Thanks so much, MWL buddy.
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I'm back on track today, and I'm taking your advice and Dr. McD's to get things back in gear. Went to the gym this morning, too. I think my hormone soup has evened out now. Menopause has really made my monthly hormones very weird. Much weirder than when I was pre-menopausal.
Plan for today:
B: Sweet potatoes and veggies
L: Sweet potatoes and veggies
S: Soup
D: Sweet potatoes and veggies
Actual:
B: sweet potatoes
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S:
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L: ate out -- veggie dog, low-fat chips, juice
D: roasted sweet potato fries with the balsamic dijon marinade from Chef AJ's brussels sprouts
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S: sweet potato and a little sweet mustard
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I won't do the sweet potatoes this way every time, but they were good. I'm positive steaming is a lower calorie density way to prepare them, but they were a tasty treat, and my kid really liked them, even not fried.
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Went to the gym today and rode the exercise bike hard for over an hour, then walked for a long time while shopping with partner.
Finally a good day after some rough ones. Lunch wasn't MWL, but it was the best option there, and that's something I don't mind once in a while. Much better than bingeing on fried stuff.
Symptoms: some soreness in my ankle from all the walking; weird pain in my upper back for a few minutes -- like chest pain but in the back. Will keep an eye on it.
Drugs: just my reduced thyroid and beta-blocker