Weight that is. Managed to lose everything I gained through my eat fest of loading. I am still not back to LDW which is 1 lb away, or even my lowest weight which is 2 lbs below that, I cheated terribly mid-round last time and though I dropped low I couldn't maintain it because of the cheating. I am better prepared this time. Both in knowing when to stop, and in hopefully not cheating!
I am hungry, but I know that's just because it's the first few days, and I probably didn't eat enough loading as I never got to that stuffed full place because I was sick. Oh well... I am sure I'll manage!
I talked to a friend I haven't talked to in ages and told her what I'm doing, turns out she tried last year in the fall and had a bad reaction, really low blood pressure and then lots of hair loss. She has tried so many things to lose weight, she went to Mexico to get lap band surgery... which she had to have reversed because it made her so ill. I can't imagine all she's been through and she hates herself for her weight, going back to her mother putting her in weight watchers at a very young age. I don't think I am quite that bad, I don't hate myself I just hate the health issues I'm in line to get. That worries me so I'm doing something about it.
I have tried lots of diets and the traditional exercise more, eat less calories in/out theory. None of it worked well enough for me to stick to it. This I know works, and is fast enough that I can stick to it for the 6 weeks I need to. I am hoping that I will be able to get to my end goal with this round, but may need to cycle a bit. We'll see how it goes I guess.
I think part of my issue now is anger, I am mad at the health care and doctors who promote these ideas of eat whole grains, eat lots of carbs, eat low fat, and knowing the research that was done, which doesn't support that theory, I get angry. How can we as a population be so deceived? It doesn't seem right and it makes me question so much about what we are told. I am worried about my son, he is only 2 and has his whole life ahead of him, I do not want him battling these same issues as he gets older, so how do I prevent it? I have been so indoctrinated with the low fat, high carb lifestyle that I am finding it hard to let go of that. He is a little kid, he doesn't really get a say. I know he loves his pasta, and other starches, how do I change that now?
I am angry at the conventional advice for weaning babies too, do you think they had purees in paleo times? No, babies went from mother's milk to food. I did do some of that in going with baby led weaning, he ate what I did, but it seems to have faltered somewhere along the way, and he now eats the same crap that I do. I wasn't able to hold my diet to a better standard, partly because of faulty advice from the diet community, and partly because of my own issues. So now I have this guilt over the way he's starting, and I need to fix it.
This weight loss journey is proving difficult, not because of the weight loss, but because of what I am learning, and how much it means. I know that in these losing days I need to be setting my habits up to continue to do things like make meals, plan meals, shop smart, and feed my son well. So it's about more than just eating few calories or taking some magic drops. This is my life and I am reclaiming it.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Begin again
Today is VLCD 1. And I'm kind of hungry, trying to eat only when I am hungry and just until the hunger is gone. Problem of course is that I get hungrier when I stop eating, which is weird, but I think I am normally like that so it's not a big deal. I hope to wake up a couple pounds lighter, at least the "loading weight" I put on yesterday. I don't think I loaded as well as I should have, it seems something always happens so I don't do as much as I could. But hopefully it was enough, or I'll end up not doing very well at all. My goal this round is 145. I'd obviously like to get lower but we'll see what happens.
Today I ate more than 500 calories, I added a protein shake to my morning as "breakfast" and that put me at 650 calories today. I'm not too concerned about that, and will likely have the same thing most mornings especially is I am hungry in the morning. Better than getting a donut or pastry at work.
I am eager to get the weight off, and get to maintenance again, and to not have to do any more rounds, though that remains to be seen of course. I am motivated to do this, and to lose the weight for sure. I am reading a lot about wheat, gluten, carbs, hunger and low carb diets. Decoding the science underlying it all, and finding it interesting that the same basic principals mean different things depending on who is writing about them. That is why I say I'm decoding it. I am trying to put it all together in a way that makes sense and that I can live with. I get eating only when hungry, my problem is normally that I am always hungry. But I also eat too much, even of good things, especially when I am enjoying it.
