hoping logging lunch selections early will help

Lindabummy
Lindabummy Posts: 34
edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
Thought I would motivate myself this way. Going to lunch at Hibachi Grill. Love that place and know that you can be good and have good food choices as well as bad ones. I used to do both. I haven't been there is a couple of months cause I am afraid to trust myself. However, meeting friends I haven't seen in a while and we all would like to go there and I need to be able to handle this as part of my lifestyle, it just can't always be avoided. I picked selections from this website after searching what would work for me that I could still enjoy and selected them ahead of time. It would round it out to about 400 cal which I ate a lighter breakfast in preparation for. Going to have HALF plate of chicken shrimp broccoli and mushrooms and 3 california rolls with avocado. I like all of them and am just going to avoid the other lovable "naughties" that I want but know I should not have. I felt empowered when I preplanned the menu and honestly feel like I can do this! I will let you know how I did when I get back this evening. Wish me luck. But I have a good feeling about this.

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  • Lindabummy
    Lindabummy Posts: 34
    I am really happy now. When I said I rounded it and it would be about 400 cal I was wrong. Its only 325 so now I am stoked..... just in case I wanted one more california roll, I could get it. Yahoo! lol. It takes so little to make me happy :)
  • kristinlien04
    kristinlien04 Posts: 38 Member
    That's awesome! I almost always add my next day's lunch to my diary as I prepare it the night before. It really helps keep me on track and then I know if I have room for additional snacks.
  • Koshkaxo
    Koshkaxo Posts: 332 Member
    That's awesome! I almost always add my next day's lunch to my diary as I prepare it the night before. It really helps keep me on track and then I know if I have room for additional snacks.

    Same here :) I pack a lunch for work every morning and then record everything first chance I get, once I know how much my meals are costing me in calories I can start to think about snacks :)

    Good job on preplanning your meal. Sushi is soo yummy but can be calorie heavy. Enjoy!
  • Lindabummy
    Lindabummy Posts: 34
    okay here is how I did. Followed what I initially said, however, added a couple of items which brought me closer to 450. I am still being able to have about 700 calories so I think I am going to be okay. Added some shrimp. not fried... just the kind that is cooked plan and gave in to one sugar cookie (at least that is what I called it cause I couldn't find anything close enough). Its more like a thin slice of italian bread, hard with like a light glaze of sort maybe swiped on with a pastry brush and very very little sugar. I think I did good and now feel like I may safely be able to still go with what I can have there and still lose.
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