Weekly Eating Better Check In 2/15/15

[stampingqueen]

Let's get this started ladies!

1. What is your long term goal?

2. What is your goal for this week?

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?

5. Any tips/recipes to share?

6. Any other questions we should add?

[stampingqueen]

1. What is your long term goal?
To fit into my prepregnancy clothes. I fit into some of them but I had lost 25 pounds before I found out I was pregnant. I don't fit into those clothes yet.

2. What is your goal for this week?
My goal is to bring my lunch from home this week. My boss always wants to order out lunch, so this will be huge!

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
I plan on packing my lunch the night before (along with my husband's). Or if I'm with LO, he'll make the lunches. I went to the store to get some veggies and lettuce for my salads.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
This is my first week going back to work. I'm nervous about being back. Not ordering out. Remembering to drink enough so milk supply doesn't tank.

5. Any tips/recipes to share?
Every choice is its own. Just because you make one "bad" food choice doesn't ruin the whole day of eating. Write it off and move on.

Part of my plan is to eat more at home. Even if I make less healthy choices, it's better than fast food.

[erien22846]

1. What is your long term goal? My long term goal is to eat better. I do not need to lose weight but eating better will make me feel better. Eating better will also help me achieve my fitness goals.

2. What is your goal for this week? I am going to start with breakfast. It is my goal this week to eat a healthy breakfast. One with a balance of carbs and protein. No more sugary cereal and milk (my vice).

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? Not buying sugary cereal. I'm not even going to eat it for a snack. I could eat cereal for every meal of the day.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week? Nothing will hinder my goal to eliminate sugary cereal but other healthy eating habits this week wil be hindered by my DH being out of town. I am on my own to prepare all meals.

5. Any tips/recipes to share? I plan on having smoothies for breakfast more regularly. I typically mix Greek yogurt, an apple, OJ, spinach and blueberries. But as I have them more often, I'm looking to mix things up a bit.

6. Any other questions we should add? Not that I can think of right now.

[stampingqueen]

mgk207, could he keep the cookies in his room? Might not be an option if they might mold or bring in ants. Maybe you could freeze the cookies in smaller packages and freeze? you could defrost the next days cookies after dinner. Much less temptation if it were me.

[nanamama]

1. What is your long term goal?
Fit into my size 6 jeans. I have about 8 pairs of them. I fit into them several years ago after a bad breakup (not the healthiest way to lose weight) and then I gained a lot back. Before we got pregnant I got down to my 8's...I was so close! I want to wear all my cute jeans! I refuse to buy a bunch in bigger sizes when I know I have so many really nice ones waiting...

2. What is your goal for this week.?
It's 2 fold. Stay in my allotted calorie range and make healthier snack choices. Snack always take me way over the edge for calories. If I am better about not snack a lot or eating fruit, yogurt, etc when I need something it is much easier to staying under calories.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
Answered above. Also, no grabbing snacks and just when out and about. I don't need to stop at sonic for a slush and corn dog just because it's happy hour and they are cheap...

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
Being bored at home. I start wanting to munch on something and before you know it I have eaten popcorn, Cheetos, cookies, oj, strawberries...ugh.

5. Drink lots of water! Not only will it help milk supply for those BF but it keeps you full and less likely to want to snack.

6. I agree with weekly successes

[beckyrosen]

1. What is your long term goal? Lost my baby weight plus 40 lbs more

2. What is your goal for this week?
Have veggies with 2 meals every day.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? I made a big salad today to go with dinner. I plan on putting the leftovers in individual serving containers to use for lunches or dinners this week. I also cut a bunch of bell peppers and onions that I can use with eggs or for stir fry.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
Not feeling like eating salad, or maybe all the candy in the house.

5. Any tips/recipes to share? I'm going to try this stuffed acorn squash thing I saw on pintrest this week. I'll share if it's any good.

6. Any other questions we should add?
Favorite healthy snack?

[kboyet]

1. What is your long term goal?
Lose 25 lbs. I'm 7 from pp weight but I started bigger than I would have liked.

2. What is your goal for this week?
Wrap my mind around making a change and try not to eat out of boredom.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
Think about the first time I have to see my coworkers in a month- I want to look and feel good!

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
Oreos- they just need to be gone. Eating out because I need to grocery shop again.

5. Any tips/recipes to share?
Using sparkpeople.com to track my food really helps me realize what I'm eating so I'm more cognizant

6. Any other questions we should add? Not that I can think of!

[liljsmomma]

1. What is your long term goal?
Lose 100 ilbs and actually feel comfortable in my own skin
2. What is your goal for this week?
To start eating more fresh fruit and vegetables
3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
I went shopping. Today and chopped up containers of fresh veggies and organized my fridge so they are the first thing I see
4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
I have a really bad sweet tooth and get pretty cranky when I don't get what I'm craving
5. Any tips/recipes to share? Not at the moment

6. Any other questions we should add? Not that I. Can think of!!

[kimmie7714]

1. What is your long term goal? I would like to lose 50-60 pounds and get healthier. Also would like to fit better in my clothes.

