Wellness

[gazelle77]

I have a digital scale that measures grams, ounces and pounds. I measure all my nuts, and such as it is hard to eye ball those calorie rich healthy foods. I only allow myself one ounce of nuts a day. Who knew that just 5 brazil nuts has 105 calories!! An ounce of walnuts in itself is about 180 calories! Many people eat 5 times that much if they do not weigh it out. I have a huge salad and measure out anything that is not a vegetable.

[Tissyanne]

After a consultation with a registered dietician I am counting carbs, and walking on my treadmill 40 minues a day, broken into two sessions. I have more energy, and like others have mentioned the WW counting points had grown very boring for me. The WW Simple Start did not work for me, as I was eating too much. Bad idea.

[glmama]

When I'm really watching my weight, as I am now, I weigh and measure everything. I use a food scale (lots of good ones on Amazon for less than $20). I also have big soup/pasta ladles from years ago from Weight Watchers that I use to portion pasta for myself if I make it for my family.

[willdob3]

I do also have a good food scale but I don't use it for most things. I live alone & usually cook a single serving & I know what that is for tracking. I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get healthy & lose weight but I don't want to work harder than I have to.

I don't worry about being perfect - I might eat about 1/2 bag of veggies for a meal but I don't bother weighing it. I'm going to eat the other half the next day and it all evens out. Same with a package of two chicken breasts, etc. This works very well for me.

I weigh things like chicken or turkey when I cook a whole chicken or turkey breasts.

I also listen to my body & occasionally have lower calorie days and higher calorie days. Once I was eating only healthy foods my body stopped trying to con me into thinking it "needed" things like ice cream! The occasional higher calorie days with only healthy foods have been a good thing & actually help my losses. I don't schedule them in. My body lets me know when it needs more.

[Zhills]

I do not like for my food to touch! I use the small Pyrex baking cups for food.

It's amazing how large a 1/2 cup serving looks in one of these. It's hardly half the bowl. I also have some small tulip shaped dishes I use for desserts. Looks like a lot; but not! Worth a try. It's unbelievable!

[FlowershopGirl]

I have some food allergies so I found its best to keep my food simple. I weigh my protein and keep it at 4-5 oz at lunch and 3 oz at breakfast and dinner, which I bake, broil, or grill only. Nothing breaded or fried. I eat only organic meat since I know its not loaded with antibiotics, added hormones or antibiotics or drugs. I eat lots of veggies but not corn or peas. Corn is used to fatten cows, I don't need fattening! I'll load my plate with different veggies which I either eat raw, steamed, baked, broiled or grilled. I found Braggs has a variety of dressings that are good and aren't full of additives or bad fats. Good fats that are important to eat are avocados, coconut oil, olive oil, and avocado or grapeseed oil.

My snacks consist of two fruit servings a day. I don't eat banannas, melons, papaya or mango as they are too sweet and have too much sugar. I keep it to an apple each day and then vary berries, tomatoes, pears, peaches, plums. I also snack on chia seeds and biancardi gave us a great recipe on how to make a healthy pudding of these seeds. If anyone wants it, I'll gladly repost it here. Its really healthy and most of all, really good.