What worked for you today?

Archcurl

Water water water. And herbal tea. It's filling me up and hydrating me to the point where I realize I wasn't hungry at all.
Also, workout clothes. When I get dressed in workout gear first thing and walk my dog I'm tempted (like today) to jog parts of the walk. My left leg has been severely injured years ago and will never be the same so actual running will never be in the cards for me anymore but doing a little 15m jog twice during a walk gets the heart rate up and the blood pumping. It's the small changes that add up ppl!

sargemarcori

Bump.

Planning ahead is working for me today.

Last night I remembered that my roommate is making cake tonight. So I switched my breakfast plan of chocolate zucchini baked oatmeal (330 cal) plus milk (150 cal) for plain greek yogurt with a tb of jam (240 total.) Also cut out my "treat" coffee and had a cup of tea with a tsp of sugar (saving a good hundred calories, probably more.)

I might not make my calorie goal today, and if I don't, I won't beat myself up over it. Either way, I'll a good 340 calories closer than if I hadn't planned ahead!

LenGray

What worked for me today was having hot tea instead of dessert. I had made an applesauce cake for dessert, but underestimated the calorie count on my tacos for dinner. So, instead of being over by 300 calories, I put the cake away and made some of my favorite naturally sweet hot tea to sip on. I'll have some cake tomorrow, but for today, I'm full, satisfied, and within my calorie goal

thewhipple12955

Knowing that I was going out to eat tonight so I did extra time on the peloton so I have more spare calories for tonight. I was so conscious of the meal tonight it made me push really hard to burn extra calories

brenn24179

I got a sinus infection and made up my mind not to overeat. I always eat when sick. Food takes my mind off my sickness. This time I said deal and took my medicine and ate healthy, eggs, oatmeal, soup.

neffybetty

I entered my own foods into the database so the nutritional information is correct! and I'm the only one that can access it.

LilacLion

Time restricted eating. At 6 pm, I cut myself off. My eating window is noon until 6. It's forced me to put more thought into planning and prepping nutrient-rich meals. It's helped me cut out snacking after dark and going to bed on a full stomach.

LenGray

I did some meal prep today. I made some seitan pork for sandwiches and bowls, some pizza crusts, and chopped up some veggies. Now I just have to throw things together for the rest of the week

Stefanyyz

What worked for me today was an intense 65 minute treadmill workout. I earned myself 595 extra calories. Got all my meals mapped out for the day and
still have 1000 cal left over.

LenGray

What worked for me today was taking breaks between tasks.

I've been setting myself 3 things to do each day (usually a work task, school task, and house task) and it's been strange to have to remind myself that I don't have to get them all done at once, right away, as soon as possible. I feel much more centered when I take my time and I've been making better decisions for my mental and physical health since adopting the habit. It's so nice to be able to go for a walk, play guitar, or just stand out on my patio with some coffee and not have the 'to-do' list running through my head all the time.

Ghostofachance

I brought my sneakers and a change of clothes to work. My office is next to a trail and I want to take advantage of it to run right after work before I need to pick up my son from practice.

brenn24179

i had a little talk to myself when temptation came about, I said Is this going to get you want you want?
I am responsible for creating the life I want. This food is like an abusive lover, get away from that stuff, Run! (I am not even hungry, it just looks good)

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Waiting. I thought about having a scoop of ice cream (I have the calories) and realized....actually, after that lovely stirfry, what I really want is a mug of hot tea. I can always get the ice cream later if I want it. So I waited, and it turned out I'm good with the tea.

LenGray

What worked for me today was changing the way I was thinking. I was on a thread earlier and someone posted their food and movement for the day, which I thought was a wonderful idea. I pledged to do 20 minutes of yoga and then started to get busy with cleaning, cooking, and general life stuff.

The time I'd set aside to do yoga came around and I was tired. I'd been cleaning for hours, still had a lot to do and just felt a little cranky. All I wanted was either a) sweets or b) a nap. I began to bargain with myself, saying I could just do 20 minutes at bedtime or make it up another day.

