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Normally I don't do two journal entries in one day but I thought, given my mood earlier this morning, that a follow-up was in order.
Day One of my attempt at The Primal Blueprint approach to eating. I have no idea what impact this will have on weight loss but I have to tell you ... I feel pretty darn good.
Calories consumed: 1644
Calories expended: 2785
Well, according to fatsecret anyway. I felt like I ate massive amounts of food!!! I had a HUGE breakfast. Much more than I ever eat. Sausage, 4 eggs, 1/4 cup of cheese with red onions and yellow bell pepper. I ate this by 5 am this morning.
Dr. Kruse says NO SNACKING in between meals if you are working to reset your Leptin sensitivity. Well, normally I'm pretty hungry by 9:30 or 10:00 am and have a snack. Today? Nope. Not hungry. I finally started to feel hungry around 11:30 am and ate my lunch ... of chicken breast slices and cottage cheese by noon.
Again ... I'm usually hungry a couple of hours later and have a snack. Today? Nope. Not hungry. In fact, dinner was later than usual and just before the chicken breasts came off the BBQ I was starting to feel it.
Dinner consisted of one stalk of celery with 1 tbsp almond butter, over 7 ounces of grilled chicken breast, and a whole avocado sliced up!!! WHOA!!!
Now ... no snacking. But unlike my usual evenings ... I am not hungry!!! I hope this isn't a fluke. I could live with this. My husband is ecstatic because I won't be hounding him about butter, oils, fat content of foods. And ... I came home with bacon, chorizo (made fresh at a local grocery no gluten, no msg), sausage, steak, and avocados!!! I spent some time today (instead of working on my business) perusing the recipes on Mark's Daily Apple. I'm going to try the carne asada recipe this week. I also bought a spaghetti squash and have plans to make a big pot of spaghetti sauce ... probably this weekend. I am actually excited to eat.
I bought some coconut oil too, and coconut flour & milk and flaxseed meal to try out some of the recipes. I can't remember what Dr. Kruse said about the coconut oil or how much to have everyday so I need to go back to his site and read.
I started out blue, dragging, swollen hands, feeling uglier than a junk yard dog. My right ring finger joint is still pretty swollen but other than that my hands are much better this evening, I don't feel dragged out like I usually do at 7:15 pm, and I feel satisfied. Full. Satiated. Interesting. Yesterday during my temper tantrum I ate things I hadn't eaten in over a week. Could it be? Could those darn simple carbs ... dare I even suggest it (gluten?) impacts me that much??? Time will tell but for this moment I am hopeful. Good grief. Even if I didn't lose weight (which of course I want to) if I feel this much better eating this way in one day ... why would I eat any other way?
Anyway ... I wanted to share this with you. You listen to me, you support me, you encourage me, you challenge me, you laugh with me, you cry with me, you have been there ... step by step through these past ... now almost 3 years!!! Thank you.
Oh I did break down and did 15 minutes of Pilates this morning. I felt so weird not doing any kind of exercise. I am swearing off my elliptical for a while ... per Dr. Kruse's recommendation while I attempt to regain my leptin sensitivity ... but I think I will do Pilates. It isn't really exercise in the true sense of the word ... well it is but it is very gentle, at least the DVD I have is gentle. And I think it will help keep me stretched out without taxing my body.
So ... that's it for now ...
Except a renewed grateful list ...
1. I am grateful that I could see today that I am a nice looking woman (group by Skype this afternoon and the webcam puts up a picture of me ... couldn't help but see myself and I kept thinking ... is that how I look?)
2. I am grateful for squigglywiggly's comment about Dr. Kruse ... and me taking the time to read some of his material ... and Stef's utter patience with me explaining about the Primal Blueprint.
3. I am grateful for forcing myself to move through the day (even though I so wanted to crawl into bed and hide) because I ended the day with a smile on my face and a song in my heart.
4. I am grateful for our wood shed nearly being full!!!! We had another cord delivered today (waiting to be stacked ... gee you think I should take off my rings first?)
5. I am grateful that our propane tank is full again ($790.00 worth!!! EGADS!!!) and knowing that we will have the money to pay the bill.
And my husband ... just put on a song on his computer ... there are tears in my eyes again (I started the day that way) but this time it is because I am happy, grateful, knowing how blessed I truly am ... and that if I simply keep moving ... I will be aware of those things ... in between the twists and turns of everyday life.
Have a good evening.
Diet Calendar Entries for 17 October 2011:
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1644 kcal
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Fat: 82.90g | Prot: 183.33g | Carb: 38.78g.
Breakfast: yellow bell pepper, red onion, Isernios Chicken Breakfast Sausage, shredded cheese, eggs. Lunch: Cottage Cheese, chicken breast meat. Dinner: celery, All Natural Crunchy Almond Butter, avocado, Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten). more...
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2823 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Desk Work - 8 hours, Driving - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Pilates - 15 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 6 hours and 15 minutes. more...
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