What worked for you today?

wanderinglight

Taking a few minutes to read this thread this morning. I've been off MFP for the past few weeks and whenever I read through these posts I always feel like my goals are *possible*

Sand_TIger

I hear you on reading this thread - and others - Wanderinglight! (Lovely user ID by the way)

So - today what worked for me is, moving my mini stepper into the home office I've recently moved into. (Okay, it was a studio/storeroom/cat room.) Anyway I put the stepper behind my office chair so I could use the chair for support, and so I could see if new work was coming through and not miss any emails. I was able to get 3 short sessions in when normally I get one or none.

toprogers

Prayer.

NC_Girl

Sand_TIger wrote: »

I hear you on reading this thread - and others - Wanderinglight! (Lovely user ID by the way)

So - today what worked for me is, moving my mini stepper into the home office I've recently moved into. (Okay, it was a studio/storeroom/cat room.) Anyway I put the stepper behind my office chair so I could use the chair for support, and so I could see if new work was coming through and not miss any emails. I was able to get 3 short sessions in when normally I get one or none.

I bought a tray to go on my treadmill so that I can walk while I work. One day did 2 hours and it locked up. I thought I killed it but today hubby plugged it back in and whaala! Back in business!

FourWindsWalker

Ordering a Thai veggie and tofu take out and not caring about calories for the night.

wanderinglight

I've started adding mountains of fresh herbs to my salads and it has made me excited about salads again. Today I did an almost 1:1 ratio of fresh Thai basil to lettuce, plus excellent blue cheese, raw cranberries, shallots, grilled mushrooms and homemade croutons. It was a relatively high-calorie salad but it was delicious and filling.

elisa123gal

Egg whites worked for me today. They work for me many days... I consider them my fat free low calorie appetite suppressants. I'm going to splurge on Mexican for dinner tonight. Eating egg whites twice today allows me to use more calories tonight.

getitamb

Trying on an old swimsuit made me wanna keep going.

wanderinglight

Going for a nature walk in the morning and tuning in to all my senses; enjoying the smells of the juniper trees and the muted winter colors and the sound of a little stream. It was meditative and put me in a calm mood. I didn't want to mess that up by overeating and then feeling bad.

brenn24179

I got a stomach ache and I always turn to food. Not today, I said a coke will settle my stomach. I wanted salty chips, etc. My emotions make me think I want food whether I am lonely, frustrated, depressed, sick. Someone must have told me food would make me feel better. It does the opposite. Bad habit I didnt do today.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

I looked at myself in the large mirror today as I got dressed, and yes, my proportions have definitely changed. Still not where I want to be, more like halfway there. But it's encouraging to see that my discipline is paying off.

wanderinglight

Having a fridge full of good meals that I made earlier in the week. I’m learning that when I’m hangry I need to eat IMMEDIATELY and if I don’t have something prepped I’ll eat the “easy” junk food.

LenGray

I had some leftover greens from meal prepping this week, so I made a kale smoothie to go with my pancakes this morning. It was surprisingly good and a great way to add some veggies to breakfast ^_^

brenn24179

love this post! Today is a snow day and snow days are my triggers. Decided to have baked cabbage with garlic and butter and bacon for dinner and had frozen pizza and took the toppings off and put on my low carb bread because I do low carb. Usually I am eating all that pizza bread and cakes and junk on snow days. Now headed to clean out my closets, win win. I did have one piece of husb's toast this morning, not too bad for a snow day. Determined not to gain weight this holiday season.

cityjaneLondon

Reading recent research on the difference between WANTING and LIKING. The evidence seems to show a dopamine response from wanting. It doesn't mean you like it.
That helped me stop after one 50 g measure of Pernod tonight. I thought about it and decided wanted another one, but liked my alcohol free red wine better. So switched to that. Feel great now.
I think this can help all addictions, even to sugar, or carbs.

Good luck with the holiday season.

Sand_TIger

What worked for me today was - chickpea rotini with tuna and veggies, plus some nutritional yeast and dehydrated cheddar. It was kind of like having mac n' cheese only worlds better, it gave me fiber and protein and was very filling. Endless cups of herbal tea have been working too, flavored with vanilla stevia when I want something sweet.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Planning meals and planning something really easy after I got home from the store. Planning meals means that I make a tight, accurate list for the store, and I don't buy things that aren't on the list. Knowing that I had a meal planned meant that I didn't get a snack in the checkout, and it took no time at all to warm up the pulled pork, make wraps, and start eating.

wanderinglight

As with so many days, what worked for me today was a "Yoga With Adriene" video. I no longer beat myself up for doing "easy" or gentle yoga videos. I don't get discouraged that I can't do the things I could easily do five years ago, before surgeries, permanent injuries, and weight gain. I don't need it to be a hardcore workout because I simply enjoy it for the gift that it is: time well-spent that nourishes my body, mind and soul.

