I'm just here to report that I've been doing pretty good. Not totally excellent, but very good.
I've been inspired by the Potato Strong guy (
http://www.potatostrong.com) who is on facebook too, and have adopted some of his simple, quick recipes. Mostly potato wedges. But I plan on making mashed potatoes too. His meals look tasty and filling. The potato wedges take 1/2 an hour, but I just set the timer and do something else during that time. I've had them with vegan gravy and ketchup. Yum yum yum.
So where I've been failing has been exercise. I've just been a lazy butt. I
know that if I got up earlier and jogged, I'd get my exercise in. But it's been really hard for me to get up early. Sometimes it's because I'm out the night before and get home late. But usually it's because I'm just too sleepy anyway to get up. Well, gotta make myself do it. For some reason it's just a lot easier for me to exercise in the morning rather than the evening after work. I just have other stuff I'm doing, or my tummy is full from dinner...then it gets late and I just don't want to be out there when it's colder and dark. Not that it isn't cold and dark in the morning, but the morning light does come out. And it's a good way to start the day. Anyway. Guess I just have a lot of excuses for not moving my body in the evening hours.
I'm also having difficulty with the fitbit thing. Goodness how does this thing work? I'm thinking maybe the battery isn't in it and you have to put it in? I can't even open it though. And I've only been able to load the software at my work computer. Then I installed it and then it didn't work maybe because I hadn't worn the pedometer part yet? Not sure. Maybe it's the battery thing. I'm confused. I'm going to ask my sis how the fitbit works.
I have more motivation to get svelte and healthy. Went out with a beautiful girl last night. Woowee
I need to get down to my smaller clothes (which is most of my closet actually!) She told me she'd had a bad cough/bronchitis for a year but got over it by eating lots and lots of raw garlic every day. She still is on her garlic regimen so it will go away completely and not come back. I still have the tail-end of my cough so I'm going to try adding more garlic to my diet.
There is also an inspirational site called
http://www.healthylikeme.org that I wanted to share with everyone. It's from reddit, the reddit progress pics section. Basically it's a bunch of pictures and stories of people who have lost weight and gotten fit. However, not many of them follow a vegan diet. There is a lot of carb/starch fear there and something called keto is popular along with everyone thinking they need lots of protein (of course they mean meat) and no potatoes. Obviously I don't intend to follow the crowd's diet there... but it is inspiring to see people's before and after pictures. I have noted that many include lots and lots of exercise and portion control. I think McDougalling is much easier and more life-friendly. Satisfy your hunger, get adequate exercise but no need to go overboard, and you still lose weight if you follow the McDougall principles..
I also think it would be good if McDougallers posted their progress pics and stories there so that more people could be educated about the health benefits of losing weight by McDougalling (heart health, diabetes reversal, etc..) I think you just join reddit and post in the r/progresspics section, I'm not sure. Once I'm down to a healthier weight, I'm thinking I might post my story there.
Not much else to report. Have been enjoying potatoes a lot lately.