3. Daily nutrition accountability
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Yesterday I stayed under calories though I did indulge in some mini Cadbury eggs (evil little. ...) today my calories are a bit odd because I work nights and I can't eat after midnight due to surgery in the am.0
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On plan and planning to stay that way!
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Over calories .. Went out to Bob Evans with family. Didn't do good choices . old me creeped her head out and took over . ..0
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Good day today0
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Under by 100 cals today0
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MUCH better "food day" today than yesterday! Unfortunately, I think I pulled a groin muscle while puttering around the garden...less activity but will still close out under calorie target today...yay me! 0
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OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH MMMMMMYYYYYYY....... at work I know that's a shock, seems like I live here lately but good grief they (my co workers) are killing me tonight. The last 2 nights I have been a little more hungry than usual which is odd for me because I am usually a bit nauseated on this shift especially if I eat past midnight. Well I guess its some sort of ER Dr appreciation blah blah blah... any excuse to have an abundance of amazing looking yummies sitting around day (seriously day shift couldn't have eaten all of this and hoarded it in their lockers for tomorrow) and it is sitting by the coffee pot so I almost drooled on it as I poured my coffee. I was pretty good last night but they put out a whole new basket tonight with all new stuff...UGH!!!!!!! I tried not to look BUT SERIOUSLY RIGHT BY MY MUCH NEEDED COFFEE!!!!!!!! How could I not peek a little?????? They had chocolate covered cherries and pretzels and......well then I couldn't see thru my tears ....
So I drug myself away to wipe my tears and passed the nurses ....yep stuffing their faces with pizza and pasta. Glad they didn't bother to ask me if I wanted to order anything I might have caved in 
Now I am safely tucked away in my department sipping my coffee sharing my horror story with my new found and truly understanding friends.... until the pager goes off and I have to go back to ER 0 -
Nailed it today!!! 0
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I skipped breakfast opted only for coffee, bad idea , only had yogurt with granola for lunch , chicken sandwich for dinner and will have some strawberries later . but I have barely used half my calories . I have just found out in the 14th of March that I am fully diabetic now. Find a balance for breakfast is hard . trying to limit the carbs I eat . my gobto was a price of taost with strawberry preserves . don't get up in time to do eggs and can't do them everyday .. Low carb, sucks for me .
Hey Kat! There are soooooooo many choices for low carb, I get the coffee for breakfast I am really bad at that and I was not a big egg fan and still not all that thrilled with them unless they are cleverly disguised (BTW you can scramble eggs ahead of time and keep in fridge for a couple of days and warm up in microwave, I do this for work now sometimes) I am also not good at the whole breakfast thing and still struggle with that meal sometimes......but don't give up! It gets easier I promise! There is a bit of a learning curve because it goes kinda against what we have always been taught with normal dieting. When I was working day shift and had to pack a breakfast I found Dannon light and fit greek yogurt (strawberry cheesecake, VERY YUMMY and I do not care for yogurt either) has only 9 grams of carbs and also had some string cheese either 0 or 1 carb depending on type of cheese. That would hold me for a couple of hours if I needed a snack before lunch pork rinds are 0 carbs and Jack links meat sticks have 2 carbs, there are some other brands that have less.
When I first started low carb I felt like I was eating so much (I didn't even feel like I was on a diet) but it slows way down, you stop snacking in between meals because your not hungry. Your portion size starts dropping down to probably what is a normal portion just because you don't need as much to get full. I have hungry days, they seem to come in spurts of a couple of days at a time then they seem to go away and i am good again. There are so many choices out there just not things that your probably use to going and grabbing. Try and google some and research a little I bet you will be surprised. Oh and believe it or not you do kinda lose your taste for bread, pasta and potatoes after a while.
Let me know if you would like any suggestions for snacks or food, I will try to help you out I know its hard in the beginning0 -
I did great today & my blood sugars are looking pretty good too. Hopefully, I can keep it up until next Wednesday (my weigh-in day).0
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I only had just under 1300 calories yesterday, which seems far too low to me, but I just wasn't very hungry. I had three meals, and some small snacks in between, and didn't feel I was lacking.
I hope to stay on plan today.0 -
There's still birthday cake in the fridge, and I had two pieces yesterday.
I'm seriously thinking of just throwing the rest in the garbage to keep myself from eating it. But it's a struggle because, 1) I love cake, and 2) I hate waste. 0 -
Tata0716, animalrob37, audrey13027, Pepperh3ad, BarneyRubbl, BigChangeNe, Congratulations on a great day of food choices.
