Buns Again
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:10 am
Hi McD peeps. I'm back.
No hurrahs or great joyful noise...I'm back because in the past three ish years I've regained everything. Back to where I was when I started McDougalling in Sept of 2009. No, I haven't gone to the SAD side; I've simply been eating like a fat vegan...I take that back. It hasn't been vegan junk food (except I did go off the deep end one Saturday last year with potato chips. But that was only once. Junk foods really haven't become a habit or anything) I've been eating whole foods, plant based PLUS added fats and haven't held back on the fatty foods like nut butters or foods with fats in the ingredients.
Several things have contributed to this backwards trend. In 2013 I was at my peak. My weight was lower than it had been since highschool; I was doing yoga every morning and my energy was uncontainable. Hiking, 90 minute walks, pushups, core strengthening, etc. It was wonderful! I was with a guy who agreed with and ate the same foods (though he did eat meat, but he was health conscious and was my hiking buddy for the Fall of '13)...and, with a man in my life, I also stopped getting up in the morning for yoga...snuggling feels REALLY good at 6 a.m.
Well, in January of 2014 I got cellulitis, which I recovered from okay, but it set me up for Reactive Arthritis and I wanted to die. It hurt to turn over in bed. It hurt to walk. I mean, i was one of those old ladies who get exasperated sighs from those around them as they slow down ALL the foot traffic while they hobble along SOOOO slow. It HURT SO BAD! And, because I was afraid it might be Rheumatoid Arthritis, I went to the Dr and had a full blood panel. Everything looked good EXCEPT my triglycerides were high!
Seriously? At that point I was eating near 100% compliance to McDougall Plan and my cholesterol was HIGH? It ticked me off. Here I was, as physically fit as I've ever been, eating healthier than EVER in my life, and a crippling illness STILL struck me down AND my numbers were off? pfft. Maybe that was the first step towards a "meh" attitude about following closely. The reactive arthritis faded away over a six week period THANK GOD. I hope never to go through anything like that EVER again.
At the same time, early 2014, I discovered a relaxing, de-stressing hobby called Zentangle. Oh! It took over! I spent much time every day tucked under my blankie, with my sketchbook and pens, learning new patterns, and creating some really cool looking stuff. check out my blog http://heidisue60.blogspot.com/ So, I stopped exercising pretty much completely. Then my feller left town, and we broke it off, because long distance relationship. And I opened a jar of Nutella and ate it with a spoon. And kept tangling, and had a sit down job. And allowed myself buttered popcorn now and then.
In early July of that year I met Wylie...we're still together and I love him very much. But I think that was the death knell for compliance. When you get in a relationship, you're happy. You go out to eat; you hang out. Wylie is the KING of cuddling which is absolutely lovely, but also means not getting up and exercising like I should. So in the past three and a half years, I've really relaxed my standards for food, though I still don't consume animal flesh (except on T'giving, a slice of dark meat) and Wylie is an omnivore, AND he's pretty skilled in the kitchen. So though I didn't eat any of the meat he might cook, I ate the other dishes, which he did NOT revise to low fat versions. I gained weight. In the winter of 2014-15 I hurt my foot somehow and stopped walking. Gained weight. Hurt my knee trying to restart the old yoga regimen.
Started a cool WOE called No S which has three rules: No Sweets, No Snacks, and No Seconds. Except on days that start with S (Saturday, Sunday, Special Days like a holiday or a birthday) I love the food sanity, people. For the past year or so, I have completely changed my relationship with food by following these super simple guidelines. Though I was still not being very careful with the fatty/salty stuff, I stopped gaining! I have allowed myself dark chocolate only on Saturday and Sunday (where I had been eating some every day, small amounts but still...) Anyway...because I had "permission" to eat whatever, as long as it was during a meal, that's when eggs started coming back in OH I LOVE EGGS...fried eggs over Thai Curried Rice (from Starch Solution) YUM! And of course, since snacking and sweets are "allowed" on S days...you get the picture.
Following No S, I did stop gaining, and I plan on using those same guidelines while eating compliant to McDougall Plan from here on out. Because in my case at any rate, it isn't working. I've taken off weight in the past using methods related to "all things in moderation" but it isn't working for me now, for weight loss. For food sanity, there's nothing like it.
But I've got to regain my health. I wake with an ache in my shoulder, elbow, knee, and foot. When I get up from my computer chair at work, it takes a minute to get moving, similar to that horrible arthritis I had in 2014. Some insomnia, especially the early morning wake ups where I can NOT get back to sleep. Five o'clock in the morning is one thing...but 3:00 a.m? no thank you. I plan on going to the Dr, as I am now in menopause. Want to find out about that, and just see where I am with some bloodwork.
And then, just get back to McDougalling. Get my energy and stamina back. Lose weight, lose these joint pains, decrease my inflammation.
