Do you...wing it, calorie count or 3/2 it?

[Apples2 19]

During the weigh loss phase, I weighed and measured and journaled EVERYTHING....and....very happy I did. It set me up to trust my way of eating. Now that I have been in the maintenance stage, I trust my good judgement from the things I learned while weighing and measuring. Now I eat when hungry....make good/healthy food choices and don't stress about it. I do make room for treats on a daily basis and love my stress-free way of eating.

I also am a believer of every day getting adequate amounts of Protein and fueling my body every 2 hours with some kind of snack. Learning how to eat by weighing a measuring taught me how to "wing it".

[honk 780]

I weigh Protein for lunch and dinner. I tend to have greek yoghurt with half scoop vanilla Protein Powder for Breakfast. I try to only have Snacks like hummus and baby carrots or grapes for snacks. I don't eat out that often but when I do I try to make very judious decisions.

[HiMow 0]

I calorie count in my head always! When I slow on my weight loss, I go back to myplate.com and start tracking again. You can be surprised what you're accidentally consuming.

Sometimes I wish I had a more carefree spirit about this and would let the band just do its thing, but I am determined to be successful. Plus, even when my band is loose, I still lose, just not as fast.

[IFEELGOOD 0]

I'm a winger, it's funny how we know whats better for us but applying it is usually another story. I've done the journaling thing and counting and planing, all which work but I start thinking and looking at all of it and I just start to glaze over and think What? I've been winging it since I've had this done and have done ok. I have learned for me though if I let my band tell me when I'm full, it's usually too late and I'm off to the restroom for a few rounds of relief. Inspite of the surgery I still love to eat and I'm still trying to learn when to stop. It's kinda like drinking, Oh I can handle just one more, then one more then it sneaks up on you and then you realize you should have stopped a few drinks ago but Nooooooo you just had to push it. And the old thing about throwing away food tapes that play over and over in our heads. Also I still crave at times I would like to just sit down and plow down like 6 or 7 slices of pizza just for the pleasure of it.lol. I know that will never happen in my life time I believe but the desire is still there at times. Thank God for the Gatekeeper I have on my stomach that keeps me in check.lol. It dosent care what emotional state you are in, what kind of a day you had what kind of stress you are under, It's only gonna let so much through and helps me keep my head on straight and on track. OK I'll stop for now. take care and you can still enjoy life without so much food. I've gained so much more in my life than I've lost. IFEELGREAT