Realizations...

Even though I've been using my MyFitnessPal app to count calories etc, I haven't really been keeping as much of an eye on that as I should have.  Today I had a super filling breakfast, a lunch that was delicious, and I feel confident that I'm going to be full till supper easy.  I know you're supposed to eat 5-6 small meals, but I'm content starting with eating 3 good meals.



My breakfast was homemade muesli (a delicious mess of rolled oats and spelt, toasted wheat germ, wheat and spelt bran, rasins, currants, dried cranberries, walnuts, sliced almonds, sliced filberts, and ground flaxseed) that was soaked overnight in (no sugar added) apple juice.  Using juice makes for waaaaaaayyyyyy yummier muesli than milk or yogurt, in my opinion.  I had 1/2 cup of that mixed with 2tbsp of peanut butter and 1/2 scoop of chocolate protein powder.  Next time I think I'll use non-fat vanilla greek yogurt instead of peanut butter, it was a little too gluey.  But oh my stars, was it ever delicious!

For lunch I had 50g of chopped spinach and 1/2 can of tuna dressed with a little olive oil, balsamic vinegar and seasonings and a side of 1/2 cup of quinoa (who decided it was pronounced keen-wa? confuses the crap outta me!) that I threw a little soy sauce and pepper in.  I was originally gonna mix it all together, but I had 10 minutes while the quinoa was cooking and I ate my spinach and tuna.  I was hungry, I had just worked out!
And I drank my tea that I made this morning and then forgot about.  Before working out I threw it in the fridge.  Boom, iced tea.  (Tetley Earl Grey Vanilla; it tastes like a London Fog without any calories!)

I'm a hardcore quinoa convert.  Not quite the same starchy satisfaction as good ol' white basmati rice, but still pretty darn close, and delicious to boot.

No idea what I'm gonna do for supper, but I'm thinking something along the lines of chicken and broccoli.  Woot!

My calorie goal on MyFitnessPal is set at 1200 cals, that's for 2 pounds a week loss, not counting exercise.  If I do my TurboFire, I can put it in and it says I earned x number of calories.  I'm unsure about that though, because after some fiddling with a Basal Metabolic Rate Calculator, I'm wondering if that's too low for any weight loss?  Hmmmm, more research is needed!  Thank goodness for message boards! Ha ha ha.

As for weight and measurement tracking, make sure for measurements that you are measuring at the same point each time.  No sense in measuring your thigh if you measure right up by your crotch one time and down by your knee the next.
For weight, always weigh yourself at the same time of the day wearing the same kind of clothing.  If you weigh yourself in your underwear before breakfast on Monday and fully dressed after supper on Tuesday, you are going to feel like a pile of crap because you are probably weighing in at 5lbs heavier at least.  Did you know that a pair of jeans weighs around.2 pounds? I found that out while I was working at LA Weightloss.  Someone brought it up, and a client was like "Let's find out!" and whipped off her pants and threw them on the scale.  Sure enough, something like 1.8 pounds.  I weighed myself wearing my sweatpants and after taking off my sweatpants yesterday, and it was 178.4lbs vs 177.4lbs. A pound of sweatpants!  (Sidenote, 5 pounds down!!!!!!!)
That's why on The Biggest Loser they are always wearing the same shorts and top.  To get accurate measurements.
Food for thought.