Diario de CuriousCD, 23 jul. 14

Definitely not! 

So that's the history....what's the future? IMO it really helps to plan what you're going to have and to have it ready. It would be TREMENDOUS to look at your diet for the day and see some skinless broiled chicken, some veggies, some fruit and some whole grains ;-)  

Lunch was much better though. Tilapia and a spicy Asian salad. I do need to plan ahead. 

YEAH for improvement ;-) Few of us are ever going to be 100% perfect every day. But making better choices with every meal and snack gets you closer to where you want to be. Congrats on a yummy sounding lunch. Next step....dinner ;-) 

thanks for being a strong supporter ;) 

I find that if I sit down before bed and go to food and think about what you are going to eat in the morning , then do lunch and dinner. Even if you change it a little bit you will know how close you are to your numbers on calories and carbs and are more prone to stick to it. Then I go back and change what ever I need to change.  

Ditto to what Sandy said 100% If I start with at least a basic idea, I can tweak what and when I eat as the day goes on. If I don't have anything planned though, I can easily go off the rails. You've got this Curious! We all had a start day and we learn from each other here. I'm inspired by posters and learn new things here every day! 

Sandycatiller are you saying to input your lunch and dinner into the food log beforehand (before eating it), then come back to it later to adjust? Sometimes, I don't know what I am going to eat yet, but I will definitely plan meals ahead of time. Right now, I'm chopping/slicing zucchini, cauliflower, carrots and thawing out my tilapia for tomorrow. 

Ok, are we planning what we will have tomorrow? Planning is EVERYTHING!!! 

Yes , I sit down and say OK I can have 1200 calories and up to 50 carbs. I say to myself what foods can I eat to fill those numbers. I try to choose low glycemic foods. If after I have planned my three meals I have some leftover calories, I plan my snacks for the evening. I also take into consideration what I am fixing my family ,so I can enjoy it with them ,just by changing my portion up a bit. If you can go and see my food plan ,you are welcome to try my foods. I do not eat bread, cereals , grits, cream of wheat. I eat mostly liquid eggs ,turkey bacon,cottage cheese,berries, 99% ham slice . 

Beware of some foods that say they are good for you. What is good for one is not good for another. Like with me I tried to incorporate beans and nuts into my plan , if I eat those my Blood Sugar hits the ceiling ,it also has a lot of carbs when you are only suppose to have 50 carbs a day . So depending on your health and reasons for losing take in to consideration when choosing these foods. READ READ Labels 

I need some studying to do! Thanks for all of your great advice. I'm really happy to find this site and I am learning a lot on my first day. I need to be really serious to succeed because it is a big challenge. 

Oh girl have I been studying. I feel the need to know what makes me tick and what is going to make me healthier. There are so many great web sites ,you can't believe everything you read, but I have learned how to detect the ones that want to sell something and stay clear from them. This may sound funny but when I think of all the bad food I have put in my body ,I was just a trash can. I don't want to be a trash can anymore, I want to try and get healthy again. So I look at it like this,if I continue to eat the right foods,even if I don't lose a bunch of weight and my body gets healthy,I will be OK with that,but I do want to lose at least 60 pounds and I will in time.  

Yes, you will Sandycatiller!! I know there are so many things out there that are misleading. I don't know what's good anymore. Even when I eat fruit or vegetables, how clean is it? If it's not organic or sustainable it's bad for me? I incorporate a lot of good healthy foods into my diet, but I also add in some bad and eat too much of it. Cooking was my favorite hobby, now not so much. But I am so happy to be here and I've been reading a lot of posts and it does help me a lot. It keeps me in control of myself and tells me that others have been on the same road. I've been adding buddies left and right..when I can. I hope they don't find it weird that they don't really know me.