Do y'all have snacks/all food planned out for the day? Like breakfast would be oatmeal with apples, snack at 10 would be almonds, etc etc. Or do you wing it based on what's available?

I plan it, down to snacks. It’s helped me lose weight and keep it off even though I’m working from my kitchen. It’s also nice to not have to think about what to eat during the day and just grab whatever’s on the plan as I have breaks.

Wing it

Breakfast is usually oatmeal or a smoothie. Lunch is usually leftovers. Dinner. I go shopping every couple of weeks based on a few recipes I selected. I leave the recipes out and plan the ones I think I'll cook for the next few days. Usually based on when the ingredients will go bad. Sometimes I swap things around if I'm not in the mood or only have time for a quicker recipe.

Breakfast is the same everyday. Greek yogurt and granola. Lunch- eat something so I can push a 60min orange theory workout. Dinner what ever is in the fridge I can whip together

I wing my entire day based on when I have a second to breath between meetings, which is never consistent. This made me gain weight

I have lost 30+ lbs during the pandemic. What worked for me? 1) tracking and planning my food 2) decreasing eating fast food 3) some increased exercise. By far #1 helped the most. I pop my food for the day in my tracking app in the am. Harder for me to stray to super bad stuff than it is on the days when I wing it. I also still eat some fast food, I just track it so I balance out my other meals with it. Besides weight loss, I feel more in control of my day overall, even super stressful ones, and more mindful about what I am using as fuel for the day.

Planned since I’m in weightloss mode

I feel so much better when I plan it out and don’t have to think about what to eat when I’m hungry. But sometimes I get lazy about my Sunday meal planning and grocery shopping so my meals for the week are less than stellar. Definitely recommend planning!

I keep two to three options for each meal type and a variety of snacks. Each week I also make sure i have in my kitchen: bread or bagels/cream cheese, a few Trader Joe’s frozen meals, oatmeal, hummus and carrots. I don’t want to think about it during the week but also need variety beyond what I meal prep.

I try to eat low carb and I only track my carbs / plan out the whole day if I’m planning on eating something that might put me over my carb limit. It’s a sad reality but if I want to eat half of a sweet potato on any given day the rest of my meals / snacks are planned out to accommodate those extra carbs