Aug 31
Day 35
B: frosted mini wheats; oat milk
S: sugar snap peas, zucchini slices, baby carrots
L: chili over rice and spinach
D: Moroccan sweet potato stew; cucumber wraps w. corn tortillas and cucumber slivers
S: rice cakes
Okay! I got through the whole month of August, plus a few days in July, eating as close to MWL as I could. I added zero oil, but did consume oat milk with oil in it for about a week with breakfast. With the exception of avocado toast yesterday, I ate ZERO fatty foods. Flour products...I did eat noodles several times, and yesterday I had whole wheat toast with honey, with my lunch. Fully compliant whole wheat bread
Amazing what a treat plain old whole wheat bread was, you know? When I opened the package, the aroma! It smelled luxurious while toasting, and the flavor was sublime. Went well with my sweet potato stew.
Let's see. What else. Rice cakes. They are not in the "low calorie density" category, but they're crispy and salty and FAR better than chips, right? Sometimes before bed, or between meals to tide me over. Ah also, I only get the wild rice cakes from Lundberg. They're made with whole grain. Brown rice, while rice, and sea salt. I didn't have a rice cake every day, but I'm okay with having one occasionally.
Now, what have I found to be the benefits of going all the way with this? Most important is the reduction in aches and pains. My knee still randomly is out of it. Like today it hurts, yesterday it hurt. *shrug* feels like arthritis, because it's always much worse after being still, and gets better really fast when I get up and start moving around. I was expecting great energy, and that hasn't really happened. However, I think my energy has been good since 2009, when I started McDougalling. Re-started, eh?
Anyway, because even though I gained a lot of weight in the past six years, it wasn't because of going all S A D on myself. I kept to the basics, not consuming animal and sticking mostly to whole foods. My stamina back then skyrocketed, my energy was amazing compared to how it had been on a high fat omnivore diet. Hm.
Okay, so my energy has remained the same, which is comparatively high. Stamina is actually really good, too.
And last, but not least???
SW: 250
CW: 240
GW: 140
I'm claiming the 10 lbs, because I DID weigh 250 on the day I finally made the decision to do this. Of course, the very next day I was down 2 lbs. Water weight? Whatever. Anyway, on 7/27/2020 I stepped on the scale and the number was 250. This morning I stepped on the scale and the number is 240. That's 10 lbs.... !!!!!
Alrighty, now on to the future. I have got to make a goal of being more active. MUST DO. With that in mind, and considering that my feet and knees get bad when I overdo...heh, such as walking around the block...but this I can do: One minute plank every day. Right now I can hold a plank, straight arm, for 30 seconds. Going to do what I can every day, and build up to a full minute.
Hm. Also, going to get up from my dang work desk for five minutes every hour. Oh! Also going to reward myself with new earrings.
Here's to continuing through the month of September. woo hoo!
MENTAL HEALTH1. Visualize myself thin 20 minutes
2. Spend time outside
3. Avoid TV news
PHYSICAL1. 60 second plank
2. Get up every hour for five minutes.
Program outlined in the MWL book, page 601. Eliminate All Animal Foods
2. Eliminate All Oils
3. Eliminate All High Fat Plant Foods: Nuts, Nut Butters, Seeds, Seed Butters, Avocados, Coconut, & Olives.
4. Eliminate All Flour Products
5. Eat Whole Grains and Potatoes
6. Eat Legumes
7. Make Green & Yellow Vegetables One-Half to One-Third of your meal
8. Eat Uncooked Foods
9. Restrict Fresh Fruit to No More Than Two Servings a Day, and Avoid Dried Fruit, Fruit Puree, and Fruit Juice
10. Use Simple Sugar Sparingly
Healthy Eating HabitsChew foods thoroughly
Restrict variety
Addendum from the newer version:1) use no salt in cooking. Sprinkle a little bit on the top of your food if desired.
2) eliminate calorie dense foods including air popped popcorn and others
that rice cake. It's salty and crispy and I have one or two a day and that's just how it is.
3) eat until satiated. Do not stuff your stomach. Stop when you feel full
4) be more active. Aim for 30 minutes per day of brisk activity