Re: Re: Starting out and need some tips

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Feel free to peruse my blog http://payingourway.blogspot.com/

I often post meal plans and recipes for the week that our family is using.

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> Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I'm realizing part of my problem is

> not making sure I have " me " time to focus on things, so that'll be priority

> number one. Hopefully that will give me more time to plan meals/snacks

> (dividing portion sizes into easy to grab bags, etc.) when I'm calm so I

> have an easy thing to turn to if I get into the overly hungry panic mode.

> Lately I've been making sure there's a bowl of ready-to-eat fruit (bananas,

> apples, grapes) sitting out everyday so I'm more likely to grab those as a

> snack and it seems to be helping.

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> Molly, that " better than chicken " salad sounds tasty... I'll have to try

> it! My son turns 2 in less than a week and I'm a stay-at-home mom as well,

> so I'm sure you completely understand the need to juggle things. Good for

> you on losing all that weight, by the way! I may ask for some of your meal

> plan ideas in the future since I'm trying to reorganize our eating habits

> at home so we aren't eating out so much. It's slow going right now because

> we're so busy all the time, but I'm making baby steps. I keep telling

> myself baby steps are still progress.

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> Thanks again for the suggestions to get me started, everyone!

> =)

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> > > SC:

> > > I gave this same advice to and I think it applies to you,

> also:

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> > > Have you tried Ritual Eating - Making a positive event out of each

> meal?

> > > You deserve to feed your body with good, healthy food in appropriate

> amounts and

> > > at scheduled times throughout the day, to fuel your activities and

> thoughts.

> > > You are worthy of the break and of the nourishment.

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> > > b.

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> > > ________________________________

> > > From: laughingdogmom <lyreahn@>

> > > To: insideoutweightloss

> > > Sent: Thu, February 9, 2012 6:00:37 PM

> > > Subject: Starting out and need some tips

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> > > Â

> > > I just started reading Full-Filled and am dedicated to digging into

> the core of

> > > the issues I face, but I'm struggling to find time to focus on it

> while chasing

> > > my toddler around all day. Does anyone have any tips on how to fit in

> some " me "

> > > time to work on things?

> > >

> > > My other huge problem is that I have a hard time eating on a regular

> enough

> > > basis to avoid getting overly hungry (then I OVEReat when I get food).

> Some days

> > > I live on string cheese and almonds because I feel like I don't have

> time to

> > > stop and focus on making any other healthy choices. Any suggestions on

> easy,

> > > quick, healthy snacks/mini-meals that could be grabbed on the go?

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> > > I'm sure I'll eventually figure out what works for me, but having some

> ideas to

> > > start with from others who have tried it would really help.

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> > > Thanks!

> > > SC

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