14 May 2018
Weight: 198.8
It was a great Mother's Day weekend spent doing things with my kiddos and getting plants for our garden, and to brighten up the house. We still have some to get, but we are almost there!
I was delighted when I got on the scale this morning and saw a loss after I ate a decadent piece of ice cream cake after dinner last night. I was prepared to own a non-loss due to my tasty treat. But I still lost!
I am surprised at how easy this program is. There are no omissions... just proper times to eat various things for them to perform their functions for you. So, lets talk about that for a minute. I mean.. what do things like veggies, carbs, and proteins really do for us?
Veggies fill us up - which is why we try to build the basis of our meals from them. Now, breakfast is a bit of a more difficult meal to embrace veggies... you can't just toss them into your morning yogurt, after all. 😏 But you can add them in if you have smoothies or omelets... or scrambled eggs. Or just as a side. But I often skip them for breakfast... I'll explain why in a bit.
Protein keeps us full. So we eat protein so we don't end up hungry in an hour and reaching for a snack...which is usually something we really shouldn't have in the first place. Because, I don't know about you... but when I have a sudden craving, it's usually not for veggies, it's for something salty or something sweet.
Carbs give us sustained energy. But we have to remember that carbs have to be quality fiber filled carbs. These include fresh fruit, whole grain bread and pasta, brown rice, quinoa, and beans and legumes.
It sounds funny... like this should all be common sense. But as someone who paid lots of money to go through LA Weight Loss to get within sight of my goal and have them go out of business...then gain everything I lost back... then years later try MediFast to find out, after it was too late, that their processed high soy isolate containing foods were not something that was sustainable for me and made me sick... this is exactly what I needed.
Something that is understandable, logical, and easy to follow. Something that tells me what things I should be eating when... to make sure my body is properly fueled. And it's amazingly easy to follow.
I absolutely love it!
Monday's meals went like this:
Breakfast: Oikos Triple Zero Greek yogurt - vanilla with mixed berries and half a banana.
Lunch: spaghetti pasta salad - whole grain spaghetti, chopped veggies, light zesty Italian dressing, some mozzarella cheese balls* and three pieces of medium sized shrimp for protein.
*When using cheese for protein, it is important to remember that the fat should be lower than the protein amount for it to count - in this case, they were equal. If the fat is higher than protein content, cheese is considered an accessory and should be used sparingly.
Dinner: chicken sausage, sautéed cabbage with onions, garlic, and no salt herb seasoning, fresh carrots.
The sausage I used in the dinner for protein was higher in salt than I had anticipated, so it left me craving something sweet. That's where the scoop of ice cream came into play. But I had one scoop, about 1/3 of a cup, and then was done.
Remember always... water first - 16oz of water before meals. Veggies most - you should try to get more veggies on your plate than other things.
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