brenn24179

i was at the mall looking for fudge or chocolate something, so expensive, so ended up going to subway for choc cookie and ate 1/2. Seems like halfing stuff is really helping me, dont feel deprived.

wunderkindking

AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »

muszyngr wrote: »

thanks for calling in mkculs13, you're on the air... ha ha, love your About Me, so took me years to realize that as humanoids we really do not need that much food to survive, and as Americanos we eat at least twice what we need, the portions at restaurants could feed a family in other countries, recently I was putting away grandmas fine china and realized those were not salad dishes but the plates they ate their actual meals off of, what does that tell you, everything got bigger over the years

having said that, the three square meals a day is a myth, we don't need to eat when the clock says a certain time, and what works for me, and may work for you is eliminating the "snacks" from your diet, not for ever just during the weight loss phase, when you think "snack" think "extra" so when you eat your food during the day do you really need two "extra" meals, no you don't (and don't get me started on protein shakes and protein bars)

anyway people will argue with me over it's better to eat five or six small meals a day vs three big ones, and by all means snack, blah blah blah, but go ahead and try it, don't "snack" for 30 days and get back to me, and we'll talk about the next steps

To each their own. I agree with you that indiscriminate snacking can be an issue. But part of doing this is doing something that isn't hard and punitive, and for me, using an extra 100 calories at certain known points in the day makes things a lot easier to do. Mentally, two cookies and a cup of hot cocoa before bed is a comforting thing that resonates back to childhood, and that's just enough calories that I don't have trouble going to sleep because I'm hungry. I also keep 100 calories to eat just before I prepare dinner, so that I'm able to do so without piecing on the ingredients or being hangry at the people I'm cooking for. It's much more comfortable for me that way.

And, really, they aren't extra calories; they're the calories that I don't eat at breakfast. I haven't been able to eat a big full breakfast since I was in my twenties and had my kids. I have toast and that is okay til lunch. I would never tell anyone else to eat a light breakfast and a heavier lunch and dinner, but that is what works for me.

The beauty of the system we are using here is that it's so flexible and adaptable, and works for people who are doing all sorts of different eating.

Yep, this.

I budget my snacks into my calorie 'allowance', but if I cut out all snacks all that happens is that I feel restricted, deprived, and eventually snap and eat the snacks anyway. This time WITHOUT accounting for them in my calorie budget.

Not worth it.

If what works for you is one meal a day, do that. If 3 meals and no snacks works, go forth. For me it's eating many times a day.

And sometimes? Even usually? It's not even 'snacking' it's my meal split up.

This morning I had my coffee (with unsweetened almond milk and stevia). An hour later I had an egg sandwich (scraping of low fat mayo, 1 egg, 1 egg white, on low cal-bread with sugar free relish). Two hours after THAT I had my 3 breakfast sausage links. There are times it's coffee. Wait an hour. Toast with bit of a touch of butter (small bit). Wait an hour. sausage links. Wait an hour: egg (usually boiled in this scenario). I do this with MOST of my 'meals'. Spreading that out over 3 hours rather than sitting down to sausage, eggs, and toast with coffee did not magically change the calorie count or nutritional value!

And that's what worked for me today - and most days.

wanderinglight

What worked for me was pulling over at the local high school on my way home and walking 1.5 miles around the track. I’m learning that my workouts don’t have to burn a million calories. Sometimes it’s just about consistency and dedication to moving every day.

wanderinglight

What worked for me today was taking the time to put my dinner on a plate. Dinner was a bunch of different snacky things - cheese, olives, grapes, smoked salmon, sesame sticks, raw veggies - all stuff I tend to nibble on while standing at the kitchen counter. Instead I weighed and logged everything, arranged it all nicely on a plate, sat down and enjoyed my meal.

briscogun

What worked for me today:

• Woke up early to get my exercise in
• Made a healthy breakfast
• Made my lunch before I went to work
• Pre-logged my dinner so I know my EXACT calories for the day!

kali31337

What worked for me started yesterday by going to bed at 10pm so I woke up this morning at 6:15am for my gym session. Having breakfast ready to go so all it needed to be was reheated and since I did get my early morning session in, I only had 4,000 or so steps to hit my 11,000 daily goal. I sit most of the day so getting a majority of my steps in the morning really helps

nexangelus

Getting changed straight into gym gear as soon as I got home, zoomed with strong mates, got training session done and early night now. Exciting!

bstkdz

Hi. I'm new here. What helped me today is having to measure and record everything I put in my mouth.

slendercurves

Continuing to educate myself. I found out that hormone changes during menstruation may affect my weight, so when I'm on my period, I can ignore the scale for a few days. That's a relief.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

I'm not sure what it is that changed for me, but I'm moving a lot more and while my body is sore from all the unaccustomed doing of things, I feel a lot better. I am pretty sure that this will show up on the scale/in how my jeans fit in due course.

DoneWorking

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pearsonlinda30

I did not buy snacks(to eat in the car) at the store when grocery shopping. That had become a bad habit.