Many years ago I saw a nutritionist to help me lose weight, it didn't help but I remember telling her I'd had a bunch of asparagus for supper, like a lot, and her telling me just because it was good, and good for me, doesn't mean I should over eat it. That's about all I got out of my sessions with her. I do tend to do that, even with things that are good for me, like asparagus, but also with chips and french fries, pizza. Oh pizza. It is remarkable to me that I can overeat on healthy things, but I know it's true.
I will be reading more over my P2, and trying to figure out what it all means, and means to me. I am determined to make my life healthy, and my son's life healthy. If that means giving up bread and pasta, rice and chips, well then so be it. I am hoping that I will discover we can both have these things on occasion, not necessarily weekly but hopefully biweekly. I do want to set us up so that he grows up healthy and I maintain without too much effort. We'll see how it goes but I am determined to make this work.
Today I ate more than 500 calories, I added a protein shake to my morning as "breakfast" and that put me at 650 calories today. I'm not too concerned about that, and will likely have the same thing most mornings especially is I am hungry in the morning. Better than getting a donut or pastry at work.
I am eager to get the weight off, and get to maintenance again, and to not have to do any more rounds, though that remains to be seen of course. I am motivated to do this, and to lose the weight for sure. I am reading a lot about wheat, gluten, carbs, hunger and low carb diets. Decoding the science underlying it all, and finding it interesting that the same basic principals mean different things depending on who is writing about them. That is why I say I'm decoding it. I am trying to put it all together in a way that makes sense and that I can live with. I get eating only when hungry, my problem is normally that I am always hungry. But I also eat too much, even of good things, especially when I am enjoying it.
Many years ago I saw a nutritionist to help me lose weight, it didn't help but I remember telling her I'd had a bunch of asparagus for supper, like a lot, and her telling me just because it was good, and good for me, doesn't mean I should over eat it. That's about all I got out of my sessions with her. I do tend to do that, even with things that are good for me, like asparagus, but also with chips and french fries, pizza. Oh pizza. It is remarkable to me that I can overeat on healthy things, but I know it's true.
I will be reading more over my P2, and trying to figure out what it all means, and means to me. I am determined to make my life healthy, and my son's life healthy. If that means giving up bread and pasta, rice and chips, well then so be it. I am hoping that I will discover we can both have these things on occasion, not necessarily weekly but hopefully biweekly. I do want to set us up so that he grows up healthy and I maintain without too much effort. We'll see how it goes but I am determined to make this work.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Loading, and being sick
I started loading today and it is not as easy as I had thought it would be. But I'm also sick. About half way through the day my nose, throat and all the usual cold symptoms showed up, I feel horrible and should probably be in bed. I will be staying home from work tomorrow and hopefully feeling better before the weekend since of course I have my kiddo to look after and whether he's sick or not he'll have lots of energy.
I am full at least, and have eaten quite a bit, I have had cake, pizza, bacon, chips, many things. I feel a bit ill from all of that too, so it's not really a great day lol. But I am determined to do this and feel like I can get to a good place before my mini vacation. Obviously I didn't go running today, which is fine, I'll get there again.
All this food is sure to get my a big number on the scale tomorrow but I will try to remember that it's for a good reason and will come off soon. Sunday will be my first VLCD so Monday morning I should wake up to a nice loss and be motivated to keep going even at work. I guess no more big coffee's at work. How sad... However, I will hopefully be able to get some McDonald's dinner and maybe even breakfast this weekend. It should all be good, and I also hope to have some nachos! Mmm nachos.
There are a few things I will miss in P2 but it's temporary, just until around Mother's Day this round, hopefully I'll lose what I want in that time but I am resigned to a round 3. I don't really believe I can lose even with just a no carb diet, HCG is the only thing I've been able to stick to and see a loss with... so I will keep at that. And rely on it to get me where I want to be. It works.
