For those of you who actually cook, how do you go about figuring out the nutrition facts of what you eat?

Cclill wrote: »

Speaking of leaving a bite on the plate. I eat out a lot and have a trick for the huge portions. When i order the meal I order a to go box at the same time, and immediately put half the meal away. Dont feel deprived because look forward to having it later. Though now im ordering low cal meals, i still put half in togo box so dont stretch my stomach.

Hi Cclill, I do this same thing. It helps so much, and like you, I don't feel deprived because I have it to eat later, (or even as a meal for the next day). Doing this, I do not feel guilty about going out to eat.

Hi All,

Can I join back in? I logged on today for the first time in months. Life just got to me with travel, and long colds and coughs for both of us then some issues with friend's health and family.

I have been thinking in the past month, that life goes better for me if I am in control of what I am eating and when and how much I am exercising. I totally lost it and my weight and well being paid for it.

There are some old friends here who have done so very well in my absence! I am totally in awe! And, some new faces too.

Am I too late to set goals for this new challenge?

Marney

Thanks for the welcome! I should have come back ages ago but as we all know you have to be ready.

I am at 175 lbs. For September, I will be:

proud of my record of walking at least 5 days a week

keeping within the MFP suggestions for fat, fiber and sugar within a 1300 calorie diet 80% of the time

keeping to 1500 mg of daily salt, 80% of the time

at least 7 lbs lighter!!


To aid me in my efforts, I will:

log on to MFP daily and record my food and exercise results

wear my step counter daily

do a physical activity when I am cruising through the kitchen outside meal times.

and, enjoy the support offered here.

Thanks

Marney (dasher602014)

dasher602014 wrote: »

Hi All,

Can I join back in? I logged on today for the first time in months. Life just got to me with travel, and long colds and coughs for both of us then some issues with friend's health and family.

I have been thinking in the past month, that life goes better for me if I am in control of what I am eating and when and how much I am exercising. I totally lost it and my weight and well being paid for it.

There are some old friends here who have done so very well in my absence! I am totally in awe! And, some new faces too.

Am I too late to set goals for this new challenge?

Marney

Welcome back Marney!

Happy Birthday Gayle! You can make birthday peanut butter pancakes. I use the recipe from Recipes for a Small Planet. About 120 g/serving and keep them in the fridge for the week for quick breakfast. You can see I've been eating them with our backyard blueberries.

Thanks for putting together screen names/names, I was going to ask for that too.

Happy Birthday Gayle...Have a Great Day!

I joined in just in time! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GAYLE! What a difference almost a year makes. I hope next year brings you joy and happiness.

Pam, I used to live in Toronto and NYC seemed way too big. Toronto is edging up to 5 million in the surrounding area. But NYC? I do sympathize with too big but .... you will have a great time with your friend and family. It will be so much fun to see the city with someone who knows the place and with 20 years passing, it will be new to her too!

Happy birthday Gayle!! I hope you have a fantastic day.

So what I have learned about myself from being here is that I talk a good game, but obviously I have issues as well. I have the willpower to not buy the stuff I know I shouldn't eat. And if I do get a craving for something, that means I have to get dressed and actually leave the house to go get it. Luckily, I am very much a homebody and much of the time I refuse to get dressed to go get it, so I beat the craving that way. Although there are times the ulcerative colitis does not seem like a blessing, in this instance it really is as it keeps me from eating a boat load of fruits, nuts, vegetables, etc. I listened to my mind one too many times on cravings and now, you couldn't pay me enough to eat something that I know will mess me up.

Now on the other hand, if I do buy a can of Pringles, ice cream or whatever...I have to buy the smallest container as I will eat the whole thing in one setting if I don't. Now it would be much more cost effective for me to buy a larger portion of say the Haagen Dazs than the 3.6oz I usually go home with. But it would also throw my stats under the bus to do that.

Unlike my Mom's pantry, if she craves something she can essentially put it together from scratch and many times has to due to money issues. I on the other hand, literally do not have the pantry to allow that nor the knowledge to make much of anything from scratch. I could however come up with a canning recipe for a jam or salsa on the fly as I have all the spices, jars and what not.

So far the changes have been interesting to me, I pared down the sugar intake considerably. Had to change the thought process on the protein intake as I was using the chocolate protein drink for that, but 44g of sugar screwed me up for the rest of the day. So the allowance I made was to turn one bottle into 4 popsicles. The addiction to sweet tea is still there, but I limit it to one bottle a day; usually after work and most of the time I don't drink the full 18.5oz. The Kind bars are used as snacks as well as any fruit I have. Pineapple is great for snacking as it doesn't have a boat load of sugar. Two eggs do not keep me full for long, so I now take the Isopure to work with me. I drink much more water at work than I do at home, unless I am doing yard work. Will be glad when Mhiya is well again, so we can resume the walks. And that about sums up this missive.

Oh and if you are changing dog food to help them lose weight, sprinkle beano on their portions and buy a can of Glade!

Me in a nut shell."If we fail to plan,we plan to fail."

Yesterday was my second week of class and low cal day.
Class-wise, everything went right this time,so ironically sabotaged my 600 cal. plan.
First, The tiny sandwich shop across the street was open
so i didn't have to walk a few blocks.
Second, it had a special with free bag of chips
-- who can resist free chips? --
which added 300 cals to the days total.
Third, my students lugged the tables for me, so no credit for exercise.

Hoped to make up for it by using the bathroom two flights down,
but turns out two flights of stairs burns only 10 calories.
So to make up for the chips,
I needed to make 30 trips to the bathroom
but i just couldn't fit that many into my day
Hopefully no free chips next week! :-)

Gayle,it's a good thing we can always start over on a new day.I've had plenty of those.Only have 2 more days before weighin.I haven't been weighing in everyday as has been my habit.I did exercise the last 2 days which I had quit doing.Now if I can just get rid of some bad habits i've accumilated,mainly those pesky sweets.
Cclill,there's been days I felt like I couild live in the bathroom.I quit drinking everything but water and it seemed it went right through me.Some days are still like that.
Marney,it's easier said than done about not having junk to eat in the house.My husband,who likes his sweets,picked some blackberries so I could make him a blackberry cobbler.And I did.And I ate some.(sigh).
Fridays weighin will be interesting.
Mary