by seestorcoo » Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:13 am
Well, it's been a few days. I did my painting workshop in Port townsend and it was great. I liked the paintings I did and it really inspired me. I'm eager to do some more.
I was two days off island, by myself, surrounded by restaurants. I knew going into this that I would stay vegan but wasn't going to worry much about low fat. I had, over the course of two entire days: one nutty energy bar, a hummus and vegetable sandwich and curried vegie soup, 2 lattes, 2 vegan cupcakes, 1 cookie, 1 bowl of lentil soup, 1 banana muffin, 1 sweet potato burger, and half an order of fries, half an order of vegie fajitas. All of it vegan, probably none of it low fat. And I enjoyed it thoroughly. And I'm ready to get back to business.
If I haven't lost weight by the first (very likely after this weekends feasting), here are some possible changes I'm contemplating. Eat more salads and eat them before my starch. Drop the occasional spoon of peanut butter I'm having at work. Cut out the artificially sweetened water flavors. Wean myself off the coffee so I don't use creamer (it's the soy creamer that is a problem, not the coffee). Cut out the lattes. We probably eat too many desserts but they are completely mcdougall compliant, just not always MWL compliant. I'm keeping them.. a girls gotta have something to look forward to. Exercise more.
I'm unlikely to do all of those things but any that I can accomplish will surely help matters.
I was able to stock up on hummus while at the co op. Thank gawd. I was going through withdrawals. It's not surprising that I look like a garbanzo, as many of them as I eat.
Walked down multiple candy and chip aisles, past pizza boxes, no temptation. It was great.
I know I can make my own hummus it's just that I eat so much of it that it's not worth the time it takes to make it. I would spend an hour making it and eat it in 10 minutes. Altho....I did find out today that you can freeze it. Maybe I could make big batches...
If you are going to doubt something, doubt your limits.