Well, I eat the same strict diet 6 days a week and work as a personal trainer, so I also get 2 workouts per day 5 days a week

Baphometta wrote: »

alecgrodecki wrote: »

Well, I eat the same strict diet 6 days a week and work as a personal trainer, so I also get 2 workouts per day 5 days a week

You're an inspiration to us all!!

Summary of what you eat every day? I get so bored of eating one thing after a few days and I start going crazy. I'm really passionate about food and cooking so getting into a strict regime like that is depressing lol. I'm all the more amazed by other people doing it tho

Basically chicken, salmon, brown rice, spinach, egg whites, bell peppers, mushrooms, protein bars, bananas, peanut butter and rice cakes. Along with 1 to 2 gallons of water a day.

I meal prep and plan everything in advance Convenience is key, otherwise I'll struggle to do it.

Yesterday I prepped all the breakfast and lunches for the week for both myself and my fiance (I've done this since I started on 1/15/17). He prefers boneless/skinless chicken thighs, I prefer boneless/skinless chicken breasts. I aim for about 3-6 oz for mine, I don't really measure his but I used to do 3 thighs for him and just dropped it down to 2 since he wasn't losing any weight. I also roasted broccoli (I just learned you can roast frozen broccoli like you can fresh, right from frozen without thawing! so great!) and roasted sweet potatoes with a little brown sugar and cinnamon.

For breakfast I make oatmeal bowls with 1/2 cup quick oats + crushed almonds + dried cranberries + 1 tbls brown sugar. For the almonds and Cranberries I take whatever a serving is and divide it over 5 bowls.

I buy low calorie pre-portioned snacks at Sams Club that i tuck into the lunch bags along with bananas and apples. We also portion out baby carrots and sometimes cucumber.

I also plan dinners for the week. Last night I made a chicken broccoli cheesy casserole which we'll eat leftovers for tonight (well, he will, I'm going out with some co-workers). Tomorrow I'll be making a ground turkey stroganoff over egg noodles for tues/wed night dinners, and thurs I'll make an enchilada noodle bake which should get us into the weekend.

Since our lunches are so repetitive I like to plan different and interesting things for dinner. I'm always on Pinterest looking up low calorie and healthy recipes. It's definitely saved money because I spent about $70 on all the food for the week instead of $40 for food (that I would eventually throw away) and another $60-$120 in takeout.

CalorieCounterGuy wrote: »

How is everyone measuring their food? I have trouble with this! I Mean look at my belly people! Hhaha kidding, but seriously. 3 oz of chicken is a normal serving, or 3 oz of salmon, but do I need to go get a kitchen scale? I think I need a kitchen scale.

Definitely get a kitchen scale I'm not at the point where I weight everything, I should I know, but I weight things that are more calorie-dense and am fine just measuring out a cup of broccoli since the difference in calories would be so minimal.

I haven't been keeping track of what I eat recently because I get burned out from counting calories but I'll get back into it at least for this month. Lately I've been more focused on being active. I'm halfway through a 90 day yoga challenge I found on youtube and I dance at least three times a week. I hate structured exercise so doing these fun things that I love makes getting all my steps and active minutes automatic instead of a chore.

CalorieCounterGuy wrote: »

Ok going to get a scale right now. Wait wait, do you just put wax paper on the scale when measure raw meat or cooked meat, to keep the scale clean? Hahaha got to get everything while I'm out!

you can put a dish on it When I go to weight my food, I put a plate/bowl on the scale, I hit the Tare button (it resets the weight to 0.00), then i put in whatever I'm weighing

I am firmly on the IF train. I don't think it gives me a weight loss advantage, but I like it and it's generally how I've always eaten, so it works for me. I work with a 23/1 window. AKA OMAD (one meal a day). So my food diaries are terrifying. I am evidence that you can eat a kilo of mashed potato in a day and still lose weight.

So, today's meal... tomato pasta! I make my own sauce. Admittedly, I just get canned tomatoes (no added sugar or anything weird... just to save the time of blanching and chopping... I don't wannaaaa *whine*) but everything else is my own doing. Shout out to the gargantuan quantities of oregano! Should clock at around 1150 but I am a food scale nerd so onion changes the game. My calcium supplement has a number of calories that I deem 'worth counting' (generally anything over 10) so should bring me in to around 1170 today. I'm quite short, before anyone gets concerned!

In terms of activity, today was a busier day than normal. The last few weeks, I walk to university and sit in the studio working for 6-8 hours (art student), but today, I got invited to a seminar by my supervisor which was on another campus... so a fair bit more walking involved! I'll get through some weighted squats later on.

Hit a milestone today... lost 70lbs! 5st exactly! 31.7kg! Lotta weight. I now officially weigh less than I did at age 12 (I was a big kid...). So that's super nice. In 12lbs, I clock in to a 'normal' BMI for the first time in my life. So yay that.

Hope you're all well and enjoying day one!

Maybe I can buy a man purse or a fanny pack and sneak my healthy popcorn in, then I will really get the girls!

Im mostly on a vegan diet but eat fish twice a week. I eat prunes, blueberries, dates for snacks and try to eat as much veggies as possible.

Baphometta wrote: »

For the next few meals I'm eating taco bowls. This pico makes everything excellent and will be my freshness replacement for sour cream.

Oh mercy this looks delicious too. Leaving the gym now, trying to resist eating an entire animal