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I totally agree with VQ (And btw monkey, I'm super proud of you for your weight loss and workouts. Seriously.) I bolded that in case he didn't read the rest of my post, lol. Anyway, what works for some won't work for others and visa versa. It's all kind of trial and error. You could try low carb and find out it's the best thing ever for you. Or you could hate it. Or you could try calorie counting or food combining and find out That's the thing for you. Or not, lol.
What I basically think is this. When you're enjoying your food, not ready to gnaw your arm off from hunger AND you're losing weight..that's when you know you've found out what's "your" food plan. For me, my best thing has been to not really limit anything but either tweek it so it's healthier (brown rice pasta vs white pasta, brown rice vs. white rice, turkey sausage vs pork sausage, etc) or watch the portions. An example would be...when I would eat a roll with dinner I used to pour olive oil all over every part. It was farking soaked, lol. Then it occurred to me that hey...I can just drizzle just enough to get the taste of it in each bite and it tasted just as good. A lot of times you don't need as much of something as you think you do in order to still get the taste.
Also, I kind of switch it up weekly. Some weeks I do more what VQ does. Nuts, cheese, very little wheat, more meats, etc. Other weeks I'll ease up on the nuts/cheese and include more wheat (in whatever form of pasta, bread, etc). It helps keep me from getting bored too.
Like the monkey said, if you try to count every calorie it'll get old after awhile. When I tried Weight Watchers points, I lost weight but it got to be such a hassle I had trouble keeping with it and finally just stopped. "Ok if I make this soup, and I include chicken broth, tomato paste, 1/4 cup cheese, fat free sour cream, black beans and corn..how many points is each of those? And then divide that by 5 cause that's how many the soup serves and then how many would that be?" UGH. It got old so fast, lol.
Basically, eat what you know is healthy and don't go overboard on anything. If you want to put honey mustard on something, then yeah it's cool to check out the calorie/serving size because sometimes it's surprising how many calories something can be for so little. Make sure you have quick ready to grab good snacks so when you're starving you can grab one of those quickly instead of something terribly unhealthy. I put almonds in a little baggie and then I'll have that and a square of dark chocolate. Sometimes when I'm super starving I tell myself "Ok, after I eat these almonds or grapes or whatever if I'm still hungry then I'll allow myself something else." But 90% of the time after I've had that and I've let 20 min or so pass I'm not that hungry anymore. Sometimes I think it's such a mental thing. When you think you can't have something then you want it even more. And then sometimes you're just truly hungry
I like to cut up apples and sprinkle them with cinnamon. Then I put a small glob (I'm so fancy sounding, lol) of almond butter (like peanut butter) on the plate and I dip the apples in that. With the cinnamon it really tastes good.
I've found for myself and the different books and boards I've read that if you start out too extreme then you're more likely to quit. (Not everyone, some people start out working out every day and eating 1k calories and stick with it). "I'm gonna work out 6 days this week!" ..."Shit I missed a day. Ehh what's one more day." "Well heck, might as well take off the whole week." I think if you start off steady and build up that's the best. Start off (for example) 3 days a week exercising, 1500 calories. Then that'll become more routine. Then once that happens adding an extra day and subtracting 200 calories becomes less of a big deal. That's just my way of seeing it though and it's different for everyone. Kind of like how some people can quit smoking cold turkey and others wean off of cigarettes.
When I first started I said "Ok, I'm going to try this this week and then next week I'll try this." It took a couple weeks before I finally came across what fit for me. Basically you'll know you've found the right thing when you step on the scale and go "OMG I ate this this and this and I lost this many pounds?" That's when you know you've found it
Also another cool website is sparkpeople.com [sparkpeople.com]. It's free and pretty awesome. It's what got me started on losing weight.
Oh! Also! If you like chicken sandwiches, Chik fil a has a really good one [chick-fil-a.com]. If you're one for quick food check out some of the fast food restaurant websites. It's surprising that a lot of them have some pretty decent things on them. Usually fairly high in salt but when you're out and super starving and you don't have anything with you then it's good to have a list of which places have decent stuff.
