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The Single Best Way to Lose Weight......
This isn't anything new, but something I wanted to reiterate.
Long article, but well worth the read.
www.webmd.com/diet/features/single-best-way-lose-weight
Long article, but well worth the read.
www.webmd.com/diet/features/single-best-way-lose-weight
I recently came across www.****.com. It has all the calories, fats, carbs, proteins of regular foods and lets you add others. You put in what you ate and it calculates and tracks for you against it's suggested calories, fats, etc. based on your BMI. This is really helping me to pay attention to what I put in my mouth and challenges me to keep within the targeted areas. I've only been at it a couple of days and it is working!
Like Gloria, I'm on the Core plan. I do keep track of some things on a little notebook in the kitchen.
Every day, I get in 3 dairy servings, at least 5 fruits/veggies (I try for more), a complex carb with most meals/snacks, and 2 servings (at least) of lean protein. I hate water, so I rarely get that in. So I just tick those things off in my little notebook, to be sure I get them in every day.
I eat to satisfaction, which does not mean "full". It means satisfied. For me, satisfied feels like nothing. Not hungry, not uncomfortably full. Just...nothing. I did measure portions sizes strictly when I started WW, but now I pretty much know the sizes it takes to get me where I need to be.
Food is becoming less and less of an obsession with me. Thankfully.
Every day, I get in 3 dairy servings, at least 5 fruits/veggies (I try for more), a complex carb with most meals/snacks, and 2 servings (at least) of lean protein. I hate water, so I rarely get that in. So I just tick those things off in my little notebook, to be sure I get them in every day.
I eat to satisfaction, which does not mean "full". It means satisfied. For me, satisfied feels like nothing. Not hungry, not uncomfortably full. Just...nothing. I did measure portions sizes strictly when I started WW, but now I pretty much know the sizes it takes to get me where I need to be.
Food is becoming less and less of an obsession with me. Thankfully.
I agree!
That's why I joined Weight Watcher's. I din't have the headache of having to count calories, just points. And now I'm on the WW Core plan, and don't have to worry about counting points any longer.
Like I said, journaling has become second nature and it takes no time at all.
You do what works for you! I did, and I had GREAT results!
That's why I joined Weight Watcher's. I din't have the headache of having to count calories, just points. And now I'm on the WW Core plan, and don't have to worry about counting points any longer.
Like I said, journaling has become second nature and it takes no time at all.
You do what works for you! I did, and I had GREAT results!
Food journals are a headache. I had it forced upon me whe I was preganant and developed gestational diabetes. The secret to my survival is simple. After about three weeks of reading the labels, journaling everything I at ate, and calculating the grams of carbs of everything I ate, it became second nature. At some point the serving size, calories, carbs, etc. in each particular food are commited to memory. You don't need to make a full time job of it anymore. You'll start to understand that you can have a certain combination of foods in the right quantities for a meal without having to revisit the label of each and every item every time you eat. I know that for breakfast I can have 1 cup of blueberries, or 1/2 banana, or 1/2 c. peaches, or...etc. AND 1 slice of toast, or 1 c. cheerios, or ...etc, AND an egg or 2 TBS. peanut butter... get the picture.
You have to hardcore journal what you are eating for at least the first few weeks, then start to recognize that eating certain portions in certain combinations will make up the calories, carbs, proteins and fat that are consistent with what your dietary and caloric requirements are.
Sometimes, even just journaling for a few weeks helps you to recognize how many calories you have been consuming and how bad you have really been eating. Shock treatment for the "watch what you eat component"....
You have to hardcore journal what you are eating for at least the first few weeks, then start to recognize that eating certain portions in certain combinations will make up the calories, carbs, proteins and fat that are consistent with what your dietary and caloric requirements are.
Sometimes, even just journaling for a few weeks helps you to recognize how many calories you have been consuming and how bad you have really been eating. Shock treatment for the "watch what you eat component"....
Sorry about your bad experience.
Why don't you try to just ease your way into the food journal. Believe me, NO ONE likes to see (in print), all that they have eaten in one days time.
Knowing that I was going to start keeping a journal, made me very aware of what I would, or would not put into my mouth.
As far as taking a break, no, I never have. Although, it's only been 3 months. Ask me again in another 3 months. LOL...
Writing in the food journal has become a (good) habit, and something I do as second nature. It really does not take any time at all.
Why don't you try to just ease your way into the food journal. Believe me, NO ONE likes to see (in print), all that they have eaten in one days time.
Knowing that I was going to start keeping a journal, made me very aware of what I would, or would not put into my mouth.
As far as taking a break, no, I never have. Although, it's only been 3 months. Ask me again in another 3 months. LOL...
Writing in the food journal has become a (good) habit, and something I do as second nature. It really does not take any time at all.
Not to be a spoiler, but the article is about keeping a food journal. (I figure I had to give that away in order to ask a question!)
Here is my Q: Does anyone have advice for how to get started with this? I had a bad experience in my early teens when keeping a food journal was forced upon me. I HATED IT SOOOO MUCH.
Now, even though I'd like to adapt this process in a positive way, I feel really overwhelmed, despite that I know I've really improved my eating over the last few months.
Any ideas for how to get past the anxiety I have about writing down my intake?
For those who do write everything down, do you ever give yourself a break, or do you have other thoughts/comments about how to keep this activity positive and beneficial?
Thanks!
Here is my Q: Does anyone have advice for how to get started with this? I had a bad experience in my early teens when keeping a food journal was forced upon me. I HATED IT SOOOO MUCH.
Now, even though I'd like to adapt this process in a positive way, I feel really overwhelmed, despite that I know I've really improved my eating over the last few months.
Any ideas for how to get past the anxiety I have about writing down my intake?
For those who do write everything down, do you ever give yourself a break, or do you have other thoughts/comments about how to keep this activity positive and beneficial?
Thanks!
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