by AnnetteW » Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:50 am
Thanks for popping in, Lyndzie, I truly appreciate the supportive comments. My oh my, how I love watermelon. Last summer I got addicted to frozen watermelon. I would buy a bag at the Walmart grocer (only place I ever found it) for $3.97, and ate at least one a day. One day they didn't have it, so I bought a watermelon and froze my own in 1 qt. bags. Talk about cheap. If I only ate 1 of the 1 qt bags that would be great, but I can easily eat two, and the pieces are frozen. I plop in front of my computer in the heat of the afternoon and enjoy the icey cold watermelon. Eventually I'd be putting on a light sweater and wrapping up in a blanket, and just shivering. My husband thinks I'm a goof.
Weight back down to my recent low of 156, which I think I'll consider my starting weight on MWL. I did finally finish the book and am back to reading the Starch Solution, and continuing to watch lots of videos while I sew.
I will probably have a big cheat this week, but not like you might think. I have a colonoscopy this Thursday, and along with my "waterfast/prep" day, I have 2 low fiber days. So I figured I'd attempt it as a form of weight loss. I also have decided if I feel like crap that I can give it up and eat a bit more normally.
My plan for today is based on 4 meals, all white rice based (the low fiber part). So breakfast and afternoon snack (since I'm sure I'll be hungry) are both 1 cup of white rice and 1 mashed banana, cooked with a bit of rice milk (homemade) to wet it enough.
Lunch and dinner will be rice with extra well cooked broccoli. I am thinking of cooking one with a bit of miso water and blending to a soup, and the other just as rice and broccoli with coconut aminos.
If I make it through today, I'll try again tomorrow though I might change things up a bit.
Then Wednesday I will just water fast but be prepared with veggie broth if necessary, then the afternoon/evening prep.
Then totally back on plan for Thursday afternoon.
Saturday has two eating out opportunities for me, but both appear to have lovely vegan options, I'll ask for them to be cooked with no fat (something I've not asked for before) and light on any sauces.
I expect to have a bit of a weight drop come Friday morning, and I'm curious beyond belief to know how flat my stomach might get. I hold weight in my belly and it disturbs me so much. In the past few years I had also started gaining lots of weight up under my arms, right in my armpits and around that whole upperback/underarm area. I have only just recently noticed the flapping arm syndrome, and I know a lot of that is due to age and collagen and all that. I hyperfocus on that a bit too much, and realize at my thinnest weights, that will be gone too.
When I lost weight in the past, at my lowest, I had no cellulite. I had loose skin though, and that's a bit weird too, but it's what it is, and I have to learn to accept certain things due to age too, but not being fat...that's due to my own laziness.
I recently gave up alcohol, except for allowing myself to have it outside of the house. It works for me, but I also plan on dropping that back a bit more all the time. I was easily drinking 1 bottle of wine a night, up till about February this year. I've stopped drinking in the past, once went 1.5 years, but the moment I'm told I can't have something I want it even more. I don't think about it now, but still enjoy it out with my girlfriends. But like I said, I'll start dropping that back too. I know it's not healthy.
Yesterday was my first morning without coffee. I've been a 3 cups each morning person for years. I don't drink caffeine anytime after lunch or I don't sleep. I felt so sick over the July 4th that I only drank 1 cup two mornings in a row. So I decided why not just finally try to stop. Yesterday I had green tea, so a bit of caffeine. This morning was jasmine, a very small amount in a full teapot. I was a bit headachey yesterday. When the headaches go away, I'll possibly drop the caffeine back a bit more, but it's such a small amount I might not. But continue with no caffeine after lunches.
Yesterday I ate the following:
Breakfast - oatbran (out of oatmeal), 1 banana, rice milk, 2T ground flax, cinnamon
Lunch - air fried sweet potato fries, air fried broccoli/onions/mushrooms/balsamic, and mustard, apple
Snack - grapes
Dinner - large salad with air fried potato chunks and fresh homemade salsa.
I was a tad bit hungryish when I went to bed, and this morning had a nice low blood sugar of 76.