Have any good food tips/tricks to share?

My friend and I were talking yesterday about some of the food habits and tricks we’ve adopted on our weight loss journey (she’s down 25 and I’m down 36 since August). I thought it’d be cool to see what others find helpful and share what works for us too. I find this stuff keeps me from binging or just throwing in the towel when the cravings hit. It’s not anything revolutionary, but every little bit helps right?

• I used to have a huge fast food habit. I rarely eat it anymore, but if I have to have it, it has to be a kids meal. I get my fix and still stay in my calorie budget guilt free.
• if I don’t love it, it’s not worth it. Our work Christmas dinner buffet was this week. In the past I would’ve just cleaned my plate no matter what I put on it. Now I’m actually considering the taste of everything on my plate. If it’s just meh, I don’t eat any more. Life’s too short for blah food.
• instead of our old post drinks calorie fests (pizza or burgers) we plan ahead and have low calorie options like shrimp cocktail on hand for any post drink munchies. Drinks are planned ahead and fit into the calorie budget.
• Soups are awesome at filling you up for less calories. I try to get a low calorie soup as a side (instead of my old chips or fries) or make it my meal at restaurants.
• mushrooms are so low in calories and super filling. I try to work them in wherever I can (stir frys, as a side, in a dish, etc).
• graham crackers are great to have in the pantry as a go-to sweet fix. They’re delicious, filling and fairly low calorie.
• my friend and I allow ourselves chocolate every day. We have to take the stairs to the downstairs lobby at work and we’re allowed two chocolate kisses from the receptionist. We must take the stairs back up! We savor every bite and look forward to it at the end of the day.
• my friend loves milkshakes, specifically peanut butter ones. But a medium peanut butter shake has 300 calories more than a vanilla shake! She gets vanilla and mixes a bit of PB2 into it and swears she can’t taste the difference.

Got any helpful food tricks to help stay on track?

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