I am full at least, and have eaten quite a bit, I have had cake, pizza, bacon, chips, many things. I feel a bit ill from all of that too, so it's not really a great day lol. But I am determined to do this and feel like I can get to a good place before my mini vacation. Obviously I didn't go running today, which is fine, I'll get there again.
All this food is sure to get my a big number on the scale tomorrow but I will try to remember that it's for a good reason and will come off soon. Sunday will be my first VLCD so Monday morning I should wake up to a nice loss and be motivated to keep going even at work. I guess no more big coffee's at work. How sad... However, I will hopefully be able to get some McDonald's dinner and maybe even breakfast this weekend. It should all be good, and I also hope to have some nachos! Mmm nachos.
There are a few things I will miss in P2 but it's temporary, just until around Mother's Day this round, hopefully I'll lose what I want in that time but I am resigned to a round 3. I don't really believe I can lose even with just a no carb diet, HCG is the only thing I've been able to stick to and see a loss with... so I will keep at that. And rely on it to get me where I want to be. It works.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Post 50, Hmm
This is my 50th post on this blog. I have been feeling like it's time to get going again. I maintained well in P3, ending at 1lb over my last dose weight, and have been staying there the past few days as well. I am eager to lose more. I had originally not wanted to be in P2 or on a PI at Easter because of going to visit my parents. However, they are doing a low carb diet, so that fits with a PI, and if I happen to have an Easter egg or two... well I think I can handle that. Looking at my schedule I am going to start loading tomorrow, and go with it. I believe I'm ovulating which explains why I am hungry, so a good time to load lol. Plus I may loose another 5 to 10 lbs before Easter, which would be very nice before seeing my parents again too. So tomorrow I pop on a patch and eat like a pig. Easy peasy.
I do plan to keep exercising, and start the couch to 5k training while in P2, which is probably against the rules, but I feel better doing that. I may have a protein shake for breakfast in order to keep up the exercise and add in the protein I'll need to do a good job with it.
I have been reading Why We Get Fat, which is all about carbs and the folly of the low fat, high carb, more out than in diets, and it's interesting. I know when I get to where I want to get too I will need to limit my carbs, for the rest of my life, however, I think I can live with that, if I eat pizza one day it means the next I have to make up for it. That is doable to me, and I cannot see giving up entirely everything that I love, but can see having pasta or rice once a week instead of daily, and using bread, potatoes and sugar as treats instead of daily necessities.
The book goes into detail about how exercise doesn't really do much, but I do think it helps to shape the body we have, I mean it builds muscle after all and that is something I want to do, so I will keep it up, and use the dvd's I have to keep myself in the shape I want. I am hopeful that it will also help me increase my energy and be able to keep up with my kid (and hopefully kids in future). I find the theory interesting, especially having lived P3 to maintain for a few weeks. I know that I can do it, though it is not easy, and certainly there are things I missed that I did have on occasion, but say that I could recover from it with ease. Or relative ease any way.
So tomorrow I put a patch on and Monday morning I should wake up lighter than I have been. Happy day. If I can get to healthy this round, by May 9th, I will be thrilled and possibly done. I can do a round after that of course but getting to healthy and perhaps a bit into it is the goal. The only real goal, clothes are the bonus that comes with it. I will do it and I can do it, though I know it won't be easy, I can certainly enjoy it. And see that it's short term, 6 weeks. Voila.
I do plan to keep exercising, and start the couch to 5k training while in P2, which is probably against the rules, but I feel better doing that. I may have a protein shake for breakfast in order to keep up the exercise and add in the protein I'll need to do a good job with it.
I have been reading Why We Get Fat, which is all about carbs and the folly of the low fat, high carb, more out than in diets, and it's interesting. I know when I get to where I want to get too I will need to limit my carbs, for the rest of my life, however, I think I can live with that, if I eat pizza one day it means the next I have to make up for it. That is doable to me, and I cannot see giving up entirely everything that I love, but can see having pasta or rice once a week instead of daily, and using bread, potatoes and sugar as treats instead of daily necessities.
