Questions or Tips?

AngelAnnihilate

Hey there, I'm having a bit of a struggle with well.. everything fitness related haha. I've thought of a couple questions maybe you might have an answer to 1 or 2. If not maybe you could just provide something you've found useful as you've been making your changes

1. Meal prepping/planning. Tbh I don't even know how to make a grocery list. My meals consist of sidekicks and in an attempt to eat healthy I bring like bell peppers granola bar and fruit to work.

2. Do you have set times that you eat or do you just kind of eat whatever or whenever as long as its in your calorie allotment.

3. When do you exercise and do you have some sort of fitness thing you do everyday?

4. What are you supposed to do with your hair after you exercise. I can't wash my hair everyday or it gets disgusting, I'm hoping this isn't like pick your level of disgusting and wash it. (This is probably one of my major excuses sadly enough lol)

Thanks

jennypapage

lets see...
1) i just go once a week to the supermarket, buy mostly what i find on offer, and then during the week i make meals with combinations of the things i bought. If i don't feel like cooking i'll have a soup or a sandwich or something like tinned salmon with a salad.as snacks i have prepackaged low calorie options like fruit bars, yoghurt bars, etc.
2)Breakfast is usually the same time. I don't have lunch.Dinner is when i'm hungry. Sometimes i have it at 2pm, sometimes at 5pm. It's never the same.Sometimes if i'm still hungry, i'll have a snack around 6pm.
3)I run 3 times a week, in the mornings. I started with c25k and now i'm doing c210k.That's all the exercise i get really.
4)When my hair was longer, i washed it on monday after my run ,and then friday after my run again. Recently i cut it short, so now i vary between once a week and twice a week.It helps that it's really cold outside and i only run outside, so my head doesn't sweat.If i was working out inside i would probably do it differently but i don't know.

I hope this helps

kommodevaran

1. I struggled with this too, until I realized what the grocery list was for. It's to make the meal plan happen. A meal plan? Yes, yes, plan your meals! This means decide in advance what you want to eat. How do you decide what you want to eat? You pick food and meals you like, some meals you want to try to make, and some meals you already know how to make. You pick an assortment of foods from all the food groups (fruit, vegs, meat/fish/beans/eggs, dairy, nuts/seeds, starches, fats), and have something from every food group every day, and several food groups for each meal. You pick foods and meals that compliment eachother. This is usually something that go well together as a meal, and then something completely different for the next meal. Look in your cupboard, fridge and freezer, and write down what you already have. Write down what you need for those meals - all the ingredients for cooking, and components of no-cooking meals too, minus what you already have. You can skip non-essential ingredients (which ingredients are non-essential, is very much up to you). This is your shopping list. You can shop for any period you like - I like to buy perishables twice weekly, and whenever possible, just what I need for those 3 or 4 days. I fill up on non-perishables whenever I need it and/or stumble over a real bargain.

2. I have a meal plan, it's not fancy, but I do pay attention to what I eat, pretty much like I outlined above. I eat 3 or 4 meals a day, when I have time and when I am hungry.

3. I don't really exercise, but I walk and sometimes dance like an idiot.

4. I have no idea

trigden1991

1. Pre-log your food on MFP and take food with you. This helps with adherence

2. Meal timing has no affect on weight loss.

3. Exercise whenever fits your schedule & follow a structured program.

4. Washing after exercise is basic hygiene.

RoxieDawn

1. Learn to grocery shop.. Just put what you enjoy eating on the list, perhaps a little pre-planning will help you with making your list.

2. Meal timing, stick to what ever you have been doing but just stick to the calorie allotment.

3. Anytime that meets your schedule, or moreoever when ever you will do it.

4. Just wash your hair when you take a shower.

ronduncan

For lunch each week I make beans or lentils with a chicken breast. I make enough for the whole week on sunday or saterday. It has been very cost efficient and it tastes great. I have lost over 10 lbs since I started.