Month 4
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.