I cheated over Easter weekend. (Who didn't, right?). That said, my weight stayed steady so I'm not beating myself up (besides, what would be the point?).
I had a sugar shop mocha, but had no problem avoiding them today. I guess the habit really is broken. I had two small pieces of candy from inside the kids plastic eggs and a serving of cooked chocolate pudding with whip cream (I know).
And I was SICK. My body made a quick adjustment to this almost no grains/low carb world and those sugar filled treats made me feel horrid. I won't be doing that again!
I didn't eat enough veggies or drink enough water today. . . funny since I was so incredibly thirsty over the weekend (probably because of my cheat foods).
Sunday night, I took the kids to the play and pizza place where they have gluten free pizza. The girls loved their special treat, I was nauseated with one slice (and the slices are probably 1/3 of a normal pizza slice!). I consider this a major improvement! I don't want to eat garbage food and I like that my body is telling me not to.
I definitely have more energy, but am getting a mid afternoon slump following any sugar. Tomorrow I am going to try my morning coffee with pure cream and stevia (I'm still using some coffee mate). I'm hoping that removing the last vestige of sugar and crap will perk me up. I am getting up at 5am and going to Curves for a work out every weekday morning (and some Saturdays, although not at 5am). I'm also wearing a pedometer and moving as much as possible throughout the day. I need to start making sure I'm in bed by 9 (that's hard!).
I feel like my cortisol levels are already falling and I know this will help with the weight and with the infertility.
On another note, after a rest cycle (month off), I started back on the fertility drugs today. UGH. This could make the cravings more difficult to deal with.
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Slow and Steady. . .
My first 10 days have not seen as rapid of weight loss as my original success (2 years ago now!!!). But this is to be expected. I'm doing a few things different and have still lost 4.4lbs in 10days!
I am not recording my daily intake (in the past, I journaled every thing I consumed along with the calories and fat). I know what foods I need to be eating and what combinations keep me around my target calorie range. I have had carbs a couple times. . . 1 slice of GF pizza for lunch last week (it was Spring Break!). . . a GF bun on my burger and a portion of hasbrowns the other night with my eggs. Carbs are like glue on my body. Knowing this, I shouldn't have difficulty avoiding them.
Our family is moving toward Paleo eating. I'm not sure I will ever be 100% Paleo, as I find it hard to imagine giving up my GF Oats and Buckwheat or to completely remove dairy from our diets. Legumes? No problem. Pasta? No Problem. Bread? No Problem.
My biggest concern with moving Paleo is how to get full bellies and not out spend our budget. Our grocery budget is already generous at $1400/mo (for 8 of us + daycare which won't be Paleo due to USDA guidelines). I cannot afford to increase my grocery budget, so I have to figure out ways to reduce our carb fillers without breaking the bank (since much of our carbs are high cost gluten free items, this shouldn't be terribly difficult).
My biggest dietary change currently is the removal of refined sugar (for the last couple of years I haven't been a typical American sugar consumer, but I still had my addiction!). I gave up my sugar filled (and delicious) mocha's. It has been almost two weeks without my coffee shop fix. I'm not craving it any longer. . . so I'd guess I'm moving along fairly well on the detox. Sugar doesn't fit into the Paleo lifestyle so this is another positive move toward dino-eating for us.
Today I haven't done very well on eating like I should. . . so I won't share what I have (or haven't eaten). Here's yesterday's menu:
5:30am- Chocolate European Style Yogurt (8g protein, 16g carbs- pre gym carb fix).
7:30am- 1/2 cup (uncooked) gf oats, 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries, 1 Tbs real maple, 12-16 almonds crushed.
10:00am- Apple slices + 1 Tbs almond butter (if needed, I'm finding that a mid morning snack isn't necessary many days).
12:30pm- Lg garden salad w/ 1 Tbs ranch, 5 ounces chicken sauteed with 1/2 cup mushrooms
3:00pm- Cheesestick (if I feel like protein is needed) + cucumber slices
6:00pm- Grilled hamburger patty + garlic cheese + cauliflower + salad
9:00pm- Small snack if needed (olives, nuts, veggies, etc. . .) What I really want here is a bowl of cereal!).