The book goes into detail about how exercise doesn't really do much, but I do think it helps to shape the body we have, I mean it builds muscle after all and that is something I want to do, so I will keep it up, and use the dvd's I have to keep myself in the shape I want. I am hopeful that it will also help me increase my energy and be able to keep up with my kid (and hopefully kids in future). I find the theory interesting, especially having lived P3 to maintain for a few weeks. I know that I can do it, though it is not easy, and certainly there are things I missed that I did have on occasion, but say that I could recover from it with ease. Or relative ease any way.
So tomorrow I put a patch on and Monday morning I should wake up lighter than I have been. Happy day. If I can get to healthy this round, by May 9th, I will be thrilled and possibly done. I can do a round after that of course but getting to healthy and perhaps a bit into it is the goal. The only real goal, clothes are the bonus that comes with it. I will do it and I can do it, though I know it won't be easy, I can certainly enjoy it. And see that it's short term, 6 weeks. Voila.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Last day of P3
Today is my last day of P3, and I am at 1 lb above my last drop weight, so not too shabby! I am hoping to lose 3 or 4 pounds while in P4 but am not going to stress over that, I'll keep doing what I've been doing but will try and decrease my portions a bit and increase my exercise. The weather promises to be quite nice, if not a little too warm for March, this week, so I should be able to get out for a walk/run everyday. At least that's the plan.
I have a coffee cake in the oven and it smells so good! It's a different one from the last because I didn't have the right ingredients for that one, so this one is a cinnamon one and I'm sure it will be very tasty. I can't wait for it to be ready to eat mmm.
My parent's are doing a low carb diet so when I am down there for Easter at the end of my P4 I'll be doing that as well, kind of like in P3. I will be loading when I get back and back on P2 then. I am eager to lose more, and am hoping this break has reset my motivation to keep going and stick to the plan properly. I will be prepared, I'll do some cooking before we go down to my parent's so that everything is ready when I start. I am also looking forward to loading :-) There are a few things I haven't really had since I started, even though I have cheated, so I look forward to eating chips, and having some chocolate, pizza and burgers. Fish and chips, nachos! I have big plans lol. Hopefully my son goes along with it.
I plan to get to healthy during my next round, that is 25 lbs or so from where I am now. Of course I'd love to get a bit into healthy to give me some wiggle room, but I will be happy at healthy. People who haven't seen me in awhile have commented that I have lost a lot of weight, and when I tell them I want to lose 40 more, they say I'll be skin and bones, things like that. It's kind of funny. I don't see myself that way at all, I still see myself as I was 20, even 40 pounds ago. I know I have lost, my clothes fit differently, and I look better in stuff that I used to wear, somethings are just too big. But in the mirror, I still see my belly and flabby arms and everything else all wibbly wobbly. So I know I have a long way to go, I guess I am just good at disguising it all? Who knows.
Cake smells almost done so I'm off to try it out. I'll let it cool a little maybe :-)
I have a coffee cake in the oven and it smells so good! It's a different one from the last because I didn't have the right ingredients for that one, so this one is a cinnamon one and I'm sure it will be very tasty. I can't wait for it to be ready to eat mmm.
My parent's are doing a low carb diet so when I am down there for Easter at the end of my P4 I'll be doing that as well, kind of like in P3. I will be loading when I get back and back on P2 then. I am eager to lose more, and am hoping this break has reset my motivation to keep going and stick to the plan properly. I will be prepared, I'll do some cooking before we go down to my parent's so that everything is ready when I start. I am also looking forward to loading :-) There are a few things I haven't really had since I started, even though I have cheated, so I look forward to eating chips, and having some chocolate, pizza and burgers. Fish and chips, nachos! I have big plans lol. Hopefully my son goes along with it.
