yesterday's food experiment
well, yesterday did not go as well as the day before, and I'm wondering what it was that set me off. I was trying to follow a 6-month post op plan. I was supposed to have the toppings of one slice of pizza for dinner, but I got the F its and ate the whole slice, including crust. I patted myself on the back for only eating one slice, but I saw just how difficult it was to stay on plan when faced with a food I love. Also, I cannot believe I used to live on protein bars. LOL. I wanted to cry after the 2nd one. And while eating the last one, I read the package and found it had 8 grams of sugar, which surprised me. It was a Southbeach bar that I used to buy, and I swear it used to have artificial sweetners and sugar alcohols rather than real sugar. I do not know if psychologically that set me off or if I really had an "allergic" reaction to the sugar (or could it have been the pizza), but about an hour after eating that bar, I was back in the kitchen with a bowl of cornflakes with strawberries that were totally not on my plan.
I do believe that yesterday's eating was not emotion driven, but rather food driven -- cravings based on what I ate and visual cues.
So, conclusion, the day of no-grains was more successful than the day that included grains. More experimenting to come.
thanks for letting me share my insanity with you all. LOL.
I do believe that yesterday's eating was not emotion driven, but rather food driven -- cravings based on what I ate and visual cues.
So, conclusion, the day of no-grains was more successful than the day that included grains. More experimenting to come.
thanks for letting me share my insanity with you all. LOL.
Blessings, Jill
WLS 5/31/07. Maintaining a weight loss of 141 pounds and feeling amazing!
I find that even my firmest resolution to do "just toppings" puts me too close to temptation. I can't get close to a pizza slice without planning to just go for it and eat at least some of the crust too. And as a Costco fan....it takes resistance! Pizza put on many, many pounds pre op. Still love it. Still a trigger food.
I too had recently fallen into a pattern of too much reliance on protein bars and premixed shakes. My weight had jumped up to a total of 15 lbs over my lowest weight, and wouldn't budge....and in between those shakes and bars, I was grazing on fruit and other foods that were basically "okay" foods....but not planned. My husband pointed out to me a few months ago that I seemed to be eating continuously. So I was probably - no, definitely - eating too much of the right thing.
A friend of mine is big into alternative health and her daughter is finishing up chiropractic college. She did a 21 day "cleanse" recommended by her own chiro in April and loved it. She lost weight and looked fantastic. Now, I am especially leery of anything called a "cleanse" for various reasons. But I was at her house for lunch one day and she made me a protein smoothie using the "cleanse" protein mixture and I checked out the nutrition. Not bad. So I decided to give it a try. I am now on day 11. Days 1-10 were basically vegan eating with 3-5 shakes a day using the protein powder (I doubled the amount to be sure to get enough protein) and a spoonful of added fiber (all natural). I made the smoothies with ALL fresh veggies and fruit - the guideline was twice as many veggies as fruits. These ended up making about 30 oz. of thick concoction that never tasted the same twice - and never had that artificial "protein shake" taste.
I also took some "green" cleanse capsules with each meal - again, all natural ingredients. I(**Alert!**These are NOT a laxative!!!***) and ate fruit, veggies, and 1/2 cup lentils daily. Some days I added 1/2 sweet potato if desired. But the truth was....I hardly ever had room for more than 2 shakes, my water, and a daily veggie stir fry with the lentils tossed in.
So anyway, this has been a "reset" for me that has gotten me off of grains, artificial foods, dairy (although that was my one craving), and animal proteins for a short time. I've started adding fish, and had a salad with salmon yesterday. This weekend I plan to pick up some steamed shrimp.
I don't mean to endorse a "cleanse" at all - but a regimented eating plan has been helpful for me, and still allows me to eat a lot (relatively speaking) when I want to....but it's a lot of grilled asparagus, or a lot of broccoli stir fry, rather than a 2nd protein bar. It was also easier to get along without the animal proteins than I ever imagined. I also realized how much processed food had crept into my diet in recent months and now limit my shopping to about 90% fresh produce.
Down side? Frequent runs to the....no not that!....the grocery store and farmers market!
For me...better than the 5DPT, which I looked at but never actually was motivated to do....much more realistic. I think I will stick with the "green" style shakes, since I always have a shake for breakfast anyway, and build the rest of the day's protein from there.
I too had recently fallen into a pattern of too much reliance on protein bars and premixed shakes. My weight had jumped up to a total of 15 lbs over my lowest weight, and wouldn't budge....and in between those shakes and bars, I was grazing on fruit and other foods that were basically "okay" foods....but not planned. My husband pointed out to me a few months ago that I seemed to be eating continuously. So I was probably - no, definitely - eating too much of the right thing.
A friend of mine is big into alternative health and her daughter is finishing up chiropractic college. She did a 21 day "cleanse" recommended by her own chiro in April and loved it. She lost weight and looked fantastic. Now, I am especially leery of anything called a "cleanse" for various reasons. But I was at her house for lunch one day and she made me a protein smoothie using the "cleanse" protein mixture and I checked out the nutrition. Not bad. So I decided to give it a try. I am now on day 11. Days 1-10 were basically vegan eating with 3-5 shakes a day using the protein powder (I doubled the amount to be sure to get enough protein) and a spoonful of added fiber (all natural). I made the smoothies with ALL fresh veggies and fruit - the guideline was twice as many veggies as fruits. These ended up making about 30 oz. of thick concoction that never tasted the same twice - and never had that artificial "protein shake" taste.
I also took some "green" cleanse capsules with each meal - again, all natural ingredients. I(**Alert!**These are NOT a laxative!!!***) and ate fruit, veggies, and 1/2 cup lentils daily. Some days I added 1/2 sweet potato if desired. But the truth was....I hardly ever had room for more than 2 shakes, my water, and a daily veggie stir fry with the lentils tossed in.
So anyway, this has been a "reset" for me that has gotten me off of grains, artificial foods, dairy (although that was my one craving), and animal proteins for a short time. I've started adding fish, and had a salad with salmon yesterday. This weekend I plan to pick up some steamed shrimp.
I don't mean to endorse a "cleanse" at all - but a regimented eating plan has been helpful for me, and still allows me to eat a lot (relatively speaking) when I want to....but it's a lot of grilled asparagus, or a lot of broccoli stir fry, rather than a 2nd protein bar. It was also easier to get along without the animal proteins than I ever imagined. I also realized how much processed food had crept into my diet in recent months and now limit my shopping to about 90% fresh produce.
Down side? Frequent runs to the....no not that!....the grocery store and farmers market!
For me...better than the 5DPT, which I looked at but never actually was motivated to do....much more realistic. I think I will stick with the "green" style shakes, since I always have a shake for breakfast anyway, and build the rest of the day's protein from there.
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