Now half way through the accelerated weight loss, I am spending more and more time trying to figure out what I can eat once we start transitioning and then forward. The last time I did this I got a food delivery that worked for about 6-8 months, but the quality of the food diminished and finally they went bankrupt. But even still, I got tired of dry overcooked food. But it worked, I continued to lose weight to my goal with the meal delivery.
So now I am thinking the meal delivery worked, but it is not a long term solution. Do I do the meal delivery again, and ween myself off it as I get closer to goal weight, or do I try to do it half and half, start with 3/4 days a week and try and cook the other 3/4 days?
I hate cooking. And I don't know if I will change. I could grab a bunch of frozen low cal dinners from the grocery, but we all know the sodium in those meals are through the roof. Not the healthiest choice to make, but they are low cal. And some of them are tasty. But I can't live the rest of my life off of them.
But without planned meals I am doomed. Freedom to choose my meals during the day is not really an option, because I do not choose wisely. And I am sure I don't count the calories correctly either. I will need to have planned meals and I will need to follow those meals like I follow this part of the diet. I don't think I could plan meals a week in advance, but I can do it at the beginning of the day.
At group someone mentioned taking pictures of what they ate before the consumed it, that might be a working option. I suppose it is the same as writing it down, but if you have a visual of it you might not have a tendency to "under report" the food. It is a good thing I have lots of memory on my phone.
I don't know what I am going to do, but hopefully by the time I am on my way to Europe I will have a general idea of what I will do.
So now I am thinking the meal delivery worked, but it is not a long term solution. Do I do the meal delivery again, and ween myself off it as I get closer to goal weight, or do I try to do it half and half, start with 3/4 days a week and try and cook the other 3/4 days?
I hate cooking. And I don't know if I will change. I could grab a bunch of frozen low cal dinners from the grocery, but we all know the sodium in those meals are through the roof. Not the healthiest choice to make, but they are low cal. And some of them are tasty. But I can't live the rest of my life off of them.
But without planned meals I am doomed. Freedom to choose my meals during the day is not really an option, because I do not choose wisely. And I am sure I don't count the calories correctly either. I will need to have planned meals and I will need to follow those meals like I follow this part of the diet. I don't think I could plan meals a week in advance, but I can do it at the beginning of the day.
At group someone mentioned taking pictures of what they ate before the consumed it, that might be a working option. I suppose it is the same as writing it down, but if you have a visual of it you might not have a tendency to "under report" the food. It is a good thing I have lots of memory on my phone.
I don't know what I am going to do, but hopefully by the time I am on my way to Europe I will have a general idea of what I will do.
How about the ingredient delivery services? The meals from the one we used were great & Blue Apron is supposed to be pretty good, albeit cheaper. The 350 cal cookbook has a lot of tasty & easy to fix recipes. Lots of low sodium options - I'm getting hungry thinking about it. Go Whitemop
ReplyDeleteHow about hiring someone to cook low cal / high taste meals for you? Can't be more than you spent on the delivery meals....the person could make weekly meals that you could freeze and just warm up!
ReplyDeleteFYI - stop getting on the scale everyday if you are going to let it freak you out - the only number that matters is the Thursday weigh-in number.
True true. Learning to cook a few easy meals might also help.
DeleteAs long as we're all putting in our 2 bits worth, I vote for meal delivery. It eliminates the temptation to add caloric ingredients or "not realize" how much you are eating or other similar problems. I think the fewer decisions you have to make about food while dieting, the better. IMVVVVHO
ReplyDeleteI also need things to be decided in advance and very structured. I do eat a lot of the Lean Cuisines, but I haven't looked at the sodium...
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