What worked for you today?
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What worked for me today was completely ignoring the bulk candy section at IKEA. It's been my weakness in the past -- I LOVE to eat their gummy candy while shopping
-- but today I decided that having a little would only make me want more. It was easier to just avoid it altogether. And so I did. 15 -
What worked for me today: I stayed busy working on a craft project so I wasn't tempted to snack and watch TV all day. It ended up being a relaxing day that I enjoyed and didn't overeat! I even had enough calorie wiggle room for a cookie after dinner!
I also made sure to track my meals BEFORE eating them. It saved me from a calorie deficit at the end of the day!8 -
What worked for me is to pre track my meals so I know exactly how my calories are going work for me today. It also means I get to see how many calories I have leftover for a small treat!8
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water and more water8
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Reading these boards for support and encouragement. I had a headache today, think from sugar & stress yesterday. Would rather feel better.
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Reading about Quiency on success stories. What an absolute star.3
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What worked for me today was making a vegan and a meat version of the same quick skillet meal.
I'm recovering from shingles and get super-tired really easily. After doing some admin stuff in the morning, I realized that I needed to cook up some thawed ground beef in the fridge for my dad and make some lunch for me tomorrow. I figured I would go ahead and make the same thing, but adapt it to where I just have to measure and dump with different protein sources. Took about 30 minutes and now everyone in the house is fed and I can take a nap...9 -
Extra lettuce and tomato on my tacos 🌮
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New Commitments5
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blueberries and strawberries mixed with .2% fat yogurt8
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What works for me every day is my exercise routine. Just back from walking our dog and will head to the gym soon. Getting in the exercise sets up my day for success.7
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Weighing myself every day helps because my weight can fluctuate so much from day to day. It takes away the pressure of a weekly weigh-in (and the disappointment that can follow if there's no progress). When I look at the big picture of weight trends, I don't get discouraged and self-sabotage on a "4lbs up" day.12
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Getting a cheap 2nd gym membership to national chain that has locations in places I travel. I'll keep my primary gym membership as well since I love that place, but this 2nd one will give me flexibility. I spent today's workout learning their layout, and I have an appointment next week with a trainer who will help me create a personal workout plan using their equipment. Then I can walk into any location and follow the plan. That'll be perfect when I'm not at home. Normally I prefer variety, but when I'm travellng, a simple rote workout is ideal. If you'd told me last year that I'd like gyms enough to pay for TWO memberships, I'd have thought you were nuts!15
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A great attitude 💞👍5
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Logging my expected food into MFP before I eat it keeps me thinking according to what I need to eat instead of whatever impulse I might have.8
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Good sleep 💤7
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Showing up. Doing the work. Weighing, counting & logging.
Doing the workout.
Today the weightloss journey is hard. But I showed up. I did the work. I didn't buy the cheap chocolate. I'm doing the thing even though I don't want to. Because I know I want to be healthy more than I want that cheap chocolate.9 -
Having a nibbling plate for lunch everyday and I snack on it over 2-3 hours while I work so I don't get hungry and reach for quick junk food. Sort of like a personal size cheese plate!
my lunch plate changes every day but always has a combination of,
- 1 or 2 raw veggies (cucumber slices, red pepper slices, carrot sticks)
- 1 fruit (apple, pear, banana, berries, dragon fruit)
- 1/4 cup raw unsalted nuts (cashews, almonds, walnuts, pecans)
- 1 sliced meat (turkey, chicken, mortadella, salami)
- 1 serving of cheese (Jarlsberg, aged cheddar, bocconcini)
If I workout a lot and need more calories, I add crackers14 -
leaning into my lazy--I didn't go and get a burger for lunch yesterday because I had (healthy) food right here, and leaving work, waiting in a drive through, eating fast (and in my car, bc pandemic,) then getting back to work, all in half an hour or less, was just Too Much Effort.13
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I am doing what I know works, like cooking up chicken and veggies, throwing some ribs in after the oven is turned off. And, looking at my day and how I'll fuel up, the aim is to drink a protein shake later this aft.
Feeling good, looking good, oughta' be in Hollywood. *mantras are essential17 -
Giving up my bread for my lunch sandwich because I had a doughnut this morning and getting in a quick visit to the gym at lunch. Being accountable one day at time.14
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ate a light dinner of green beans and cottage cheese after eating pancakes earlier today, balancing this thing out.11
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Counting sodium kept calories in range
Thinking I’ll switch it up
and try counting daily sodium 🧂7 -
I pulled a t-shirt out this morning and it was way too big when I put it on. I tried tying a knot in the hem to see if I could make it work because it was one of my favorites. I looked in the mirror and realized I have a waist now! I always thought I was stick straight, but there is a little dip there now and I'm so excited! Not even mad about the shirt anymore.12
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I'm with 200Karen--I find if I count my sodium and try to keep it at at or around 1500 mg it takes care of the other stuff, lol. And what else worked for me today? Lifting hay bales and bags of bedding, mucking out stalls!
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Working out! I've been procrastinating so much and it was almost 6 when I FINALLY got to it but I feel so much better after8
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Crisp Sweet Apples 🍎
Time to start baking 🥮 ✅9 -
Reminding myself that the problem wasn't going to be solved with food.19
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Sprinkling some Cajun spice on my watermelon slice….holy moly that was next level!!!12
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After several days of coming in way under my calorie goal and not realizing until after I eat and log dinner (which is usually late evening) I am pre-logging today. I don't want to squeeze in a snack an hour or 2 before bed when I'm not even hungry just because I'm below minimum requirements. Ideally I'd like to eat dinner earlier but that's just not possible with my current schedule but it seems pre-logging will enable me to adjust for any missing calories throughout the day.10
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