What worked for you today?

I was aggravated with dentist visit and he took 2 days to get back with me and you know what I do when aggravated. Not this time, I said that if I eat it will just give me one more problem so I went to the trail and walked off my frustration. Told myself food will just give me unhappiness! Destroys me.

I had one of those containers of soft cookies from the bakery section of the grocery store in my hand and was about to put it in my cart, even though I KNOW I would not be able to limit myself to just one or two and I would feel sick and ashamed tonight.

What worked for me today was saying out loud, right there in the grocery store, "I don't want to do this any more." I recognized that the craving to binge is neurological junk and that I can accept the urge and let it pass without giving in to it.

What worked for me today is tracking all my food and sticking to my plan. Weighing myself in the morning. Having pre-thought out healthy meal options and having my fridge stocked with lots of greens and other healthy choices.

I log all my food/exercise with MFP throughout the day. I have a commitment to read inspiring some stories/ideas everyday.

What is working for me is not worrying about being hungry. I am learning to sit with hunger. It will pass, I am not dying. I eat a lot of veggies, I eat enough and I eat well.

What is working for me is that I am focused and committed to myself and to having success.

I have been struggling to lose 2 lb , so I have increase my protein with a breakfast protein and things ar moving in the right direction. With working a rolling shift pattern it is hard to follow a diet plan, so using this calorie counting app has really helped.

When I was at the grocery this afternoon, the bakery folks were making Cinnamon Rolls, so the whole store smelled like temptation. What worked for me was going home and making myself coffee sprinkled with lots of cinnamon and a dollop of light whip cream---yum!! That gave me the cinnamon/cream fix I wanted with less than 25 calories involved. Yay!

what has been working for me lately is weighing myself first thing in the morning. This is a tip I adopted from my husband who lost 26 pounds last spring. He says weighing gave him the focus he needed.

In the past, I have resisted weighing because the scale wasn't moving fast enough. In reality, I was eating too much. I wasn't comfortable being a bit hungry.

Now I look forward to weighing everyday. I see the numbers and they are like little wins for me.

I have been about 10-20 pounds over my decent weight for about 4 years. Not my ideal weight, my decent weight. Now after countless attempts and so many years of thinking there were shortcuts to cico, I am finally easily loosing weight. Said the Menopausal 53 yo. woman.

Finally. I think it comes down to self honesty. Weighing everyday definitely helps with that.

Staying away from foods ,that cause me painful bloating.

After 10 years in maintenance, I still have to be mindful. I like to eat at night, so I didn't eat until after I did an hour of cardio at lunch. Burned 750 calories and then had a big, but reasonable plant based meal (arugula salad with beets, goat cheese, buckwheat and walnuts w/ homemade EVOO dressing).

What worked for me today was keeping an eye on my fiber intake. When I focus on getting enough fiber, feeling satiated is a welcome side benefit (besides all the other health benefits).