Hello and Happy New Year!
I am very excited to be posting my "big reveal", lol, that's how I put it.
After over 4 years, I have reached "that point". That point where I am READY to eat healthy! Ha! My dear long-time posters, I hope you read this and laugh. Because I'm laughing. I never thought the day would come.
Now, I have to say, that unlike many NoSers, this has not been a beautiful, gradual, painless shift to healthier food choices. No, it's been more like a "oh no! My blood pressure is getting a little high, my blood sugars aren't so happy, my weight creepeth up and resists dropping, and I don't feel so great!!!" So, it's for my health. And I feel good about this decision!! I don't feel resentful about it (which is what I always complained about in my posts for the past years). I feel excited for me, and hopeful that there is time to feed (and teach) my family better in the few remaining years before my precious boys leave the nest.
So, I kept circling around this decision from all angles, and I know that there are many many great foods to eat and ways to go about it. I'm starting off with this clear, black & white decision (which is very NoS in its "fence", if you will):
No refined carbohydrates.
That covers candy, pastries, most bread, most pasta, most fast food, and on and on. Yikes!!
Should I really still just keep Sat/Sun S Days from this new rule of no refined carbs? Or will that make this new way of eating that much harder to stick with? I'm kind of biting my nails over this. On the one hand, I get it that long-term having my S Days is great. But I really want a whole lifestyle change for this, so I don't want to do it "part-time".
Maybe I could try S "events", like I've seen many posters do? Then the refined carbs could be allowed just at special dinners but not throughout the weekend.
I'm pretty sure I'm not going to do completely free S Days with this, but I'm still finalizing my new fences.
Boys are good - my eldest is totally involved with basketball these days. We let him buy a cell phone (with his own $$) after his 12th birthday. Our younger son wanted a guitar for Christmas and says he feels like he'd rather not be born at all than to go to watch his brother's basketball games (said in complaint as we drag him there).
I continue to enjoy my gym membership. I find I put on makeup and dress nicer when I get ready there instead of at home!!
Oh -- I was going to post my meals for the past couple days so you can see my better eating style (yeah, yeah, I konw I still don't include many veggies, but at least it's not McDonalds anymore).
Starting Weight -- 144 - 148 lb (range)
Starting Waist -- 33.5 -35 inches (range)
Starting BP -- 115/75 - 160/100 (range); 140/85 most common
Thurs, Dec. 28th
Water: 2 cups + 1 cup
Coffee: 2 cups
Kombucha: 1 cup
Diet soda: 1 cup
Tea: 1 cup
Oatmeal with milk, walnuts & blueberries
Apple slices
Corn tortillas with canned chicken and cheese -- 3 of them
Carrot sticks
Kombucha, small amount
Brown rice & lentils
Tuna fish
Corn
garlic/parmesan bread with butter
Kombucha, small amount
Friday, Dec. 29th
Water: 4 cups + 2 cups
Coffee: 3 cups
Oatmeal & milk & blueberries & walnuts & cinnamon
Brown rice & quinoa & shredded chicken (leftover)
Carrots
Apple slices
French bread with butter (exception until this loaf is gone)
Black beans, cheese, chicken & sour cream
Kombucha (12 g sugar….guess I’ll have to cut these out)
Saturday, Dec. 30th
144.9
Waist 33.5 or 34
Water: 3 cups + 4 cups
Coffee: 2 cups
B: oatmeal with 1 tbsp peanut butter; blueberries & cinnamon
L: brown rice & lentils & chicken
D: pork ribs and french bread (exception until this loaf is gone)
Diet Coke & kombucha