Re: November 2020 McDougall MWL Weigh-In Group
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:33 am
Greetings-
11/20/2020 125.6
11/27/2020 127
Weight change +/- in lbs: +1.4
My 10 point checklist excludes Thursday and Friday when I ate bread,dried cranberries,pecans, pretzels and French apple pie. The quantity of food was also much greater than typical days and I still feel awful. I’m looking forward to a family holiday meal where I feel good before, during,& after! I really really focused on adhering to the guidelines and checklist the other days of this week with success.
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
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. 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 (i.e., brisk walking).yes
Victories, comments, concerns,
I hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving. We had a very small one compared to prior years and everyone pitched in to help and prepare. The food was beautiful and we of course made way too much because that’s what we do! What I’m most looking forward to now that the holiday is over is getting back on the MWL track, and to what is now my routine before old habits sneak back in and take over. I have to keep reminding myself that one day or even one week will not undo all of the work I’ve done to lose weight and eat healthfully but not to lose sight or let go. I absolutely let go Thanksgiving Day with quantity and quality of foods and yesterday and feel the difference today. You have given us the tools and the structure to get back on track from a lapse. We deserve to feel great. I may just do a mini MM for a few days for a jumpstart. I prepared wonderful MWL friendly foods with the best of intentions for the holiday that are ready for me with no effort starting now.
Be well, be happy, and bring on December! Thank you.
11/20/2020 125.6
11/27/2020 127
Weight change +/- in lbs: +1.4
My 10 point checklist excludes Thursday and Friday when I ate bread,dried cranberries,pecans, pretzels and French apple pie. The quantity of food was also much greater than typical days and I still feel awful. I’m looking forward to a family holiday meal where I feel good before, during,& after! I really really focused on adhering to the guidelines and checklist the other days of this week with success.
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
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. 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 (i.e., brisk walking).yes
Victories, comments, concerns,
I hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving. We had a very small one compared to prior years and everyone pitched in to help and prepare. The food was beautiful and we of course made way too much because that’s what we do! What I’m most looking forward to now that the holiday is over is getting back on the MWL track, and to what is now my routine before old habits sneak back in and take over. I have to keep reminding myself that one day or even one week will not undo all of the work I’ve done to lose weight and eat healthfully but not to lose sight or let go. I absolutely let go Thanksgiving Day with quantity and quality of foods and yesterday and feel the difference today. You have given us the tools and the structure to get back on track from a lapse. We deserve to feel great. I may just do a mini MM for a few days for a jumpstart. I prepared wonderful MWL friendly foods with the best of intentions for the holiday that are ready for me with no effort starting now.
Be well, be happy, and bring on December! Thank you.