What worked for you today?

2 eggs, onions, sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes, jalapenos with a little cheese and small sausage patty daily for b'fast

I was super hungry after working out and *almost* ate way too much but I stopped, took a breath, pre-logged my food, ate a normal amount and waited 20 minutes so the "I'm full" signal could travel from my stomach to my brain.

Got new dvd's from Gina B. Up to the Beat Fitness, and did binge exercise sessions over the weekend, instead of doing food binges. Woo Hoo!

What helps for me is to come on this board to engage rather than FB or tweeter.

I drink my own concoction of Sodastream no-cal, which really helps me to satisfy my need to "treat" myself. Carbonation make even plain water seem special for me. I add their flavor drops which do not add sweetener. But if I want more, I'll have various recipes that incorporate concentrated green tea, cayenne pepper, lemon or lime juice, and when I want to add sweetener, I use their diet lemon-lime (don't judge please, I know all about the debate over artificial sweeteners, the question was about what I do...). The lemon-lime seems to be a good general purpose base upon which to build.

Apart from that, I really do find that reading through this board helps me to focus on what's important, helps distract me from emotional eating and the stress-inducing discussions on FB.

We have horrific air quality due to the nearby fires, so indoor exercise while running a couple of HEPA filters 24/7 helps with that.

Be kind to yourselves. Love each other. Laugh often, from the belly.

What worked for me today.... was not being on a "diet". It was terribly hot and humid today, and I looked at the kitchen and said, "Oh, I can't even." So we went to the local diner and picked up sandwiches. I wasn't even thinking about what I can eat and can't due to allergies, cause that's second nature now. And I wasn't looking at things to see if I could have them on my current food plan, because I can have anything on my current food plan. (And I knew whatever sandwich I got I could probably only handle having half a sandwich, anyway. I have shrunk my stomach a lot.) But I didn't have to worry about it. And that made it easier.

Individually wrapped things also works for me today. I may be better at portioning now, but I don't trust myself and that way I have to unwrap if I want more, and that's enough of a cue for me to wait.

What worked for me today was that my boys wanted me to get them an apple pie and vanilla ice cream at the store today. I love that dessert, but didn't want to spend all those Calories on it today. So, while I was in the grocery store I had the thought to buy myself some Caramel Apple Pie flavored light Greek yogurt. While they had their pie a la mode, I had my yummy yogurt with some granola sprinkled it. Way to anticipate a moment, self! You rocked today!

Listening to my body. I’ve been ramping up my exercise a lot in august and today I decided to dial it back and only do a short yoga practice. I used the extra time to go for a longer morning walk instead, getting almost 6000 steps before work.

I met up with my team for lunch. I brought some Tupperware and brought half the meal home with me for tomorrow. Bringing my own container really lowers the barrier!

Getting in protein about 115 g a day. Really helping with my binge eating. Feelng full with the protein of about 20-30 g each meal. Yay!

planning and logging my meals the night before so I wake up ready for the day knowing what I'll eat already and that if I stick to whats logged I will have nailed it at the end of the day.

What worked for me today was walking and not stopping when I wanted to. Also cooking when I didn’t want to.

I was able to not overeat, and I also didn't eat too much sodium or sugar, which is nice, and I stayed within my calorie budget. I was able to exercise quite a bit (well I don't know if it's really exercise since most of the dance I was practicing was pretty low effort), and I wasn't even hungry for most of the day.

I was able to hold a plank today. Last time I tried the torn tendon in my ankle said ABSOLUTELY NOT. Last time I had shoes on, so maybe I will just have to do planks barefoot. Slow count of five is not bad for the first time.

Well it was yesterday but it was my “ reset” after vacation ( which consisted of a staycation with my daughter who I haven’t been able to see in 8 months coming to visit). We got lucky with weather and were able to eat out every night. I let myself fully partake and didn’t track. When I’ve lost weight in the past this would have been the beginning of the end of maintenance. But as I’ve done 3 other times since losing 75 pounds in the last few years after a vacation , I was ready to go back to tracking and maintenance by doing a Reset: a one day 500 calorie “ fast” day. This is a perfect way for me to get back in the proper mindset. And 1250 calories seems like a lot ( I do 1250 during the week and 1450 on weekends) after a 500 calorie day. . I know this wouldn’t be at all right for Everyone but it totally works great for me.