by AnnetteW » Fri Jun 26, 2020 6:32 am
June start weight - 156
June 12 - 154 (down 2 lbs)
June 19 - 153 (down 1 lb)
Jun 26 - 151.4 (down 1.6 lbs)
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. Yes, except breakfast or if I eat a salad as a meal
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. Yes, except for breakfast which is 50% fruit
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. No added sugars, a bit of salt, though I'm working on that too
4. Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). Check!!!
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy).None at all this week, check!!!
6. Eliminate any added oil.Check !!!!
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. None at all this week, check!!!
8. Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages).Check, no alcohol!!!
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself.Really focusing on this, check!!!
10. Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking).Walking, yoga and weights, and the occasional day to rest when I work my butt off doing housework, and go up and down a zillion stairs all day.
Thoughts regarding last week - I stuck to the plan, worked on being a bit tighter. I'm feeling good, a bit tired, summer heat zaps me. Gut is feeling pretty good, but I still get terribly gassy.