I can commiserate more than provide positive notes tonight
The weekends are SO HARD - and even today. Why today and not the rest of the week... honestly, it's because I didn't plan my food. Early in the week, I said, I will eat these 5 MF meals and "this" for lean & green and it was GREAT. Today, I knew my DH wasn't going to be home to help with dinner and putting our three girls to bed and I just let the day slip by without thinking about how, what and when to get my foods in.
I've heard we shouldn't eat more than 3 MF crunch bars (not the maintenance but the actual yellow box bars)... BUT, they are my favorite and if, on hard days, I need all 5 of my meals to be bars so that I can stay on track - so be it. Besides, I won't feel robbed for the day if I feel like I'm cheating (even though, it is still within the acceptable perimeters of MF diet).
I have found that a fully prepared MF Hot Cocoa is delicious with a 1/2c of coffee added to it. Perhaps you could ask for hot water and coffee when you go out and make it your meal. And/or order a side of steamed veggies as your optional snack so that you are not feeling left out during the meal?
Also, I definitely notice a difference when I eat/drink slowly on how hungry I feel later.
I'll plan my day in the morning and send it your way via PM... maybe you should do the same as a motivating start for the weekend?
What do you think...
I think I'm down 4.5 lbs and my hubby 6lbs (but he cheated today... we will see if it catches up with him). I tend to lose fast for 1 week and then slowly for 2 weeks and have another bigger loss on the 3rd to 4th week - at least from my experience with WW and LA Weight Loss.