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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

I need a girl lol. One of my biggest issues in following my plan is preparation of food. I end up either skipping meals or eating on the fly because I don't bring my food. I really need to focus on planning and preparing on day a weekend.

Angel

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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

Impishhellcat, you will find away.  Take it one step at a time.  Once you get familiar with your plan also, it probably won't take as much time to prepare and input points because you will be able to do things off the top of our head.  It will get easier.

I am not sure how this points thing works, but can you do it backwards?  Figure out your points first and then utilize that as your menu?  Or do all of your menus for the week and your points for the week at one sitting and then you just follow the menus you created for a specific exactly?  Then you won't have to worry about it for the week and the time you were putting in daily you can use for exercise?

What i do a lot when i plan also (which i don't do well but should) is after i go grocery shopping, i take everything and divide it up into serving sizes and write the carb count and stats on the bag and then i have that in a notebook,  That way a lot of it can be grab and go.

Unfortunately, it seems lol no matter what style and plan of eating people choose -- planning and preparing seem to be the biggest time consumer -- blah!

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ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat

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ORIGINAL: barelynangel

Impishhellcat, you will find away.  Take it one step at a time.  Once you get familiar with your plan also, it probably won't take as much time to prepare and input points because you will be able to do things off the top of our head.  It will get easier.

I am not sure how this points thing works, but can you do it backwards?  Figure out your points first and then utilize that as your menu?  Or do all of your menus for the week and your points for the week at one sitting and then you just follow the menus you created for a specific exactly?  Then you won't have to worry about it for the week and the time you were putting in daily you can use for exercise?

What i do a lot when i plan also (which i don't do well but should) is after i go grocery shopping, i take everything and divide it up into serving sizes and write the carb count and stats on the bag and then i have that in a notebook,  That way a lot of it can be grab and go.

Unfortunately, it seems lol no matter what style and plan of eating people choose -- planning and preparing seem to be the biggest time consumer -- blah!

I get a set number of points per day. Same points everyday till I drop weight. I lost one point per day when I dropped two pounds. I gain points for any exercise that I do.
So, usually what I do is plan my meals for the day. I usually know what I'm having for breakfast and lunch it's dinner that usually requires some searching and planning. That's what typically holds me up. If it's my husband's night to cook then I have to get a recipe and instructions ready for him. Plus, I set out all the ingredients. Otherwise he's just plain clueless. I am a "mood" eater. I eat based on my mood soooo planning meals for a week doesn't work for me it never has. I end up wasting and throwing away a lot. WW has a food basics list.. a list of staples you should keep in the house and I go with that. I have a plethora of spices, I always keep lemons, fruits, and veggies on hand, and I buy shrimp, chicken, and sometimes fish and keep those in the freezer. Everything else is extra. I started buying egg beaters in pre-measured packets so I don't have to measure in the morning and I can throw them in a pan and cook. I did really well this week we went to the farmers market in town and bought a ton of local fruits and veggies we only spent 17 bucks on fruit and veggies that lasted us going on two weeks.

On the plus side, I'm not starving usually. I do get a little hungry when I'm at school all day and I'm working on that, but there have been a few days when I have three or four points left at the end of the day. I haven't yet used all the extra points they give you in the event you go out to the bar or a restaurant or all of my activity points. I'm not sure if this is good or bad yet.


The dogs and I went for an hour hike today on the rivertrail in town. It was nice and quiet plus the dogs got to romp and play and now they are exhausted.