What worked for you today?

200Karen

Purple grapes 🍇 from my neighbors 💞✅

LenGray

What worked for me today was making a big pot of soup for dinner and then sipping on some diet soda for desert

Archcurl

Went for an easier workout which still got me nearly in tears and shaking. Lower energy today so the easy workout also really tested me. Had an egg extra during lunch in hopes of a quicker recovery

Peaches160

I woke up early and placed exercise as my first priority

Elske224

What has worked for me today and previous weeks (I'm on this journey since the end of august) is :
-> not drinking my calories
-> setting a goal for minimum steps per day (I do 10k minimum), a simple trick is making several trips when I am doing my daily chores instead of making 1 trip with my hands loaded full of stuff.
-> One thing that has helped me lose the majority of my 17 lbs in 8 weeks was substituting high calorie things for lower calorie versions (making a low calorie pizza that has the amount of calories of 1 slice but you can actually eat the whole thing). It is amazing how much foods you can eat when you find a way to make your favorite foods that will not make you feel guilty!

And don't forget!!!!
"If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you! If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you"

Elske224

wunderkindking wrote: »

Choosing to go over in calories because I was sincerely and actually hungry and the option was going to come down to 'break and eat a candy bar' or 'eat something healthy while I still have a brain in my head to make a decent choice'.

I do this too, and I try to always make sure that my weekly average is a calorie deficit! Allowing yourself some more occasionally will make it easier to do in the long run!

Skyewalker327

At the beginning of each workweek, I go to Trader Joe's at lunch and get healthy snacks & microwave dinners to stock up in the fridge. I have learned if I do this I'm less tempted to hit up Raising Canes (🤤) next door because it is more convenient for me to eat what I already have. Microwave meals may not be the best, but they are certainly better than fast food. In order for me to not be lazy about eating what is in front of me, I need something fast and accessible. It is a great system that I designed for ME.

200Karen

Turkey 🦃 pie and cabbage salad
Fresh and healthy version ✅👍

LenGray

I did some grocery shopping ahead of Halloween weekend and stocked up on some easy instant noodle soups and sandwich fixings ^_^

wunderkindking

Elske224 wrote: »

wunderkindking wrote: »

Choosing to go over in calories because I was sincerely and actually hungry and the option was going to come down to 'break and eat a candy bar' or 'eat something healthy while I still have a brain in my head to make a decent choice'.

I do this too, and I try to always make sure that my weekly average is a calorie deficit! Allowing yourself some more occasionally will make it easier to do in the long run!

Yes, and in maintenance this is actually a bigger thing. I'm better off 300 calories over on a weekly basis than not eating when really hungry. Weird as heck to get out of that "STAY UNDER!" mindset though. In truth it's proving fairly hard

200Karen

forward movement 💃

NewBetterBest18

My planned errands got canceled so I went to the gym instead. Win-win for me.

sdschweitzer

Planning ahead. I have everything ready before I get hungry, so I stuck to plan.

200Karen

getting outside before the rain

wanderinglight

Eating a bowl of soup before indulging in pizza. I had let myself get too hungry and knew I was in danger of inhaling too many slices. The soup to took the edge off and I enjoyed two small pieces and felt perfectly satiated.

LenGray

Two things worked for me today! The first was taking my dogs for a nice, long walk once the sun peeked out. The other was having my planned protein shake instead of some impulse ramen noodles.

200Karen

💤 taking a day off

BMcC9

What worked for me on Oct 31 was getting everything logged, and coming out OK (thanks to fitbit equalization - gotta get those steps in!)

jaded989

I don't deny myself anything but make adjustments the rest of the day to compensate. For Halloween my daughter bought hard cider and I planned on having one, well the one turned into two but I still came in under calories (by a smidge) for the day.

Walkywalkerson

Ignoring all the Christmas goodies in the supermarket today and buying just one small chocolate bar to enjoy after lunch - rather than buying a giant tin of Quality Street or massive box of chocolate shortbread 😁

FABRICWOMAN

Going to the gym early in the morning (6:00 a.m.) instead of waiting to go after work. 9 times out of 10 I would be too tired when I left work at 4:30 p.m., and opt out to cancel.

BrightEyedAgain

Since I'm never hungry in the morning, I've always struggled to find something I was willing to eat at that time of day. Usually, that's meant an Atkins bar and a glass of diet rite. Not great, but it's what I could face eating. However, those bars have been getting really expensive lately. So what worked for me today was a piece of peanut butter toast and a glass of diet cranberry juice. Much cheaper and I get my peanut butter fix.

BMcC9

Three different walks (in the sunshine at noon; on my mini-trampoline before supper; to the grocery store and back after supper) Those plus general moving around the house added up to 11,769 steps today.

200Karen

Smoothie made with
Grapes 🍇
bee pollen 🐝
soda water
plain Greek yogurt
✅💞💞💞💞

wanderinglight

200Karen wrote: »

Smoothie made with
Grapes 🍇
bee pollen 🐝
soda water
plain Greek yogurt
✅💞💞💞💞

Interesting combo!!

JenKindo

Had my first weight lifting class. Goes through the end of the month, twice a week. All women. It was fun!

hannahfkaye2021

What worked for me was meal prepping for the week ahead for all meals and snack and pre populating my meals into MFP!

anthonyloprimo

So I'm not able to reliably do meal planning, but the one thing I've made it a point to do is small, tiny, baby steps. Small steps that are super easy for my brain to adapt to without any resistance.

At first it was reducing soda to a couple of glasses a week.
Then I reduced sugar in my coffee to 2 teaspoons, if any (a friend got me into BETTER coffee and honestly I can't imagine having sugar with a lot of different coffees)

As of now I've fully cut out soda from my consumption - with the one exception of treating myself to Taco Bell, which I've made it a point to only have once in a while, if nothing else (gotta love the Baja Blast!).

But again. Baby steps. I've also been having meal replacement shakes (protein and normal), and having smaller portions overall. Fidgeting and moving at my desk job so I am not just sitting there for 8 hours.

yayamom3

BrightEyedAgain wrote: »

Since I'm never hungry in the morning, I've always struggled to find something I was willing to eat at that time of day. Usually, that's meant an Atkins bar and a glass of diet rite. Not great, but it's what I could face eating. However, those bars have been getting really expensive lately. So what worked for me today was a piece of peanut butter toast and a glass of diet cranberry juice. Much cheaper and I get my peanut butter fix.

Not criticizing, asking because I am genuinely curious. Why do you eat in the morning if you're not hungry? Do you have a medical issue that requires you to eat?

Archcurl

Logging before I ate. Planning what I'm going to eat today. Sticking to the plan.
I have a bunch of "leftover snack calories" because I will probably get hungry enough to have them. And with all of my meals fully logged I know I can have some snacks. I like variety and being able to pick what I feel like having so I don't pre log my snacks and when I feel like it and I'm hungry I can see what snack I want to have & easily fit it in with the meals & other calories consumed during the day.