90-Day Fit. & Nutr. Challenge Day #17: Eat Well Wednesday!
amccord2
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Hello Challengers!!! We are moving right along!
If you are not seeing the desired results (.5 to 2 lbs/week) on the scale after this week, lets talk about some things we can do.:flowerforyou: If you think you will lose weight by starving yourself and skipping meals, think again. You actually need to eat about 5 small meals a day. This is what keeps our metabolism going. When our body goes into starvation mode, it actually starts to store fat, and you don’t want that! Take it from me, Queen of VLCDs, which always resulted in weight gain and most importantly (and unattractively, I might add), FAT gain!:sad: But not anymore!!!! Keep yourself full with small, healthy meals and snacks (real foods). It’s best not to eat after dinner, but if you must, I’ve read the following are better choices: plain Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, veggie, or low sugar/high fiber cereal.
How many small meals to you eat each day? How difficult/easy is it to get those meals in? Sometimes, I find myself eating at 9:00 p.m., which some advise against. What do you think? Don't forget you accountability post goes here.
If you are not seeing the desired results (.5 to 2 lbs/week) on the scale after this week, lets talk about some things we can do.:flowerforyou: If you think you will lose weight by starving yourself and skipping meals, think again. You actually need to eat about 5 small meals a day. This is what keeps our metabolism going. When our body goes into starvation mode, it actually starts to store fat, and you don’t want that! Take it from me, Queen of VLCDs, which always resulted in weight gain and most importantly (and unattractively, I might add), FAT gain!:sad: But not anymore!!!! Keep yourself full with small, healthy meals and snacks (real foods). It’s best not to eat after dinner, but if you must, I’ve read the following are better choices: plain Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, veggie, or low sugar/high fiber cereal.How many small meals to you eat each day? How difficult/easy is it to get those meals in? Sometimes, I find myself eating at 9:00 p.m., which some advise against. What do you think? Don't forget you accountability post goes here.
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Hello all!!! I eat normally eat 5 meals a day. If I "skip" is usually due to unavoidable work schedule conflicts. I normally feel hungry about one hour after eating though. :ohwell: Right now my stomach feels empty and rumbling and I finished my snack of carrots with hummus and a banana at 9:45am (now 10:58) And that is most times when I eat healthy/clean snacks and meals. It makes me wonder if I am not eating enough. I always struggle with that. I try not to eat past 7pm. We normally eat dinner early, around 6pm. On Zumba nights (twice a week) I try to finish dinner by 6pm so I am not full when I am teaching. I normally go to bed hungry after teaching because I either ate all the calories I set to eat (1600) or just dont want to eat too late (past 8:30). :grumble:
W: Incline walking on treadmill, two challenges and Zumba class tonight
S: Breakfast
N: 5 I already planned my meals and snacks for the rest of the day and there will be no derailment!! :drinker:
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I usually eat three meals today, with two snacks. Timing of snacks depends on when I am working out, either 5 am before the gym, or 8 pm after my evening workout.
S: none today, little sleep again last night so I wasn't able to stomach food until about 6 pm today.
N: 1, no nutrition and no energy today.
W: going to try 40 mins sprints on the treadmill in a few, so 25 min total at 6 mph. We'll see how far I make it.0 -
I usually eat 5-6 small meals per day. I usually go to bed hungry because I hate the feeling of a full belly when I lay down.
W: Turbo Fire HIIT 15 & 20
N: 2 started the day good, then met a friend for lunch at Chili's (which I don't really even like) came home to log my food & found out that what I thought was a reasonable choice had 960 calories, 44 grams of fat and 85 grams of carbs! At least I ended up getting in a good workout to make it a little better!
S: breakfast- unsweetened almond milk, 1 cup spinach, 1/2 cup blueberries, 4 strawberries, Greek yogurt. Yum!!0 -
I eat 3 meals & 3 snacks a day. I try to eat my last snack at least 2 hours before bed.
W: 30 min of hill intervals on treadmill
N: 5 hit all my macros
S: breakfast0 -
My goal is three meals and two snacks. Sometimes it works, and other times it doesn't.
