The Diet Diaries: What to Eat?

Last week I shared my diet and fitness struggle with you.  The struggle is real out here!  The hardest part for me is eating right.   On top of eating right, I don't like cooking.  Plus, I don't have the time.  I wish I could afford a chef or a fresh meal delivery service.  I would loose this weight in not time.  Unfortunately, I don't have it like that.

I signed up for Weight Watchers again.  For me, Weight Watcher is the most realistic diet plan out there for me.  I don't plan to give up carbs, eat clean, juicing or anything else outside the norm.  I would be setting myself up to fail if I did.  But, I'm not gonna front, I'm horrible at logging my points.  I really use it as a calculator to find out how many points the food is before I cook or eat it.  I just set up a reminder on my phone to go and log my points after dinner.  I hope that helps.  

So what am I eating?  Well, I sat down and made a list of all the things I like to eat and checked out the points.  I wasn't eating as bad as I thought.  It's when I eat out I get in trouble.  The best thing for me to do was is to stay my butt at home and make my own food.  I've been eating a ton of fruit.  I know fruit can have a lot of sugar but it beats eating french fries.  I also make egg white muffins for breakfast.  When I get tired of the egg muffins, I eat oatmeal or eggs whites on a English muffin.  For snacks, I've been eating yogurt, hard boiled eggs (no yolk), baked chips.  Dinners can get a little rough.  Even though I try to eat baked fish or chicken with a veggie, Peyton's not going for that.  She loves pasta (and so do I)!  I only use whole wheat or hidden veggie pasta.  I try not to eat too much.  I came up with a few easy meals for Peyton that I could make quick while I eat a salad, fish or chicken.

I'm not doing anything out of the ordinary with my eating.  I'm just trying to cut back on the carbs and eat more veggies.  Yes, I'm eating canned (some frozen) vegetables.  I know folks say they have so much sodium but it beats eating french fries and fried chicken!  Feel me?  I'm just trying to stay prepared.  I've been taking 10 minutes in the morning to get my snacks and lunch together.  I also try to plan my meals out for the week and go to the grocery store on Sundays.  If you have any easy meals or tips, please leave them in the comments.  If you are looking for more weight loss inspiration, my online buddy, Tairalyn from Little Miss Mama, lost 22 pounds doing the Dunkan Diet.  Tairalyn has been a great encouragement for me.

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." - Benjamin Franklin

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