Something that has really helped me stay on track for the day

Besides the obvious points of putting what you ate in your day on here and counting the calories, try putting what you will eat TOMORROW. that way on a full stomach you can thoughtfully plan your meals and tweak it here and there to be sure you dont over do it. then when youre hungry remeber/consult the plan and then you will be less likely to go ravage the cubbord for whatever salty sweet spicy whatever that sounds good in a bout of hunger pains but youll regret 5 mins later. Idk if anyone else does it, i am new. but i have done it the past couple days and it really saved me the excess calories. hope this helped!

also- tomorrow is the first of the month as someone else said, consider it a fresh start if you did have one too many crackers or over indulged on desert. i have very long hair and on friday i am cutting it all off for a semi-short cute cut for a new start and help myself see that i can really look like a very different person. i changed my lifestyle so why not change something i felt defined me for so long, you know? just a thought. goodnight ladies. :)

And guys... Anyway that is a good idea, and I will have to remember to do that once I get back to Misawa. Thanks for the tip.

oh, sorry my apologies :) goodnight fellas

hey stephanie.... thanks a lot... its a wonderful tip and i'm going to follow it rite away!!! cheers!!!

It's true. When I pre-plan I always lose more.

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yep, deffinetely, i dont actually enter it in the planner but rather use the planner to decide what i will eat the next day, and i always make sure its below what im aiming for. . . for example if im aiing to eat 2000 cals a day with 500 cal excersise ill put in 1600 cals worth of food as i tend to go for snacks at night, this way even if i eat a snack before dinner i wont go over my wuota and if i dont eat a snack ill be even more under which will be even better. . .

 

Note, i only aim to have a 500cal a day defecit so eating 2-300 cals less is still only a 7-800 cal deficit, well within whats healthy for weightloss, especially if only done on 2 or 3 days a week :-)

Hey I just started doing that! It's really helpful. I tend to think I'm going to overeat and then wind up a few hundred calories UNDER at night, so this helps me keep it balanced. My only problem is that my mom cooks dinner a lot, and I don't know what she's planning until about 4PM but it's usually healthy and around 400 calories so it's ok. Also, if I find myself getting hungry, I can tell myself, "well, you planned a granola bar in half an hour. can you make it?" Most of the time, the answer is yes. At the moment I am trying to eat 1500-1700 calories a day and planning is really helpful.