Just practicing for the mwl thread weigh in.
Weight change +/- in lbs: (starting 240lbs)
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. (This is a fail at the moment. I am a toss it in a bowl and chow down)
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for dessert. (Mine is 50/50 bowl)
3. Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts, too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them. (My food is usually in its basic form so if I am nit eating processed I will be okay here).
4. Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). (Will be okay on this one)
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy).(Must hide the peanut butter)
6. Eliminate any added oil. (Maybe in my condiments?)
7. Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e., bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit. (Goodbye nommy sourdoughtoast binges)
8. Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). (Will be okay here)
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself.
10. Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking). (Slowly adding these)
Victories, comments, concerns, questions: To be seen come Friday