3. Daily nutrition accountability
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Doing great today !!0
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Today is turning out to be "meh". Especially veggie-wise. I'm committed to eating on plan for the evening & only eating what I've planned. I think tonight is going to be one of those nights where I just go to bed early in order to stay out of the kitchen!!!0
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Doing fine, mainly because I slept until 2 PM
darn you head cold & cough of doom! Really needed the rest though, been feeling dreadful. I'm trying to space out calories evenly for rest of day, may even finish a bit under limit. 0 -
Yesterday I was happy with how I ate... until I tried to go to bed. Old habits die hard and I couldn't sleep, woke up and pigged out right in the kitchen... probably eating around 400-500 extra calories (that I didn't log, out of shame, of course) in only 10 or so minutes.
I have days where I simply must gorge on something (I call them my "tape worm days", it's like I'm a bottomless pit). I've started keeping cantaloupe & other melons in my kitchen - you can eat an entire cantaloupe and it's only around 200 calories, depending on how big it is. And holy moly are you full when you are done, whew! Maybe, are there any foods you enjoy enough and are low calorie enough, that you can point your insomnia munchies towards instead and thus limit the overall caloric damage?
I do keep a lot of fruits in the house (I've started eating fruit after dinner, where before I would have eaten a candy bar or potato chips or some other junk food.) My favorite daytime munchies are pickles and fruit. When I get these insomnia munchies though it's nit just that I want to eat... It's that I want to eat a LOT of super heavy things. It helps that I don't often keep those foods around. Mostly the problem arises when I've made one of my favorite foods for dinner, which I'm totally fine with... But if there are any leftovers, I can easily eat 1-3 servings of those standing in my kitchen at 3am. I've started to get better at only making enough of any meal for two servings (one for me and one for my boyfriend).
Last night I had a munchie feeling at 4 am, but I WAS able to satisfy it with a pickle and one of those laughing-cow type soft cheese triangles, so not much damage done. Keeping the right food in the house is definitely a must for me!
All that being said, I was pretty happy with my day today. I ate several junk foods that I don't normally eat (because I don't normally want them) but kept the portions low and did balance it out with light and balanced full meals. And I was able to come in 125 calories under my goal (even disregarding the walk that I had to take to get to a doctor's appointment. Yay for choosing to walk over taking the metro!)
So... good day overall.0 -
pretty good day, under calories, but still need more fruits and veggies.0
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Sounds like you are developing some great strategies, with limiting leftovers and temptations in the house - and I forgot about pickles, I'm glad you mentioned them! Going on my next shopping listLast night I had a munchie feeling at 4 am, but I WAS able to satisfy it with a pickle and one of those laughing-cow type soft cheese triangles, so not much damage done. Keeping the right food in the house is definitely a must for me!
And I was able to come in 125 calories under my goal (even disregarding the walk that I had to take to get to a doctor's appointment. Yay for choosing to walk over taking the metro!)
Hang in there and keep on kicking the late night munchies' butt!
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300 calories under. I'm not hungry. I should have had a bigger lunch though because I was hungry between lunch and dinner and a little woozy.0
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Today is turning out to be "meh". Especially veggie-wise. I'm committed to eating on plan for the evening & only eating what I've planned. I think tonight is going to be one of those nights where I just go to bed early in order to stay out of the kitchen!!!
Good for you for sticking to plan!!
I do this too!! Some nights are SUPER early to bed nights lol
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ClarissaCLD wrote: »Resisted my cousins birthday cake!
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I came in under budget again today. 0
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Under my goal again yesterday, I even managed to treat myself to a chocolate bar and remain under all the necessary targets 0
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ClarissaCLD wrote: »Resisted my cousins birthday cake!
Yay!!! Turning down cake is a major win with me haha
Under my calories though not all healthy choices. I love my family but I miss my veggies and fruit.
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did good today (diet day 4).0
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Mad_Medusa wrote: »ClarissaCLD wrote: »Resisted my cousins birthday cake!
Yay!!! Turning down cake is a major win with me haha
Under my calories though not all healthy choices. I love my family but I miss my veggies and fruit.
