Accountability

AliLauderdale7451

I'm Ali and i need to lose a good amount of weight. I get stuck in accountability and i eat when I'm bored. It becomes hard to exercise due to a knee injury, but i want to. I hope this will help me.

jenbison_

Hello Ali. I'm Jenice. I have a hard time holding myself accountable also. I used this app several years ago to help her lose weight. Now it's my turn. I have had a back injury and problem knees from being a runner when I was younger. I am a breast cancer survivor. It has been hard getting back on track and since the cancer and back injury, I have put on 30 pounds. I need someone to help hold me accountable. We could start by sharing our daily diaries.

springlering62

I was the Queen of. Boredom Eating. I calculated snacks alone when I first started here, and easily 8,000+ a day in candy, cookies, pie, cake, donuts. That didn’t even include “real” meals. I ate it all. So I feel ya.

Find lower calorie snacks you enjoy. For me lately, that’s airpopped popcorn topped with a 30:70 ratio of margarine and low salt soy sauce. I also like cottage cheese with fruit. I have to plan most days around a giant snack bowl of that.

Pay attention to what satiates you. Seriously, listen to your body for a change. (That was the hardest part for me.) I find protein very satiating. Others respond better to carbs or fats. Just be sure to Tetris it so that you stay within your calorie goals.

Find something to keep your hands occupied. For me, that’s needlework and handcrafting, reading the boards here, getting immersed in planning my next trip, making a meal plan/shopping list for the next week, or pre-logging my food diary several days ahead.

That shopping list? Eat a filling meal or snack before you go to the grocery store. I was all over some olive/feta salad yesterday, but having had a large breakfast and reading the label, I out it back down. I could easily make my own for half the calories.

BTW, read those labels. I put back 50% of what I pick up. Either too high calorie or I have learnt a better substitute.


Invest some effort in the process. Good things done come to those who wait for something good to happen: they happen for those who go for it. Simply downloading an app isn’t going to count calories for you and magically make you slim.

FWIW, I went from a 22W to a consistent size 4, where I’ve been the past five years. I still log and count calories every day.

andrewmartinelite

Ali, I am looking for someone to check in with each week to make sure I eat proportionally and only when I am hungry. My goal is 2400 calories per day with moderate exercise. Are you looking for an accountability partner?