My Daily "Weighing in"
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:31 am
I have been thinking about journaling for quite a while. What stops me each time is that down underneath is a desire to be perfect at it and knowing that I can never do it perfectly. I just decided to do this just for me. Maybe journaling will help me and maybe it will speak to someone else as well. I will not be perfect !
I bought Dr McDougall's Maximum Weight Loss book a long time ago; maybe when it first came out. I have been trying to lose weight since I was 13 years old so it has always been on my mind. When I first read the book I thought "why did I buy this? " It sounded so radical and different ! I could NEVER eat like this ! I think I gave the book to Goodwill or something..... I DID keep thinking about it and reading up on vegan diets etc. as I got older and my daughter turned vegan.
I reached goal weight twice in my life following Weight Watchers. I know how wonderful it feels to be a healthy weight but always slipped back to my old way of eating. I just couldn't make those life-long changes that keep my successful !
Trying WFPB eating over and over again has helped me find good recipes that I love but also I now realize that eating simply seems to work the best for me. I still attend Weight Watchers meeting as I have made good friends there. I can eat plant-based (everyone at my meeting knows ) and I use my meeting as my weigh in. I have placed my scale in a far off bedroom and try not to weigh myself at home. I want to establish my plant based lifestyle and think about HEALTH and NOT the number on the scale so once a week weigh in is enough for me.
Right now I have cooked potatoes, carrots and beets in the fridge along with spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers for salad. I make a couple days worth of 3-2-1 salad dressing for the salad. Steel cut oats is my everyday go to breakfast and Michigan blueberries are wonderful on my oatmeal or on my homemade yogurt ! I use these things along with soup (zucchini soup this week ) to keep myself happy and full for the week.
I am going to add to this journal every day or so to keep my mind on my goals.
-Happy Sunday !
-Squealcat
I bought Dr McDougall's Maximum Weight Loss book a long time ago; maybe when it first came out. I have been trying to lose weight since I was 13 years old so it has always been on my mind. When I first read the book I thought "why did I buy this? " It sounded so radical and different ! I could NEVER eat like this ! I think I gave the book to Goodwill or something..... I DID keep thinking about it and reading up on vegan diets etc. as I got older and my daughter turned vegan.
I reached goal weight twice in my life following Weight Watchers. I know how wonderful it feels to be a healthy weight but always slipped back to my old way of eating. I just couldn't make those life-long changes that keep my successful !
Trying WFPB eating over and over again has helped me find good recipes that I love but also I now realize that eating simply seems to work the best for me. I still attend Weight Watchers meeting as I have made good friends there. I can eat plant-based (everyone at my meeting knows ) and I use my meeting as my weigh in. I have placed my scale in a far off bedroom and try not to weigh myself at home. I want to establish my plant based lifestyle and think about HEALTH and NOT the number on the scale so once a week weigh in is enough for me.
Right now I have cooked potatoes, carrots and beets in the fridge along with spinach, tomatoes and cucumbers for salad. I make a couple days worth of 3-2-1 salad dressing for the salad. Steel cut oats is my everyday go to breakfast and Michigan blueberries are wonderful on my oatmeal or on my homemade yogurt ! I use these things along with soup (zucchini soup this week ) to keep myself happy and full for the week.
I am going to add to this journal every day or so to keep my mind on my goals.
-Happy Sunday !
-Squealcat