No Accounting for It

If you need a break from nutrition tracking programs, journals and
calorie counting try this:

Eat three small meals a day and two programmed snacks, If you can do
this without anything else being consumed you won't need to track much
of anything. And if you are tempted, get out and take a walk, do
exercises or take a bath. Stay out of the kitchen when not preparing
meals or putting away groceries.

Easy for me to say but my office is in the kitchen!

--
Diva
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There is no substitute for the right food

Carol Frilegh wrote:
If you need a break from nutrition tracking programs, journals and
calorie counting try this:

Eat three small meals a day and two programmed snacks, If you can do
this without anything else being consumed you won't need to track much
of anything. And if you are tempted, get out and take a walk, do
exercises or take a bath. Stay out of the kitchen when not preparing
meals or putting away groceries.

Easy for me to say but my office is in the kitchen!


This post is very inspriing to me. I am in the process of swichting from
wieght loss to maintaining. I am am having a very hard time eating more,
because the good habits form my diet need to be cahged to good habtis
but with more kcal (I need to go from 1500 to 2000 kcal a day).

It is hard to find somewereh to fit the extra 500 kcal into. Because
I havbe been planning my meals and snacks exactly as you describe it.
The extra kcals have been coming from extra snacks. I am not enjoyiung
that at all. So to read that one can maintiam with my "old" porgramme,
must mean that I can stick to the habits I already had. No adding of
meals, I'll focus on making my meals somewhat bigger. I think I can do
that. SO thank you for saying that that is an actual possibility.

I hope I am making sense - in my mind, all of this is complicated. And
changing the clock here this past weekend has thrown me into a mini jetlag.

jake wrote:
Carol Frilegh wrote:
If you need a break from nutrition tracking programs, journals and
calorie counting try this:

Eat three small meals a day and two programmed snacks, If you can
do
this without anything else being consumed you won't need to track
much
of anything. And if you are tempted, get out and take a walk, do
exercises or take a bath. Stay out of the kitchen when not
preparing
meals or putting away groceries.

Easy for me to say but my office is in the kitchen!


This post is very inspriing to me. I am in the process of swichting
from
wieght loss to maintaining. I am am having a very hard time eating
more,
because the good habits form my diet need to be cahged to good habtis

but with more kcal (I need to go from 1500 to 2000 kcal a day).

It is hard to find somewereh to fit the extra 500 kcal into.
Because
I havbe been planning my meals and snacks exactly as you describe it.

The extra kcals have been coming from extra snacks. I am not
enjoyiung
that at all. So to read that one can maintiam with my "old"
porgramme,
must mean that I can stick to the habits I already had. No adding of

meals, I'll focus on making my meals somewhat bigger. I think I can
do
that. SO thank you for saying that that is an actual possibility.

I hope I am making sense - in my mind, all of this is complicated.
And
changing the clock here this past weekend has thrown me into a mini
jetlag.



The best way to probably add calories for you is to just add more to
your meals. I'm sure you cut back a little and tried some lower-calorie
or fat alternatives when planning your meals to fit them into 1500
calories a day. So instead of a tsp of olive oil, for example, use
more. Add another ounce of meat or cheese. It won't add very much bulk
to your meal and you won't feel as if you're overeating.

wrote:

jake wrote:

Carol Frilegh wrote:

If you need a break from nutrition tracking programs, journals and
calorie counting try this:

Eat three small meals a day and two programmed snacks, If you can

do

this without anything else being consumed you won't need to track

much

of anything. And if you are tempted, get out and take a walk, do
exercises or take a bath. Stay out of the kitchen when not

preparing

meals or putting away groceries.

Easy for me to say but my office is in the kitchen!


This post is very inspriing to me. I am in the process of swichting

from

wieght loss to maintaining. I am am having a very hard time eating

more,

because the good habits form my diet need to be cahged to good habtis


but with more kcal (I need to go from 1500 to 2000 kcal a day).

It is hard to find somewereh to fit the extra 500 kcal into.

Because

I havbe been planning my meals and snacks exactly as you describe it.


The extra kcals have been coming from extra snacks. I am not

enjoyiung

that at all. So to read that one can maintiam with my "old"

porgramme,

must mean that I can stick to the habits I already had. No adding of


meals, I'll focus on making my meals somewhat bigger. I think I can

do

that. SO thank you for saying that that is an actual possibility.

I hope I am making sense - in my mind, all of this is complicated.

And

changing the clock here this past weekend has thrown me into a mini

jetlag.



The best way to probably add calories for you is to just add more to
your meals. I'm sure you cut back a little and tried some lower-calorie
or fat alternatives when planning your meals to fit them into 1500
calories a day. So instead of a tsp of olive oil, for example, use
more. Add another ounce of meat or cheese. It won't add very much bulk
to your meal and you won't feel as if you're overeating.

Thank you! I am very gald to read this and you are absolutley right. Mu
dinners have been elan, I'll fatten them up and look for extra proteitn
as weel. I want to grow bigger muscles