What worked for you today?

I eat all things in moderation but mostly home-cooked whole foods.
1200-1300 cals a day. I try to have a cal deficit of 250 a day through food and add 250 a day of fitness.
-500 a day x 7 days =1 POUND lost per week! I am down 43.4 pounds. WOOHOO

Deciding that I'm not going to have anything requiring chewing after dinner is cleaned up. (I can have tea with cream or hot cocoa with whipped cream if I feel hollow right before bed.) Otherwise I seem to start eating and keep eating, and that Does Not Help.

Nothing worked for me this weekend. I was emotionally distraught; therefore I feel like I binged. So I actually quit tracking what I ate. I got on the scale and since I only lost 6lbs. I got very upset with myself. I have decided to get more exercise in my day and hopefully that will help in the long run. Once my head was clear, I thought 6lbs. isn't that bad. I have learned to eat better, cut red meat out to 2 or 3 days a week, tried new recipes and thought about how to reduce more calories and fat intake. I have been hungry or starving myself. I guess that is a WIN. Anybody else face similar situations and what did you do to help with emotional eating?

thouser4241 wrote: »

Nothing worked for me this weekend. I was emotionally distraught; therefore I feel like I binged. So I actually quit tracking what I ate. I got on the scale and since I only lost 6lbs. I got very upset with myself. I have decided to get more exercise in my day and hopefully that will help in the long run. Once my head was clear, I thought 6lbs. isn't that bad. I have learned to eat better, cut red meat out to 2 or 3 days a week, tried new recipes and thought about how to reduce more calories and fat intake. I have been hungry or starving myself. I guess that is a WIN. Anybody else face similar situations and what did you do to help with emotional eating?

Like you, I remind myself that I've made a lot of changes. I've lost 55 lbs. That is a LOT of weight, really! I'm down four sizes. I don't eat the way I used to, and I've changed what I do for emotional comfort and soothing. I've made a lot of changes, and it takes time to dislodge a habit like binge eating. We learn it early and use it often, and so it takes time to get to where we don't need to do that any more. I still consider myself to have binge eating issues even though I haven't had a classic 3000 calorie binge for a long, long time. There may be a point where I can say that no longer applies, but I'm not there yet. Be compassionate with yourself and remember there is always tomorrow.

Believing in myself and advocating for myself. I knew something was wrong with my thyroid, and I was right. Now life should be somewhat easier.

50 minutes of deep breathing and yoga for sciatic pain… 😊

When I felt like snacking, I chose to eat a bell pepper instead of unhealthier things.

Today, I'm eating a lot of fruit and veggies, rather than ready-made stuff

Baby spinach and arugula salad with grape tomatoes and a teaspoon of olive oil, well tossed. Added it to my breakfast of 2 boiled eggs and coffee. Fills me up, starts me off healthy, and tastes very good!

Logging! myfitnesspal has been a life saver for my weight loss journey. It lets me know if I am eating too much or too little before I was pretty much guessing.

Pre-logging my meals.

Listening to my body. Both when it wants to move and Do Things and when it needs to rest cause losing 60 pounds didn't cure the foot arthritis. (Although I can stand much longer these days!)

wanderinglight wrote: »

Spicy water. It sounds crazy but I am obsessed with ice cold water with a squeeze of fresh lime and a slice of fresh jalapeno pepper in it. I'm learning that a lot of the time when I think I'm hungry I'm really just thirsty and this water is so delicious and refreshing that I actually look forward to it.

I first saw it at Whole Foods years ago (for, like, $8 a bottle!) and went home and made my own and have been drinking it ever since.

Hmm . . . I HAVE limes and jalapeños Thanks for the great idea!

Not just today, but many days it works for me to do functional fitness rather than fitting in a separate workout.

We're homesteaders. We heat with wood and cut, split and stack all our canadian winters firewood each summer-fall. We grow, hunt and fish a lot of our food and it burns a surprising amount of calories etc. During our busy season, I rarely bother with actual workouts because these things are already a workout.