| Nola Celeste |
02-24-2011 06:46 PM |
Are you weighing and/or measuring your food? How about keeping a food journal? When calorie counting, those two things can really improve your results. (I should note that I'm saying that as someone who's currently battling a phantom weight gain of her own despite weighing food and writing it down, but that's just my body being stubborn, not a flaw with my calorie-counting. :) )
It might seem like a pain at first if you don't write stuff down or weigh your portions, but it takes only a little while for it to become second nature. With calorie-dense foods like pasta and cereal, even a few extra bites can add up to 300 calories a day or more, so I find weighing keeps me honest. It's also helpful to internalize proper portion sizes in my head--as I weigh, I try to estimate a serving without looking to see how close I can come. When I started, I was way off; now I'm pretty accurate, which bodes well for me in the long term or when I'm eating out and don't have access to a scale or measuring cups.
I agree with others that you could do with some more protein in other meals, not just at dinner. Your turkey sandwich is a good start, but if you want a meal with more substance, try making it a turkey wrap and eating a bowl of soup with it. Same calories, but with more volume, more varied tastes and textures, more varied nutrients. Fit protein into breakfast with an egg or some Greek yogurt.
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