Hi
keithswife and
bunsofaluminum. Yes, the joint pain reduction alone is so marvelous, and I have to remember that when I feel like faltering. Now if my eczema and psoriasis would just clear up, I would be in heaven. I've told myself not to worry too much about it until my excess weight is gone. Perhaps at that time I would be ready to try an actual elimination diet, but not till then. I've tried before with no success. I often think this or that triggers it, but I truly can't be certain, as the next time it appears to be something else.
I need to get back to 100% compliance, I can feel the excuses sneaking in....the little treats popping in my mouth.
Yesterday I made a yummy "fake guacamole" recipe that was running around Facebook, and it was divine. Tastes nothing like guacamole, but more of a great Mexican based sauce. This is the recipe, minus the oil.
https://www.lataco.com/fake-guacamole-is-here/ So of course once I made it, I had to try it out. And we do have tortilla chips in the house. Now honestly, I haven't been tempted by my husband's foods, the chips or cheeses or meats. But it was the "fake guac" I wanted to eat. So I tried it with one chip....AWESOME! And then a few more. Then I got smart and cooked up 3 corn tortilla into chip sizes in the Air Fryer and then ate some more. Delicious, but not as delicious as the regular fried and salted chips.
Boom!!! The lightbulb
went off in my head, and the flavor explosion in my mouth told me I have to avoid those chips...which like I said really hasn't been any issue. So then the thought was that I can buy a bag of baked chips. Yes, I can do that, but they too aren't compliant. Heck, even the corn tortillas are skirting the issue.
I'm not supposed to be eating chips. I'm not denying myself the chips, I'm choosing not to eat them at this time. Total pisser
Then later in the afternoon I was feeling hungry again. Feeling hungry isn't good. I made up a snack of cucumbers and little tomatoes and some of my yummy whole grain bread, which toasted and put a bit of cherry jam on. I really miss almond butter on bread. I don't eat a lot of bread, but I can bake the best sourdough, and enjoy having it now and then. And at the same time my husband was making pesto. I can ignore pesto, I don't really like it much, and now that I see the parmasan going into it and the olive oil, I can just avoid it totally. All fine and dandy, but then a small handful of walnuts jumped into my mouth.
Um What? I put those in the freezer so I wouldn't eat them, and I haven't eaten them. Till they were right there in front of me. Then I ate a few more. I don't think I had more than 1 ounce total, but I'm not supposed to be eating them at all right now.
Then we went out for dinner. Heck, why not just top it off with a glass of wine (my vice) and my giant salad, which also was not compliant at all, not with the dressing, olives, marinated mushrooms and marinated artichoke hearts.
At least I ate VEGAN all day.
Yesterday was a first for me, for being that much off track, yet truly not eating horribly. What a crazy thought. I still ate better than 99% of the US population. I had my oats and fruit for breakfast, lunch was millet, garbanzos, veggies, kale, curry...seriously good healthy foods.
Not sure what made me go off track.
It's amazing how then you want to just say "to h*ll with it all."
But no, I went to bed reading Ornish. I woke up and ordered a subscription to a WFPB magazine, and I printed out a few recipes. I am printing out the MWL list again, and sticking it on my fridge. I will make myself a checklist and try harder.
The few areas I'm having issues with are:
- No flours or caloric dense items (like the occasional bread)
- No oils (I'm fine without oils until I'm out)
- No nuts (I do miss those a lot, and keep telling myself I can have them later)
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Plan for today:Breakfast - Oats, blueberries, soymilk, ground flax
Lunch - rice, lentils, lots of veggies
Snack - fruit
Dinner - potatoes, mushroom gravy, green tossed salad
Exercise - class at the gym