Weighing in and assessing for this past week... I missed last week's weigh in
... sorry.
Current weight: 123
Last week: 121.5
Not too happy with this gain... hanging in there.
- Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit. Fruit in my salads or on the side, sometimes for dessert.
- Follow the 50/50 plate method for your meals. YES
Meals are large salads with veggies, corn, potatoes, and beans in them or cooked veggies/potato. Fruit for dessert
- No sugar, salt infrequent.
- Vegan
- Eliminate all higher fat plant foods ... this is where I make small alterations that are not on plan which see below
- Don't drink your calories (especially from juices & sugar-sweetened beverages). Once
- Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. 9 out of 10, one day grazing on approved foods but more than only meals, hungry.
- Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily: daily walks or runs, 45minutes to an hour.
This month is a learning experience for me, but I am unsure what I need to learn..
I have the exceptions/off plan foods just explaining:
Eat a lot of fruit too much?), as a T1 diabetic I need it for low blood sugar. One day had 8 ounces apple juice for this reason, needed sugar in me fast
Tempeh/soy, - as a regular runner, I have found that I need some additional protein for energy .. Went without it and realized this again. Several mornings a week, up to 3 ounces.
One dinner, ate rice crackers, about 15 (120 calories in 38 of them) - no excuse!
I am very confused about weight gain other than the obvious "add-in's" above, which SEEM minor enough that metabolism would not be affected, given activity level and overall compliance. Calorically, gain seems unlikely? And they are McDougall just not MWL.
I don't know what to do, except continue. And be trying for total compliance and just let the rest of it be!
Do you see anything I could add or subtract or change, or just hang in there...
I missed last week because of feeling so discouraged, to be honest. I will hang in here because that is what I want to do.
Thanks for listening to all of this.. at least I am here again
Last edited by Trish on Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:43 pm, edited 3 times in total.