I plan to get to healthy during my next round, that is 25 lbs or so from where I am now. Of course I'd love to get a bit into healthy to give me some wiggle room, but I will be happy at healthy. People who haven't seen me in awhile have commented that I have lost a lot of weight, and when I tell them I want to lose 40 more, they say I'll be skin and bones, things like that. It's kind of funny. I don't see myself that way at all, I still see myself as I was 20, even 40 pounds ago. I know I have lost, my clothes fit differently, and I look better in stuff that I used to wear, somethings are just too big. But in the mirror, I still see my belly and flabby arms and everything else all wibbly wobbly. So I know I have a long way to go, I guess I am just good at disguising it all? Who knows.
Cake smells almost done so I'm off to try it out. I'll let it cool a little maybe :-)
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Spring! maybe
The weather today is fabulous! Was fabulous I guess since it's dark out now and the day is pretty much done. I played hooky from work... and really enjoyed it. The past month at work has been a bit stressful for me, I've made a few decisions about which position to take, who to work with, and then things really hit the fan yesterday, with blame falling on me for someone else's mistakes. So I stayed home. I went out and bought some more almond flour, and some psyllium to make some wraps with. I also got some new running shoes that I hope work out for me. And then I took the dog for a nice walk. He pulled a lot but he was rather excited to get out, and it must have done him some good as he's now sleeping belly up on the couch snoring... Which is what I am tempted to be doing too. I also read a book!
My kid was pretty fun this evening too, he's so adorable I can barely stand it lol. And we ate a horrible dinner of junk food, that we both enjoyed. Then I did my workout after he went to bed. And voila! Day is done. I am glad the weather is finally nice, it looks like it's going to cool off a bit again but then be nice by Sunday. My dog will be happy to get out, I think my son will as well. I might have found room in the garage for the stroller, but I don't think I'll be able to get it in and out with the car in there too, but we'll see how it goes. At least it will be out of the hallway!
Any way. Things are going well still, P3 is fabulous lol, though I think with all my cheats I'm a little more P4, but stable nonetheless. I like that. It still amazes me that this plan works, and I can't wait to get to it again. I am determined to be healthy before summer! Whether I will have to do another round after that is still debatable, but I am up for anything.
My kid was pretty fun this evening too, he's so adorable I can barely stand it lol. And we ate a horrible dinner of junk food, that we both enjoyed. Then I did my workout after he went to bed. And voila! Day is done. I am glad the weather is finally nice, it looks like it's going to cool off a bit again but then be nice by Sunday. My dog will be happy to get out, I think my son will as well. I might have found room in the garage for the stroller, but I don't think I'll be able to get it in and out with the car in there too, but we'll see how it goes. At least it will be out of the hallway!
Any way. Things are going well still, P3 is fabulous lol, though I think with all my cheats I'm a little more P4, but stable nonetheless. I like that. It still amazes me that this plan works, and I can't wait to get to it again. I am determined to be healthy before summer! Whether I will have to do another round after that is still debatable, but I am up for anything.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Coffee Cake
Did another workout, and it was good, covers everything in 20 minutes. Not the best I'm sure but it's enough and feel effective to me. Especially since I haven't worked out in quite awhile, and am just getting back to it. I'll up the time and effort when I can, and when I have time, but for now, well 20 minutes works!
I ate way too much of the coffee cake last night and yesterday, it was great, so yummy!! I will make that again for sure. I still have a few pieces left, though not much. I took some to work today and gave it away to friends. They all enjoyed it as well. I will be trying a few more things for sure, there is a low carb cheesecake as well.
