Today I am at 228.9 (I should say that the weigh-in the day after cheat day was 229.6 - that was pretty dramatic considering that was 1 day of eating and I did NOT gorge myself). So still headed downward. Looking forward to a day of exercise for me and the kids.
I have been busying my hands at night with crocheting - LOVE IT! Just finished a hat for June and have already started one for LoLo (see my Facebook wall for picture of the hat). That and a big mug of herbal tea is getting me through the evenings just fine. I'm not hungry at all during the day, I have to say. Most of the time I need to make myself eat. This diet that I'm on is not the kind of food that I would normally eat all the time. Maybe that's the point. The stuff I was eating all the time has a lot of sugar in it, as it turns out. Our ancestors ate when they hunted and they ate things that they found. They did not normally eat out of celebration, and when they did it was not a daily occurrence. It was something they did because they just had a successful hunt or some other significant score. Hunters and gatherers didn't have Mighty O doughnuts that they justified eating because they are vegan. They just didn't. They mostly had what I'm eating - protein and scattered veg and fruits (I am not eating the fruits at present - too much fructose). Vegan stuff still has sugar, and apparently my body is, well, like a cop in a doughnut shop when it comes to sugar. It soaks it up and turns it into fat right away and stores it away for the next Snopacalypse. Or not - maybe it just stores it away for Tuesday. Ugh.
Anyway, last night I had a garlic and olive oil seared chicken breast with sauteed Brussels sprouts and shaved garlic. It was good. It does not make me not miss the foods I used to eat, but it's a means to an end. I know there's people reading this thinking, "Diets don't work. You should just be counting calories and exercising." Those people have not had my experience. I'm doing everything I can to make this change as permanent and substantial as I possibly can. I have really struggled for three years and this so far is the only thing that has come close to working, and it is working. I'm not a nutritionist or a doctor, but I am the only expert available for my body. And this is what's working right now. I need to lose weight and I really think that what I'm doing is giving me what I need and more. I am hoping for the best of success!
That's it for now. Love to all!
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