Its Friday, I'm tired and I want to go home and drown in pizza

Good advice (if you have the calories spend them!) I love pizza and beer!

I also look at my calories as a aggregate - 1400 calories x 7 = 9800 calories per week. Some days I eat more than 1400, sometimes less.

I have been on a Paleo / Keto-ish meal plan (low, low sugar/carbs and high protein/fat/fiber) of about 1400 calories (since January I have lost 23 pounds). And... I am only complaint calorie wise about 75% - 80% of the time. And while I try to be low sugar and low carb all of the time, I am not. But, when I am:

• I don't crave sugar (I have an entire box of Charms Wild Berry Blow Pops in my file drawer that I haven't touched since November because I don't crave sugar; I once measured my stress level by how many of them i consumed in one day);
• My moods are more even and I don't have blood sugar spikes and crashes; I feel better.
• By consuming more healthy fats my joints don't hurt as much and I am more or less satiated on 1400 calories.
• I used Paleo Leap and Paleo Tribe for the recipe ideas (they have some great low calorie recipe options) but this isn't necessary. I do think preparing and eating food that I make as opposed to boxes or eating out has helped me a lot. Boxes say they are low carb (but they have lots of other additives in them to make them taste good.)

Also, the recipes are low calorie and help me to stay on track. I plan my menu and shopping list before I go to the store and I usually shop around the edges and get veggies, meat, some dairy and that's it.

BTW - here is a recipe for "FAT HEAD PIZZA DOUGH" http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2015/04/23/fat-head-pizza/.

I also sometimes just take vine on Campari Cocktail Tomatoes and let them ripen for a week or two and slice them and put them in the oven on a cookie sheet and dry them out a bit so that they are almost dried out but not quite and top them with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and then run them under the broiler with some mozzarella... they really satisfy my pizza craving.

pinuplove wrote: »

Re: the tiredness - how many calories have you been averaging per day? Not eating enough = tired and hangry for me. I understand not feeling up to testing your resolve on some days, though. Whatever you have tonight, I hope you enjoy it!

I was wondering this as well.

@tricia5715 what's your weekly weight loss goal and how many pounds do you have to lose total?

I get wanting pizza after complicated taxes - spent pretty much all day Saturday on mine.

Stella3838 wrote: »

Here's some sassy carbs.

That is an incredibly disturbing GIF...anyway, OP you might look to see if you can find Dr. Oetker's pizza at your local grocer. I know near me the only place that sells them is Market Street. It is delicious frozen pizza, an you can generally eat the whole pizza if you want for less than 900 calories. With over 600 cals left for you for the day, that equals 1/2 pizza with a nice side salad and a light beer or small glass of wine. :drinker:

laurenebargar wrote: »

I totally feel you, This is all I wanted to do tonight, I finally decided on making stuffed peppers with cauliflower rice and ground turkey, tomorrow's my birthday so I know there will be some amount of cake being eaten.

What a good idea! Will definitely give that a try.

Pizza is totally doable. Stick with thin crust. Easy on cheese.

Beer is actually more troublesome because it lowers your ability to say enough.

I love Dr. Oekter's line of pizza for frozen pizza.

Maybe recognize that on Friday's you are more tired so save a little room during the week, store calories and eat the delicious pizza.