I did enjoy those butter beans and greens last time I posted. I'm going to make some more. I joined the MWL challenge on the 100% McDougall facebook group...think that's what it's called. I'm already cheating. Got to tell the truth somewhere. I am drinking coffee as we speak with a little sugar and I'm about to dump it and go get a cup without the sugar. I haven't been drinking sugar in it and now I really don't like. I thought I wanted it because I bought this coffee I had in Seattle that I loved so much and back then I put a little sugar in it so I wanted it to be the same. Well it ain't....sigh. I'm not wondering too if I liked her coffee maker better. Why I'm rambling about this I don't know so I will stop.
Pye is doing the challenge with me which is quite the miracle. Don't know how I got her to agree to eat vegan let alone no oil, bread or pasta for a month. Tried to get her husband too who is walking around with an insulin thingy attached to his arm but he wasn't having it. He did love my no oil vegan chili the other night though. Anyway Pye and I have now both cheated already so really we are doing a cross between MWL and regular plan. I don't care. I miss Boots challenging me to do sxxx and so I joined the challenge knowing I would cheat with veggie sushi rolls that had a little avocado in them now and again. Really I ought to stop journaling here because all I do is embarrass myself. I keep coming back though.
I am laying off the bread and pasta. 2nd day (it's a June challenge) and I already feel better even if it's just emotionally because I know I'm doing right by my body and soul. I plan to make veggie mushroom burgers, mashed potatoes and a white bean gravy, coleslaw, hummus, baking potatoes for the air fryer fries, sushi rolls (so I control the amount of avo and it will be tiny), salad dressing and salad, and maybe a beans and greens or veg soup. Some of this will get made during week and Pye will have her man grill the shroom burgers and veggies on the grill for us. I am sharing the food with Pye and my friends at work who are trying to eat healthier. It's always better to be with others and that's why I keep coming back. Plus I genuinely like people here and have the utmost respect for what everyone is doing. I want to be a consistent McDougaller...not the one who lost a hundred lbs years ago and has kept pretending she won't finish gaining it all back....sigh. I truly love what is happening here and am so grateful to even know about it. And I want to be a good example. And I don't give a fxxx if I've said this a million times and haven't done it, it doesn't mean I won't do it today! I will. And being here helps me succeed so until I'm kicked out....here I am.
). I modified the recipe of course but it still turns out good. We didn't get to grill because of rain so tonight we will grill the burgers along with corn on cob, asparagus, squash, eggplant, peppers and onion. Then we'll use with things like a quinoa based dish, wraps for P to put in the freezer, etc. Pye fed me beans and rice yesterday that she and her hubby cooked. So good and I didn't have to do it! Nice, eh?
Anyway, journaling here gets me to change talk versus what the motivational interviewing people call sustain talk which is about keeping things the same. The more we engage in change talk the more likely we are to change. So here I am.
