by moonlight » Wed Dec 27, 2017 7:57 am
Wednesday (195.8 lbs) Day 45
I gone through two 21-day cycles and tried to cook all the recipes on the 21 day sample menu in the MWL cookbook. I don't think I've even cooked half of them. Each recipe makes enough for 3-4 meals or more. I'm going to abandon the sample menu. I plan to continue cooking through the recipes. I'm determined to try all the recipes at least once. I'm learning so much about new food combinations for cooking without oil, meat, and dairy. Previously when I ate this way I would feel like my meals were monotonous and eventually give up on this diet. I have several new favorite recipes now. I've also learned that I like to have 2 or 3 prepared salads in my fridge. That helps me eat more raw veggies. I'd like to eat half starch and half veggies or even 1/3 starch.
In the last few days I've made three new MWL recipes: cucumber and watercress salad, zucchini slaw, and potato casserole. They are all very good. The zucchini slaw and potato casserole are recipes I would never have chosen to prepare. Neither of them seem appealing just by reading the recipe. I have never wanted to eat zucchini and summer squash raw. After the squash has marinated in the dressing it softens and is delicious. Likewise, potatoes and tomato sauce don't appeal to me but the taste is surprisingly good. Even looking at that dish prepared and ready to eat after I've already eaten it once, it still doesn't look appealing. I doubt I'll ever crave potatoes and tomato sauce, but it's a satisfying meal.
Yesterday I managed to row twice on my water rower. 30 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening. This morning I felt a little sore in my back, but not too much. I rowed 20 minutes this morning. If I'm not too sore, I hope to row 30 minutes tonight.
So, I've been on this diet for 45 days and I've lost a total of 12.6 lbs. I lost more weight the first month than I have this month. I hope by increasing my exercise and trying to eat more vegetables I'll get back to losing 3 lbs a week. I guess it's okay to be obsessed with my weight and how many pounds I'm losing. After all, one of my goals is to be a healthy weight. Some people prefer to only focus on their diet and trust the weight will come off. I guess I find it motivating to follow my weight. Weighing is the first thing I do every morning and I think about it throughout the day. When I'm up a pound it helps me be stricter with myself to follow the plan. When I'm down a pound it motivates me to try for another pound. Having a scale with an app for my phone has made a real difference for me. I like keeping a record of my weight and it is so easy to keep using the app. I wonder if I'll lose interest in daily weigh-ins after I am a normal weight. I wonder, too, which is harder, losing weight or keeping it off. I think, at least for a while, keeping it off will be challenging. I hope by May I'll be faced with this challenge!
B: Rice and fruit salad
L: Vegetable casserole with BBQ sauce, zucchini slaw
D: Cabbage slaw, fast minestrone, and potato casserole
Snack: sweet potato FF with ketchup
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moonlight on Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.