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26 October 2017
Well,this is a fine how-do-you-do.
Not a single ounce lost. Not one. In three days!and that's the first time that's ever happened to me. I see that my fat has dug in and is stubbornly refusing eviction.
But I'm not giving up. I WILL have my way about this.
Who's the person in charge here? Why, I believe that would be me. ME.
So I'm re-thinking some food choices. I'm going to use the old Diet Center guidelines:
2 fruits a day (one must be an apple.)
3 cups of vegetables a day (2 should be raw, usually a salad of some kind for lunch, and the remaining cupful cooked for dinner.)
6-8 ounces of lean protein (certain kinds of meat, tofu, eggs.)
2 breads (these are flatbread, grissini, and so on, not yeast breads.)
2 teaspoons of oil (not for cooking--make them into a salad dressing.)
You start each day with a cup of hot water and the juice of one lemon (or 2 tablespoons) stirred in, and it can be sweetened if you like.
You don't eat anything after 7:30 p.m.
The fruits, vegetables and proteins are only certain ones. I've been using these guidelines when I chose what I've been eating for some time (apples, citrus, berries) but I haven't so much followed the other categories.
It basically IS a low carb diet, and when I worked there, and followed it stringently (my job depended on it) it worked very well. I have seen that all these years later the original plan is barely recognizable, and there are lots of packaged foods, meals, things we never had. I wouldn't want to follow the current incarnation for that very reason. I was lucky--I found a copy of the original hardcover at Goodwill a few months ago (fifty cents!) and went through it, marking some of the recipes I'd always loved (and had forgotten) and some others I'd never tried (my tastes have changed!)
I did some research and determined that soy IS safe for me in limited amounts (I ate a lot of tofu in those days and I loved it, but only one brand and only prepared in a couple of certain ways) so I will pick up some Mori-Nu and fix it. Believe me when I say that I have considered this carefully; my risk of breast cancer is high. My doctor says it will be fine, and I am vigilant about exams and checkups (he sees me twice a year for this.)
I've realized I'm not really enjoying the large mixed salads I usually eat (and I make good ones, with about fifteen kinds of vegetables in them)and so I'm remembering a couple of salads I made during those DC days. One was a sort of coleslaw--finely chopped cabbage, diced cucumbers, alfalfa sprouts, diced chicken or tuna, and a tiny bit of mayonnaise. It was GOOD. I'm actually craving it now, just thinking about it. I'll definitely be making this again.
I'm also remembering that two cups of salad wasn't always 'enough' and I KNOW you can't diet as successfully as possible if you are hungry. So what I used to do was measure the chunky stuff that went into the mixed salads (zucchini, cucumbers, sprouts, radishes, cauliflower and so on--no carrots, no tomatoes, and yes, I missed them) into a two cup measure, and then put that on a bed of greens. That worked well. So I may go back to that, as well.
I remember eating my fruit in half portions, so I could have it four times each day (that's where I got my favorite on-program snack, a cup of herbal tea and a piece of fruit, only then it was half, usually apple or orange.) I discovered then how GOOD warm grapefruit tasted. My other favorite evening snack, if you could call it that, was a can of diet soda (it was supposed to be Diet Rite, because at the time it was the only one with no caffeine, no sodium, no sugar--and no taste--poured over a tall narrow glass of ice, with lemon slices (lemons and limes were unlimited, thank you Lord). So much ice that I could fill the glass more than twice, and I sipped it slowly and savored it. I was a heavy drinker of soda in those days but now, not so much, and I'm trying to get back to tea, both iced and hot, coffee ditto (I didn't drink coffee then) with diet soda as a treat when we go out, instead of dessert.
The thing was, the longer I ate this way, the cleaner my palate was, and so what I did eat, could eat, tasted better all the time. This was 30 years ago (how can that BE?! but it was...) and I've been cooking so many years since then, professionally, that I know a lot more than I did then and I think I would be able to be a lot more creative with the allowed foods. And some of them were pretty darn good as they were--one of them, sauteed chicken with a citrus/Dijon/rosemary glaze, became a much-requested entree during my catering business days. My husband still asks for it now and then!
Thinking too that I will start incorporating broth or zero calorie veggie soup (a WWW recipe that I've always enjoyed)as a starter, either for lunch, dinner, or for that evening snack, especially now that winter is coming and something hot is wonderful at night.
Now, I don't intend to follow this exact diet to goal weight. For one thing, it was meant to be done with their special Supplements, which we took eight times a day--vitamins and protein powder, nothing weird or harmful--and without them I would be hungry (I remember that well when I left that job and tried to continue the diet without them.) But it would be a great jump-start. I'm not going to do the Conditioning Phase that we did then--where you eat EIGHT pieces of fruit, unlimited proteins and vegetables for two or three days and yes, you have to eat that much. It cleanses your system, pulls a lot of salts and sugars and chemicals from your body, so you don't crave them. And it worked beautifully, as well as being a great shot in the arm--you could easily lose several pounds in just those two days! But it also means you're basically doing NOTHING but eating all day long for those two days, and I just can't take that kind of time to do it.