2. What is your goal for this week? Eat 3-5 servings of vegetables/fruit per day. I am eating carrots for a snack instead of chips which is a win for me! I also plan to work out every day too.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? I track my calories on my fitness pal. It helps to see what I am eating and how I can I improve my food choices. My husband is also making healthier choices which helps too.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week? Having chocolate and Oreos in our cupboards. I am definitely going to try and only have a few treats a day instead of a ton!

5. Any tips/recipes to share? I use Skinnytaste for a lot of my recipes. I like how it gives you calories and serving size on her website. All of the recipes are very good too!

6. Any other questions we should add? None that I can think of.

[abenson3]

Long Term: I would like to lose about 20 lbs.

This week: Watch how much I am snacking. Also, cut back on my soda consumption. I also plan to prepare meals instead of eating out.

What's the plan: No more buying 12 packs of soda to have in the house. DH and I planned out our dinners for the week. I will use leftovers for lunch. As for cutting the snacking, I am fine while at work, but at home I just have to be accountable to myself.

Obstacles: Nothing major other than creating new better eating habits.

Tips: When I am watching what I eat I find it important to not ignore my cravings, have a small amount of what ever I am craving rather that hold out and over indulge eventually.

Add: As we continue to do this weekly, we could share our major accomplishment for the week or if we met out goal. Something along those lines.

[stampingqueen]

Today went well. I brought my lunch from home, didn't eat crap food at work (Despite work being super stressful). Anyone else want to share about your day?

[abenson3]

Kept snacking to a minimum today! Drank the last Diet Coke that was in my fridge. Had a reasonable sized portion of homemade meatloaf and prepped lunch for tomorrow.

[danisgossipgirl]

1. What is your long term goal? Drop my pregnancy weight and fit my pre-of clothing. I was where I wanted to be before getting KU. I gained 40lbs during pregnancy, I've dropped 15 so far, so I have about 25 to go.
2. What is your goal for this week? Stop eating garbage in the evening, no alcohol on weekdays, bring home cooked breakfast/lunch to work and stick to meal plans for dinner.
3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? Prep breakfast/lunch in the evening so it's ready to go. Try to go to bed earlier to combat sugar cravings (lol right).
4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week? Work. FFS I don't have more than a minute to spare right now. Trying to establish a routine and new normal.
5. Any tips/recipes to share? Once I'm caught up at work in the next week or two I'll hopefully have time to start using my fitness pal again. That has always helped me get back in the swing, knowing I'll have to enter something on my log makes me think twice about whether it's the best choice.

[feeshahd]

1. What is your long term goal?
Lose 30 pounds and improve my over all fitness. (Like, do ten good push ups)

2. What is your goal for this week?
Last week I started using MyFitnessPal and logged all of the food I was eating. It was bad. So this week I am making conscious effort to make better choices. The app is helping me keep myself accountable. My goal is to keep within my calories, drink more water, and work out.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
Be diligent with logging my food.
Stop being a lazy ass. I can BARLY fit into my pants and while I yoga pants, they are not always appropriate attire.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
My husband. He says he wants to eat healthy (he gained quite a bit of sympathy baby weight) but has NO will power. He will tempt me with crap food.
Also, I love soda. It is my crack. Food doesn't taste right unless I have a soda. But it is also 150 calories that are complete garbage. So, I have gotten my soda intake down from 4-5 to 2.

5. Any tips/recipes to share?
Not right now.

6. Any other questions we should add? [/quote]

[colliebabe]

I need this thread. I always workout and love it, but I need to get my eating under control.

1. What is your long term goal? I don't really have a weight loss goal per se. I lost the baby weight plus some already, but I still need to firm up. I want to wear my favorite summer shorts that are a size 6 this summer.  I really want to do a fitness competition next year (when baby is 18 months or so.)

2. What is your goal for this week? Limit dairy and grains, eat only one "sweet" thing after dinner.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? Use lettuce wraps instead of bread for sandwiches. Eat lots of protein like tuna, chicken and egg whites. Eat lots of veggies (which I have been really good at lately.)

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week? I crave sweets at night after dinner. I can resist them all day but after dinner I just want sweets! I've been trying to have apples and peanut butter with cinnamon. I've also been looking at recipes for paleo or whole30 "desserts." Even though I'm not doing those plans, I feel like those sweets would be better than what I'm eating now.

