100% control over your meals when you make it yourself. When I stick to this I find it rather easy to stay at my calorie target and even be under by a significant amount and not starve myself.
2. Listen to my body.
- This one helps me more with what I eat. By paying attention to how I feel after meals or consuming something I know what I need to eat less or more of. Instead of ignoring how I feel or what the scale tells (like in the past), these tools are a great compass to how I need to structure my diet to achieve the results that I want.

dgerwig576

Top strategies for staying within my calorie target each day:
1. I back my lunch for work each day
2. As a whole we very rarely every go out to eat. At home for our suppers we are incorporating more salad and some type of lean protein.
3. I find myself readding the labels at the grocery store.

KatieMahoney1985

I am trying to be more consciences of food portions and adding less toppings/sauces to my meals.

MelindaHardwick

I pack my lunch. I take the stairs and eat more fruits and vegetables. I think before I eat and make conscience decisions instead of just eating. I read the labels now on the food I buy and put back things that have too many calories. I'm drinking more water and walking more.

Lin57chevy

I keep looking at what I have eatten at each meal and snack aon My Fitness pal and try to calculate what possible items I can still have. If i know what I am having for dinner I put that in and then I see what I can have for lunch and or snack. I try and snack on mostly fruits and veggies. But if I see I am really under then I get to have a special treat like ice cream or something fun.