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texaslil wrote:Breakfast is on auto pilot with my 50/50 plate of veggies (usually broccoli or brussel sprouts) and oatmeal topped w/banana and grapes, I look forward to this every day and love it. I am so full from this meal, eaten around noon, that I don't usually feel like snacking in between that and dinner. Dinner is where it all goes south. This is a shared meal with my family and I have been trying to make some of our usual wfpb meals that sometimes call for the optional avocado/tofu/cashews and I just haven't had the will power to serve this to my family and not partake myself. So, as I've known for a while I need to work on eliminating these things from my household, but I'm still worried of 'depriving' my kids of the good fats.. should I be worried about this??
CindyD wrote:texaslil wrote:
Hi texaslil! Is there a reason you are only doing two meals a day? I can only speak for myself of course, but I have never done any kind of intermittent fasting or limited meals, and that hasn't affected my weight loss or plan compliance, and it's not actually part of the MWL, so I wonder if you feel it's necessary when maybe it isn't? I wonder if you are so tempted by the dinner foods because you are hungrier than you need to be? What if you had a small lunch, or heck even a small bowl of oatmeal and fruit before you start cooking, or something along those lines?
Just a thought! Good luck this week, whatever you decide!
Mark Cooper wrote:
texaslil - That is real progress! The time spent clearly considering the challenges you've been facing seems well-applied. Are there any of those higher fat plant foods that your family enjoys, but are not to your liking? Could you make a MWL adherent supper dish with more calorie rich add-ins for you family? Would it help to only purchase those foods in smaller quantities and keep them segregated so you feel less tempted? Here is an informative newsletter article from Dr. McDougall discussing Diet, Children, and the Future.
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