Day to day

You're taking some great steps, Ralphie.

Now the bad news (I'm not saying to avoid Chinese food, just be aware of what's in some of it).....
A lot of Chinese food is cooked with large amounts of soy sauce, which is very high in sodium, and with MSG. There are debates over just how bad MSG really is, or really isn't. I try to avoid it regardless.

 

Damn it........ lol

 

Just get it without soy sauce, and add Bragg's at home!

 

I get massive headaches from MSG, so I avoid most Chinese food. Seriously the same sodium content? Dang.
At least I can control the amount when I add it at home. Of course, I'm not supposed to be eating soy anyway... Dang.

 

I saw quite a few articles re MSG. Apparantly the early very negative reports have been debunked to a certain degree. My guess is MSG is like anything--Use in moderation. Foods heavy with MSG do give me headaches, they start quickly, are intense, but at least they don't last very long.

We cook our Chinese dishes at home. No MSG at all, and the soy sauce is reduced sodium.

A note to Ralphie--You can ask for no MSG at most restaurants, and don't let the possibility of soy sauce (not all dishes contain that much soy sauce) stop you from enjoying the veggies.

 

Salt is my downfall. Although I have learned to manage it.




For the last few days have been okay I eat my boiled eggs for breakfast my sandwich for lunch I have a snack of some sort of nuts and I try to eat something reasonably healthy for dinner. I'm trying to make a little steps it takes a lot of little steps to get to the end so I'm hoping it will work for me

 

You might want to weigh yourself every day. It's a biofeedback thing.

If you graph it, you should also track the 7-day moving average, because day-to-day fluctuations can be huge.

 

That's why I only weigh myself once a week, the day to day fluctuation can be discouraging.

 

Weighing myself can be scary

 

Small steps are the way to go. Some people are able to dive headfirst into diet changes and exercise programs. For others small steps work best.

As I previously posted, don't let a scale be the only judge of your progress. It's handy for measuring your progress in one area, your actual weight. But it doesn't measure some of the more important factors (IMO) such as how do you feel physically & mentally, and how your clothes fit.

 

when I weigh myself, I get aggervated and then tend to want to quit. I know its not right but that's just how it makes me feel.

 

then don't weigh yourself - it is just a number.

Other indicators you could use:
a) looking slimmer
b) reduced clothing size
c) having more energy

These might be less quantifiable but should be noticable over time

 

I just posted my weight graph in the health thread. I need that kind of feedback.

My approach is to have unlimited food at breakfast, moderate lunch, and skip dinner. Or have a very minimal dinner, such as a leafy salad with only a small amount of dressing.

In effect, I set a time, which may be anything from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, and fast from then until I got to bed.

 

IMO a weight graph is very useful for maintenance once a target weight range is reached,
but weighing yourself too often early in a diet/exercise program can be counterproductive.

For someone with really bad eating habits, small steps are the way to go. Small steps won't give immediate impressive results, and that's where weighing yourself too often can lead to "I'm giving up, this isn't working." thoughts.

 

The last few days have been okay, I'm eating more nuts and fruits and vegetables and some of them are good and some of them were just playing not good but like I said before baby steps gotta start somewhere the only downfall with eating boiled eggs for breakfast as they still give me some horrendous farts and people really don't like that but I really don't care I have added toast to my breakfast lunch I try to eat something decent whether it be a salad or a small steak from then I'll go local Steakhouse during lunch it really just depends on the day I'm not noticing anything different yet but I know it will take time

 

That didn't happen to me. See my graph in the Health Club thread.
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The problem is getting myself to eat enough at breakfast. I'm trying to overcome the two-bites-okay-let's-go syndrome.

At dinner, the smell of greasy fried food (for my wife and daughter) makes me sick to my stomach. Sometimes a salad is all I can realistically get down. I am not experiencing much hunger.

Many years ago, when he was a mere lad, a friend of mine accompanied his father to the veterinarian.

The vet advised that the dog be fed twice a day.

My friend's father said, "I heard that a dog can get by on just one meal a day."

The vet said: "Sure. So could you."

My friend, who hated his father, took that remark to heart. For the next 25-plus years, he had only one meal per day.