4/27/20: 203.2
5/1/20: 201.8
5/8/20: 200.0
5/15/20: 198.6
5/22/20: 197.8
5/29/20: 196.0
6/5/20 : 193.8
6/12/20: 192.8
6/19/20: 192.6
6/26/20: 191.8
7/3/20: 190.8
7/10/20: 188.8
7/17/20: 189.0
7/24/20: 187.4
7/31/20: 187.8
8/7/20: 186.6
8/14/20: 187.8
8/21/20: 184.6
8/28/20: 182.0
9/5/20: 180.8
9/11/20: 182.4
9/18/20: 181.8
9/25/20: 181.2
Change: -.6
Hello everyone,
So, this past week with the exception of a few days where I did indulge in higher calorie dense food...I did pretty good. Wife decided to make pumpkin spice cake and I just couldn't resist. She did substitute apple sauce for the oil and egg replacer for the egg just for me. She was going to make it regardless so I am grateful she did this for me. Although, I am certain if she would have made it with eggs I would not have eaten it. I don't really want to tell her to make it with eggs to prevent me from eating any because at least I know she is eating healthier.
Anyway, I am down another .6 lbs this week and .6 lbs the week before. I missed the cut off date for posting the week before. Anyway, the weather down here in the South Central Texas is finally starting to cool off so I am enjoying the outdoor walking instead of walking on the treadmill indoors.
A 10-POINT CHECKLIST FOR MAXIMUM WEIGHT LOSS (MWL)
1) Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. Yes
2) Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for dessert. Yes
3) Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them. Yes
4) Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). Yes
5) Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy). Yes
6) Eliminate any added oil. Yes.
7) Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e. bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit. Yes, except for a few days.
8 ) Don’t drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). Yes
9) Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Yes. Tough one. Trying harder on this one.
10) Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking). Yes. Enjoying the cooler weather.
This month has gone by fast. Looking forward to October. Have great week.