I won't be resisting my own birthday cake next week though
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BigChangeNeeded wrote: »Under my goal again yesterday, I even managed to treat myself to a chocolate bar and remain under all the necessary targets
Awesome Possum!!! I think that describes a healthy diet perfectly - you *can* still have the occasional treat as long as you 'budget' for it!0 -
Day started off badly - slept through alarm and was running late, so couldn't eat breakfast. In the past I would have went through a drive-thru for something quick, but luckily today I wasn't hungry so there was no temptation at all to confront (thanks, head cold!). When I got home I ate a richer lunch than I've been having, to avoid the problem I had yesterday where I could barely fit in 1200 calories before bedtime. Surprisingly, I really didn't like it - I've gotten used to eating bulky but lower calorie foods, and so this meal is sitting like a lump a bit in my stomach. Anyway, I think I'll be ok today but I'm really looking forward to getting back to my usual routine!0
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Today was going so well, but then I got stuck at work due a someone digging through a gas pipe and bringing the city to a standstill. I am still poorly and just wanted to get home and lie down, so I've been comfort eating crisps and chocolate cornflake cakes
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ClarissaCLD wrote: »Today was going so well, but then I got stuck at work due a someone digging through a gas pipe and bringing the city to a standstill. I am still poorly and just wanted to get home and lie down, so I've been comfort eating crisps and chocolate cornflake cakes
Oh no! Being stuck at work stinks, doing so while under the weather is awful Hang in there best you can til you can have a lie down. Is there anyplace you can stow the comfort nibbles to get them out of easy reach, and maybe go have a cup of tea instead? Hope you feel better soon! 0 -
I did alright today, coming in under my goal. My carbs have been higher than I would like though. I try to stay at 20% calories from carbs, but that hasn't been happening the last few days since I've had some ice cream both days. I'm pushing my boyfriend to finish the B&J pint we bought yesterday so I don't have any more. 0
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Nutrition pretty good today however sodium intake was up .. Under calories ..0
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Kept it under budget, but was REALLY close.0
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5000 calories today but healthy food at least.0
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Went over today by less than 100 but definitely not very healthy. All day in a car does not make for great choices. At least I had some fruit in there. Tomorrow will be better0
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Way under count, but once again (for the 3rd day straight), nutritionally sucky
I have been so focused on making sure that the bf is taken care of post-surgery that I've been neglecting my own meal planning. Last night @ ~ midnight I realized that I had only eaten ~ 2/3rds of my calories so the easiest thing to eat was 1/2 cup of ice cream, which was just ridiculous! Going shopping today for more fruit, veg, etc. that I'll be able to prep/eat without too much fuss. 0 -
So far so good today, on plan and think I'll be ok.0
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Super happy today! I made a dinner that seemed like it would be a HUGE no-no, so I ate very little throughout the day, to stock up on calories. Only to find out that my dinner was only about 150 calories (300 with veggies).
Important Reminder: If you ever make a recipe with a breading or batter or anything where you don't actually USE everything in the mix... weigh the mix before you prepare whatever it is and after! No sense in beating yourself up over calories that you actually aren't eating.
I made fried fish tonight and if I would have just imported the recipe, it would have had me consuming about 4 times the number of calories that I actually did, which would have blown my entire calorie count for today. I added the batter to my recipes, then logged it as the percentage that I actually made for myself and added the fish filets separately.0 -
Yesterday was not so good... I wanted to binge, and while I did overeat out of emotions, I noticed two big differences from binges a month ago - I logged EVERYTHING here. That's huge for me. And I didn't eat in secret. Again, big difference from past binging. So I guess while I made the decision to eat over my calorie limit, my behavior was different, if that makes sense.
Today I am doing well & feeling well 0 -
Ending up going over my daily calorie limit today because I miscalculated in my head. But, it was healthy calories (naked veggies galore), so I'm not going to stress over it since it was an anomaly to go over.0
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Within my goal..
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Yesterday was not so good... I wanted to binge, and while I did overeat out of emotions, I noticed two big differences from binges a month ago - I logged EVERYTHING here. That's huge for me. And I didn't eat in secret. Again, big difference from past binging. So I guess while I made the decision to eat over my calorie limit, my behavior was different, if that makes sense.
Today I am doing well & feeling well
Going over happens but the change in behavior is a major win. Good on you.
I was under my calories by a good amount today. I feel sick and I'm just going to bed. I had a few glasses of wine today so the calories I did have weren't as nutritious as I would have liked. I was planning a big salad for dinner but I just feel terrible
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