My goal is to get at least 50% of my diet from vegetables and fruits, with 70% being optimum. I will probably have to incorporate a serving or two of fresh veggie and fruit juice each day in order to meet this goal.
On days that I skip meals. . . I feel it! Today is a feeling crummy day because I haven't fed myself properly.
Did I mention that I'm working out again? I rejoined Curves and am going five mornings a week. I'm also wearing a pedometer and clocking 14,000-16,000 steps per day. Yay!
I am not recording my daily intake (in the past, I journaled every thing I consumed along with the calories and fat). I know what foods I need to be eating and what combinations keep me around my target calorie range. I have had carbs a couple times. . . 1 slice of GF pizza for lunch last week (it was Spring Break!). . . a GF bun on my burger and a portion of hasbrowns the other night with my eggs. Carbs are like glue on my body. Knowing this, I shouldn't have difficulty avoiding them.
Our family is moving toward Paleo eating. I'm not sure I will ever be 100% Paleo, as I find it hard to imagine giving up my GF Oats and Buckwheat or to completely remove dairy from our diets. Legumes? No problem. Pasta? No Problem. Bread? No Problem.
My biggest concern with moving Paleo is how to get full bellies and not out spend our budget. Our grocery budget is already generous at $1400/mo (for 8 of us + daycare which won't be Paleo due to USDA guidelines). I cannot afford to increase my grocery budget, so I have to figure out ways to reduce our carb fillers without breaking the bank (since much of our carbs are high cost gluten free items, this shouldn't be terribly difficult).
My biggest dietary change currently is the removal of refined sugar (for the last couple of years I haven't been a typical American sugar consumer, but I still had my addiction!). I gave up my sugar filled (and delicious) mocha's. It has been almost two weeks without my coffee shop fix. I'm not craving it any longer. . . so I'd guess I'm moving along fairly well on the detox. Sugar doesn't fit into the Paleo lifestyle so this is another positive move toward dino-eating for us.
Today I haven't done very well on eating like I should. . . so I won't share what I have (or haven't eaten). Here's yesterday's menu:
5:30am- Chocolate European Style Yogurt (8g protein, 16g carbs- pre gym carb fix).
7:30am- 1/2 cup (uncooked) gf oats, 1/2 cup frozen mixed berries, 1 Tbs real maple, 12-16 almonds crushed.
10:00am- Apple slices + 1 Tbs almond butter (if needed, I'm finding that a mid morning snack isn't necessary many days).
12:30pm- Lg garden salad w/ 1 Tbs ranch, 5 ounces chicken sauteed with 1/2 cup mushrooms
3:00pm- Cheesestick (if I feel like protein is needed) + cucumber slices
6:00pm- Grilled hamburger patty + garlic cheese + cauliflower + salad
9:00pm- Small snack if needed (olives, nuts, veggies, etc. . .) What I really want here is a bowl of cereal!).
My goal is to get at least 50% of my diet from vegetables and fruits, with 70% being optimum. I will probably have to incorporate a serving or two of fresh veggie and fruit juice each day in order to meet this goal.
On days that I skip meals. . . I feel it! Today is a feeling crummy day because I haven't fed myself properly.
Did I mention that I'm working out again? I rejoined Curves and am going five mornings a week. I'm also wearing a pedometer and clocking 14,000-16,000 steps per day. Yay!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Catalyst. . .
Any person who has ever had a successful weight loss journey has a story that started it all. That moment when they woke up, broke down, wept. . .
I've spent my entire adult life 20-60lbs overweight. I was a thin teenager and a sickly thin child. Then I turned 20 and it was all down hill from there. Perhaps it was the undiagnosed Celiac disease or the PCOS or a metabolism shift. I tried a couple weight loss plans here and there. . . nothing ever stuck. I was definitely a social eater and a lover of all things carbs.
Then, one winter day in 2010 when my world was crumbling around me, I stood on the scale and realized I had reached a weight I swore I'd never see. It was more than I weighed nine months pregnant with any of my children. I had barely capped that weight, in fact on a different day or in different clothing, I may never have breached it. . . but the fact is, on that winter morning I did. And it set things in motion. I launched into a weight loss regime like I never had before. . . and the pounds came off. I lost nearly 40 pounds in less than four months and I was thrilled! I quit being careful and managed to maintain my weight loss for about nine months. Then I remarried. . .
