This helps me to stay on track so I thought it could benefit others as well. Basically I have listed a typical breakfast, lunch, dinner so I know what'll be having.
For exemple today,
Typical Breakfast.
- 2 glasses of water
- 1 plain hard boiled egg (Once every 2 weeks, I boil 8-10 of those in advance, leaving them in the shell until I am ready to eat one ... so I usually have some in the fridge) I can eat those plain or with a very small quantity of light mayo as well.
- 2 slices of bread, whole grain (I've switched from white to whole grain bread in the past couple of months)
- Whole wheat Bran cereal, small bowl, with a few unsalted peanuts, sunflower seeds, dried raisins mixed in. Only Wal-Mart has the best cereal around here, Fibre one by General Mills, so I pick up many boxes when I am there, 10 boxes of cereals !! (I usually only go to Wal-Mart 2-3 times a year since it's not close by and I don't like going there anyway.)
- Milk, 2% ... I know I should have 1% instead but it looks/tastes like watered down milk to me, plus I put it in my coffee and it's not as good, so I'll stick with the 2%
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- 1/2 a banana. (I keep the 2nd half in the fridge 4-later in the day)
- 2 glasses of water (I always have water 20 minutes before and right after meals. Before - It helps not to eat too much, After, it helps to feel more 'full' ...
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Same deal with lunch, dinner ... of course on my paper it's not as detailed, I just write egg, cereal, milk, nuts, etc. Some things I don't write down, like celery and carrots, I can have those once or twice a day if I need it, I don't think a couple of carrots once a day make a big difference in the Master plan'
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I'm in the non stop mode too since I don't have off days from this, at least not planned in advance ... cos' I want quicker results so I combine this with the exercises I do nearly every day and it gets me going in the right direction quite well.
Planning my meals like that helps me to control my portions and also avoid cheating since I can only have what is written down on the piece of paper (of course nobody's perfect, I have slipped a few times but I find this helps me to stick with it ... I know what'll have and when ... so it's all good.
Hopefully this tip can help out other members as well.
Marc
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