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Week 1 Travel day and day 2 was rest rest rest.  Swam both days.  Back into the routine.  Low carb, sugar free, and nothing after swimming except fruit or veges. Day 3-7 Average day. Day 4 & 5 No swimming so watch the intake closer. No late night eating both days with low sugar and carbs. Looking good.  Day6& 7 Still having a challenge with the night eating.  Today was on the mark.  Here we go on day 7.  No reason to be less than successful.

Week 2 No swimming days 1 & 2. Poor performance on day 1. Greatly improved on day 2. Day3 is great. I am doing 1-2 liquids meals (LMs) every day this week. Watching the carb/gluten intake and cutting off the after 7pm eating. Noshing on a lot of celery and it is OK. Days 4-7 Some good.  Some mediocre and one poor.

Week 3 The heat is making it easier to do the LMs.  It seems all I want is ice cream and I am not a big fan of ice cream.  Interesting.  Day 1-3  Swimming, no late eating, low gluten/carb.  The one thing I am doing well is the swimming or water walking.  I wish I cared about my physical self more.  Not stuffing as much as the old days but more than I want to.  I did mediocre Days 1-6.  Day 7 we’ll see.  I did have 2 sugar free days and am doing LMs 1x a day for 3 days so like I said not wonderful but not super bad.  Ho Hum. In the dool drums.  I am getting my self into a place of respect for my physical needs and preparing menus from that perspective.  Pouring on the oils to get out of this slump.  Swim today will help.

Week 4 Has gone by with not much input.  It was a lot like week 3.  Maybe what I need to do is pig out and then get serious.  I am afraid of pigging out.  I might get sick, I might not quit, I might disappear, I might get back on track. AHCJ AHCKAHCK  I have friends that can’t remember to eat.  OK I am making the list for tomorrow.   Good breakfast, good lunch, swim, liquid meal after 6 if I want to eat.  Low sugar/low carbs.  I can do this.

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Week1 Very good 1st day. Of course not feeling 100% helped. Day 2 My biggest challenge is not eating after 7pm. No sugar 2 days in a row. I’ll have a LM (liquid meal) for a late night snack. Day 3 success again  I am liking this  Day 4 3 days sugar free  Sugar today as I had a very busy evening.  Low gluten 2 days in a row  I am liking this.   Day 5 No sugar low gluten swim  swim  swim Day6-7 I am doing ok not great

Week 2 Day 1-3 Getting in the exercise.  Eating light meals but having sugar everyday.  I am eating after swimming.  Not good tonight.  Day 4-6 I am going to be careful but I have company so am not sure what the schedule will be.  I’ll do input so we will see what I commit to.  Day 7 I do well.  Swimming for 2-3 hours which helps a lot.  The extreme temps help keep the appetite down except for wanting ice cream.

Week 3 &4 No AC in the house so eating isn’t a real problem today.  Swim like a fist tonight. Day 2-7 AC is fixed.  Should be an easy day to stay on track. Out of town.  did OK.  Busy with walking but now swimming.

This journey to health started in earnest 3 months ago.  I’ll be posting by the month now. The  successes are very limited eating after 7p.m.  This has cut out approximately 2 to 300 calories.  More LMs (liquid meals), regular cleanse days, lower gluten and sugar.

My body is going through a lot of changes so I will continue this journey until …..

The things I am tracking:  Gluten   Sugar   LM (liquid meal-no it isn’t a milk shake!) Exercise Refined Carbs  Late Snack

Day 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Sugar Free  LM

NOTE: Days 4-12 I am out of town.  I will be able to eat properly but I am choosing not to post on a daily basis if at all.

Day8-9-10-11-12-13-14 I am back.  My professional conference went well.  I ate consciously and had low sugar when I had sugar.    13-High sugar day.  I seldom do buffets and we did one today.  I only took 2 bites of the desserts I chose as they weren’t worth the calories.  I am staying away from the buffets.  I just don’t want to have that much control.  14-LM  Low sugar  Gluten free

Day 15-16-17-18-19-20-21 15-Show day Exercise day/Balanced 16-Exercise day/High Sugar 17-Exercise Day/Balanced/Low sugar/Long Long Day 18-Very active day/Low sugar/Balanced/ ?Balanced means low carbs,sugar and gluten. Life is busy but the eating is pretty much in balance. I am pleased and grateful. My biggest challenge is to continue this journal. I know I must continue because it is the journalling that keeps me aware so that I make better choices. My next step in this journey is to put to practice what we learned about weight and the role the adrenals play. 19 This will be a challenging day but I am up to it.  Kept on track. 20 Doing good.   Chugging right along.  21 What a day.  I went shopping and….I am now a size smaller!!!!  The dresses I bought look sooooo smart and now I need new shoes of course.  The food wasn’t my best day but I was very active all day with the shopping and swimming.

Comments onkeeping a journal:  I have been told for years to journal my food intake.  When you journal about a behavior your conscious brain is awake and talking to you about that behavior.  In this case it talks to me about my food choices.

I now realize that I started this public journal about me and food because I was really committed to changing my behavior. I have at least 2 dress sizes to lose and then we will see what needs to be done.  Looking and feeling good is so much better than eating something that tastes good.  I of course can always have ‘that something’ tomorrow.