Katdanash – Many people find it helpful to plan what they will order before they go to a restaurant and it appears that Bob Evans has their menu online complete with the calories for each dish. https://www.bobevans.com/our-restaurants/menu
lungs59 - chocolate covered cherries are one of my favorites. Many workplaces have programs set up to support the diet and fitness efforts of employees. Weight watchers and Tops groups have been set up for many company workgroups. Is there any chance you could join or start a fitness support group at the hospital? If so, you could then use the influence of the entire group to implement some workplace policies that would keep the treats to a minimum.
I’m still 100% on plan with Nutrisystem. On the menu today is:
B: Nutrisystem Double Chocolate Muffin
L: Nutrisystem Grilled Chicken Sandwich
D : Nutrisystem Sweet & Sour Chicken
S: Nutrisystem Mint Crisp Bar
Along with some yogurt, fruit, veggies, & veggie patty.
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very happy with how i ate yesterday.. i have a habit of snacking after dinner, mostly from boredom not hunger.. last night i told myself you don't need that snack so i didn't.. one step in the right direction... today's food is planned and logged... i am ready for the day..
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You are all doing really well with resisting temptation, The universe does seem to have a way at throwing more temptations than ever in our path when trying to change habits. It does get easier as time goes on. Workmates and family, even friends do tend to be food pushers. I am grateful to live alone sometimes and am not able to work for now. I just do not have anything tempting in home. I used to like baking but I would just eat whole lot and make myself ill, For a while I carried on and would dish out what I made to my neighbours to stop me from scoffing the lot. Since moving home I don't have nice neighbours anymore so now just safest not to even go there with baking for me. I am low carb for various reasons, better for pcos sufferers, I am on medication that increases diabetes risk and already pre-diabetic. It takes some getting used to but I actually quite like it now and really notice the difference when I do eat more carbs. Yesterday I had more carbs than usual for me and it made me really hungry, my joints started hurting, my abdomen was sore. Those things are much better for me when I keep carbs very low and I am much less hungry on low carb. For those of us that have to do it for medical reasons it is worth persisting with. Thankfully I really like eggs and fish and avocado, seeds, nuts, coconut oil. It must be much harder if do not like those things. I eat a lot of mackerel, sardines, spinach. Things that I never thought I would like and actually I really enjoy them now. Tastes change.0
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I have just gone hypo I've had some grapes and two weight watchers biscuits, which were my planned 3pm snack. But if my levels don't rise soon I am going to have to have something else and that will make me go over on my calories 0
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ClarissaCLD wrote: »I have just gone hypo I've had some grapes and two weight watchers biscuits, which were my planned 3pm snack. But if my levels don't rise soon I am going to have to have something else and that will make me go over on my calories
That must be frustrating but health comes first, a teaspoon of honey, banana ?0 -
ObesityWarrior wrote: »It takes some getting used to but I actually quite like it now and really notice the difference when I do eat more carbs. Yesterday I had more carbs than usual for me and it made me really hungry, my joints started hurting, my abdomen was sore. Those things are much better for me when I keep carbs very low and I am much less hungry on low carb.
It sounds like you have done really well with sorting out what works best for your body, and then being able to discern the physiological differences that occur when you eat outside of your planned foods. It's one of my big hopes to be able to start doing that myself someday soon!
Yesterday's eating got slightly off track but I think was still ok. A couple of hours into studying, I realized my lovely healthy snack was still sitting there, untouched - very surprising as I was certainly hungry! I then realized that my throat was extremely sore and I was developing all the symptoms of a bad head cold I knew I had been under the weather, but didn't realize it was because a virus was creeping on, grr. I ended up only being able to take milky tea, and then later forcing myself to eat the only soft foods on hand. I had to estimate the calories, but I don't think I was over by much, if at all. WHEW!
Today I'm alternating napping with sipping hot tea and broth. I guess the good thing about being sick is that I'm not particularly hungry and have no cravings, great little silver lining!
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ObesityWarrior wrote: »ClarissaCLD wrote: »I have just gone hypo I've had some grapes and two weight watchers biscuits, which were my planned 3pm snack. But if my levels don't rise soon I am going to have to have something else and that will make me go over on my calories
That must be frustrating but health comes first, a teaspoon of honey, banana ?