No hurrahs or great joyful noise...I'm back because in the past three ish years I've regained everything. Back to where I was when I started McDougalling in Sept of 2009. No, I haven't gone to the SAD side; I've simply been eating like a fat vegan...I take that back. It hasn't been vegan junk food (except I did go off the deep end one Saturday last year with potato chips. But that was only once. Junk foods really haven't become a habit or anything) I've been eating whole foods, plant based PLUS added fats and haven't held back on the fatty foods like nut butters or foods with fats in the ingredients.
Several things have contributed to this backwards trend. In 2013 I was at my peak. My weight was lower than it had been since highschool; I was doing yoga every morning and my energy was uncontainable. Hiking, 90 minute walks, pushups, core strengthening, etc. It was wonderful! I was with a guy who agreed with and ate the same foods (though he did eat meat, but he was health conscious and was my hiking buddy for the Fall of '13)...and, with a man in my life, I also stopped getting up in the morning for yoga...snuggling feels REALLY good at 6 a.m.
Well, in January of 2014 I got cellulitis, which I recovered from okay, but it set me up for Reactive Arthritis and I wanted to die. It hurt to turn over in bed. It hurt to walk. I mean, i was one of those old ladies who get exasperated sighs from those around them as they slow down ALL the foot traffic while they hobble along SOOOO slow. It HURT SO BAD! And, because I was afraid it might be Rheumatoid Arthritis, I went to the Dr and had a full blood panel. Everything looked good EXCEPT my triglycerides were high!
Seriously? At that point I was eating near 100% compliance to McDougall Plan and my cholesterol was HIGH? It ticked me off. Here I was, as physically fit as I've ever been, eating healthier than EVER in my life, and a crippling illness STILL struck me down AND my numbers were off? pfft. Maybe that was the first step towards a "meh" attitude about following closely. The reactive arthritis faded away over a six week period THANK GOD. I hope never to go through anything like that EVER again.
At the same time, early 2014, I discovered a relaxing, de-stressing hobby called Zentangle. Oh! It took over! I spent much time every day tucked under my blankie, with my sketchbook and pens, learning new patterns, and creating some really cool looking stuff. check out my blog http://heidisue60.blogspot.com/ So, I stopped exercising pretty much completely. Then my feller left town, and we broke it off, because long distance relationship. And I opened a jar of Nutella and ate it with a spoon. And kept tangling, and had a sit down job. And allowed myself buttered popcorn now and then.
In early July of that year I met Wylie...we're still together and I love him very much. But I think that was the death knell for compliance. When you get in a relationship, you're happy. You go out to eat; you hang out. Wylie is the KING of cuddling which is absolutely lovely, but also means not getting up and exercising like I should. So in the past three and a half years, I've really relaxed my standards for food, though I still don't consume animal flesh (except on T'giving, a slice of dark meat) and Wylie is an omnivore, AND he's pretty skilled in the kitchen. So though I didn't eat any of the meat he might cook, I ate the other dishes, which he did NOT revise to low fat versions. I gained weight. In the winter of 2014-15 I hurt my foot somehow and stopped walking. Gained weight. Hurt my knee trying to restart the old yoga regimen.
Started a cool WOE called No S which has three rules: No Sweets, No Snacks, and No Seconds. Except on days that start with S (Saturday, Sunday, Special Days like a holiday or a birthday) I love the food sanity, people. For the past year or so, I have completely changed my relationship with food by following these super simple guidelines. Though I was still not being very careful with the fatty/salty stuff, I stopped gaining! I have allowed myself dark chocolate only on Saturday and Sunday (where I had been eating some every day, small amounts but still...) Anyway...because I had "permission" to eat whatever, as long as it was during a meal, that's when eggs started coming back in OH I LOVE EGGS...fried eggs over Thai Curried Rice (from Starch Solution) YUM! And of course, since snacking and sweets are "allowed" on S days...you get the picture.
Following No S, I did stop gaining, and I plan on using those same guidelines while eating compliant to McDougall Plan from here on out. Because in my case at any rate, it isn't working. I've taken off weight in the past using methods related to "all things in moderation" but it isn't working for me now, for weight loss. For food sanity, there's nothing like it.
But I've got to regain my health. I wake with an ache in my shoulder, elbow, knee, and foot. When I get up from my computer chair at work, it takes a minute to get moving, similar to that horrible arthritis I had in 2014. Some insomnia, especially the early morning wake ups where I can NOT get back to sleep. Five o'clock in the morning is one thing...but 3:00 a.m? no thank you. I plan on going to the Dr, as I am now in menopause. Want to find out about that, and just see where I am with some bloodwork.
And then, just get back to McDougalling. Get my energy and stamina back. Lose weight, lose these joint pains, decrease my inflammation.