What worked for you today?

lorigoesvegan

What worked for me today was taking the time to plan out my meals this week and actually meal prepping and pre-logging them in my food diary.

Also, drinking ALL of the water (128oz today!) helped curbed any desire to snack when I was actually hungry

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Reminding myself low-grade pain makes me munchy, and I would do better to take some ibuprofen and go to bed, instead of having a snack. (I'm having a fibromyalgia flare today.)

Ideabaker

What worked for me today was beginning with a meditative walk at dawn. I use the Calm app, and the sessions put my mind into a positive and focused space to start the day. Because they are so good, I found that my walk was twice as long as usual. I am strong, energized and ready to continue with my proactive choices for health throughout the day.

starrjulia8

periodically with a broccoli and chicken day/or salad lunch day I have a bag of chips with lunch. I eat half and wrap up the other half and give it to co worker to hide. If it stays at my desk I will get hungry and eat it. I believe in snacking healthy snacking. I have almonds, craisins, carrot stick, cantaloupe, fiber one cinnamon bars, low calories and I bring 4 to 5 at work. I interchange it with lots of water. This works for me. I even time my snacking so I don't eat them all at 230pm and starving at 445pm. I just limit the chips. Have it with a healthy lunch later in the week.

LloydSev

What worked for me today was staying away from carbs.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Knowing that tomorrow is a new day, and treating myself with love and understanding tonight.

zafiroazul

What worked for me today was declining a dinner out and opting to cook a healthy meal at home.

charmmeth

LloydSev wrote: »

What worked for me today was staying away from carbs.

This shows just how individual this is: what has worked for me in the last few weeks has been getting my carbs back up to 45-50% of calories and my fat down to 30-35% of calories. (I only realised recently that 1g of carbs or protein is 4 calories while 1 g of fat is 9 calories.)

Ges220

thesingingfool wrote: »

making exercise a priority, even if I have to split up the workouts into small segments

alexmose wrote: I have done 3, 10 min sessions a day!

I don't normally post - which is why my "quoting" looks weird but I appreciate this thread today. I have not stopped working 'face to face' since March so the stress and long days have definitely added pounds. Plus my cardio drive is even harder bc by myself I tend to not go harder bc I only have 30 minutes or less. BUT I am back on a 'normal' schedule and back on MFP. I am inspired to get in mini workout sessions and stick to my food logging. Thank you.

lcharpentier2

mkculs13 wrote: »

I'm recommitting to my health today, and one thing that worked well for me was planning to split my calories into 3 meals and 1-2 snacks.

I'm going to try to update this thread daily so that I remember to capture the positives. I invite all of you to do the same.

I tried optifast but just couldn't do it Now i'm following what they sugest when finished meals 3 a day at 300 calories. Plus two 150 calorie snacks. I'm on my third day and finding it hard to get all my calories. Good luck to you.

lcharpentier2

LAT1963 wrote: »

Steel-cut oatmeal made with whole milk, honey, and cardamom, with a side of cantaloupe, for breakfast. (about 540 cals)

Have you ever tried refrigerator oats oatmeal with yogurt and I add blueberries and make a bunch and if I don't know what to have for a snack I have that. It's good.

lcharpentier2

So what did I do today to keep me motivated the same thing I did for the past 3 days. Get up and tell myself Your a strong old gal you can and you will do this. Keep that frame of mind and i'll get there.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

I experienced how much easier it is to work when I'm not carrying the extra 45 pounds. That is the sort of ongoing reward that keeps me on my path.

lcharpentier2

Good for you Alexandra great loss

CatMarlett

I have been depressed and out of control for months. Getting back on this app and tracking what I am eating (both good and bad) gave me a sense of control. I feel better!

1poundatax

We are ordering Chinese food tonight. I REALLY wanted an egg roll but checked the calories before I ordered. I will be very happy with my seafood soup tonight. Until now I would have ordered what I wanted and rationalized it, today it just isn't worth the calories.

tuckerrj

Spent half the day breaking up solid concrete with a 100 lb. pneumatic jackhammer. I got bruises in places I didn't even know I had and I'm gonna really pay for it tomorrow. But dang, it wasn't bad for a 62 year old!?!?

