Setting up for success

Real. My favourite are portobellos because they're meatier and more filling.

Every single week, my goal is to make eggs for breakfast and I LOVE eggs with mushrooms. But when the morning comes, it always seems so time consuming to cook eggs, but esp. eggs with any other ingredients. I'm quite envious of your morning breakfast. I usually end up with something prepackaged, like those salami/cheese roll-ups.

I always say I am a creature of habit so there are things that I do daily to keep me on track and accountable to myself. I have maintained for close to two years at this point I believe and I know that my routine is what keeps me in line and prevents me from having regain.

• I weigh myself every morning.
• I have almost 1200 consecutive days of logging everything I eat into Fitness Pal. Each morning I log in everything for the entire day and I stick to that.

Great job on the 1200 days! That is impressive!

Two years out from surgery. So my "schedule" is maybe a bit more flexible now than it was at first.

I exercise every day - something different so I don't get bored - Monday and Wednesday I fence for 2-3 hours, Tues. Thurs. Sat I do a Crossfit class, Friday I do Pilates. Sunday the Lord rested and so do I.

I meal plan for the week (for dinner with the family) on the weekend and do my grocery shopping around it. Knowing what protein is going to be for dinner (e.g. chicken, steak, pork chops) makes figuring out what to do with it easier when I get home.

Breakfast is pretty much the same - if I'm headed to the office it's bulletproof coffee and a protein shake (Fairlife Milk, protein powder and a handful of frozen fruit). If I'm home Skyr Icelandic Provisions yogurt and two tablespoons of granola with my bulletproof coffee. Lunch is usually a salad with 4 ounces of protein. Dinner is whatever I make for the family.

I weigh myself weekly. I try to log every bite I eat. I snack on protein - cheese, yogurt, hummus, etc. I make sure I have some kind of protein after a workout and have increase my carbs a bit (at the suggestion of my RD) because of my workouts.

Great job! I keep hearing about the bulletproof coffee from friends that are doing Keto and/or intermittent fasting. I might try it when I get to maintenance although it sounds so odd to me!

Hmm, a couple things I can think of that have also already been mentioned. They must be good ones.

1. As soon as I get home from work I pack my gym bag for the next day. That is my work clothes because I go to the gym first thing in the morning.

2. While I am getting dinner ready I am prepping my food for the next day. Drives my hubby nuts when I ask him what he wants for supper tomorrow when we haven't eaten it today! But I need to know for my plan and MFP.

3. Water is always by my side. Having said that, I'm trying to cut back after supper because I find I'm way too many times in the night. That's a work in progress because drinking water is a habit.

4. I make a point of going for a walk every morning and afternoon break, even if its just around a few blocks. Keeps me moving. I also push my buddy to bring his walking clothes for longer walks at lunch time, but sometimes he gets a little lazy!

I will admit I tend to "wing it" more on the weekend. We just never know what we might be doing. However Sunday evening its back to planning for Monday. I still weigh all my food, although I'm not always the best at recording it.

Oh yes regarding #1! Only for me it's that I get my exercise clothes out before I go to bed so that everything is ready already when I wake up.

I can relate to the many bathroom trips all day and night!

I weigh myself (almost) every morning. Sometimes I forget and don't remember until I've already gotten dressed and just say screw it.

I also put my exercise on my calendar, I even block out my times for my run, stretch, shake, shower routine on running days based on how many miles I have planned so that I don't schedule anything else during running time.

I outsourced grocery shopping to my partner so that I don't have to battle my willpower at the store.