Down 0.8 lbs this week. Again! Nice to see steady weight loss but I wish it was a bit more if I’m honest! Never mind, I’ll just keep plugging away.
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. I’ve been mainly eating brown rice and potatoes because I love them so. Is there any problem just mainly eating 2 starches, or should I make an effort to branch out more?
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). Easy. Vegan for life
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. Had some uncooked oats with a bit of oat milk one night when I let myself get too hungry.
8. Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). Still having a little oat milk in my tea. Also had a bit with the oats.
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself. Yes.
10. Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily. Pilates most days with walking.
Working still on just having 2 fruits. Some days it’s been 3 or 4. The fruit is just so good here right now and we get a veg box delivered weekly which has fruit in it. Not having fruit at breakfast as much which helps keep the total down.
Huge thank you, as always, to Mark and the other mods for looking after us and providing so much information and help. You’re superstars.