I am enjoying the way this P3 eating feels, and what it does for my body. I am stable mable, and like the fact I can eat basically whatever I want, in moderation. I can find substitutions for many things. I do miss chips, but will try them again when I reach P4 in another couple weeks. In moderation of course. I am not willing to eat rutabaga chips. Ever. There are other things I will eat officially at that time, but for now, I will enjoy being this weight and eating what I do. I don't miss somethings, like bread, or most fruit. I do miss my coffee mate, cream is great, but coffee mate is better :-)
I made rice for my son to go with dinner, and he loved it... what a mess... but I wasn't even tempted to eat any. I had pork chops with Brussels sprouts and mushrooms. It was very good, though the pork could have used a little more flavour. Marinating it would have been a good idea. I have a roast to do in the crock pot this week, with some mashed cauliflower. I need to get carrots for munchin before I make it, so probably won't be until Thursday. I'm debating taking Wednesday off, since the weather is supposed to be great compared to the rest of this week, sunny and above 0. I might even take the dog out for a walk. I could get a few chores done, get to bulk barn among other places, and possibly find a place for my new stroller in the garage. That's the only place I can think it'll fit, and that's going to be tight.
Any way. P3 is going well, and I'm finding my body is reacting well to this way of eating, I haven't had any real IBS issues, whether it's the reduced carbs themselves or gluten or what I don't know, and won't really until I get a bit further along in the process. But I can live like this for the most part, with occasional indulgences and a day or two after to recover. That is what surprises me, I eat badly for one day and two days later I'm back down to my LDW. Now if only round 2 will go better than round 1. I am better prepared, and know better what to load on, so I am hopeful it'll go great. I want it to. I'd like to lose 26 pounds, to get to my healthy weight, though I also know a third round would then be in order. So of course more would be better, and this is all assuming I don't lose anything on P4.
I found an app for my phone for the couch to 5k, which I can't wait to try out. I am looking forward to jogging again, especially with less pounds on me. When I was younger I enjoyed running, and I think I can again if it wasn't so hard on my knees and other parts. I know it will be hard to push the stroller, and fight the dog, but I think it'll work out ok. I am sure the dog will also enjoy the running, and work off some of his energy, good for everyone.
I ate way too much of the coffee cake last night and yesterday, it was great, so yummy!! I will make that again for sure. I still have a few pieces left, though not much. I took some to work today and gave it away to friends. They all enjoyed it as well. I will be trying a few more things for sure, there is a low carb cheesecake as well.
I am enjoying the way this P3 eating feels, and what it does for my body. I am stable mable, and like the fact I can eat basically whatever I want, in moderation. I can find substitutions for many things. I do miss chips, but will try them again when I reach P4 in another couple weeks. In moderation of course. I am not willing to eat rutabaga chips. Ever. There are other things I will eat officially at that time, but for now, I will enjoy being this weight and eating what I do. I don't miss somethings, like bread, or most fruit. I do miss my coffee mate, cream is great, but coffee mate is better :-)
I made rice for my son to go with dinner, and he loved it... what a mess... but I wasn't even tempted to eat any. I had pork chops with Brussels sprouts and mushrooms. It was very good, though the pork could have used a little more flavour. Marinating it would have been a good idea. I have a roast to do in the crock pot this week, with some mashed cauliflower. I need to get carrots for munchin before I make it, so probably won't be until Thursday. I'm debating taking Wednesday off, since the weather is supposed to be great compared to the rest of this week, sunny and above 0. I might even take the dog out for a walk. I could get a few chores done, get to bulk barn among other places, and possibly find a place for my new stroller in the garage. That's the only place I can think it'll fit, and that's going to be tight.
Any way. P3 is going well, and I'm finding my body is reacting well to this way of eating, I haven't had any real IBS issues, whether it's the reduced carbs themselves or gluten or what I don't know, and won't really until I get a bit further along in the process. But I can live like this for the most part, with occasional indulgences and a day or two after to recover. That is what surprises me, I eat badly for one day and two days later I'm back down to my LDW. Now if only round 2 will go better than round 1. I am better prepared, and know better what to load on, so I am hopeful it'll go great. I want it to. I'd like to lose 26 pounds, to get to my healthy weight, though I also know a third round would then be in order. So of course more would be better, and this is all assuming I don't lose anything on P4.
