What worked for you today?

mom23boys2007

today I decided was the day I would take my diet seriously and have planned meals for the next 3 days. today I start

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Having quart jars of cold tea (regular and green) in the fridge. It's easy to drink enough when it's cold and ready, and a quart jar fills my large cup twice, so the tea is always fresh. (I make up more tea in the evening as part of my routine.)

I'm honoring the feeling I have that I don't want to eat that much, and letting myself drink the tea instead if that's all I want in this hot weather.

wunderkindking

Realizing that exercise is recess/playtime for grown-ups.

I've always been active in specific things that I happened to love but associated exercise with something that made me kind of miserable. The less I weigh, the more energy I get, the more my general fitness go up the more things I am not afraid of/intimidated to do.

And the more I realize that it is all (for me) just freaking PLAY.

RastaLousGirl

PJ_Wins wrote: »

Drinking 32 oz of water before I leave home and logging, logging, logging. Though my meals aren't where I want them to be, I am able to see the error of my ways and make the adjustments.

Same here! Also, I realize drinking a glass of water as soon as I roll out of bed helps wake me up and make me feel better.

cppeace

I was able to walk 1 mile in my hilly neighborhood. First time in several months.

veggie410

Stocking up and in season produce and building meals around those fruits and veggies.

kyndread71

I have to do something about my abs. I HATE abs workouts. But it had to be done.

I picked six exercises that I could reasonably do.

Put on some heavy music -- "NOLA" album, from Down. Hope my neighbors enjoyed it.

Got on the garage floor w/carpet remnant. Did the work.

shylil04

Refusing to give up and go back to my old habits.

GazelleLady

Deep breathing! I am struggling with allergies so I am working hard to pay attention to how I'm breathing, and it relaxes me, which makes me stop stress-eating.

FABRICWOMAN

kyndread71 wrote: »

Today --

Bought smaller plates. (( hear me out ))

Think about how many times we all like to, "fill up our plate," when we get ready to eat. If you have a smaller plate, you can actually play a Jedi mind-trick on yourself.... by filling up your plate with less food.

You are absolutely right. "Regular" dinner plates get bigger and bigger. I have some in my house that I actually use as serving platters. Pretty, but no functional in our weight loss battle. Thank you for posting this.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

kyndread71 wrote: »

Today --

Bought smaller plates. (( hear me out ))

Think about how many times we all like to, "fill up our plate," when we get ready to eat. If you have a smaller plate, you can actually play a Jedi mind-trick on yourself.... by filling up your plate with less food.

I can't do the volume eating trick of filling up with vegetables, due to IBS. So I HAVE to do much smaller portions. Smaller plates are absolutely vital because despite KNOWING after a year that this given portion will satisfy and fill me up, if I put it on a large plate, it won't look big enough.

moonbeams896

Today, I got virtually no sleep. I'm competing in an online competition that is VERY intense and draining (both mentally and it takes a toll physically). So, I wasn't starting again until 2 today. My husband and I decided to get a nice (calorie rich) breakfast and coffee out. Here I've consumed almost my entire day's worth of calories. But, I still ate less than I normally do when I'm there. When we got home, I was still super exhausted so I chose to WORKOUT to get me in the game. I feel alert, awake and SO GOOD that I did my workout! And now dinner doesn't have to be quite as tiny, but I'll wait to see how hungry I am later. I NEVER thought I'd choose working out to help me get a jump start on my day. That's a HUGE shift!

tinytorii

What worked for me today was taking a 2 hour nap as this stops me from going to the kitchen to nibble on junk food. Felt really rested afterwards

charmmeth

AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »

I can't do the volume eating trick of filling up with vegetables, due to IBS. So I HAVE to do much smaller portions. Smaller plates are absolutely vital because despite KNOWING after a year that this given portion will satisfy and fill me up, if I put it on a large plate, it won't look big enough.

I was stunned when I put 40g of muesli (my morning allowance when I am eating muesli for breakfast) in a deep bowl instead of a flat soup plate type bowl. In the flat soup plate it looks a lot. In the deep bowl it looked like a mouthful. I eat my muesli from my soup plates!

ginamyrmel

Yesterday (my birthday) and today (Father's Day) we celebrated by going out to eat at Red Lobster and Ruby Tuesday. That's not the norm for us, but I managed to stay on course with Keto friendly dinners. It was not that difficult. I just needed to preview their menus to be sure I could stick with my Keto lifestyle. I'm well pleased that I was able to stick to my guns. This new lifestyle is working well for me just as long as I make sensible choices.

lmf1012

What works for me right now is routine and consistency. I just do the steps every day that I know will lead to success. I walk every day, I lift 3x a week and I plan my food diary for the day before I eat anything.

