LadyBug's Mini McDougall Adventure

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:26 am

We are home from a 10 day trip to PA. DH and I had a wonderful visit with his family, and evereyone made sure to have plenty of vegetable dishes for us, but we ate more of a vegetarian diet than a starch based, oil free diet. Yummy food, but not how I want to eat and unfortunately some of the foods that had started to look unappetizing to me are looking way too good again now. Soooo, I am going to try Mary McDougall's mini diet for a week or so and see if that will help me get back on track.

If this works as well as I am hoping it will, I may want to refer back later to see exactly what I ate and how much I exercised, etc. so here we go....

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Saturday 7/21
Breakfast - baked potato with salsa
Lunch - baked potato with tomato & cucumber salad, corn relish
Snack while kayaking - 1/2 peach and a few cherries
Dinner - potato salad (mustard dressing, onion, peppers), Swiss chard, steamed yellow squash and zucchini
Snack - frozen banana

Kayaking, scraping and painting

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:28 am

Sunday 7/22
Breakfast - baked potato and steamed summer squash.
Lunch - left over potato salad
Snack - cherries while kayaking
Dinner - baked potato, large green salad
Snack - cantelope

Kayaking (3 hours on the river)

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:11 am

Monday 7/23
Breakfast - baked potato and salsa
Lunch - baked potato, steamed zucchini, tomato
Snack - cherries
Dinner - potato salad (mustard dressing), steamed squash, broc and cauliflower.
Snack - cantelope

Walk. Hooping

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:52 am

Tuesday 7/24
Breakfast - baked potato and salsa
Lunch - potato salad, lettuce and cucumber
Snack - cherries
Dinner - baked potato with veggie pasta sauce (eggplant, zucchini & summer squash slices)
Snack - cantaloupe

Walk, gardening (hoe and rake)

I am down 3.5 lbs this morning.

Don Stewart · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:04 am

Hello Ladybug,

Great job loss of 3.5 lbs...I know if we hold 3.5 lbs in our hand it's heavy...so great job and keep it going..

"Mary McDougall's mini diet" never heard of this diet but i am new...look great too.

Don

Chile · **Joined:** Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:56 pm **Posts:** 2252

I'm envious of your kayaking! Not much of an option here in the desert, although the wash runs when it rains hard. :lol:

Are you enjoying all your spuds?

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:03 pm

Don Stewart wrote:

Hello Ladybug,

Great job loss of 3.5 lbs...I know if we hold 3.5 lbs in our hand it's heavy...so great job and keep it going..

"Mary McDougall's mini diet" never heard of this diet but i am new...look great too.

Don

Thank you for the encouragement Don, it's nice to "meet" you.

If you are interested, here are a couple of links to newsletters that talk about Mary's Mini McDougall.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/june/marys.htm

http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/july/marys2.htm

Heidi

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:35 pm

Chile wrote:

I'm envious of your kayaking! Not much of an option here in the desert, although the wash runs when it rains hard. :lol:

Are you enjoying all your spuds?

Hi Chile!
Thanks for commenting.

I do love my kayaking, I'd go every day if I could.
I have never been to the desert, I am a bit envious of you, too!

So far I am enjoying all my potatoes. I thought I might miss my oatmeal (breakfast is my favorite meal), but so far so good.

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:03 am

Wednesday, 7/25

Breakfast- hash browns and salsa
Lunch - baked potato with corn relish, green salad
Snack- cherries
Dinner - Boiled potatoes, steamed veggies in tomato sauce, Swiss chard
Snack - cantelope

1 short walk is all I could fit in today.

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:54 am

Thursday 7/26. Still plugging along.

Breakfast- hash browns & cantelope
Lunch- baked potato with lettuce scallions and corn salsa
Snack - banana
Dinner - potato salad, steamed veggies, green salad

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:23 am

Friday 7/27

Still eating my taters.

I am not sick of them but I am not quite as excited about each meal as usual. LOL Probably a good thing.

Breakfast - baked potato with salsa
Snack - rice cakes
Lunch - baked potato, green salad
Snack - peach
Dinner - baked potato, an ear of corn, green salad

Walk, hooping

This was a tough day, nothing went as planned and I wasn't able to eat on time or follow my regular schedule. I am glad it is almost time for bed!

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:48 am

Down 5 lbs in a week! I didn't expect that, but I am not complaining. I slept well and yesterday's annoyances are behind me now. I am up for another week of potatoes. :-D

Saturday, 7/28

Breakfast - baked potato, lettuce and corn salsa
Lunch - potato salad on lettuce, steamed zucchini
Snack - cherries
Dinner - hash browns, cucumber salad

Hooping, short walk.

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:57 pm

Today was my first day with no loss.
I guess nothing lasts forever.

Breakfast - baked potato, lettuce, corn salsa
Lunch - potato salad, green salad, steamed summer squash
Dinner - baked potato, green salad
Snack - 2 peaches

Hooping, wii fit

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:06 pm

Monday 7/30

Breakfast - baked potato, salsa
Lunch - baked potato, green salad
Snack - nectarine
Dinner - baked potato, green salad
Snack - cherries

Ladybug2 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:27 pm

Tuesday, July 31

Breakfast - baked potato, 1/2 apple (kind of blah, but I was traveling)
Snack - half an apple
Lunch - baked potato with 1/2 serving pea soup as a topping
Dinner - potato salad, 1 ear of corn, green salad
Snack - cantelope

Walk, hooping

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