Tag: counting macros

First full week on the meal plan!

I’ll admit, this week was hard. I started off really strong but then had some slips ups do to being hungry at work and being faced with about a million temptations. But I’m back on track and feeling better about it today.

Weighing my food out is definitely new to me, but its a really easy way to work on portion control. I’ve included a picture of one of my dinners and its actually a ton of food! 250g of vegetables really fills you up!

I lost about a pound in my first week on the meal plan, and my hope is that with no cheating this week, I can lose at least 2 more. I’m only 6 pounds away from my first goal, and it would be amazing to hit that number!

This week I plan on sticking to the meal plan 100%, and really hitting the gym hard. I am definitely excited to see where this goes!

Meal plan update

3 days of counting macros and I am already down 3 pounds (which I realize is probably mostly water weight). Day one I felt hungry ALL of the time. I think that was mostly mental to be honest. I am getting significantly more calories now than I was when I was on the nutrisystem plan. In the last two days I have actually found that I haven’t been able to finish my meals. I think by the end of next week I will definitely have adjusted to the plan. That being said, I work tomorrow and the next day and I’m a little nervous about that. It’s so hard to avoid all of the snacks/temptations that you deal with at the nursing station! But I will bring my own snacks and food and focus on my goals.

My goals for my first full week on the meal plan are:

  1. Lose 5 pounds (so two more to go)
  2. Drink 2L of water a day (I’ve yet to reach that goal)
  3. Go to the gym 4x this week (minimum)

Let me know what you are doing meal plan/nutrition wise! I would love to hear your input!