I'll check out your recipes when I'm on the computer, Shannon. I love peanut butter pie. I pretty much love peanut butter anything. Lol.
I'll check out your recipes when I'm on the computer, Shannon. I love peanut butter pie. I pretty much love peanut butter anything. Lol.
You're going to level up, aren't you??
You're going to level up, aren't you??
And when I'm sick, everything is on "pause." I don't even try to eat healthy when I don't feel well. Sometimes working out helps me, though - I feel like I burn out the sickness. But if it's stomach or... lower down... forget it, I'm not leaving the house!
NI, I thought of something else that I tried that didn't work for me but might work for somebody else. It was a couple of jobs ago & part of a program for weight loss. Basically the whole idea was that you really took your time when you ate & savored every farking bite... they wanted you to put your fork/spoon/chopsticks/whatever utensil down between each bite, and take at least 30 seconds between bites. The idea being that you realize earlier in the meal when you're full. You were also supposed to eat your favorite food on the plate first, which made sense if you were always going to be leaving something on the plate since you got fuller, faster.
There was more to it than that but those are the salient points I remember. Those, and for some reason diluting orange juice way down so it barely tasted like orange juice at all & was just a very pale yellowy color... you could drink as much of that as you liked & you HAD to drink at least 32 or 48 ounces every day... apparently it kept your blood sugar steady without spiking it or something so that you didn't get super-hungry.
I remember the introduction to the course had you get like four peanuts, a single Pringle potato chip, and something else small, and take like five minutes to eat each item. You were supposed to roll them around in your mouth, taste all the flavors, really savor the food - this was going to help you learn to eat slowly and enjoy it more.
Like I said it didn't work for me but maybe it will for you.
You're going to level up, aren't you??
And when I'm sick, everything is on "pause." I don't even try to eat healthy when I don't feel well. Sometimes working out helps me, though - I feel like I burn out the sickness. But if it's stomach or... lower down... forget it, I'm not leaving the house!
NI, I thought of something else that I tried that didn't work for me but might work for somebody else. It was a couple of jobs ago & part of a program for weight loss. Basically the whole idea was that you really took your time when you ate & savored every farking bite... they wanted you to put your fork/spoon/chopsticks/whatever utensil down between each bite, and take at least 30 seconds between bites. The idea being that you realize earlier in the meal when you're full. You were also supposed to eat your favorite food on the plate first, which made sense if you were always going to be leaving something on the plate since you got fuller, faster.
There was more to it than that but those are the salient points I remember. Those, and for some reason diluting orange juice way down so it barely tasted like orange juice at all & was just a very pale yellowy color... you could drink as much of that as you liked & you HAD to drink at least 32 or 48 ounces every day... apparently it kept your blood sugar steady without spiking it or something so that you didn't get super-hungry.
I remember the introduction to the course had you get like four peanuts, a single Pringle potato chip, and something else small, and take like five minutes to eat each item. You were supposed to roll them around in your mouth, taste all the flavors, really savor the food - this was going to help you learn to eat slowly and enjoy it more.
Like I said it didn't work for me but maybe it will for you.
Monkey you said you eat a lot of meat. Have you tried the Jenny-O turkey sausage links? I had that for dinner last night and holy crap on a stick I thought it was so delicious I could die. I'm not typically a sausage person either but this was really super duper good.
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I ventured outside to check my garden and I have a tomato about to be ready to harvest!
Monkey you said you eat a lot of meat. Have you tried the Jenny-O turkey sausage links? I had that for dinner last night and holy crap on a stick I thought it was so delicious I could die. I'm not typically a sausage person either but this was really super duper good.
I ventured outside to check my garden and I have a tomato about to be ready to harvest!
And I did read everything in your one super-long post but I didn't have time to reply but thank you
I eat cucumbers like nobody's business when they're in season. Sometimes I'll just have a bowl of them with Italian dressing for dinner. I'll be planting a ton of them in my garden as well. And then probably crying to you about how they aren't growing... I've never grown cucumbers before. Hell, I've never planted anything in the ground before, always containers!
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