AwesomeSquirrel

I’ve lowered the bar for my workouts at the moment. Running is about getting distance in, not hitting a specific pace. Yoga can be a short practice as long as I get on the mat.

Committing to my workouts is like magic - it just gets me on the right track for my food as well.

Remus42

Today it's weighing myself and seeing that I have lost 7lbs. Probably not accurate because I didn't weigh myself for the first two, almost three weeks when I restarted logging my intake. And trying on a pair of shorts that were tight at the start of summer and now they aren't. Small win but I shall take it.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Feeling my jeans get a good bit looser all of a sudden, even if the scale is still showing a plateau. That comforts me. I'll see it on the scale in good time.

tech_hunter

Tuesday is my birthday, so my husband wanted to take me out last night. I was dreaming about going to Texas Roadhouse all day, but I didn't do much (grocery shopping and crochet). I looked up the menu to see how many calories my meal would be and about had a heart attack!

My runner up choice was a place that has an awesome cobb salad that would well fit into my daily calories. So we went there and I really enjoyed it.

Best part, I didn't feel bloated last night and this morning the scale was down .2 lbs. I'll take that and run!

Bluetail6

Got in my workout

TiffanyPe17

I would love to jump on this thread for the motivation! Yesterday my husband and I took our girls to the park after dinner to feed the ducks. We got a good little walk in and enjoyed some sweet family time.

kdbulger

It's only 11:30am, but so far, I sat down first thing this morning and tracked everything up to supper (my husband cooks and not sure what is on his meal plan today, but I know I can make it work because I've tracked everything up to that point). Jumping back into tracking for weight loss, so this is a big mental victory.

seilidhe

New to this topic... But the inspiration from all of you is amazing! I'm not sure what will work for me today since I'm just getting started, but three times in the past week I've been able to run (relative term ) a slow mile without walking. My weight loss has slowed dramatically in the past month and I know it's my own doing. So, those three miles (plus the additionally walked ones) are as good motivation as anything else to keep me on track.

AwesomeSquirrel

I did some food prep yesterday which will make it pretty much effortless to stay on plan with my meals this week. I don’t do the whole pre-portioned thing but I’ve prepared the main component to be reheated and then just doing a quick salad and rice when it’s time to eat.

chess_on_a_journey

Last night I prepped my lunches for the week. Not having lunch is a big thing for me since my job does't allow for me to leave (only one working on site right now So I usually end up ordering some sort of takeout and I would rather not do that even if it so called healthy. I don't know how they are preparing it. So meal prepping is something that works for me.

gewel321

@tech_hunter I really wanted Colton's (very similar to Texas Roadhouse) I went to their recipe builder and inputted what I wanted. It was 1933 calories for one meal. Holy mother of Christ!! I went to the gym and built up my exercise calories and ate very little through the whole day and was able to fit it in. Not sure that I would do it again but it was an amazing meal. Once I get something in my mind it won't go away until I satisfy it. Great job picking another place.

brenn24179

I have a hard time throwing food away but here lately I have been eating some of my food and if I dont want it Throw that stuff away! I did it with a biscuit this morning, ate only 1/2 and with a choc nut sundae, ate just some of it. Better to throw it away than eat it, finally getting it thru my head!

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Remembering that tomorrow's another day.

I hate mayonnaise and most sauce-type condiments, and so when my girlfriend got out of the hospital and wanted Jack In The Box, I shrugged and got chicken fingers, which had the merit of not being a sandwich that usually gets mayo. I don't trust the drive-through when it's all staticky like that to get the order right. So rather than deal with that nasty stuff on my food, I just got chicken fingers, and as I was eating them, I thought, "This feels pretty calorie-dense."

Yep, I was right. I spent 900 calories on lunch, and that was not the plan. But tomorrow is another day. This doesn't wreck my diet. I can eat the sensible dinner and sensible snack I had planned for tonight, and continue on tomorrow according to the plan. I'm fine.