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  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 1,054 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48634174#Comment_48634174

    I love that this thread turned into “tricks” that stayed true to CICO and not hacks, cause planning is an absolute game changer!

  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 991 Member

    Similar to many on here - pre-logging helps me a lot. I can see whether I have any calories / carbs available for an unplanned snack. I too have a glass of water or a cup of tea if I start feeling peckish, then wait a little while to see if I really am actually hungry. Also, making small changes over time, based on what I'd learned, rather than trying to dive in headfirst and then stopping / failing when it got too difficult to sustain.

    When I started logging on MFP, I was shocked at how many calories were in my normal portion of pasta, so I started having half and bulking it out with spiralized courgette. Ditto with my rice / grated & roasted cauliflower. Gradually, I reduced the rice and pasta and increased the amount of veg it was being subbed with - but spiralized courgette isn't the greatest (imo) and making cauliflower rice is too much of a faff (I'm certainly not paying supermarket prices for it plus I don't have spare space in my freezer). Helpfully, a few years ago, I had some excess cabbage (used for a Caribbean coleslaw recipe) and googled what else I could use it for. Sauteing finely sliced white cabbage, for half an hour, in a little oil or butter and having that in place of pasta, rice, potatoes or noodles has been my biggest 'trick'. 200g is a plateful of veg that is high in fibre, low in carbs (I'm T2D), helps fill me up and, to me, tastes good with curries, chilli, bolognese, stir-fries, fish, chicken breast, pork loin steak and pretty much everything else I eat on a regular basis; it's also half the calories (or less) than a small amount of rice or pasta. A huge salad, with some protein added to it and a teaspoonful of olive oil as dressing, is far more filling, for me, than a sandwich and also has far fewer calories (and carbs). Small changes, learned over time and then gradually implemented until they've become my norm.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,831 Member

    @Strudders67 I’m stealing that!

    Cauliflower rice is “acceptable” but to me it smells bad and tastes watery and bitterer than I’d like.

    I do like cabbage.


    I’ll have to be super careful disguising it, though. Mr. S. will raise an unholy ruckus if it involves cabbage, beets, asparagus, or brussels sprouts.

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