I promise future posts in this thread won't be quite so long!
I've been waffling about compliance for a while now. I feel like I have the knowledge I need, and the resources, and most of the will, yet somehow, I'm only stringing together 2 compliant days at a time most of the time, with one or two or four days in between. (To give myself credit, the non-MWL days have almost always been McD compliant.)
Werner just posted a "fresh start" journal, and that was the push I needed to commit to 100% MWL EVERY day, not just once in a while. This is Day One, and I feel like I have it in me to do this every day, at least until I meet my health and fitness goals, and then my plan is to go to regular McD.
For me, compliance looks like this:
What's in: Veggies, low-fat fruits, whole grains, and beans, along with water/salt/spices
No animal products
No nuts, olives, avocados, soybeans, or coconut
No added fats/oils
No juice or caloric drinks or artificial sweeteners
Fruit up to twice a day (I don't measure food servings; if it starts to feel like I'm consuming too much fruit or my triglycerides go up, I'll make this more strict)
No flour, bread, white pasta, baked goods
No dried fruit or sugar unless it's a minor part of a recipe, or an ingredient in a condiment (but I will seek out and buy condiments without sugar/salt)
These things are okay occasionally (no more than about 2 times total per week -- if they become a problem, cut them out): whole-grain pasta, corn tortillas, polenta, processed grain (white rice, hominy, etc.)
For now, salt is fine, but start cooking with less salt and buying lower-salt products
Caffeine is only allowed as part of my migraine medication if needed
I probably don't want 3 journals on here, so I may fold my food log and daily journal into this one; haven't decided yet. Will probably just keep it all here because it will be a good reference back for me.
Numbers/stats:
Weight:
June 10 (when I started tracking and heading toward McD compliance): 330 lbs.
July 8 (when I started trying to do MWL, with some success, but almost 100% McD): 316.8 lbs., down 13.2
October 19 (today): 285, down 45 from start, down 31.8 since start of trying to be 100% MWL (and managing probably 95% compliance)
A1C:
April 21: 5.6
October 13: 5.5
Cholesterol:
April 21: 161
October 13: 143
Triglycerides:
April 21: 184
October 13: 150
Today's food plan:
B: Tomato soup and okra
L: beans and veggies
D: Veggie soup with potatoes in it
S: Baked potato with some kind of fat-free sauce on it (lots of choices right now), and some veggies
Actual:
B:
S: grapes
L:
(cooked a pound of baby spinach with a can of kidney beans and a bag of frozen corn; served with a chopped tomato. Actually only ate about half of it at lunch, and the other half a couple hours later.)
S: rambutan
S: (blood sugar was low) Engine 2 burger with ketchup
Challenges today: Home all day, so I ate all day, but that's okay. Also, we have some good pears going ripe, but I already ate my 2 fruits, so I'm skipping them.