Week4+2 days  Days 22-30 22 What a potluck/block party.  Had my major meal before I went so only nibbled on the yummies and danced it off. 23 We are going out for dinner so I have to decide right now what I am going to have.t 24 25 26 These were some mediocre days.  I have to rein in the night time eating again.  Do I get lax with the journal because I want to eat or do I eat because I am lax with the journal??    The answer is BOTH. 27I will have low sugar, low carbs, no eating after 7 pm.  OK That shoud set the tone for the day. What a long day.  Did mediocre.  28 No committment here.  Lots of swimming so that took care of somel of the extra.  29We won’t discuss the downside here.  I did have a LM and very little eating after swimming.  30 I will have my morning LM, no sugar, low gluten and good to g0. success.

Day1  I am on the road eating balanced.  There will be cake today.  Celebrating a 90th birthday.  Walking today

Day2 On the road eating balanced.  Swimming and walking  Sugar Free My cousin shared her experience with gluten free, dairy free, meat free eating.  She looks great.  She is feeling 10 yrs. younger and dropped 15#!  The book that helped was China Syndrome.  Worth checking out.

Day3 Swim and walk day  Good Day Sugar Day LM

Day4 LM  Sugar Free  Med. Carb  Low Gluten Swim ?Yoga

Day5 Low Sugar Day Low calorie. I ate intelligently after 7 as I am having ?problems with the heat.

Day6 Low Sugar Walked Good day

Day7 LM  Sugar Free of low   Good Day

I found a site humoretc.com that has interesting facts on it.  They have a fact sheet on Coke. To quote them; The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.

I am so glad that I am not a soda drinker.  What makes Coke a double whammy is the sugar.  A research scientist I respect told me that if we understood what white sugar does to our systems we would have no problem giving it up.  I have cut way back on my sugar intake and maybe one day I will be completely sugar free.  Miracles can happen.

Day 1  High carbs Sugar Nibbled a little after 7  excessive. Swim day.  I am going to have to rethink the carb eating when I swim.  I am working on it.   Bombed out…

Day2  OK day  Low Sugar  Med Carb LM swim day

Day3 Weak finish  Let’s forget today.  Swim Day

Day4 Sugar Free (oops I had a taste of sugar) LM  Med Carb   Strong Strong Strong Finish  Swim Day YES

Day5 Sugar Free  Med Carb  Swim Day  Strong Finish

Day6  LM Swim Day Strong Finish  Carb High  Great Day  yes yes yes

Day7  Sugar Free  Travel Day I’ll be eating after 7 but will do my best.

I found a site humoretc.com that has a variety of humorous things including some facts.  The have a page on Coke.  My brother worked at a Coke factory so we were aware of the “acid” they used in the drink.  Not good for you.

To quote them:  The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. Its pH is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days.    Glad I am not a soda drinker.  Yikes.  It amazes me that the body adapts to this type of abuse.

On the other hand a research scientist I respect has told me that if we understood the effect of white sugar on our bodies we would not indulge.  I can say that I am not indulging as much and there might come a day when I am willing to make my own ‘sweets’ with our healthy organic agave (not the overcooked syrup you buy in the store) and not use white sugar at all.

Day1  In two weeks–Day 91 I am going to go to a monthly format.

LM (liquid meal)   I reviewed last week and had 2 weak finishes  4 very good days and 1 free day.  Goal this week-No free day/1 weak finish/3 No Sugar days/1 cleanse day/5 low carb days/2 med. carb days.

Our summer weather has disappeared for 2 days which means no swimming.  I will be walking the malls today.

I am deliberately not sharing my standards on the carb and sugar intake.  You must establish your own program.  I use the Weight Watcher standars to determine my portion amount for medium.

Day1 LM Low Carb  Low Sugar Weak finish as we have a show and go out after.  I am always hungry after a show.  It’s amazing the energy we use in putting on a show.  The show was very very good and I had a very active part in it.  I only had a salad after so I am pleased with the finish.

Day2 2LMs  High Carb  Sugar Free Strong Finish Got on the scale and it is finally moving down.  I am reading an inspirational book by Weight Watchers and realizing that I am doing all the right things.  I really don’t want to have an exercise program more than 30 minutes 4x a week so have to be more careful with calories.  I also won’t do the fat-free no taste foods so that limits quantity too.  It is a process and I believe that I am finding out what my body needs to work properly and release the extra stored energy. (yeah fat)

Day3 Sugar Free  Low carb Strong finish Start cleanse I am so pleased.  I fixed 2 meals today for others and I did not nibble!!!  That is a miracle.  I also chose to work with really good chocolate and I did not taste test!!  I am pleased.  Of course taking 14 whole-f00d supplements as part of my liver cleanse, plus 10 other supplements to support the system keeps something in my mouth a lot of the time.

Day4  Sugar Free  HighCarb  Finish Cleanse  Strong Finish We got to go swimming so I allowed a bit more carbs than I would have.  I did learn that I will no longer buy chinese food at a fast food place.  It no longer was ‘good’ and all I could think about was this is so not helping my new life style.  It was a social thing where the elderly friend wanted that particular food.  I of course am not at the place where I have no noodles or eat 1/3 of them.

Day5  Sugar Free  Medium Carb Strong finish  Tomorrow will be a sugar day as I am wanting it bad.  I am making wiser choices and it isn’t as onerous as it has been in the past.

Day6 Low Carb  Medium Sugar  Strong Finish  You can’t have low carbs on a sugar day. So High Sugar and Carbs.   Weak Finish I did eat after 7 due to a very strenuous afternoon/evening schedule.  It was healthy eating and not over eating.

Day7  There is a head thing going around so I am doing LMs Fresh Veges Liguids  Low Carbs I actually have done low sugar, med carb. I couldn’t get rid of the ‘hungries’.  The good news is I got to swim and I am done eating at 3.  LM for dinner.