Pizza for dinner last night and the night before (both social occasions, I didn’t pig out), had to buy bagels for the office Friday (and had one and a half); guacamole for dinner Thursday night (comfort food; I’m stressing on some stuff). Plus it’s “that time of the month” (well, I’m menstruating – effin’ perimenopause, that happens pretty damn close to “whenever”).
All of these are reasons, not excuses – bottom line, I took a break from the diet for a few days, time to go back on it. I’m not feeling guilty, or pissed, or distraught, or anything – I chose to eat what I chose to eat, and now I’ll go back to my salads and yogurts.
badgers – second the snack idea – if you’re really hungry, go ahead and have something to eat, so you’re not ridiculously starved when mealtime rolls around.
And though I mentioned in the other thread that fruit juice isn’t the best possible drink – fruit itself can be a good snack, esp. if you have a sweet tooth. When you have fruit, instead of the juice, you also get all kinds of fiber and stuff, not just the calories, so it’s more filling.
I had on serving (eight ounces) of strawberries last night. Do you know how many strawberries that is? It’s a LOT. And it’s not many calories, and you get the fibre and all of the vitamins from the fruit as well. I always say ‘chew your points’ (WW follower) as opposed to drinking them. 1 serving of strawberries (or 1 apple, or 1 orange) is 1 point, but one serving of the juice would be two.
I doubt it, because then the fibre would go down to zero. WW points are based on calories, fat, and fibre content. If something is 50 calories with zero fat and zero fibre, it’s one point. If something is 50 calories with zero fat and 2g fibre, then it’ll be zero points.
Your juicer and mine must work differently. I put the whole fruit into my juicer (minus the parts I would not ordinarliy eat, apple cores, etc.) And out comes juice.
So I cannot see how the fiber - or for that matter anything else - is different than if I ate it.
I don’t have a juicer any longer. I was just going on the assumption that the juice is the liquid that comes out, and the fibre is what stays behind. Whenever I made juice in my juicer, there was always a paste-type substance that used to be the body of the fruit.
I distinctly didn’t want to start this at the beginning of the year, even though I should have. But I haven’t really gained since then. OTOH, I haven’t really lost either. I’d like to not have to rationalize how I look to myself. I want to have definition in
Two things I am doing better - I’m running better than ever this year. And I’m doing better at not eating mindlessly. Not great. I can still look up and notice “I ate the whole package of ______________” But I’m occasionally putting down food that I don’t like and don’t want when I’m not hungry. (Which may sound stupid, but I’ve overstuffed myself eating by cramming in bad food when I was full.)
Anyway, my goal for the next 31 days is 5 pounds. And to drink water every day. And to eat at least one serving of fruit or vegetable/day that hasn’t been deep fried.
But that’s it.
badgers, I can cook. I just really don’t want to 99% of the time, so one thing I’m doing right now is pre-made meals. (I know they have things like this in a number of larger metropolitan areas) I pay them, then I show up and spend about an hour putting already cut, measured, and often times mixed items into bags. Then I go home and put the bags into the freezer. I let the food thaw overnight and then the next day the recipe is pretty much “heat this for 10 minutes.” It takes care of portion control (which is a hard thing for me) plus, I don’t have to cook or clean or do the prep work. I just need to cut out the snacking.
11st5/11st5/9st7 (my scale is in stones. In a way, it’s good because the first number is so small. But it’s a big psychological hit when that number goes up)
After two slow weeks I upped my intake and exercise, and dropped 4 more pounds, for a total of 18 pounds lost in 7 weeks! This is waaay more than I ever lose on other plans, and I’m thrilled. I’m usually the anomaly who doesn’t lose.
Up 1.2 lb over the spring break, which really isn’t so bad since I wasn’t counting points at all, and didn’t exercise once. I will try to make this week a good one.
Not cut, substitute - eating a snack is not a bad thing in itself; being too hungry when you get to your meal often means that you wolf it down, so you don’t give your “I’m full” sense time to kick in. But an apple is healthier than a pack of Springles.
That would be true if my snacking was related to hunger. But it’s not. I think it’s some kind of boredom/stress/indulgency combination. For me, it’s “I want the chips, I want them now. Not later, not after dinner. Not waiting until I’m hungry. Now. Now. Now. Gimme.” It’s like some hyper, undisciplined 2-year-old inside my head. Substituting means eating an apple and then hearing her scream “I ate the stupid apple, now give me the chips.” So I’ve now eaten the apple and eaten the chips and feel physically sick from having eaten so much and psychologically guilty for having given in.
The same for me with overeating at meals. For me (not true for everyone, I know) I do get the “I’m full” sense. What I lack is the ability to stop eating when I get that - or even the “I’m so bloated I feel physically ill” sense. When there’s more food there, it’ll still often go in.
But yes, if it were a matter of hunger, a healthy snack would be a good choice.
I ate well and excercised well during the day all week, but was out for drinks and food 3 nights this week. That all combined to another zero net loss/gain.
The exact same thing happens to me. I’ve disciplined myself somewhat from mindless snacking by just never purchasing snack food. If there are no chips to be had then I’m not tempted. I won’t usually go out and buy bad food that would be too much of a commitment.
Overeating at meals is the hardest part because my mouth always wants more. My stomach says no more but my mouth isn’t through with the taste and texture. This is the issue I have yet to resolve.
Your last sentence is interesting. “If it were a matter of hunger…” If it were only a matter of hunger we wouldn’t be trying to lose weight. I think that is the biggest difference between the fatties of the world and the average sized people, the ability to eat only when hungry and stop when satisfied.
Supposedly down 3.5 pounds this week but I don’t really believe it although it’s possible as I’ve been eating regular foods but in smallish amounts and haven’t overate once this week. No exercise, though.
I’m really struggling. Since January 1, down 10.5 pounds; however, three of those pounds were lost twice due to a weekend of excess. I’m working out and watching my diet and still not having much success.
We all need to treat ourselves once in a while. 1.2 doesn’t seem too bad! Jump right back into it!