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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
LifeStyle Change (aka Diet) Tip of the Week
We talked about doing this and some of us mentioned things that worked for us. But I thought I would do a separate post.
Two things that worked really well for me this week were:
- brushing my teeth in the afternoons. Snacks don't taste yummy after that. I bought Colgate Wisps and they are perfect! I have some in my purse and some in my desk drawer.
- Water... I had a really hard time drinking enough water b/c the water cooler was on the opposite end of the building (first world problem, I know). I got a mini water dispenser for my desk (Hello Kitty to boot) and it is 64 oz. I drink at least that every day now.
What has worked for you?
Re: LifeStyle Change (aka Diet) Tip of the Week
Having a stomach bug has been incredibly effective in curbing my appetite recently. However, I don't recommend it.
I do recommend seltzer, though. A splash of OJ makes it a refreshing and far less sweet orangia with a fraction of the calories. I get bored of plain water but I never get bored of seltzer. In fact, we have a huge CO2 tank just to keep us in supply of seltzer.
i always add a few splashes of juice - usually orange or cranberry (sometimes unsweetened) - to my water and drink it from a giant-sized starbucks mug. i usually have like 4+ of these daily. people often comment that it looks good a few people have started doing it themselves. i am very bad about drinking plain water at work if i don't do this.
i love seltzer too. i think because my grandpa loved seltzer. i like it with a splash of juice or just a lot of fresh lemon.
another seltzer tip: wine spritzers. on ww 4oz wine means two big wine spritzers!
The stomach bug really has a thing for curbing an appitite and the though of food makes me want to
(don't recommend the stomach bug)... here's what's always been a fall back for me:
I always carry sugar free gum and when I get the urge at work (boredom) to eat then I munch on a piece of gum. You'll be suprised how really not hungry you are when you have gum.
I've been having a clementine after lunch (instead of my usual mini candy bar). It's sweet enough to curb my craving and much healthier.
For water, I bring two liter Sigg bottles in every day and drink them both. I used to have a hard time getting through just one, but if it's on my desk I will drink it.
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Instead of soda I've been drinking other stuff, chai, tea (hot and cold), and hot chocolate. I'm going to try a month of no soda and see how it goes. We have a Kuerig at work and I bought myself some Kcups and hot beverage cups so I could use it!
I'm also waking up earlier so I can put together a breakfast and lunch for myself.
I don't have any good tips I've used this week specifically. But a general one I use to lighten up recipes is to half the protein and double the veggies. Also, cookinglight.com has become my best friend.
Oooh, I thought of one for the WW girls -- the scanner app is out and it's awesome! It doesn't have Trader Joe's products (booooo) but it does have my Wegmans products (yay! those aren't on the website's listings so I was surprised the products worked on the scanner!).
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