W: Focus T25 (am) Les Mills Pump & Burn (pm)
N: 5 macros looked good
S: dinner0 -
i eat anywhere between 5-6 times a day. 3 meals and 2-3 snacks. if one of my kids has a late game (soccer indoor 10:15pm) those are the days i have an extra snack. i plan my meals on sundays. i cut up veggies and bag and weigh my snacks. usually pistachios, apricots, hummus and pita ...
s - i don't have shakes:noway:
n - 5 ... because exercise is hard right now i have to nail my nutrition every day
w- hmmm, today i spent a snow day, crocheting and watching movies. let's call it a rest day
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Creative snow day.
i eat anywhere between 5-6 times a day. 3 meals and 2-3 snacks. if one of my kids has a late game (soccer indoor 10:15pm) those are the days i have an extra snack. i plan my meals on sundays. i cut up veggies and bag and weigh my snacks. usually pistachios, apricots, hummus and pita ...
s - i don't have shakes:noway:
n - 5 ... because exercise is hard right now i have to nail my nutrition every day
w- hmmm, today i spent a snow day, crocheting and watching movies. let's call it a rest day0 -
I"m not sure what you mean by accountability and what the N W and S stand for, I tried looking in older posts but couldn't find it.
For me, I like 3 meals a day with 2-3 snack times, really timing my meals so I am not extremely hungry because I know I will eat more than I need without that.
I typically like a breakfast before work then a mid-morning banana/fruit, which is especially helpful because I never know if lunch is going to be 11:30 or 2:00, so when I do sit down to lunch I'm not starving.
I have a slump around 3 and on a good day I can grab a small snack and a short walk.
When I get off work late, I will eat a snack before I go home to dinner, again so I won't be super-super hungry.
If I stay up past 9:30pm I always want something to eat. This is the biggest trouble time because I'm tired and my willpower is low. This week I slipped up and ate a bunch of almonds one night. What I really need to do is drink water at this time of night, because I'm still not great at that and when I do drink a few glasses, I notice a positive difference. Maybe I'll try a glass of tea instead of a bunch of almonds and see how that goes.0 -
Tea sounds like an awesome substitution I try to have a cup of sleepytime or chamomile tea before bedtime. It's is good that you get to take a short walk during your work day.I"m not sure what you mean by accountability and what the N W and S stand for, I tried looking in older posts but couldn't find it.
For me, I like 3 meals a day with 2-3 snack times, really timing my meals so I am not extremely hungry because I know I will eat more than I need without that.
I typically like a breakfast before work then a mid-morning banana/fruit, which is especially helpful because I never know if lunch is going to be 11:30 or 2:00, so when I do sit down to lunch I'm not starving.
I have a slump around 3 and on a good day I can grab a small snack and a short walk.
When I get off work late, I will eat a snack before I go home to dinner, again so I won't be super-super hungry.
If I stay up past 9:30pm I always want something to eat. This is the biggest trouble time because I'm tired and my willpower is low. This week I slipped up and ate a bunch of almonds one night. What I really need to do is drink water at this time of night, because I'm still not great at that and when I do drink a few glasses, I notice a positive difference. Maybe I'll try a glass of tea instead of a bunch of almonds and see how that goes.0 -
I"m not sure what you mean by accountability and what the N W and S stand for, I tried looking in older posts but couldn't find it.
For me, I like 3 meals a day with 2-3 snack times, really timing my meals so I am not extremely hungry because I know I will eat more than I need without that.
I typically like a breakfast before work then a mid-morning banana/fruit, which is especially helpful because I never know if lunch is going to be 11:30 or 2:00, so when I do sit down to lunch I'm not starving.
I have a slump around 3 and on a good day I can grab a small snack and a short walk.
When I get off work late, I will eat a snack before I go home to dinner, again so I won't be super-super hungry.
If I stay up past 9:30pm I always want something to eat. This is the biggest trouble time because I'm tired and my willpower is low. This week I slipped up and ate a bunch of almonds one night. What I really need to do is drink water at this time of night, because I'm still not great at that and when I do drink a few glasses, I notice a positive difference. Maybe I'll try a glass of tea instead of a bunch of almonds and see how that goes.
reiverse, N stands for nutrition, rating it from a scale of 1-5, 5 being perfect, 1 not too healthy?, W for workout, the workout you did the day you are posting and S is for shake/smoothie/juice, if you had one and what meal? :flowerforyou:0
