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I am so excited. We have had a couple warm days so I can actually see my raised beds. Seed starting inside begins tonight since our last frost date isn't until mid to end of May. Here is a partial list Arugula Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Onions Lettuce Carrots Kale Chard Spinach Corn Tomatoes Tomatillos Potatoes Sweet…
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I have a couple. 1. I actually had something to enter in my workplace's wellness tracking for the last quarter. I averaged 26 minutes a day for exercise in the last 3 months. 2. DH and I have committed to a exercise plan for the next 10 weeks. We have it on our calendars so have the time blocked off 6 days a week in both…
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Every day, every meal. And I am still amazed at how tiny some of the portion sizes are.
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Homemade beef/pork meatballs with WW pasta and Homemade tomato sauce, salad, veggies. Can't wait!
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I cook from dinner from scratch most days and having a food scale for dry ingredients and measuring cups/spoons for wet ingredients is essential. I either log the individual ingredients (like last night we had pork chops rubbed with balsamic vinegar and seasoned with ginger and rosemary...I logged each item) or create a…
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1 T SF Davinci Vanilla Syrup and 1 T of SF French Vanilla Creamer /cup at home. 2 packets powdered non-dairy creamer and 1 packet of Splenda/cup at work. I am slowly working myself to black but am not there yet.
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So what does your caf serve since it seems to be different than college cafeterias some of us have experienced? Does it have a cereal bar or deli station? Does it have a salad bar? Is there only one entree served at each meal? Are you able to store some snacks like nuts, PB, etc. in your room? Do you have a mini fridge in…
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It is a struggle but for me it is about the small incremental changes that are really starting to add up. I was realistic about what I was willing to do calories wise so set my weight loss goal to 1.5 lbs per week, not 2. I tried the 2 level for a couple of weeks and was hungry all the time. Since I wanted to stay with…
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Baby carrots, clementines, Kellog red berries bars, string cheese are my go to snacks. I also try to drink lots of water and tea. I log my day in the AM and bring the snacks with me so I always have something in my lunchbox for when the hungries hit so I am less tempted to hit the vending machines.
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Fruits and veggies that get peeled, I weigh once peel is removed. For fruits with pits and cores, I weigh the whole thing and leave it at that. Mainly to build a bit of a buffer in my log since I may be slightly off on other items or to account for stuff I might miss logging (like a breath mint, piece of gum, spices or…
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This is me to a T, down to my reaction when I end up at a maintenance cal day. TBH, it is kind of weird how I don't crave certain foods doing MFP since I just work them in (pizza, chocolate, pita chips, etc.). Unlike the other times I tried to lose weight on more restrictive plans. On Atkins I actually had vivid dreams…
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If you open your diary you may get some better suggestions. Are you weighing and measuring everything? Is your weight loss goal to aggressive (the less you have to lose the lower your loss per week should be set at)? Is the 1400 cals something you picked or is that what MFP has set for your goal? Are you eating back…
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In addition to the high sodium, getting a food scale (which is probably the most important) and other ideas that palmerdanilelle outlined, I noticed that you are usually waaaay under your protein goal. MFP figures protein low anyway so not even getting close to that is not a great idea. And protein will help you feel full…
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H and I recently got the cookbook "Comfort Food Makeovers" from America's Test Kitchen (http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Makeovers-Editors-Americas-Kitchen/dp/193649342X) We have made a couple of the recipes and been impressed with the results. It doesn't give complete nutritional info but each recipe does have the cals and…
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H eats very different than I do but I am OK with that. He can get pizza and has four slices, I just have one. He gets Chinese take away, I eat a salad with a salmon fillet on top. He has a cup of ice cream, I have a 1/4 cup. He goes out for lunches of burgers and sandwiches, I bring mine to work so I can track what I eat.…
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Yes and no. In the past, all I needed to do was exercise and the weight came off. But eventually, I would stop exercising regularly and the weight would pack back on because I never changed the way I ate (which was too may cals and much of it low nutritional value stuff). Now, using MFP and exercise, the weight is again…
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I follow the MFP plan and have been eating 50-75% of my exercise cals back (OK, TBH, lots of days I eat them all so I can have my chocolate). I have been losing and am happy with my progress so far. When I started, and I have a large amount of weight to lose, I followed the plan to a T, weighing and measuring and meeting…
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I also didn't see much change in clothes and my body until the loss hit 20 lbs. Then I went down a pants size and my rings were looser so I knew my hard work was paying off. Congrats on your 10lbs!
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Even though I hate mornings, I am findig that if I get in a short cardo workout (20-30 minutes) before work, I am less likely to overeat during the day. Not sure if it is somehow related but I get hungry later and feel full longer. Then when I do some exercise in the PM, I seem to sleep better so I try to get 2 sessions in…
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I am the opposite. I am so busy on the weekends that they are easier than the weekdays. Once dinner is over and I have a couple of hours, I want to sit, relax and snack on pita chips and popcorn and other stuff (I do have 1 serving but really want 5) while watching TV or surfing the net so I have to come up with other…
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I eat back about 50-75% of my exercise cals. I only eat back part because MFP estimates high on cals burned. I have been both losing weight and fat. The way MFP is set up, the daily goal cals is without exercise. So you will lose your target without any exercise. Eating back (some) exercise cals makes sure you don't drop…
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If you open your diary, you may get some better feedback. But without that info Are you weighing all your food and measuring all your liquids? What is your weight loss per week set at? Do you need to change it up or down for a few weeks to see if that make a difference? Are you taking measurements? Are you weighing…
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Mine is open too. Feel free to add me.
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I tried that but for me, since my weekends are so busy and my activity level is so much higher than during the week I end up with extra food cals anyway so I never ended up eating the ones I "saved" from the work week and then in Monday, I would feel like I was starving and wanted to eat all the things. So now I am just…
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I log everything - the good, the bad, the ugly. If you don't log it, how will you know what these types of meals are doing to your body and your weight loss? For example, I know that days when we have Chinese take away, my weight will be up the next day, not because I went over cals but because I went (waaay) over on…
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You have take the first step. Congrats!! I logged what i was actually eating first too to get an idea of what my regular day's worth of calories was. For me, that week was pretty eye opening. I also set my weight loss per week at 1 lb to ease into the whole tracking/regular exercise thing. Like you I was worried about…
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I drink 2-3 cups of coffee (with 1T SF Vanilla syrup and 1 T SF Vanilla creamer) every day. Plus 1-2 Diet Cokes. I have cut back to less than half my original coffee consumption (used to drink a pot myself every day). The biggest thing was the "adds" to the coffee. I really cut back on those and it has made a big…
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I dreamt about bread and baked goods when I tried the low carb thing for 2 months. Absolutely vivid dreams where I woke up thinking I smelled freshly baked loaves in the house. To me it was a sign that cutting out bread and carbs was maybe not for me. I got off the low carb thing and ate some bread and the dreams went away.
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Feel free to add me as a friend. My overall goal is to lose another 70(ish) lbs. My mini goal is a loss of 50 by the end of July.
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Pretty much every day. And I log gains and losses. It helps keep me in touch with what the things I am eating are doing to my body and, TBH, seeing the line not just moving down at every weigh in keeps me sane. I know that some days I may be up (like the day after Chinese food which reminds me to keep an eye on my sodium)…
