cmjens Discovering ME
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:23 am
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
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