Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Thursday

Good morning! Feeling very, very tired today. I hope I sleep better tonight.

B: chicken, scrambled eggs, cheese

L: not sure yet. It depends on how my day progresses. Perhaps just some yogurt,or maybe I'll have to get a burrito bowl I I don't make it back to the office

D: chili

i think if I drink enough water I can avoid a snack. I did well yesterday.

W & V: on track

E: I was going to get up and ride my bike this morning, but remembered that I had to make a snack for my little one to take to school for the class, so I didn't have time. Going to at least do some ab/glute this evening before bed.

Next?

Good Morning, All.

I'm still holding strong on the diet trying to shed the vacation gain - 8 weeks later!

Breakfast - salmon

Lunch - chicken Florentine - got to fini**** off before it goes bad.

Dinner - buffalo Chicken with wheat thins - this is a little high in cals but its a treat that keeps me on plan.

vitamins - on track

water - good

exercise - still not good

Your menu looks good every day. Do you have a hard time sticking to it?

When I'm maintaining, I add a 4th meal every day, and I do pretty well sticking to the plan. I have a little wiggle room for cheats and the 4th meal is enough to offset any hunger.

I do find I need to make interesting foods to help me resist the pizza and lasagna and chocolate desserts. So I can tell myself, "No you can't have that chocolate brownie, but you can have that buffalo chicken for lunch, or that spicy chicken in peanut sauce or that greek chicken with kalamata olives, or that enchilada casserole." And that is really helpful for me. If I felt deprived, its much harder.

When I'm trying to lose weight, like now, I find it hard. I get hungry. I can eat a veggie snack, but its hard to be hungry-- evidenced by the fact that I've been trying to lose my vacation-6-pound gain for 6 weeks already. I'm getting there, but it slow going.

I tell myself "Hunger is not an emergency!" and I do my best.

Maintenance is not easy!

Carol

It is very hard. I try to tell myself that I'm not actually hungry. And I think that is true. I'm not hungry, I'm thirsty. Or I just want to eat. It is a hard adjustment to make. I've found I do better if I just take one day at a time. I'm not worried about tomorrow, but for today I can absolutely resist the English muffin I the kitchen at school. Good luck to you!

hi all,

got to work and didn't have enough cottage cheese for breakfast. A friend brought me a serving of baked oatmeal. I did eat 1/2 will have to revamp the recipe to fit my life style.

B: 1/3 c cottage cheese/peaches, baked oatmeal. saving the other half for tomorrow.

L-Italian Salad, oil & v dressing

D- big question mark. turkey something.

w&v-on track

e-bike

did drop a couple of # this week. jumping for joy.

B- Cinnamon Roll Quest bar

L- Tuna Creations packet spread on raw, sweet orange pepper

S- Light & Fit Greek yogurt - toasted coconut

D- leftover Crab legs from Red Lobster

S- no sugar-added fudgsicle or two

W- ahead of schedule

V- check

E- walking towards my 10,000 steps

Sleep- 7 hrs. 49 m, 97% of goal

B: english muffin with peanut butter and banana

L: homemade chicken soup

S: boom chicka pop

D: IDK - work dinner out

E: yes, walking

V: YES! finally found the bottle and put it where I'll take them

L: working on it

Cappy - maintenance is hard. It's amazing that once you get used to eating more (which still isn't alot) it's tough to cut back. Good luck, you'll get back to your happy weight

Thanks, MMSmom,

Thanks for the support. It is tough to cut back. When I was in my pace in the weight loss process, it was just second nature to be on plan and the hunger was the norm. Now that I'm eating more, my body and mind are resisting being hungry again.

I'm actually at a good weight, and I can make the case for just saying "its ok to weight 165." If I gain 5 pounds, that's really ok, but if I gain 5 pounds a year, that's a problem. And if I cannot maintain now, what makes me think that next year I'll be able to do better!. So I am going to lose this 6 pounds with the same determination as when I was obese. I've got to do it to prove I can.

I really am afraid of regaining. I don't ever want to be fat again.

best wishes,

Carol

B: 1/2 High protein english muffin + egg + cheese

L: Chicken Wings (baked)

S: Small latte from Tim Hortons

D: Grilled Chicken & brussel spouts

S: Not sure yet, but I have needed an after dinner snack lately

E - Cute the grass (hello 8,00 steps on the fit bit) plus run on the treadmill

W & V - on track