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Starflower wrote:MWL post for September 8th:
Hi team!
1) Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. YES
2) Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals, filling half your plate (by visual volume) with non-starchy vegetables and 50% (by visual volume) with minimally processed starches. Choose fruit for desert. YES
3) Greatly reduce or eliminate added sugars and added salts. This includes gourmet sugars and salts too. If either is troublesome for you, you can eliminate them. NO - too much salt and sugar
4) Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood). YES
5) Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy). NO - some avocado and edamame
6) Eliminate any added oil. YES
7) Eliminate all higher calorie-dense foods including flour products (i.e. bread, bagels, muffins, crackers, dry cereals, cookies, cakes), puffed cereals, air-popped popcorn and dried fruit. YES
8 ) Don’t drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). NO - some almond milk in coffee
9) Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself. YES
10) Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking). NO - none on the hottest days
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
Do you find yourself leaning more on repetition and simplicity in your meals, or do you feel like you need more variety in recipes to be content and satisfied?
Do you tend to cycle through 5 or 6 reliable favorite recipes, or are you driven to frequently test out new discoveries?
Do you find comfort in familiar, enjoyable activities or do you crave new adventures?
What have you been enjoying lately? What foods, pastimes, social activities, or recreations have been sparking joy in you?
It was a difficult week. Heat, humidity, and lack of sleep led to some old comfort foods, just because they were easy to grab. I made some poor choices. I used Mark’s questions to come up with a plan to avoid poor choices in future. Perfect timing, Mark!
I love to keep things simple, with not too many choices. Trying new things is fun, but only added to traditional foods on special occasions, like holidays. My plan includes things like containers of mashed potatoes, peas, carrots and rice in the fridge so a healthy comfort food is readily available. Lately corn on the cob and watermelon have been my indulgences. I’m looking forward to soup season! I started playing my flute again, doing sudoku and recently tried miniature golf, which I enjoyed.
Wishing everyone a wonderful and successful week!
VegSeekingFit wrote:Hi Starflower!
Your local Asian market sounds AWESOME!!! Yum!!!
I agree with you 100% about how important it is to have / build a supportive environment as best you can. Helps a ton!!! I honestly have found that I choose to spend my time with people more who bring optimism and positive energy and have pulled back a bit (in some cases entirely) from detractors. Not sure if that is anything like what you meant --- but it is something that has been beneficial for my own well-being.
Hope that you have a terrific week!
Best,
Stephanie
VegSeekingFit wrote:Hi Starflower,
Hope that your week coming up is easier and that your pain is going away from dental work.
Awesome that you have some new appliances to look forward to and sounds like some amazing food prepared!
Cheers,
Stephanie
VegSeekingFit wrote:Hi Starflower!
Yay that your week was better!!!
Glad that your improved appliances are supporting you in health!
RE: the winter Pickleball.... interesting that a park district by me keeps their courts open throughout the winter and only locks them if there is snow on the ground. Some people play in all weather.... Personally, I go inside when it is chilly!!!
Wishing you a fantastic week!!
Best,
Stephanie
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