More and more I’m not sure how to incorporate alcohol in a healthy life…Too bad wine is so delicious!
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I’ve pretty much cut alcohol out of my life, but I picked up the green stuff. It’s much easier for me to fight the munchies than a hangover.
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Question of the day:
What are your favorite food substitutions, meal replacements, or snack hacks? What scratches a cravings itch without breaking the calorie bank?
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Two quick ones in the dessert replacement category. First, I recently heard a rec for key lime greek yogurt and have had it almost every night. Buy whatever plain greek yogurt you like, then pour in sugar-free lime jello powder and mix well. It does taste a lot like key lime pie and only 125 cals for a cup. In that same vein, look up some combination of protein fluff or protein ice cream. I like both of these because they leverage volume eating, aka consuming a large amount of something that is extremely low calorie. #welikethat
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For me, it’s beverages that get me so fancy sparkling water is my go to
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I’m with you on this. I used to be a heavy soda drinker and this helped me transition. My favorite is grapefruit flavored since the profile is almost spot on with Squirt.
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My breakfast every morning is a lemon meringue Greek yogurt that I add raspberries and honey almond granola to.
To your point, it’s practically a desert but only 150 calories.
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I’ve been enjoying the KIND oatmeal as a mid morning breakfast/snack.
It really helps keep the hunger at bay in the morning.
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this greek yogurt sounds amazing.
What make is it?
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Oikos Triple Zero
If the Triple Zero doesn’t land with you right away, there is also a regular Oikos Lemon yogurt that helped me transition.
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I got some Ratio yogurt last week, the vanilla is very much like DQ ice cream.
I have really been watching what I have been drinking the last three weeks.
It is hilarious how much better I am sleeping and feeling.
Plus its nice to keep that chunk of change towards my lost golf ball fund.
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March Madness Update/Accountability Check
11 day streak on Peloton, tracking calories, and drinking enough water. Hitting my steps goal around 80% of the time. Need to focus a little more on my daily stretching and golf practice goals.
Pros: Feeling way more internal drive than the last ??? times I’ve tried to reign in my eating/working out habits. Really regretting my decision not to weigh before starting this because I think I’ve lost a good bit already.
Cons: Legs, primarily IT bands, are getting tiiiight. Mini-vacation coming up and I’m nervous about keeping things on track.
Wishing all you other Heavyweights a good weekend!
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Great work man!
I’ve been looking at a golf stretch/yoga activity to incorporate into my routine too.
Checking in, how’s everyone hanging in there with diet/exercise this week?
The weather is improving here in Michigan so that will make staying active at the course and range easier.
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After 3 weeks of heavy travel for work (and slipping back into bad patterns) I finally got a week at home where I could normalize my eating again.
Getting out of a routine is killer for me.
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Getting on an anti-depressant has made a significant difference for me on the food front. Both in terms of having less of an appetite and fighting the urge to eat just to feel good (if only temporarily). I was fully aware that’s why I was doing it, but that reprieve was too difficult to consistently overcome. Which of course resulted in feeling worse and starting the cycle over again. In hindsight, it feels like I was playing on all-madden without even knowing it.
I’m typically awful at celebrating my accomplishments, viewing them as things I expect myself to do and therefore not really accomplishments at all. If forced to point to something I was proud of a few months ago, I’d have struggled to say something I actually believed. I was partially proud of losing a hundred pounds, but more ashamed at it being necessary in the first place and then giving a big chunk of it back instead of continuing down to where I want to be. But now? I’m actually proud of losing that weight prior to starting anti-depressants and, maybe more importantly, forgiving for putting some back on. That was a hell of a lot harder than I realized at the time, and gaining weight was a lot less of a personal failure than I thought.
I’m on a good path and I believe I can continue on it. Crack on.
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Good on you, friend. Be proud, of both the weight loss and the mental self-care. I started on an anti-depressant this year too and it changes everything.
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Through a combination of intermittent fasting (I’m not super strict about it. If I’m pretty hungry around 9:30-10:00 I’ll eat a little something to tide me over before lunch, but try and power through it most days), watching my snacking and a focus on eating reasonable portions at dinner. I’m down about 10 pounds the last 3 1/2 weeks.
We’re going on vacation this weekend so that will test everything for sure. Going to try my best to stay on the path though.
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