For me, pre-planning what I’m going to eat each day is the only way I can reliably lose weight. I plan my calories using the Lose It iPhone app (also available on Android), and without that help I wouldn’t be successful. Below you can see how I essentially snack all day long. (Recipes included!)
In addition to Lose It for daily calorie planning, I use the Plan to Eat website (that link gets you 20% off) for recipe filing, meal planning, and grocery lists. (More about how I use Plan to Eat…)
Using these two tools allows me to easily put into Lose It what I’ll be eating that day. Since I prefer eating the same thing most days, the only change I need to account for is dinner and dessert. And I have dessert every day!
6:15 am
2 cups of coffee (one regular and one decaf) with non-fat milk.
9:30 am
My delicious and simple weight loss smoothie.
11:30 am
A bowl of my easy-to-prepare pudding.
1:30 pm
My low-calorie egg salad and a slice of toasted keto bread.
3:30 pm
Another bowl of delicious, filling pudding. Maybe this time it will be peanut butter flavor!
6:00 pm – Dinner and Dessert!
My secret weapon: When I plan my day in the morning, I plug in that night’s dinner selection first. Then I add everything but dessert to see how many calories I have remaining. That way I can adjust what I plan to eat during the day and ensure I have enough calories left for dessert!
I get really hungry in the evening, so I save most (about 40%) of my calories for dinner and dessert. I eat enough during the day where I almost never feel hungry, but I don’t splurge there. For dinner and dessert, however, I need to eat enough to really feel full.
Do you plan out your calories? What’s your strategy? I’m curious to hear about it!
