Preparation is key to your weight loss success. If you do not find the time to prepare you will find yourself reaching for that donut, cookie, piece of cake or candy for a snack. You will find yourself eating out and ingesting 800+ calories per meal. You will find yourself bloated from all the sodium. You will find yourself crashing mid day from all the sugar. You will find yourself completely dehydrated from all the soda, coffee, caffeine, sugar, sodium....I could go on and on! No wonder we don't feel good. We are treating our bodies like a trash can.
A lot of you ask what I eat so here you go:
My mid morning snack. Cut up, bagged and ready to go.
For lunch I choose salmon and tuna without added salt packed in water. I mix it with mustard, tomato, onion, etc and a little cottage cheese (I eat regular cottage cheese because it has less sugar than lowfat) and wrap it in lettuce and top with some avocado. You can also do this with chicken breast. Prepare an extra chicken breast when making dinner and make some chicken salad minus the mayo!
****Don't forget a mid afternoon snack. Maybe a apple with some peanut butter, celery with peanut butter/almond butter, 1/2 Cup of cottage cheese with some fruit.******
I'll talk more about dinner and some options on my next post.
Promise to Prepare?
A lot of you ask what I eat so here you go:
****Don't forget a mid afternoon snack. Maybe a apple with some peanut butter, celery with peanut butter/almond butter, 1/2 Cup of cottage cheese with some fruit.******
I'll talk more about dinner and some options on my next post.
Promise to Prepare?
Preparing is what I do not like the most. I think this is one of my weaknesses. Over a year ago I was at the best shape of my adult life. Then I got all burnt out on going to the gym, cooking and preparing along with very painful tennis elbow. All the combined did me in. Now I am almost at the weight where I started when I lost it all the weight. I just want to get back to the basics. This will be a good start for me.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gayle!
Patty
Hmm..I recently got a recipe from my mom that mixes cottage cheese w/diced cucumber, tomato, green onion & avocado. I may just add tuna to that. Maybe I will be able to eat it then..cuz I really can't stand it or any other seafood. Preparation is hard for me...I have 2 jobs and it can be hard to find time to get everything ready. Though a friend told me once she does all hers on Sunday night...then has everything ready for the whole week.
ReplyDeleteGet back to basics! That is exactly what I do Andi. Every Sunday, I put on some music or watch TV and prepare and it's ready for the week.
ReplyDeleteGreat info Gayle! Thank you:)
ReplyDeleteI also work two jobs and it is hard to find time to do the prep and cooking but once you get a system down it does become somewhat routine. Orginazation is key!
ReplyDeleteDenise