When I was a child, I was thin, didn't really pay food much attention and, was full of life and energy. At age 14, I began to develop as a woman and my height and weight increased to 5'4" and 112lbs. My mother put me on a 600 cal/day diet that she controlled, I was starving and I began to sneak food. I have struggled with binge eating ever since but my weight was in fair control (generally about 132-140 for many years (5'8") After the birth of my second child, I had much difficulty with my weight and found that I had hypothyroidism. I was started on medication at that point. However, no one ever told me the reason for my hypothyroid until about 10 years ago and yet, I still was not counseled in how to manage the Hashimoto's disease. Medication was still the only option. So, due to pain from the inflammation I limited my exercise. I am generally quite active however. I do not just sit and watch TV, in fact I rarely watch TV. My weight continued to climb and I have tried nearly every diet with limited success. After much prayer for guidance, I continued to research and came upon WFPB eating - I felt in my soul that this was the answer. I started that way of eating 3 years ago. I dropped about 50lbs rather quickly and then, started to eat less carefully - not paying attention to oils and sugars, eating out more, eating vegan junk foods and, my weight increased about 35 lbs over the last two years. Today I begin that journey to health again at age 59. However, this time I will do it with more fidelity, more carefulness, I've never ever posted or joined any type of online forum but, I am going to now. Today I begin with renewed commitment to health. I have 10 and soon to be 11 grandchildren and wish to live long to see them all grow up. I commit to them and to the rest of my family to be healthy so that I can more fully enjoy and be present in our relationships each day. I commit to God to be respectful of my body and of his creations - letting those live that might have died for my plate and choosing to partake only of plant life with gratitude for His most wonderful bounty. I commit to myself so I can have health, energy, vitality and, to learn to have full integrity in my choices and actions so I can feel contented and joyful!
beginning wt today (I was out of town for Friday's weigh in) 228.2 I am 5'8" This is my plan to follow today:
Breakfast - 1 peach, 16 oz steamed spinach with lemon juice, 1 medium baked potato
Lunch - Green salad with no oil dressing, Vegetable soup
Snack - apple
Dinner - Green salad with no oil dressing, 1 med baked potato topped with homemade vegetarian chile ( I make my own and bottle it)
My no oil dressing is made from balsamic vinegar reduction, dijon mustard, italian spices
