I have joined the August 2020 MWL forum and will be posting my meals here for accountability. I have been following Dr. McDougall for years, but I am finally ready to make myself a priority.
Some background on me: 2019 and 2020 have not been the best for me.
1. I started the 2019 divorced after 20+ years.
2. My youngest child (I have 4) graduated high school (empty nesting alone was not the plan I envisioned).
3. That summer I had to put my dog to sleep.
4. After getting my 4 kids off to college (yes all four are in college), my mother, who suffered from dementia for over 10 years, was diagnosed with cancer and died 5 weeks later.
5. The Monday after the funeral, I found out my company had been bought out and all employees would be terminated by the end of January. (We were actually able to work through March 2020.)
6. I work in the oil and gas industry, and with the coronavirus, the drop in oil prices, and other companies laying off, I have not been able to find a job.
The bright side in all of this is that even though I am an emotional eater and a sugarholic, my weight has been steady over the last year and a half. My birthday is this month and there are a lot of things I can’t control right now, but I am going to take control of my health. I am turning 49, my starting weight is 246 lbs, and I take HBP medicine. My ultimate goal weight is to weigh 160 and be off the meds, but my short term goal is to drop 10% of my body weight every 2-3 months.
) I have some Truvia but I really don’t like the way it tastes. This is going to be a work in process for me.
(Little victories). I didn’t think to tell her not to get the chips. She knows I would normally get them. That will have to be a victory for another day.
I am pleasantly surprised.
