Hi Beth and Hi Trinity!!! Where is the LOVE LOVE LOVE emoji???
Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments!!!
Hi Journal,
Happy Friday!!!! I almost actually went into work today .... (which I haven't been in person since March 2020)... Some folks were taking pictures and doing a group Bring Your Dog to Work day...
Don't know whose dog I could borrow!!! (probably not a good idea....) Next week is yoga, wine and ice cream at the waterfall (seriously --- and I am not considering it)...
Planning a day trip with my son next week before he goes back to school. We do this every year... It was a choice between butterflies and roller coasters. He picked the butterflies....
I was trying to get him to do both, but no dice...
Going to experiment with thinly sliced potatoes after this post. I honestly have the picture in my head and it is going to distract me until I actually try them!
Weight is down 1 lb. from last week (but was up 1 lb. last week -- probably due to the 5/7 incident...)
Weather is looking amazing for the next week --- finally in the 70's and we have all of the windows open / no air on. Beautiful!
Below is Behavioral assessment that I will post to the Time & Adherence Group.
Hi Team Time and Adherence!
1 Start each meal with a soup and/or salad and/or fruit.
Yes. Still mostly salad / raw veggies - sometimes fruit. Bought a cut up cantaloupe to save some time - I like to have some melon every day. For the salad, mostly this is just piling raw veggies on a plate. I really hardly ever eat it in a bowl with dressing. 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 dessert.
Yes.
This was yesterday's breakfast. Delicious - potatoes and smashed pinto beans with marzetti tomatoes and purple cauliflower (that I am still unbelievably loving...)
Rest of meals are mainly potatoes, sloppy lentils, rice, whole wheat pasta, split pea soup. Lots of carrots and romaine and bell peppers.
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.
Yes. Reduced (not in cooking or product; at table only). 4 Eliminate all animal foods (dairy, meat, eggs, fish, seafood).
YES, of course. 5 Eliminate all higher fat plant foods (i.e., nuts, seeds, avocados, tofu, soy).
Yes. 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).
Yes.9 Follow these principles, eating whenever you are hungry until you are comfortably full. Don't starve yourself and don't stuff yourself.
Yes. No starving or stuffing.
I keep recommended foods in refrigerator ready to snack on (as needed). I didn't do much off-meal snacking this week.
10 Avoid being sedentary and aim for at least 30 minutes or more of moderate exercise daily (i.e., brisk walking).
Yes.
* 7/7 days walked briskly
I am still loving the walking - the weather is amazing --- except one morning where it was both rainy and windy and I spent a lot of energy fighting to keep my umbrella for going inside out.
Victories, comments, concerns, questions:
Mark, Hope that you are continuing to feel better!!! You asked me in last week's thread about what I may try to do differently in similar situation in future (when I caved on 5/7)... Great question. I think that I should have exercised instead of eaten - probably no need to eat --- I was just trying to stay up. Alternatively, totally could have had more potatoes and fruit... I do expect that this was an isolated type of situation (but, yep it could happen again...) Appreciate your support! Also, looking forward to "efficacious August"!!!
BambiYay, congrats on meeting your goal early!!!
Rebecka Hi! With your comment on sugar not making you feel good... I realized the same thing last week with the fat food... Was thinking this was good news to stop!!! Have a great week!
Carol I bet you are glad that you have this enormous move behind you! It sounds exhausting.
Wishing you the best as you get settled in and back to the MWL routines!!! I am envious of your restaurant experience. Awesome!!!
Gina Hi, yay that you joined!
I agree with you 100% on this group being top-notch for accountability and support!
JaBee I find the same thing as you --- that it is so much easier if food is prepped ... Hope you have a great week!!! (I think Mark's lentil recipe is in the July MWL thread in his responses...)
Hope that everyone has an amazing week! Loving this quote: "I gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Best,
Stephanie