I found an app for my phone for the couch to 5k, which I can't wait to try out. I am looking forward to jogging again, especially with less pounds on me. When I was younger I enjoyed running, and I think I can again if it wasn't so hard on my knees and other parts. I know it will be hard to push the stroller, and fight the dog, but I think it'll work out ok. I am sure the dog will also enjoy the running, and work off some of his energy, good for everyone.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Exercise and experiments
So far I've done 6 days of workouts, and am feeling good about that. I do about 20 minutes after the baby goes to bed. It's just enough to keep me feeling like I'm doing something, but easy to fit in. When the weather is nicer we will add in walks/jogging almost daily, and I look forward to that. I did do an extra 45 minutes Leslie walk yesterday which was kind of nice as well. I hope to do 30 minutes tonight, so we'll see how that goes!
I have a low carb coffee cake in the oven and wow does it smell good! I can't believe it... I hope it tastes as good as it smells! It's an experiment using almond flour, which is not cheap! But it should be good, I hope. I can't wait for it to finish baking lol. I tried to make some peanut butter cookies yesterday using my old recipe but using no salt/sugar peanut butter, and they are not very good, very crumbly which makes them hard to eat, and dry, so you need lots of water with them. I'll still eat them I'm sure, but not with as much joy as I used to with my cookies.
My weight is still stable. I was up a little yesterday but I expected that after eating something I shouldn't have, and back down this morning so it worked out. Last night for supper I made "pasta" using zucchini for the "noodles" and a lovely sauce with tomatoes, beef and mushrooms. It was really good, and I had leftovers for lunch today which was wonderful.
I've got some lunches made up for the week, and am ready to go! I am determined to do better and stop the big cheats. I know I can't really lose any more weight right now, but I wouldn't mind getting a little lower in my safe range. I look forward to P4 when I can lose, maybe, and to getting back to P2 after Easter so I can get to healthy. That is my goal for round 2. I am at this point thinking I will have to do 3 rounds, but the third will wait until fall I think. I intend to keep up with the exercise while in P2 this time, and will stick with walking, and my 20 minute easy workouts.
I think my parent's are considering this diet as well. My mom is diabetic so it would be hard for her, but I think it's doable, and I wish she would try it because I worry about her health, I want my son to have his Nanny around for along time! But we'll see if we can talk about it when I go down at Easter, right before I do my second round, and when I plan to really enjoy pre-loading lol.
I have a low carb coffee cake in the oven and wow does it smell good! I can't believe it... I hope it tastes as good as it smells! It's an experiment using almond flour, which is not cheap! But it should be good, I hope. I can't wait for it to finish baking lol. I tried to make some peanut butter cookies yesterday using my old recipe but using no salt/sugar peanut butter, and they are not very good, very crumbly which makes them hard to eat, and dry, so you need lots of water with them. I'll still eat them I'm sure, but not with as much joy as I used to with my cookies.
My weight is still stable. I was up a little yesterday but I expected that after eating something I shouldn't have, and back down this morning so it worked out. Last night for supper I made "pasta" using zucchini for the "noodles" and a lovely sauce with tomatoes, beef and mushrooms. It was really good, and I had leftovers for lunch today which was wonderful.
I've got some lunches made up for the week, and am ready to go! I am determined to do better and stop the big cheats. I know I can't really lose any more weight right now, but I wouldn't mind getting a little lower in my safe range. I look forward to P4 when I can lose, maybe, and to getting back to P2 after Easter so I can get to healthy. That is my goal for round 2. I am at this point thinking I will have to do 3 rounds, but the third will wait until fall I think. I intend to keep up with the exercise while in P2 this time, and will stick with walking, and my 20 minute easy workouts.
I think my parent's are considering this diet as well. My mom is diabetic so it would be hard for her, but I think it's doable, and I wish she would try it because I worry about her health, I want my son to have his Nanny around for along time! But we'll see if we can talk about it when I go down at Easter, right before I do my second round, and when I plan to really enjoy pre-loading lol.
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