But then, I stopped myself. I acknowledged that I've been sore and tired for weeks now and that doing yoga today was about rewarding my body for its hard work, not punishing it or adding another to-do to an already busy day. Once I started looking at it that way, it was easier to pull out the mat and get started. By changing my thoughts from yoga being something I had to do to something I had to do for me, it really brightened my day and made other healthy decisions a lot easier.

girlwithcurls2

Sticking to my plan. It's so easy to wake up and know what today's movement will be (and actually look forward to it), but by the time work is done, a beer with my partner on a sunny porch sounds even better. Like @LenGray though, I'm trying to reframe this as something I do for myself. My partner and I check in with each other to see "What did you do to move your body today?" Also, I have something different every day. For some reason, if I don't get out and walk/jog today, it will throw off my week because tomorrow is a swim day. And Saturday is a long walk day. And Sunday is a walk/run with my sister... For me, it's the habit-building that I need. If I stick to the plan, pretty soon, I don't even think about the plan. I just get on with it.

justanotherloser007

I am trying to build muscles. I have been walking 3-5 miles every day before this. So I did a HIIT on Sunday. Because I was feeling lazy and I looked up "HIIT no jumping, no floor" I accidentally got the full 40 minute of 101 different kinds of squats. I am doing lazy oh so wrong these days!! I got some severe DOMS, I can't do my regular gardening, etc. But I really, really want to build some muscles.

So, I was like, "10 minutes you can do anything". This is some sort of cleaning mantra for overwhelmed people. But it works well for slothful types. So I did arms for 10 minutes. Then abs for 10 minutes. If I can't type tomorrow, it is because I didn't want to do anymore squats and made yet another lazy beginner mistake. But goal achieved! 10 minutes of some sort of muscle building!

Kiwi2mfp

Allowing myself to have one piece of pizza and a large side salad. BTW, anyone here know how to evenly cut a pizza into 10ths? I'm only good with 8ths. Had to figure out the calculations for 1/8 of the pizza.

Cozgirl40

I had kind of a rough morning. Had to get up super early for an appt at the DMV. It was an extremely frustrating visit and I was upset about it when I got home. I tried to relax for a bit but just couldn't. I decided that I probably should do some cardio so I got on my exercise bike for 25 minutes then I walked for 30 minutes. I felt so much better afterwards.

Stefanyyz

I have found the same thing. After dealing with stressful situations the gym always makes me feel better.

bhoskins85

What worked for me today was taking a fresh fruit salad and carrot chips to a pool party and eat that instead of the unhealthier choices that were there. Felt really good about that decision.

neffybetty

Seeing a dietitian and getting my questions answered about what foods I can eat with diabetes :-)

CrustyOldMan

Remembering why I'm here.

RaquelFit2

Doing a crappy workout as opposed to doing no workout at all. This led to doing a better workout later in the day and a decent stretch routine.

CrustyOldMan

Snacking on carrots

AlexandraFindsHerself1971

Allowing myself one cupcake and not being sneaky, dismissive, etc. about it. And as it was I only had half cause I gave Boyfriend the other half. I've had it and I don't want any more. I don't need to eat them just because they're there. (They're mostly a mother's day present so they'll leave the house tomorrow. I just did a few extra cupcakes in case of one tearing coming out of the pan or something.)

LenGray

What worked for me today was taking a walk to get through my mid-afternoon slump instead of having sweets or coffee. I got done with my walk, had an apple, and came in under my calories for today ^_^

justanotherloser007

RaquelFit2 wrote: »

Doing a crappy workout as opposed to doing no workout at all

I don't know why I thought I was the only one who does, this.. I usually have to subtract minutes off my workout timer for when I just don't... wanna... dewit..

LenGray

What worked for me today was making my own version of my favorite takeaway dish It was really tasty!

bhoskins85

I was up .7 in my weight. After having a good heart-to-heart with myself, I realized that "eyeing" my food and guessing the serving is not working. Today I measured everything I ate! May seem like a little thing, but it's kind of huge for me.

Hopefully, this will become ingrained in me and will become a habit when I'm preparing my plate.

kind_woman

Drinking 64 oz of water (my daughter bought me one of the big water bottles with time and message markers for Mother's Day).