Everyday Systems

OK, so I read every message and thread on this board 8 times, as is my nature, and now I feel ready to start.

My history is similar to most, weight gain after having children, diet obsession ever since. I was 270 pounds at my highest and sit at 225 today. Despite months of only eating 500 calories a day or avoiding all carbs or eating like a cave-girl, I have never seen lower than 205 since the birth of my first child.

More than losing weight, I would like to be able to stop thinking about losing weight, from what I have read No-S may fit the bill. I eat every kind of food but I have been actively trying to cut down on wheat, I find my asthma is better controlled when I eat less wheat. I am learning to bake without it. But, the moment I decide NO WHEAT EVER, I inhale a sub sandwich. I am rather oppositionally defiant.

Nothing to lose but useless brain chatter, so I'm diving in.

August 5 - Day 1
Food plan
B- greek yogurt and two pumpkin protein muffins
L- spinach and goat cheese quiche, almond butter, celery and carrots
D- grain-free pizza with roasted vegetables, green salad

Drinks- coffee with half and half, water with lemon.

So, that's the plan, it looks like rather more food than I would normally eat but I think staying full between meals will be important.

End of Day 2 - so far so good.

I am rather sick with a summer cold, my appetite is not good, so that may be helping.

Food today
Crazy coconut flour microwave muffin experiment (I will not be repeating)

Leftover onion cheeseburger on a sandwich thin

homemade subs - I had a 1/4 size and some potato salad

Lots and lots of tea and a small glass of kefir.

ok, so veggies were pretty non-existent today, I'll do better tomorrow.

Hey congrats on two days down. This diet has definitely helped me to stop obsessing about food 24/7. It's such a relief!

Btw how long did it take you to read all those posts?? And now I'm curious about the muffin experiment although not a huge coconut fan!

Anyway good luck & hang in there!

Linda

Lpearlmom - I spent several weeks coming here in the evenings and reading for a bit, before I decided to give it a go. I am a total researcher, become an expert first, kind of gal.

The muffins were just too eggy for me, odd texture, even if the taste was nice. I have a good almond flour recipe, but it's pretty high in calories, let me find it and I"ll edit this post.

So, one week down.
Thoughts - I was sick all week and the inhaler I use is basically a stimulant and kills my appetite, so it may have seemed easier than it will be in the future.
I lost 6 pounds, no one is more surprised than I am.
I screwed up once, I had a third slice of pizza on Thursday night. It wasn't on my initial plate.
First few days, I missed eating in the afternoons before dinner and at night after dinner. By the end of the week, I was only thinking about snacks in that hour before bed and it was an occasional thought rather than a constant looping want.
Saturday was my first S-day, it made me a little nervous, I don't want to gain back those pounds by Monday. So I think I ate too little for breakfast and lunch and then I was a little hungry in the afternoon and had a small bowl of ice cream and then some natural Doritos, they were kind of stale and yucky.
Dinner was not as much fun as I expected because I wasn't really hungry.

Today, I had a nice fruit and protein smoothie
Lunch will be ham and cheese wrap
dinner is leftovers, so turkey bolognese or jambalaya
I also made some oatmeal apple butter bars for the week and I'll be sure to have one before Monday.

I am back for a really focused October. I joined the October challenge thread and I have an alarm set on my phone to check-in here every evening.

It doesn't seem like it will be a stressful day, so perhaps a good day 1.
My son is home with a cold, I have some errands and desk work to get through, but will stay at home to keep an eye on the boy.

My plan right now is a big protein and fruit smoothie for breakfast. Lunch will be leftovers and I have split pea soup in the slow cooker for dinner, I will also make some grilled cheese sandwiches.

In case of emergency I have V-8 and a multitude of teas.

End of day


B- protein smoothie

L- Atkins frozen meal
Honeycrisp apple

D - split pea soup and grilled cheese, Ezekiel bread

Other - coconut water, half and half in coffee

Well done on your first day! I'm participating in the October challenge too

I saw you're doing the October challenge.... Happy birthday! Hope your month is going well.