Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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It's a good thing to do. And it allows you to better determine what goes in what you eat (and how much). And to experiment! I admit to taking the lazy way out quite a bit more often the past few two or three years at least.1
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Learned the precooking/freezing meals tricks from hubby’s Sicilian grandma who cooked for an army of brawny sons and grandsons. She was less than 5’ tall and barely 100 lbs but cooked like Titan! And everything from pasta down to the bread was homemade.
Honestly I had never cooked anything until I got married. So there’s hope for you PAV.
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I do a lot of precooking also. Today was premade pizzas for Girlfriend and I. Boyfriend finally settled on having an egg roll with mustard. He's been coping with an upset stomach and nausea as part of his trauma recovery. We're just feeding him what he can eat when he can eat it until this settles down again.4
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Alexandra, you are the queen of precooking and planning meals! 👸. And homemade rather than processed foods.
I’m happy to figure out one week at a time unlike your long term calendar. Somehow you manage this for three disparate eaters too.
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Who said processed?!?!?!?! I think that err... never mind... fudgecycles are ONLY 80 Cal per 60ml (55g including the stick, 3 out of 3 so far!) and what could be more "natural" than gums of vegetable origin? Huh? Fudgecycles have BUNNIES!!!! (originally, at some point of time... MAYBE!)1
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I love being here. Reading the diverse approaches to nutrition really helps to get rid of overly strict notions. Everyone is different and it seems we all just need to find a way that fits our life at that particular time. On the calorie front - my eating is a hot mess right now. But, other aspects have improved. I've given up some of the extreme rigid thinking I was trapped in. I even bought a box of Cheerios yesterday - plain old cheerios. That shouldn't be a big deal, but it was. I hope this is the right approach. Me of last year was determined that those refined grains had to be completely eliminated because I could not eat them in moderation. I hope that isn't true.
As my heart heals, I am going to try to adopt a more moderate approach to eating as shift away from constant eating plan I've been on. That sounds so overly dramatic - but it is what it is. I'm not going to kick myself to add more negative to the situation. Every morning I'm trying to bring the focus back to taking care of me. Healthy food is good! For the skin, the joints, the brain - and it tastes good. I've been living a bit too much like the junkies I see in the parks these days - except of course their drug of choice leaves them thin. Mine not so much.
A healthy weight feels good too. Much better for the joints and feet.
I'll find my way back to nutrition - away from the dopamine boosting/brain numbing sugar fixes - though "fix" sounds too small - like a square of chocolate.5 -
laurie that sounds like a good plan! I really think that moderation is really hard to master, and somewhat difficult to define from time to time. My personal experience though is that it really pays dividends in the end.5
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lauriekallis wrote: »we all just need to find a way that fits our life at that particular time.
Bingo!
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We can do this!…I, too am taking a different approach….being laid up has made me appreciate how much better I felt at a healthier weight….I swore I would never gain all of the weight back I had worked so hard to lose but I have managed to pack 69 lbs back on in a very short time….ugh2
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Kind of an odd food day. Usual egg, yogurt, fruit breakfast. Lunch was a pack of ramen noodles with frozen peas and no seasoning packet. Usually avoid ramen. Then went out to dinner for friends birthday. Luckily the restaurant has lighter dinners. Had a small steak, broccoli and green beans for about 400 cal. Ended the day only about 100 cals over my deficit.2
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You don't have a lot of wiggle room, Yooly!
Let's do it, Connie.1 -
lauriekallis wrote: »You don't have a lot of wiggle room, Yooly!
Let's do it, Connie.
You know we can because we have before!….I have missed swimming so much this summer….life happens and it has been a difficult year for many of us for different reasons…I am trying to give myself more calories to keep from binging and still be able to lose weight….hugs!0 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »You know we can because we have before!
You said it Connie! You'll find your way back, even if it takes you one stumbling baby step at a time. Most of life's progress is made of stumbling baby steps, not giant confident strides.
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Bella_Figura wrote: »conniewilkins56 wrote: »You know we can because we have before!
You said it Connie! You'll find your way back, even if it takes you one stumbling baby step at a time. Most of life's progress is made of stumbling baby steps, not giant confident strides.
You are a great role model for how it is done!….1 -
Baby steps. That is the ticket.
I am having breakfast - my old usual - three clementines and tea. And I was thinking of sharing that on the bunnies thread because I'm not sure I'll pull together a good day.
Then it occurred to me - hey, maybe it is time to start logging again.
That might be tomorrow. lol.
Some part of me is resisting. I'll really do need to take baby steps - sneak these little victories in without the hamsters noticing. Until suddenly I'm there and they don't stand a chance.3 -
Why are you having a hard time or hamsters that are not on board?
I understand hamsters being on board but getting distracted by shiny ice cream or cauliflower steakettes (and there I thought that portobello mushrooms were the correct vegetarian steak as opposed to cauliflower)
But I'm hearing, I think, that they're not even on board.
Make it easier on then to fall in line then not! 😘
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lauriekallis wrote: »You don't have a lot of wiggle room, Yooly! .
Hardly any wiggle room. I’m old and short..... I get about 1500-1600 calories at maintenance. Deficit is about 1250 which is impossible to sustain.
Today was lots of green salads, tomatoes, scallions with no-cal dressing. A fish taco with salsa in a low carb wrap. The usual egg, yogurt and fruit for breakfast. Unsweetened applesauce and banana snack. It adds up fast!
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I'm confused or confusing - not sure which
- That some part of me that is resisting is the hamster part - and by hamsters I mean those sugar addicted beastly parts of me. I think they are feeling awfully in control these days and as soon as I start thinking about things like logging, cutting back on sugar etc. they go all snaky and defensive. Kind of like a reactive dog on a leash.
But. Maybe. If I just move ahead in baby steps they won't notice where I'm going. And when they finally notice - I'll be much stronger then they are? And then??
ZAP
BOOM
CLANG
Hamsters in the cage!3 -
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But it sounds as if you're spending all day having conversations with your hamsters about what they CAN'T have.
You can't have grainz you can't have sugar you can't have ice cream...
Why are you lying to them?
They CAN have everything and anything!
B U T
But... well yes, there is a but.
First you have your nutritional FOODZ because you need to be nourished.
In sufficient quantity to not be too hungry.
And you logz them.
Then you addz anything and everything you want to have... in the quantity that it can fit!
I don't think there is anything other than one meal a day that could work for most of us if we have full on restaurant meals every day.
As you mentioned: a restaurant meal can easily get up to my full maintenance caloric burns which hover closer to 3K than anything else.
If restaurant meals are an everyday occurrence they have to be "curated". I mean either the choices have to be other than just random ordering from the menu, or food has to be left behind, or taken back home for a second meal. Personally my preference would be modified ordering so that the meals are not as many calories.
But, again, you have to look forward (at least a little bit) to what you're about to do. Whether it is along the lines of finding items you really don't mind (dare I say you enjoy ) eating, or finding ways where you don't feel as if you're turning this into a negative experience.
You're not being mean to yourself and taking away enjoyable treats. You're taking care of yourself and adding to your menu tasty nutritious goodies... that crowd out the room for less desirable stuff....
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