frustrated and out of control

ksnielsen

I am can not gain controll of my weight. I am frustrated and sacred. I have gained back half of what I have lost. I can only blame working night shift for so much... I think I need a diet to follow...not just calorie counting...calorie counting worked before but I think I have run out of foods and I eat the same thing over and over and get board. any ideas

ljbhill

Check out some other people's diaries and see if they can inspire you with some variety in your calories

MelanieP_TX

I have started this this week. Because I am not losing and if I do by the weekend I am up again by 2-4 pounds then it takes me 2 weeks to lose it again- I realized I was getting a little careless/comfortable and eating way too much from the pantry rather than the fridge-


http://images.agoramedia.com/jillianmichaels/cms/jillian-michaels-ripped-in-30-meal-plan-v.pdf

I eat and extra snack though (sometimes 2 extra snacks) on days that I work out alot- (I use her snack recipes)
The recipes are fairly simple and everything so far has been great. You don't have to follow it strictly- you just have to use her meal plan you can mix and match the days/meals, etc- As long as you chose one breakfast, one lunch, one snack, one dinner- Also most of her recipes are already on here so that makes it simple to log. For dinner I add an extra veggie or salad and 1/2 cup of starch- not sure if you are supposed to or not but it just makes sense to me..

Also eatingwell.com has free 28 day meal plans for whatever your needs are.. SO FRUSTRATING!

dls06

You need to educate yourself on nutrition facts in the foods you are eating. If they are not working for you then choose something else. There are websites that have plenty of recipes and food Ideas on healthy eating. Or join weight watchers, I think they tell you what to eat if you can't do it for yourself. But I don't believe it. You are a nurse and I know you must have had nutrition classes and have nutrition information at the hospital you work at. There is always information floating around for patients that are overweight.
It just takes some effort, and better choices. This is what I had to eat yesterday. Hope it helps!

.Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Chol
Sugars - Granulated (sucrose), 2 tsp 33 8 0 0 0 0
Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 2 fl oz 31 3 1 2 25 5
Coffee - Black, 20 fl oz 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lunch
Pepperidge Farm - Light Style Bread - Oatmeal, 37.62 grams (3 Slices) 92 18 1 5 172 0
Dietz and Watson - Cheddar With Horseradish Cheese Slice, 1 Slice 110 1 9 6 270 30
Butterball - Turkey Breast Whole Roasted, 1 oz 28 0 1 5 125 11
Hellman's - Light Mayo, 0.5 Tbsp 20 1 2 0 58 3
Tomato - Raw, Red, 0.5 tomato 5 2 0 1 3 0
Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 1 leaf outer 5 1 0 0 2 0

Snack
Fresh Fruit - Cantalope, 1 cup cubed 54 14 0 1 26 0

Dinner
turkey chili, 1.5 serving 248 27 1 32 711 42
Biggest Loser 's - Roasted Cauliflower, 1 cup cooked 69 7 4 3 81 3
Sargento - Colby-Jack Reduced Fat Shredded Cheese, 1/8 cup 45 1 3 4 90 8
Dole - American Blend Lettuce (From Website), 2 cups 20 4 0 1 13 0
Fresh Gourmet - Cheese & Garlic Premium Croutons, 6 croutons 30 5 1 1 65 0
Marie's - Yogurt Dressing Parmesan Caesar, 2 Tbsp (28g) 50 2 5 1 200 10

snack
Sabra - Supremely Spicy Hummus, 1.5 Tbsp. 53 3 5 2 98 0
Nabisco - Wheat Thins - Crackers - Original, 8 crackers 70 11 3 1 115 0

Snack
Orville Redenbacher's - Popcorn, Smartpop, , 0.5 bg 130 24 2 4 160 0
Condiments - Peanut Butter - Natural - Crazy Richard's, 0.25 Tbsp (32g) 24 1 2 1 0 0
America's Choice - Low Fat Honey Graham Crackers, 2 whole crackers 110 22 1 2 130 0
Smucker's - Low Sugar Concord Grape Jelly, 0.25 Tbsp 6 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 1,233 157 41 72 2,344 112
Your Daily Goal 1,570 177 52 97 2,500 300
Remaining 337 20 11 25 156 188