Thanks for the continued input, ladies!
I can see that I eat a lot of fruit and that's definitely an area I can pare down. I do tend to eat it with a source of fat and/or protein, like a banana with peanut butter or apple with greek yogurt since I realized a while back that eating fruit on its own did not fill me up and actually seemed to make me hungrier.
The major changes I made this week were:
- I tracked everything on both Etools and Spark
- I paid attention to sodium levels, as well as staying in healthy ranges for fat, fiber, protein and calories
- I weighed and measured EVERYTHING
- I only counted water as water (not crystal light, diet soda or coffee as I had been doing) and drank at least 64 oz of water everyday
I averaged about 1550 calories a day, and typically met or exceeded my DPs by a couple of points, using a little over half of my weeklies.
I went to my weekly meeting this morning and I'd lost 10 lbs, which means I probably was retaining a lot of fluid. I am now 6lbs down from my mid-November weight. What I'm really hoping is that I have broken this 2+ month plateau I've been on and that I continue a moderate downward trend from here on out - only 18 lbs to goal!
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