December 2020 McDougall MWL Weigh-In Group
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:40 am
[EDIT]. I am editing this post so that Wildgoose’s post is visible at the top. The original post will appear in this post below Wildgoose’s. Thanks all for your understanding and best wishes on the weigh-in. Jeff
Expat in NZ’s original post.
Posting here because I do not see a thread for December yet
Happy NZ Friday all!
Nov 27 - 178.6
Dec 4 - 180.4 (+1.8 )
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. 95%
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals. 95%
3. Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. 95%
4. Eliminate all animal foods. 100%
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods. 95%
6. Eliminate any added oil. 95%
7. Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods. 95%
8. Don't drink your calories. 95% - see below
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. 95%
10. Avoid being sedentary. Always!
So, fine folks, I learned a great lesson this past week. The pleasure trap is an evil black hole that will suck you in before you even realize it's happening! I went to my work Christmas lunch and it was at a WINERY. I thought okay, I can have a glass of Malbec because I am in a region of NZ known for great wines...and that glass of wine led to oh, I'm going to try their homemade breads and crackers and hummus and...yeah. It was delicious in the moment but here I am, 2 days later, STILL feeling bloated and generally yucky. (It occurs to me that I used to feel like this all the time - how awful!). The scale was a brutally honest finger-wagging in my face reminding me that I should have known better. It was wonderful in the moment, but to still be paying for it days later? Pain is an excellent teacher. I will not be doing that again.
I'll copy this over into the December thread when it is created. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm moving forward with a renewed perspective.
wildgoose wrote: Until Mark gets back and does his usual excellent job of managing things, I thought I’d start a new thread, to keep the posts organized and avoid confusion.
So this is the official December thread. Hope you all got through Thanksgiving more or less successfully. For those of you who might have dabbled in the Pleasure Trap (and that includes a certain Goose who made the decision that since she was on "maintenance," she could put her beak into the dinner rolls and pumpkin pie), let me just say that the important thing is to immediately get back on track.
You may feel bad, physically or emotionally, but if you have one feast meal, it won’t derail your progress. If you have a nonstop feast from now through January 2, you’ll have a much harder task ahead of you in the new year. Be aware that even one meal containing rich food, particularly if it is salty, might lead to temporary weight gain. It’s temporary — don’t let it discourage you!
As it is, I had a week of edginess, wanting (but not eating!) richer foods, and some reaction to the wheat in the dinner rolls (I’m normally gluten free), but a solid week of 100% compliance with the MWL checklist has me back in the groove. With, I might add, a very firm resolve to have a merry, compliant Christmas!
Goose
Expat in NZ’s original post.
Posting here because I do not see a thread for December yet
Happy NZ Friday all!
Nov 27 - 178.6
Dec 4 - 180.4 (+1.8 )
1. Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. 95%
2. Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals. 95%
3. Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. 95%
4. Eliminate all animal foods. 100%
5. Eliminate all higher fat plant foods. 95%
6. Eliminate any added oil. 95%
7. Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods. 95%
8. Don't drink your calories. 95% - see below
9. Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. 95%
10. Avoid being sedentary. Always!
So, fine folks, I learned a great lesson this past week. The pleasure trap is an evil black hole that will suck you in before you even realize it's happening! I went to my work Christmas lunch and it was at a WINERY. I thought okay, I can have a glass of Malbec because I am in a region of NZ known for great wines...and that glass of wine led to oh, I'm going to try their homemade breads and crackers and hummus and...yeah. It was delicious in the moment but here I am, 2 days later, STILL feeling bloated and generally yucky. (It occurs to me that I used to feel like this all the time - how awful!). The scale was a brutally honest finger-wagging in my face reminding me that I should have known better. It was wonderful in the moment, but to still be paying for it days later? Pain is an excellent teacher. I will not be doing that again.
I'll copy this over into the December thread when it is created. Hope everyone is doing well! I'm moving forward with a renewed perspective.