Veganmothering wrote:Me too. Isn't it this wonderful. Just like you I was on the plan before and got off it in my pregnancies. It is incredible how easy this plan is once you get rolling. I have to figure out why I get off the plan when I like it so much. Maybe I forgot? Maybe it is because I start to consider other plans etc, confuse myself etc...Not sure, but I am sure I will be more vigilant this time...
I totally agree with you dragana. I'm not hungry, it's super easy (no portion counting, which makes my life so much easier). How easy is it to boil a pot of potatoes, to make one of Jeff's easy vegetable soups, and to eat a salad made from a mix of pre-washed greens and vegetables.
I wonder though, when I did MWL last year and was at a lower weight (I was only trying to lose the last 2-3 pounds), it seemed so much harder, like I was hungry a lot. I'm guessing, but maybe I just wasn't eating enough, particularly starches. This go around though, my feelings mirror yours.
Dr. McDougall never misses an opportunity to rave about the wonders of potatoes--how filling they are, meet our nutrient needs, easy to make, ect. Yah, yah, I've thought. But since I've been doing MM and eating nothing but potatoes and veggies, I have to say, yes, you're on to something McDougall. I have absolutely NO sugar cravings, even fruit isn't a HAVE-TO, which if you know me, I have a sweet tooth. Maybe when are needs for starches aren't being met we crave it in sugar? One thing I've noticed though, I get lightheaded if I'm not getting enough calories. Which, doing MM, I really am not hungry throughout the day. It's usually hunger pains that let me know when I need to eat, but when I'm eating pounds of greens and vegetables which are very low in calories, I have to force myself at times to eat more starches! Kinda ironic how I have to force myself to eat--on a diet!
I think it really does come down to keeping things simple. We're meant to eat simply, but our modern convieniances have been a mixed blessing. To much easy access to too much variety...a temptation that I'm not always up to task. Again, I think McDougall has it right--rich foods and desserts should be saved for special occassions and celebrations, instead of being a daily, or even every meal occurence.
Yesterday (may 18) I ate:
Yesterday I changed one thing, which is I added a can of small red beans to dinner. I experienced some lightheadedness. Which again, I wasn't even hungry at dinnertime, but I figured the lightheadedness had something to do with the fact I just needed more calories, which turns out, was true. After dinner, problem solved.
All 3 meals were essentially the same--potatoes and veggies.
Breakfast: Raw salad, vegetable soup & finished mashed potatoes
Lunch: homemade Asparagus Mushroom Potato soup (used a vegetable broth instead of cream)--soup also had some butter beans in it
Snack: 1/2 frozen banana
Dinner: One can small red beans over huge green raw salad (lots of red & yellow peppers, shredded cabbage, spring mix greens, romaine lettuce, carrots, and diced tomatoes) topped with oil-free pomegrante & blueberry dressing (only 25 calories per 2 TBS, less than many basalmic vinegars) & lots of oven-roasted herbed potatoes
That's it. Looks like I'll do about the same thing today--potatoes, vegetables, & a can of some variety of beans