Staying on track with eating

Its_Haleeyy
Its_Haleeyy Posts: 53 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I have a really hard time staying on track with eating better and staying on track with my calorie count. I can get to the gym fine every day but I eat out a lot and have a hard time finding stuff I like to make at home. I'm a picky eater and don't like a lot of healthy/nutritional food. I also have a hard time staying on track with my diet after like a week and I give up. Any suggestions on good tasting, healthy food? Also any advice on how to stay on track and not lose interest in my weight loss?

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  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    Taste is subjective and if you are picky chances are you may not like what someone recommends. I guess the better question is what do you like? As far as staying on track - preplanning is the way to go. If you plan your day less likely you will over eat.
  • Its_Haleeyy
    Its_Haleeyy Posts: 53 Member
    cathipa wrote: »
    Taste is subjective and if you are picky chances are you may not like what someone recommends. I guess the better question is what do you like? As far as staying on track - preplanning is the way to go. If you plan your day less likely you will over eat.

    Yeah I guess I just wanna see what other people like to eat and see if anything that comes up sounds like something I might like
  • AnthonyX150X
    AnthonyX150X Posts: 293 Member
    It is possible your calorie goal might be too steep of a deficit if you are having a hard time staying on track. How big is the deficit you are running?
  • jaynee7283
    jaynee7283 Posts: 160 Member
    I agree with @cathipa - if you are a picky eater, asking for suggestions are moot. I'm a picky eater too, but if I ask for suggestions and everyone says "Broccoli! Mushrooms! Beans!" I'd say, "Thanks but no thanks," because I refuse to eat those things. However, I love Brussels sprouts, cauliflower and parsnips, which I'd eat all day long if they were in front of me.

    I went strong on tracking my food for 3 months and lost 22 pounds, and then lost motivation for some reason. Literally overnight. So I gave myself a month diet break - I still logged my food, but not obsessively and didn't put everything in each day. The month off ended up being 6 weeks, but I'm happy to say that I didn't GAIN anything back, but I didn't lose either. Was it six weeks wasted? No. Because it gave me time to mentally get back in the game. This week is my first week back at it, and this week I'm back to watching my food choices and logging each and every bite. I'm hoping the motivation will last another 3 months - if I find it waning again, I'll give myself another diet break for a month.

    Diet breaks are theoretically only supposed to be for 2 weeks, but I know if I had started back it 2 weeks it would have been halfheartedly and I would have lost motivation again.

    Consider committing to do your best for 3 months and then give yourself a break for a couple weeks. So if that helps with your motivation to keep going.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    How about leafing through a couple of cookbooks? Or browse pinterest, yummly, food network? Anything you cook from real food ingredients will most likely become a healthy dish. Your tastebuds will also adapt to what you feed yourself.
  • LuckyNumbers
    LuckyNumbers Posts: 208 Member
    Figure out what foods you DO like - there have to be some, and they can be anything - and then go to a recipe site that helps you build off of those ingredients: there's supercook.com and allrecipes.com to start. Shoot, there are probably even apps for that sort of thing.

    If a recipe has something in it that you don't like or aren't sure about, just substitute with something that you do like. It'll take time - I hate cooking - but once you find some things you can master and whip together pretty quickly, it's not too rough.
  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    I like a lot of healthy food, but I also find ways to have everything I like--regardless of it being crisp and green or not--within my caloric deficit. Portion sizes are the key to this.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    If you like to eat out, is that drive-through or sit-down? If drive through, drive through less often and purchase less to reduce your calories. If sit down, order a to-go box with your entree and first put half into your box. Take it home and have it another day. Everybody can't be a Julia Child. Just be you less voraciously.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited May 2016
    Its_Haleeyy wrote: »
    So I have a really hard time staying on track with eating better and staying on track with my calorie count. I can get to the gym fine every day but I eat out a lot and have a hard time finding stuff I like to make at home. I'm a picky eater and don't like a lot of healthy/nutritional food. I also have a hard time staying on track with my diet after like a week and I give up. Any suggestions on good tasting, healthy food? Also any advice on how to stay on track and not lose interest in my weight loss?

    Cooking Light.com & Skinny Taste.com have some great recipes. If you like to cook, you can easily sub out things you dislike. Stir Frys for example: pick your meat, pick your sauce....then add veggies to "your" liking.

    If you run a steep deficit you are more likely to feel deprived and cranky. Allow enough calories so you can fit in a treat now & then.

    When you go off course (we all do) .....DO NOT start over.....instead continue on. You don't need a specific deficit every day, you need a deficit over time. It's a different frame of mind.

    We don't have to be perfect to lose weight....we just need improvements over the past.
  • kristysaurus
    kristysaurus Posts: 91 Member
    I'm not a picky eater but I am quite lazy so I don't like to have a bunch of complicated dishes that take a lot of work or ingredients. Find the foods you do/will eat and eat those. If you like chicken there are dozens of ways to make chicken just using herbs, spices and seasonings. A large portion of my dinners are variations of chicken, veggies (usually carrots and broccoli or frozen peas/corn/carrot mix) and rice. I also eat things I love to eat like burgers, pizza (made at home in single portions) and tacos.

    Pre-make as much as you can and it will become just as easy as going and getting takeout (this is coming from a former fast food addict)
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