FABRICWOMAN

Had dinner over at some friend's house to celebrate Father's Day. I called ahead and asked what was for dinner, and fitted it into MFP food diary. When I asked what was being served for dessert I was told strawberries. I asked "are they fresh", and was told yes. When dessert was brought out, it had all the fixings for strawberry shortcake. The strawberries were macerated in a sugary juice. I had stuck some crunchy rice rolls in my purse. I enjoyed those and the company. Just be prepared, and I was. The hostess misunderstood my question about the strawberries. I was prepared to just eat plain strawberries.

GazelleLady

I have been trying to eat healthier for reasons outside of weight loss. Before, I was getting hopeless that weight loss takes so long, and it made me want to give up and just have all the candy! Now, I am trying to tell myself that I'll have more immediate benefits if I eat healthier. I want to feel better above all, so I am hoping that my hard work will pay off in the long-term and the short-term. I don't know if that makes any sense, but it helps me a lot to not just think about weight loss as the only goal.

yweight2020

Logging continues to work for me, with being honest with my food intake and weight loss and or maintenance

brenn24179

i went to my favorite steak restaurant and order steak and potato bar. I scoop out most of the potato and fill it with veggies and eat my steak and add more veggies. I never gain weight there. No rolls or desserts.

cymande1961

Having what I really craved eating - fried chicken and mac and cheese. Hadn't had either in months. Whereas before I started this new weight-loss journey, I probably would have had had multiple pieces of chicken and a way-too big serving of the mac, because I ate all my veggies first I ended up having only ONE piece and only ONE cup. Exactly what I needed emotionally, it was easy stopping when I felt full and yet I still came in way under my base level of daily calories! This one indulgence meal was just what the doctor ordered (for me).

cymande1961

FABRICWOMAN wrote: »

kyndread71 wrote: »

Today --

Bought smaller plates. (( hear me out ))

Think about how many times we all like to, "fill up our plate," when we get ready to eat. If you have a smaller plate, you can actually play a Jedi mind-trick on yourself.... by filling up your plate with less food.

You are absolutely right. "Regular" dinner plates get bigger and bigger. I have some in my house that I actually use as serving platters. Pretty, but no functional in our weight loss battle. Thank you for posting this.

I've eaten on salad plates ever since I started this journey in March. It really is a mind-fake out and works! Plus, as long as I eat only what can fit on the plate on a single layer (no piles LOL) I don't overeat.

wphkch

First is the Honesty in logging my food. if I Can’t be Honest with myself with this overweight issue, why try? The story is after a week off trying to just cut calories, and just Do it my way, LoL, with No weight loss, then a almost a week on this Logging Program with no weight loss I am listening more closely to advice of, like those in this thread, and others in my family telling me , eating more proteins to help reduce the hunger drive, and trying to eat my largest meals earlier in the days so my exercise can help burn it off, than later when I won’t exercise. Also I alway try to be short of my allowance planned calories, Sounds like good advice I am hopeful, but have 40 pounds to go. Please keep posting.

sueann10

Drank 4 litres of water for the first time ever! What worked for me was drinking 2 bottles - 500ml + 750ml during my workout. Took a break in between with a coffee and an energy ball then went back again an hour later with another 2 bottles. Which made the rest of the day easier to squeeze in the other 1.5 litres. 🎉 It seems the more water you drink, the more thirsty you are!

EyeOTS

Getting and wearing clothes that actually fit me. Using fresh tomatoes and zucchini grown from the garden

Bookkeeper1024

What works for me is to plan the day's meals and log them ahead of time.

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Eating the same thing every day for breakfast. It helps not to have to think about it.

no1wf

AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »

Eating the same thing every day for breakfast. It helps not to have to think about it.

This! The guys in work poke fun at me eating the same things all the time, but I'm not the one constantly talking about food and wondering what to have for dinner and tea!

jenilla1

Taking my sister's little dog with me to the community clean up today. She had so much fun walking around as I picked up trash along the trails. She loved interacting with all the people at the event kick-off, and we both got an hour + of fun and productive time in the outdoors! (My old dog passed away during the pandemic. Pets make walks more fun, and I'm dog-sitting right now, so that's why I had my sister's little one with me...)

All tuckered out after the big day:

damaddox7

I bought a awesome stationary bike today to help me get back into shape for some real workouts.
Today I have lost 35lbs total I am positive about this for the first time in a long time.