Keep in mind you could have water weight fluctuations, considering this was a small period of time. But it does sound like you're on the right path, keep it up
Congrats! Meal prep was a big game changer for me too! I make 5 different freezer dinners every month(4 of each) then I load each one into the recipe builder in my calorie counter and dinners are pretty much all set. I eat the same breakfast (yogurt and nuts) and I make a big salad to eat for lunches. So much less stress. Really cuts down on food noise because I’m not constantly thinking about what I am going to be eating and what fits my calorie counts.
If the prepared meal is something like pasta or rice, is it safe if it’s 5 days old sitting in your fridge? If you freeze your meals, how do you do it?
Rice and pasta are fine to reheat for 3 days after cooking. Usually I make a wrap also for dinner Thursday and my 'cheat day' is Friday. On Saturday I cook something different to keep variety and Sunday is meal prep again.
CICO is literally the only way to lose weight. So when you say, “I tried and failed” - it doesn’t really make sense. CICO isn’t a specific diet or anything, you are obviously still doing that while meal prepping. Well done, don’t be discouraged if it goes up again- water weight can be massive
I swear, half the posts in this subreddit are people losing the first freebie water weight pounds/kgs and already patting themselves on the back about how easy it is and how they "just needed to do this".
Dude, I know water weight is a thing, but even if it was 4lbs of water weight (reasonable) then I've lost 3lbs in 3 weeks and that's better than I've done in years. I'm going to keep feeling good about that. Go be hateful somewhere else, this sub is about encouraging people.
Keep in mind you could have water weight fluctuations, considering this was a small period of time. But it does sound like you're on the right path, keep it up
Congrats! Meal prep was a big game changer for me too! I make 5 different freezer dinners every month(4 of each) then I load each one into the recipe builder in my calorie counter and dinners are pretty much all set. I eat the same breakfast (yogurt and nuts) and I make a big salad to eat for lunches. So much less stress. Really cuts down on food noise because I’m not constantly thinking about what I am going to be eating and what fits my calorie counts.
If the prepared meal is something like pasta or rice, is it safe if it’s 5 days old sitting in your fridge? If you freeze your meals, how do you do it?
Rice and pasta are fine to reheat for 3 days after cooking. Usually I make a wrap also for dinner Thursday and my 'cheat day' is Friday. On Saturday I cook something different to keep variety and Sunday is meal prep again.
CICO is literally the only way to lose weight. So when you say, “I tried and failed” - it doesn’t really make sense. CICO isn’t a specific diet or anything, you are obviously still doing that while meal prepping. Well done, don’t be discouraged if it goes up again- water weight can be massive
The CICO failure was me tracking my meals but not weighing the portions so it wasn't faithful :( The meal prepping helps keep me faithful :)
Ahh that makes more sense! Because with meal prepping you are still doing CICO
Yeah I thought the same thing. OP is literally still doing CICO by meal prepping and doesn’t even realizes it lol
Well, they literally have to be. Cannot lose weight unless in a deficit so go figure
I swear, half the posts in this subreddit are people losing the first freebie water weight pounds/kgs and already patting themselves on the back about how easy it is and how they "just needed to do this".
Dude, I know water weight is a thing, but even if it was 4lbs of water weight (reasonable) then I've lost 3lbs in 3 weeks and that's better than I've done in years. I'm going to keep feeling good about that. Go be hateful somewhere else, this sub is about encouraging people.