I can't believe that it has been over a year since I last posted. Life has become even more complicated...no one else can relate to that, right?
I have let my food choices get out of control again because I keep using food as a reward for getting through the day. I was doing really well until the last 5-6 months have totally fallen off of the healthy eating wagon. Sigh. and have packed back on 25 pounds. Ugh. I'm caffeinated and exhausted at the same time.
Anyway, I've been watching Chef AJ videos and watching her weight loss and health gain has been so inspiring. A few things are in the forefront of my mind that she said were key for her or perhaps I extrapolated:
1. Have a lot of veg. (I hate veg currently...time to just be an adult and eat it anyway).
2. Pain avoidance. She states that her knee gave her a lot of pain from an accident. I think she said that the pain helped motivate her to eat strictly. I don't know if I've just lived with the pain in my shoulder, heart palpitations, asthma, arthritis, tight clothes, scalp psoriasis, etc. so long that it doesn't feel like a strong enough motivator...at least when I crave a treat, I don't seem to remember any of these things. Not sure how to address these problems.
3. SOS. This is so hard for me. How in the world do you avoid salt, oil, sugar? I've done it before but for some dumb reason feel like I'm standing at the very base of Mount Everest wondering if I can make it back to base camp because I remember how stinking hard that climb is! And then there is a mountain to climb after that!
4. She didn't approach this as a quick fix. She eliminated x, the things that were keeping her back, without thinking that one day she would be able to eat x again.
Good news is that I bought an instant pot! Yay! I have bags and bags of beans just waiting to be cooked. I will try it out tomorrow for Father's Day. I am making the rest of the fam fajitas and I will just have beans instead. After Father's Day, we will all eat McDougall menus because we all need to be healthier.
Here are my start stats:
140 lbs.
US size 8-10 (but still squeezing into my size 6's...can anyone say "major muffin top"?)
tired
dehydrated
arthritis
scalp psoriasis
neck, shoulder, arm pain
insomnia
flabby
cranky
bad breath
always (and I mean ALWAYS) hungry
anxiety...this is a new one
migraines
heart palpitations
anemic
hair loss
lowered self-esteem
Tomorrow, here I come!