I have dextrose tablets if I need them. I am not allowed to drive under 5 so seem to be using them a lot since starting back on this.0 -
still logging my food everyday. haven't missed a day since 1/29/16. It's become a habit now. I don't eat until I log first.0
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Came in just under calories today but went over on carbs.0
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Under my calorie goal today, and made some good choices. My partner had a big plate of potato wedges, garlic mushrooms, some meat pie etc, I had a small fish pie and some vegetables. It was yummy, and I'm proud of myself for not caving in and having the same.0
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did much better with food choices today. glad with that , under calories and good on carbs.0
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Katdanash – Many people find it helpful to plan what they will order before they go to a restaurant and it appears that Bob Evans has their menu online complete with the calories for each dish. https://www.bobevans.com/our-restaurants/menu
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Thanks for the link. I will use it ..
I had it planned out and then my hunger took over .. i will never go out to eat again while I am so hungry. I will make sure i eat a sensible snack in the afternoon. Something that will hold me over til dinner time.0 -
I am happy with my food today, I never really got hungry today which was nice but was quite a busy day so did not really cook , just delved in freezer and cupboard for quick easy but healthy things.0
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I skipped breakfast opted only for coffee, bad idea , only had yogurt with granola for lunch , chicken sandwich for dinner and will have some strawberries later . but I have barely used half my calories . I have just found out in the 14th of March that I am fully diabetic now. Find a balance for breakfast is hard . trying to limit the carbs I eat . my gobto was a price of taost with strawberry preserves . don't get up in time to do eggs and can't do them everyday .. Low carb, sucks for me .
Hey Kat! There are soooooooo many choices for low carb, I get the coffee for breakfast I am really bad at that and I was not a big egg fan and still not all that thrilled with them unless they are cleverly disguised (BTW you can scramble eggs ahead of time and keep in fridge for a couple of days and warm up in microwave, I do this for work now sometimes) I am also not good at the whole breakfast thing and still struggle with that meal sometimes......but don't give up! It gets easier I promise! There is a bit of a learning curve because it goes kinda against what we have always been taught with normal dieting. When I was working day shift and had to pack a breakfast I found Dannon light and fit greek yogurt (strawberry cheesecake, VERY YUMMY and I do not care for yogurt either) has only 9 grams of carbs and also had some string cheese either 0 or 1 carb depending on type of cheese. That would hold me for a couple of hours if I needed a snack before lunch pork rinds are 0 carbs and Jack links meat sticks have 2 carbs, there are some other brands that have less.
When I first started low carb I felt like I was eating so much (I didn't even feel like I was on a diet) but it slows way down, you stop snacking in between meals because your not hungry. Your portion size starts dropping down to probably what is a normal portion just because you don't need as much to get full. I have hungry days, they seem to come in spurts of a couple of days at a time then they seem to go away and i am good again. There are so many choices out there just not things that your probably use to going and grabbing. Try and google some and research a little I bet you will be surprised. Oh and believe it or not you do kinda lose your taste for bread, pasta and potatoes after a while.
Let me know if you would like any suggestions for snacks or food, I will try to help you out I know its hard in the beginning
Thank you. I really appreciate any help. i really want to figure this out.
Breakfast tomorrow is : scrambled egg with spinach and 1 tablespoon of cheddar cheese,
Lunch is a salad with , romaine , spinach, chicken, cherry tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese and lowfat italian dressing . serving of cottage cheese topped with 1/2 half of a pineapple cup ( canned in own juice ) . baked cod fish , steamed veggies not sure what or if anything else yet. Snacks are planned as well . small apple and a tablespoon of peanut butter .
How that meal plan sound to you ?
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BigChangeNeeded wrote: »My partner had a big plate of potato wedges, garlic mushrooms, some meat pie etc, I had a small fish pie and some vegetables. It was yummy, and I'm proud of myself for not caving in and having the same.
Very well done indeed! That's one of my toughest areas, when mine is eating something yummy next to me. I can always feel my will power fading, so for now I've been leaving the room to get the temptation out of sight. I'm hoping that after I build up the habit of good food selections, it won't be as hard.
So many people hit or came very close to their nutrition goals since I last popped in this morning - woo hoooooo! Seeing everyone else succeed helps boost me to try harder 0 -
Today was a good day! Looks like I'll come in under calorie target for today! Woo-hoo! 0
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Stayed focused and on task with food today. Even took the Mrs. Out to Applebee's for her birthday, and managed to stay under calorie budget AND eat healthy.0
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