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Having a menu really helps me
If I know what I'm going to eat today,
after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? |
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Having a menu really helps me
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Not so quick wrote: If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? I don't use a menu, though I do tend to eat some of the same things on a regular basis. Instead, I track calories through the day. I have a good idea of what is a usual allotment of calories for me throughout the day -- for example, no matter how I distribute them, I tend to have garnered 700 to 800 calories by dinnertime. So I keep track of breakfast, lunch, and snack so that it falls around that total, writing the calories down in www.fitday.com as I go through the day. I then move on to have a 500 or so calorie dinner. I like having the freedom to decide what I want to eat during the day, within reason, but still a formal way to keep a lid on it. If special occasions occur, I can always allot my calorie intake differently that day. For a long period of time, I just kept an approximate running total in my head. I started falling off the wagon recently, so I went back to tracking for a while. I can see how a menu would help, in theory, but I couldn't stand to be locked in that way. Of course, the standard caveat: Everyone is different, and you need to stick with whatever works for you. beeswing |
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Having a menu really helps me
"Not so quick" wrote in message news:KsZab.674$gi2.379@fed1read01... If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? I don't sit down and plan a menu for the day but I have a tendency to eat the same things at most meals. Breakfast and lunch are eaten at work and don't vary much from day-to-day. My daughter and I normally go out for dinner and we frequent just a few restaurants in our area. I know the healthy entrees at all of them and usually stick with them. Beverly |
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Having a menu really helps me
"Not so quick" wrote in message news:KsZab.674$gi2.379@fed1read01... If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? I used to do that with fitday, until I got pretty good at eating within my woe without thinking about it. I think it's a great way to start. det |
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Having a menu really helps me
Yes - I even go one step further, most of my meals are the same from
day to day. All my meals are about 400 calories. My "yummiest" meal(s) - 1/2 pound berries mixed with one cup lite yogurt + 1.25 ounces of walnuts or peanuts. (400 calories). My "yuckiest" meal (to others!) 3.25 ounces of canned herring (called kippered snacks) + 3 fiber rye crispbreads + 1.5 ounces of vodka mixed with 6 ounces of low salt V8 juice (400 calories). "Not so quick" wrote in message news:KsZab.674$gi2.379@fed1read01... If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? |
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Having a menu really helps me
"Beeswing" wrote in message ... x-no-archive: yes Not so quick wrote: If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? I don't use a menu, though I do tend to eat some of the same things on a regular basis. Instead, I track calories through the day. I have a good idea of what is a usual allotment of calories for me throughout the day -- for example, no matter how I distribute them, I tend to have garnered 700 to 800 calories by dinnertime. So I keep track of breakfast, lunch, and snack so that it falls around that total, writing the calories down in www.fitday.com as I go through the day. I then move on to have a 500 or so calorie dinner. I like having the freedom to decide what I want to eat during the day, within reason, but still a formal way to keep a lid on it. If special occasions occur, I can always allot my calorie intake differently that day. For a long period of time, I just kept an approximate running total in my head. I started falling off the wagon recently, so I went back to tracking for a while. I can see how a menu would help, in theory, but I couldn't stand to be locked in that way. Of course, the standard caveat: Everyone is different, and you need to stick with whatever works for you. beeswing What works for you is almost the opposite of mine. It seems I have to know what my next meal is going to be or I get nervous, rather desperate. |
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Having a menu really helps me
"Not so quick" wrote in message news:KsZab.674$gi2.379@fed1read01... If I know what I'm going to eat today, after planning the day before makes it easier for me to stay on a food plan. Does anyone else here experience that? Anybody done OA? The HOW program? |
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