Learned my condiments were outrageous waste of my calories!! So ditched them for 0-25cal options actually follow the serving size. Found that leaves me room for a Sugarfree dessert to more dinner leftovers! Not all sugarfree to low carb is low calories some lie to us! Crystal light teas 5cal ,Gatorade zero depending on bottle size 0-5cal,homemade tea with little sweeteners can lessen it,lots of water,occasional I’m being bad Diet Coke 0cal as a treat,protein shake found low cal one that’s vegan y one for women with vitamins add unsweetened almond or cashew milk. If I lessen my drink calories I can have 2 glasses per meal!

The Eating out or in 1/2 a plate rule take rest home for another day rule after I order healthy as possible! Skip the to go order of fries 🍟 it’s the main calories! Can have a mcDonalds grilled Artisian Chicken Sandwiches for less than the amount of calories in a large fries!

Using McDs as an example cause don’t have the calories for the tacos to pizza places etc at a family event or Daughter visit etc.The occasional going to a fancy dinner place for a birthday or anniversary.

McDonald’s grilled Artisian chicken sandwich 380cal
McDonald’s Ultimate Chicken Sandwich 530 cal (Don’t get this one as you can see not all chicken sandwiches are created equal!)
McDonald’s fries 🍟 medium 340cal/Large 490 cal! The large is more than 1 Artisian chicken burger !! At a family event 1 Artisian burger with some carrot sticks or $1 side salad without their dressing goes a long way .
0cal Walden dressing to other brands are out there (ranch diet dressing tastes eggy not sweet a warning ⚠️).

1 slice of pizza with a healthy low cal veggie better than eating pizza until your in a 3rd slice. It’s like bags of M&Ms or jelly beans or any snack you eat the whole bag then realize the serving size is tiny! You downed 1,000 cal bags like water as a teen back in the days lol 😂.

Learning calories y serving sizes was a challenge but the weight dropped after I figured it out finally. 1200cal a day plus exercising indoors. 50-53lbs gone 13lbs to go to my goal weight if I get to 18lbs lost even bigger win. 75% of my goal is done . I’m finding still learning as I go.
No salt y too much is bad for you. Everything in moderation

Had to start using sugar substitutes because of Diabetes. It held fast wouldn’t let go even after I gave birth. The Doctors put me on the hunt for other ways to sweeten stuff . Weighed in at 54lb loss this morning. I still on the hunt for all diabetic y blood pressure friendly foods. I struggled with both after son was born 3yrs ago finally can pass tests for my pressure y sugars levels. So far working in mobility I’m happy to say I did 40 pull-ups unaided by the exercise band this morning!!
So happy about it my Csection was a hip to hip T-cut very rare harder to rebuild stomach muscles after. Lol I look pregnant still may always have my belly but being able to do a push up is a long way from when I couldn’t walk unaided after him.

Boy I miss sugar cookies with frosting. Oh well once you get diabetes there’s no turning back time just alternating my diet to control it