by Birdy » Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:45 am
Thanks Dechen, but I'm still in the stage of cutting it out with more than a few "li'l smidgens" sneaking into my mouth. With me, it's always a process.
Hey Anna!! I've been missing you and am glad to find your post. I totally get being tired of journalling since I did the same thing for different reasons. It's good to take breaks, but thanks for giving me a shout. I'm really happy you're doing pretty dang good! More power to ya.
It's raining, it's pouring here day after day, with thankfully a few breaks here and there. Went for a great walk with my DH yesterday and plan to work a walk in today also. I'm meeting my oldest daughter in the city this afternoon, so that will be fun.
Fell off the wagon a little yesterday because I bought some trail mix for my youngest daughter that turned out to have been processed with oil and sugar, AND it had little chunks of chocolate in it. I didn't totally pig out, but did have some of it.
I've been reading Becoming Raw by Brenda Davis, R.D. and Vesanto Melina, R.D. There is so much fascinating information in there and, although I don't want to be a raw foodist, I do want to not only include more vegetables in my diet, but also more raw foods. I've noticed in people's journals that many of us don't eat enough vegetables even while following Dr. McD's plan.
On another topic, I've noticed a disturbing trend among some McDougallers who are journaling about fasting ever more frequently and/or severely limiting caloric intake. To me, this doesn't seem healthy, balanced or safe. I'm a bit worried about a couple of people here.
Today's menu:
Breakfast - coffee with soy cream/tsp sugar; toast with soy margarine* (I know I know); collard greens sauteed in olive oil* and water
Lunch - Israeli coucous salad made with asparagus, lemon, parsley, artichoke hearts (no oil); fruit
Dinner - Anna's split pea soup (yes, your split pea soup Anna or my version of it from a post in your journal some time back - it was so good).
Exercise:
Walking 40 minutes
Strength training (still not being consistent enough with this, but trying!)
"The program is essentially cost and risk free." ~ Dr. John McDougall