1. I invited someone else to the blog. I am sending her the web address and she's gonna see if she wants to do it or not. Hopefully she will :)
2. I think it'd be helpful for my friend, plus all of us, if we would each take a minute to post two things - the things that have helped us be successful, and the foods that we normally eat.
3. I thought I'd do a mid-week weigh in/goals for today.
Ok, so here's what helps me be successful:
- tracking my calories! It's sooo easy for me to overeat if I don't keep track of them throughout the day.
- drinking lots of water
- eating a lot of fiber. I know that if I eat something with a lot of fiber, then drink a bottle of water, then I'm a lot more full and fuller for longer as well.
- making stuff ahead of time. Having a pot of green chili that I can warm up and put over egg whites, or chicken made ahead of time, etc. I try to cook a lot of stuff all at once and then I don't have as much prep throughout the day.
- talking about it - my weight, my workouts, how I'm eating, etc. Mallory and I do this a lot and I know that I do better when I'm able to talk about it. Weird, maybe. But I'm ok with being weird.
- MEASURE EVERYTHING. Everything. Everything. I had my mom buy me a food scale for Christmas, and I use it ALL the time.
Here's what I eat - a LOT!
- egg whites. I normally eat these for breakfast and most the time for lunch too, if I don't have chicken cooked already. They're super easy and pretty cheap. Right now I'm into putting green chile on them (scrambled) and sometimes eating them with a corn tortilla (which has a TON fewer calories than flour tortillas!).
- parmesan chicken. That is a loose term for my chicken, but I use a thin chicken breast (or fillet it or pound it), coat it in egg whites, then in PLAIN breadcrumbs and cook in the oven at 350 for 45 mins or so. I normally put pizza sauce on top (spicier than normal tomato sauce, but I do both).
- chicken tacos. Cook the chicken however you like (w/o adding more calories anyway) and add into a corn tortilla, no-fat sour cream, and green chile. Yum! And you don't even need cheese, which is a huge calorie hog and also expensive.
That's what I eat like 75% of the time. Maybe I'll do another post soon with the other stuff.
Ok, onto my mid-week update.
I was at 152 this morning, which is great. I must be getting some salt out of my system b/c it's 4.8 lbs from Monday. Yeeeaaah, I only wish that happened every week.
My goals today:
track my calories
4 bottles of water
try either to not eat much at the church thing tonight or not eat at all... I haven't decided yet.
I wish I could exercise tonight but not only do I have a church thing, but I managed to re-hurt my back yesterday. Wooo - I'm awesome, I know. You don't have to tell me.... ok, I'm retarded. And my back sucks. And now I feel old. :( boo.
Ok, your turn!
~Lori
Wow, Lori, you're doing great!! Well, minus the back thing. That really sucks. :-( Is there anything I can do for you? Let me know if there is.
ReplyDeleteI will post something informative and useful tomorrow.
You are doing great if that's what you eat 75% of the time. A lot of what you say there about how you are successful is what works for me as well. Keep up the good work!!
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