5. Any tips/recipes to share? Delicious smoothie - unsweetened almond coconut milk, ice, banana and either peanut butter or PB2 blended together makes an awesome smoothie!

6. Maybe what worked/what didn't work for the week?

[gdaniels77]

1. What is your long term goal?
Lose 30 lbs, fit into my pre pregnancy clothes.

2. What is your goal for this week?
To not go out to eat more than once (not at all if possible) and to start eating/snacking in a more healthy way to wake up my metabolism.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal?
Willpower!!!
But seriously, by packing healthy snacks for work and eat a little bit every time I have a pumping break. That way I don't get hangry and try to eat all the things when I get home.

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week?
Lazy self, lazy husband. Continuing to fall into the "it's just easier" trap.

5. Any tips/recipes to share?
Not that I can think of at the moment. I'm weird and just eat plain lettuce and kale and stuff by the handfuls when I'm craving it. No one likes to do that shit.

6. Any other questions we should add? Asking for suggestions on healthy alternatives to the bad foods that are our weaknesses?

[erien22846]

colliebabe Don't mean to be too nosy but why limit your carbs so much if you workout frequently? But that's coming from someone who uses her running as an excuse to eat bread and pasta. I thought it was a legit excuse.

[eliz77]

I'd like to join!

Let's get this started ladies!

1. What is your long term goal? Lose 40lbs and more importantly get fit. I am wearing my pre-pregnancy "fat"clothes, which was my 1st goal. Next goal is to wear my regular PP clothes and not have them look tight. I really want to be back in my size 8 clothes by summer and have them look right.

2. What is your goal for this week? Eliminate soda and beer from my day drinking and eat more greens.

3. How do you plan on achieving your weekly goal? Drinking more water and eat the spinach and broccoli rabe I bought yesterday,

4. What challenges do you see that might hinder progress this week? I have a 12 pack of Blue Moon and 6 pack of Birthday Beer in my garage calling my name! Working and baby makes it hard to make dinner, but if I can get H on board with eating healthier, I may have more success.

5. Any tips/recipes to share? We stocked up on Weight Watchers meals and healthy snacks. I know I can't just cut everything out, so having healthier snacks on hand has helped.

6. Any other questions we should add? Being my 1st time, I think this is great!

[liljsmomma]

Feb 17, 2015 3:45:42 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I started logging again with My Fitness Pal, and stayed just under my calorie goal. I added 500 calories to adjust for EBF, and set my weight loss goal for 1lb/week. Knowing I was logging definitely kept me more accountable in the snacking department!

I downloaded that app it pissed me off to no end anything I wanted to add for good wasn't recognized like really u can't recognize a banana :@ it sucks because my mom and some friends are doing really well with it

[colliebabe]

Feb 18, 2015 10:26:35 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

colliebabe Don't mean to be too nosy but why limit your carbs so much if you workout frequently? But that's coming from someone who uses her running as an excuse to eat bread and pasta. I thought it was a legit excuse.

erien22846 I do eat some carbs from oatmeal and fruit so I don't limit all of them, but my workouts are more strength based/body building so I don't need as much. My sister is into fitness competitions so I eat a lot if what she eats, I just don't weigh/measure it yet (I'm not ready for that yet.) When I used to do a lot of long distance running I used to eat a lot more carbs!

[erien22846]

Feb 18, 2015 17:33:12 GMT -5 colliebabe said:

Feb 18, 2015 10:26:35 GMT -5 erien22846 said:

colliebabe Don't mean to be too nosy but why limit your carbs so much if you workout frequently? But that's coming from someone who uses her running as an excuse to eat bread and pasta. I thought it was a legit excuse.

erien22846 I do eat some carbs from oatmeal and fruit so I don't limit all of them, but my workouts are more strength based/body building so I don't need as much. My sister is into fitness competitions so I eat a lot if what she eats, I just don't weigh/measure it yet (I'm not ready for that yet.) When I used to do a lot of long distance running I used to eat a lot more carbs!

Ah, that makes sense. I knew you were a runner so thought you were endurance training. Now I have visions of Gaston eating five dozen eggs. Don't turn into a barge!

[kboyet]

Feb 18, 2015 14:43:36 GMT -5 liljsmomma said:

Feb 17, 2015 3:45:42 GMT -5 mgk207 said:

I started logging again with My Fitness Pal, and stayed just under my calorie goal. I added 500 calories to adjust for EBF, and set my weight loss goal for 1lb/week. Knowing I was logging definitely kept me more accountable in the snacking department!

I downloaded that app it pissed me off to no end anything I wanted to add for good wasn't recognized like really u can't recognize a banana :@ it sucks because my mom and some friends are doing really well with it

I really like spark people!

[kboyet]

Favorite healthy options from trader joes? Making a trip there tomorrow!