I did stay in the habit of drinking water. There is that. And this diet, by the way, is where I learned it was important to mix up what you ate, so as not to slow down your metabolism. I know, I know, after I shared that with another person here, someone else almost immediately said I was wrong. Well. He can think that if he likes. I believe it, and I've seen that to be true in my own journey. I worked hard at getting as much variety as possible from the list of foods we were allowed to eat!
So, yeah. The whole point of this journey is to figure out EXACTLY what works for me (and I haven't even figured out the exercise part. That comes next.) I think I'm on it.
Here's to us, ladies and gentlemen. We got this. We SO got this. One way or another, we're going to come out on top, and we'll be a lot healthier when we do. (See? I said WHEN, not IF!)
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25 October 2017
Way way overdid the carbs at breakfast--dealing with a snotty teenage daughter, and that's all I'll say about that. Not beating myself up about it. I enjoyed every bite, and I've planned the rest of my day to get it back into a better balance. I got this!
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24 October 2017
So I read every one of my previous journal entries and then deleted them. (Nice to see that the comments remain, though; they were lovely to see again.) I needed a clean start, and I'm never short of thoughts to write about, anyway.
So why am I here again? Well...many reasons.
First of all, this place helped me so much. There's something about putting my food down that helps me stay mindful of what I'm eating, or about to eat. I like the immediacy of it, and I like being able to adjust as I need; like last night, when I had measured out a half cup of rice to go with my cod and salad, and upon tasting just a couple of grains, realized I really didn't want it. I just deleted it from my dinner menu. It's also kind of like spending money: do I want to spend that many carbs or calories? Yes? No? (Plus it's just fun to see how it changes throughout the day with exercise added or after each meal--the percentages of carb, fat and protein. It helps me switch it up if one percentage looks terribly high.)
Second, I am absolutely determined to hold off diabetes as long as possible. It's all through my family health history (and even more so through my husband's and daughter's, so they're eating this diet too!)To be absolutely blunt about this, I now weigh exactly twice what I did when I graduated high school....which was 40 years ago. That's right, I have an entire person to lose. My weight has gone up and down too many times to count; I'll have success long enough to meet a goal (a wedding or some such) or look and feel better, but I have never reached the ultimate goal, or learned how to maintain the loss. I also have many ways to incorporate exercise, including a Y membership...but I've got a lazy streak. I wish I didn't, but I do. So my exercising has been sporadic, too, when for many reasons, it needs to be regular and intense enough to do some good in all the ways I need. I mean...I used to be a diet counselor. I used to be an aerobics instructor. I KNOW how this all works, and why. I just have to DO it. Just DO it. (Gee, sounds like a commercial or something.)
Third, I've got some big things coming up next year. A 40th class reunion. A writers conference, which leads to my biggest working-toward-goal: selling my book. And that would mean dust jacket photos, right? Daughter's high school graduation, and I want so much to feel confident in all those family photos.
Fourth, it's time. PAST time. I'm closer to 60 now than 50 (no matter how often I hear that I look younger--and yes that profile picture is from earlier this year, professional headshot from my theatre group--the fact remains true. I have never lied about my age and I won't now, either.
Fifth, I like that I can be as involved--or anonymous--as I please here.
It works here, when I work it.
So just watch me. I am so on this, and I feel so good about that.
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23 October 2017
Geeze, the things that happen when you keep putting off getting back on track. Here I am, more of me than when I was here a year+ ago (!!) and that's enough about that.
Monday, Monday. You're not going to beat me down today.
Later....it's not just Monday but rainy gloomy Monday! Ah well. I feel pretty good anyway.
Already reminding myself I need to eat more often. I cannot let myself get hungry. And I'm definitely doing the right thing by prepping ahead. Instead of grabbing cereal this morning, I ate fresh pineapple (and it doesn't take more than a few minutes to poach eggs!) Time for a snack? Crudites it is (and when I haven't eaten much of that kind of thing I forget how delicious they are.) Lunch? Don't need a turkey sandwich--slices of the turkey breast I roasted last night and a HUGE apple--yum!
My Teen wants spaghetti tonight (funny, since it's swim season that actually means my homemade meat sauce over rice, not pasta, but I knew what she meant) and Honey decided that was what he wanted, too. For me, it will be lemon butter cod and a wonderful salad, and a little bit of the rice. And I know I will savor every mouthful.
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