by Ang » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:33 am
I have been coming and going, mostly going, for a long time now. Just can't seem to get a handle on things, and now my weight has gotten out of control and I'm starting to have aches and pains that I know are weight-related, as well as some joint pain in my fingers.
About a week ago I spelled it out to my significant other in no uncertain terms: I am taking back the kitchen, and I'm cooking my way. You will not keep sweets in the house. If you do cook, there will be no dairy, no meat, no oil, etc. He's fine with this, and just drizzles olive oil on things before he eats them, or opens a tin of sardines as a side - he's Greek, so the olive oil and yogurt will never completely disappear from the house, but these things don't tempt me. It works for us.
He's fabulous, but he can eat anything and everything and never gain a pound or have an ache or a pain.
A couple of weeks ago, I weighed myself and got a horrible shock: 192 lbs! Never, ever, ever had I ever weighed over 190 before! In fact, the 180s came as a terrible shock a while back. My weight has just been creeping up and up and up over the past few years. I need to get back in shape.
My goal is to get down around 140 by May 2012, when I have a tentative plan to go rafting in the Grand Canyon. There is no way I can handle that trip at my current weight in the kind of shape I am in. It involves a 4-hour hike, and right now I can barely handle 2 flights of stairs. Terrible!
So, I broke out some of my favorite cookbooks by Donna Klein (my favorite vegan cookbook author - and I have yet to find one of her recipes that cannot be McDougall-ized) and came up with some meal plans and shopping lists. So far I've lost about 5 lbs and will be weighing in each Monday morning. Fingers crossed!
Ang.