I've gained back all but 14 pounds. Sigh. I know why. . . we've been eating too many gluten free carbs. Hubs and I enjoy date night dinners (including desserts) too often and I've been drinking snickers mocha's like a mad woman.
I'm back up to a size 14, but I was almost back to a size 8. I know that I can get there again. I've lived in a bit of apathy about losing weight this year. . . the infertility treatments made it easy for me to ignore the weight gain. But, I saw a photo of me squished down on a child size chair at my niece's birthday party and I was SHOCKED and DISGUSTED. I wept. Granted it was a very unflattering position to be in, all squished up. . . but still. How did I get so flabby????
I never want to see another photo like that again.
I'm on day two of clean eating. It's going well. I've had a headache behind my eyes. . . and I'm sleepy. All this is to be expected whenever you launch into a new dietary regime. I'm reading The Metabolism Miracle and have decided it's the way for me to go. It's obvious I have metabolism B, so I'm hopeful this will work well for me. I'll work my way toward the carb free first eight weeks after I finish up some of the healthy foods I purchased already (grapefruits, yogurt).
The Metabolism Miracle allows unlimited neutral foods (meat, nuts, cheese, certain veggies, etc. . . ) for the first eight weeks (think Atkins). After eight weeks, you move into phase two which adds carbs back in. . . eventually you move into phase three for maintenance.
I'm a firm believer in not excluding any food groups from a healthy diet. . . but, I can exclude carbs for two months. I eat minimal grains anyway (gf oats, brown rice, some gf pasta).
I'll be baking more again with almond and coconut flours in order to find foods that satisfy my carb longings without getting the carb overload. I'm thinking legal pancakes soon. . .
I've spent my entire adult life 20-60lbs overweight. I was a thin teenager and a sickly thin child. Then I turned 20 and it was all down hill from there. Perhaps it was the undiagnosed Celiac disease or the PCOS or a metabolism shift. I tried a couple weight loss plans here and there. . . nothing ever stuck. I was definitely a social eater and a lover of all things carbs.
Then, one winter day in 2010 when my world was crumbling around me, I stood on the scale and realized I had reached a weight I swore I'd never see. It was more than I weighed nine months pregnant with any of my children. I had barely capped that weight, in fact on a different day or in different clothing, I may never have breached it. . . but the fact is, on that winter morning I did. And it set things in motion. I launched into a weight loss regime like I never had before. . . and the pounds came off. I lost nearly 40 pounds in less than four months and I was thrilled! I quit being careful and managed to maintain my weight loss for about nine months. Then I remarried. . .
I've gained back all but 14 pounds. Sigh. I know why. . . we've been eating too many gluten free carbs. Hubs and I enjoy date night dinners (including desserts) too often and I've been drinking snickers mocha's like a mad woman.
I'm back up to a size 14, but I was almost back to a size 8. I know that I can get there again. I've lived in a bit of apathy about losing weight this year. . . the infertility treatments made it easy for me to ignore the weight gain. But, I saw a photo of me squished down on a child size chair at my niece's birthday party and I was SHOCKED and DISGUSTED. I wept. Granted it was a very unflattering position to be in, all squished up. . . but still. How did I get so flabby????
I never want to see another photo like that again.
I'm on day two of clean eating. It's going well. I've had a headache behind my eyes. . . and I'm sleepy. All this is to be expected whenever you launch into a new dietary regime. I'm reading The Metabolism Miracle and have decided it's the way for me to go. It's obvious I have metabolism B, so I'm hopeful this will work well for me. I'll work my way toward the carb free first eight weeks after I finish up some of the healthy foods I purchased already (grapefruits, yogurt).
The Metabolism Miracle allows unlimited neutral foods (meat, nuts, cheese, certain veggies, etc. . . ) for the first eight weeks (think Atkins). After eight weeks, you move into phase two which adds carbs back in. . . eventually you move into phase three for maintenance.
I'm a firm believer in not excluding any food groups from a healthy diet. . . but, I can exclude carbs for two months. I eat minimal grains anyway (gf oats, brown rice, some gf pasta).
I'll be baking more again with almond and coconut flours in order to find foods that satisfy my carb longings without getting the carb overload. I'm thinking legal pancakes soon. . .
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