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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 13, 2024 23:00:12 GMT
Day 14 – Plan for Tomorrow
This habit always got me going on WW and led to my success. Knowing what I was going to eat the next day kept me from being exposed to the dithering when I am susceptible to overeating and saying, “what the heck.”
Besides just planning what food you will have the next day you also need to plan for the time it will take for you to prepare the food if you are making it so you can be successful. With a plan you can keep yourself from getting too hungry, not spontaneously eat, even if you get hungry or have a craving know when and what you will eat and assist you in avoiding triggers.
Beck suggests that you make up different options for meals and snacks. Doing this allows you to have a variety of food but you aren’t starting from scratch with each meal/snack.
Do you plan your food/eating ahead of time?
Do you have standard meals and snacks and choose from them, or do you often do new things?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 13, 2024 23:03:12 GMT
I usually plan what I'm going to eat ahead of time. As my writeup says it keeps me on plan. I don't do well thinking on my feet. When I eat away from home, I plan what I will eat if I have the information, if not then I review the behaviors I need to stay on plan. I have a set of meals and snacks I eat and pretty much stick to them, sometimes I will try something new.
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Post by hpeterson1951 on Mar 14, 2024 12:23:06 GMT
I was very bad at this, but then learned how much of a difference it made. I would ask Rick what he wanted for dinner the next day and make a plan. If I knew the day before or at least that morning what I was having for dinner it was so much easier and prevented us from going out so much.
I do have a regular breakfast and lunch routine. Breakfast is either a yogurt or cottage cheese and lunch is a sandwich (or meat and cheese roll ups) and lots of fruits/veggies. I eat both at school and make sure I have cut up fruits/veggies I can snack on throughout the day if I need to.
Dinner is still up in the air. I don't plan a lot since I'm alone now. I will make something one night and have left overs for a while. Then I'll get lazy and just eat a bag of popcorn or something. I am trying to keep a stock of freezer meals so I can pull one of them out as needed.
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Post by lani on Mar 14, 2024 14:20:37 GMT
I have the same breakfast, day in, day out. Lunch could be leftovers, or Amy's bean enchiladas (delicious and 330 cals). I used to have an omelette for lunch, but I've gotten away from that lately. I cook dinner twice a week. With the two of us it's enough food to last the week. Friday = pizza night. DH gets his own breakfast and lunch, except weekends I will spruce up his cereal with heated berries and milk.
As far as planning, I only write down a calorie estimate for B,L,D and snacks. I tally the actual calories against the plan as the day goes.
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Post by susan092907 on Mar 14, 2024 15:02:54 GMT
I try to plan my meals for the day in the morning. Or sometimes I know that I'll be having dinner leftovers for another dinner later in the week, and I enter it into that day right away. I generally have 2 days a week of a regular dinner - my Tuesday dinner and my Thursday dinner. I do find that pre-planning my day helps me fit everything into my daily calorie goals, and I can still make adjustments if needed. It also helps me to stay on my plan. I just go to my tracker to see what I'm supposed to be eating and when.
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Post by ermabom on Mar 14, 2024 19:11:19 GMT
I was eating the same foods for lunch and then dinner would vary. But now that I'm trying to eat more vegatables/fruits, there are patterns but not exactly the same things. I am trying to have options in the fridge at all times so there is no need to eat off the menu foods - except when my brain insists I do do.
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Post by cathygeha on Mar 15, 2024 8:04:37 GMT
Do you plan your food/eating ahead of time? not really. we buy produce that looks good, i have cooked legumes frozen that I defrost, and make a grain to go with whatever produce will star in the LUNCH meal. BREAKFAST is usually egg and tomato on toast with coffee OR overnight oats OR peanut butter on toast with an apple...usually the egg, though. Dinner depends on how many points I have left and can be cereal and milk, tuna-egg patties, fruit in yogurt with seeds or nuts...just depends
Do you have standard meals and snacks and choose from them, or do you often do new things?
Standard meals that are based on local ingredients...see above
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