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Figuring out nutrition

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Well, ironically I was taking to my boyfriend this morning and I told him that I need to figure out how to eat nutritionally. He asked, well what about the sparkdiet, are you doing that? I responded that I stopped b/c it was time consuming and b/c right now, I can't buy everything on the grocery list to do the exact meal plans. Putting my own meal versions were time consuming. Well, after I told him, I felt bad for saying b/c he said yeah, that why I don't get on sparkpeople, b/c it is time consuming. I mean if anything I read the articles, and I told him that I track my fitness. However when I was using it, and when I got introduced to it, it really helped me.

Before sparkpeople, I didn't know how many calories I should eat. All I knew was to cut back on eating. I didn't know what to cut back other than junk food, and many times, I wasn't eating that and still not losing weight. The nutrition tracker helped me learn about some meal plans I could eat. The only thing is that I tend to eat the same things, and I don't know many recipes to add variety.

So, right now, I am debating on getting back on the sparkdiet and add a diet plan. I never been on a diet before. I am thinking about trying the Biggest Loser plan or use the South Beach diet book I got as a suggestion from my former Army commander. Also, I am in a women's Bible study and I just started to write my meals. My eating habits are whack. I am starving myself one meal and overeating another meal.
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LENANDRA81 4/30/2009 8:38PM

    Thank you so much ladies for your comments. My situation is that I am an amateur cooker. I know how to cook, but the things I am good at cooking are basic calorie-loaded southern dishes. When I lived at home, I rarely cooked and it was mainly for me and younger brothers whenever I watched them. In the last three years, I have only cooked, now for myself, for a year. Unless I decide to participate in a potluck, what I fix is for me alone.

I'll have to check out that Heart Association Cookbook. I need to learn some interesting dishes that I can boldly take on. I also was thinking about planning my meals before. (Yep, usually I think about what I should eat when the time comes.) I think getting some idea, getting an actual diet plan (I actually forgot about that South Beach book I have until I wrote this), and writing meals out beforehand will help out. Thanks again!

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KACEYNABER 4/30/2009 7:19AM

  I have the same problem with having limited recipes so I have gone to the library and gotten the heart association cookbook. I love chocolate so I tried their cake recipe that only has 143 cal. per serv and 2.5 g fat. It is great!! I will try some others but if the book is due back before I'm done I'll just get it out again. Well, that's my strategy anyway.

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SCATTERBOLT 4/30/2009 3:11AM

    I've been tracking for over a year, and after a while it only takes a minute or so. It also helps to track BEFORE you eat! That way you know exactly what you get to have, and you can space it out throughout the day. I've avoided using the sparkpeople generated plans too, because they're different every day and it gets too expensive, but sometimes I'll browse through for meal combination that I like and just eat the same thing for a few days.

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