Weekly update: new month...

Hello everyone. I am so busy, and I have less and less time to post. 

My weekly status:
weight: stable at the moment (I think).  - gained 2 lbs - but most likely it is water.
Exercise: Need to do more. Travel and car issues, customer visits, and all of the above. Not much work to work out.  . May go dancing this week- swing dance and that is great exercise.
Diet: same as before:  Gluten free, starches free, low carb diet - low sugar diet, no fruits etc. really works for me. I still get hungry when I don't eat on time but I no longer have the low blood sugars. Now I can limit not only the foods but also calories, can exercise without worrying about my BS. It is huge issue for me. No longer I get into a panic when I get hungry - in the past - I would get hungry and if I did not eat - or didn't eat enough - my BS would drop. No longer the issue. I do miss fruits and my wraps, but having stable BS is worth the sacrifice. Now I can even have a glass of wine with dinner (meat and veggies) and be OK. I use nuts a seeds as snacks.

Areas I need to work on:

- I think my problem is wine. Yet again.  It become a daily thing. Not a lot - maybe 1-2 glasses .. but I think that may cause water retention - weight gain.  I do like it a lot - but I may need to give that up yet again.  It also makes me extremely hot at night.
- need more exercise.



Let me know how you guys are doing: what is working for you and what is not working...

Hey BOTTS!

Well, it's monday...ok monday is almost over.

Had a bad week blood pressure has been up and down all week...my knee has been swollen so no exercise here.  and that sucks, because for months I've been die hard with working out, can't seem to shake off the dizzyness in the morning.  And the lack of working out is really showing I am up a total of 12 pounds since July.  So, today right now we regroup!  I commited to a 90 day with Tess and I am starting over right now.

I need to work on fixing my meals again over the weekend.  I found I am stopping by this chicken and burger joint all last week.  So in my slow cooker right now I am slow cooking some chicken:  Burmese Chicken (Indian Style) and a Moroccon Seasoned Pork Tenderlion. I purchase the dual slow cooker by Wolfgang Puck so I could cook to different dishes at the same time. And I put my NuWave Oven Pro back on the kitchen counter (seasoned some salmon, put into the freezer and once I am ready for it thrown in the NuWave frozen and I will still have dinner done in 15 to 20 minutes.

Sometime you fall, over and over again.  But each time you brush yourself off and step out one more time!

You know that now you have to give the recipe for teh ch****n and pork... right? I cna do salmon ... lol...

Sure, I will have both posted by the weekend.

 My days have been ok, where I seem to continue to fall down is when I am preparing dinner, while I am cutting, chopping, measuring, I feel a lot of stress, typical rush rush trying to get everything done, thinking about all that had to happen before bed, and I find myself stuffing down what I am chopping, plus whatever handy carb like jelly bellys, or iced latte, or whatever isn't protein (cause I'd actually have to chew that!).  I hate admit this, but there you go.  Then when it comes to eating the dinner, five bites and I can't finish, but I haven't gotten in any nutrition, and then I am hungry later.

It's only dawned on me lately that this is my new pattern, so something to work on, but any tips would be appreciated.  Btw I can't chew gum, I tried that before when I was in class at night and the gas pains are wicked bad.

but on the upside, I have been trying to be more aware on this 90 day challenge and I have started journaling more again!  So thanks to everyone who posts, you are my inspiration!  And Tess, looking forward to your return to the forum, hope all is well.

Good to see you. 
BTW: while making dinner - you probably got into a habit of "chewing things". How about cutting some veggies - low carb veggies - like celery or cucumbers or zucchini and chewing on that   until you get out of the habit of eating anything ?

I know that I can't just give up some "routine" unless I can replace it with something else.

I have a range of "free foods" that I can eat with no guilt no problem.  Anytime and as much as I want to. But that also means that I have a whole list of foods that I don't eat at all, not even a bite snc eone bite may lead to another and another.

 Thanks for the veggie tip.  I did cucumbers today while cooking along with some of eggface's protein dip ( Greek yogurt, olives, yum). It was something to keep me preoccupied, and I didn't need much more than about 4 small slices, it is a habit, but it helped today.  I have a hard time doing anything cold turkey, so I think his healthier alternative is a good plan for now.  Dinner then went in the oven for an hour, so by then I was ready to eat properly (protein, veg)  The big deal is it feels SO good to feel in control of my choice, and not like the food or habit is in control of me!  I think I'll use your idea of the "not one bite list" I used to have that in my first year and it made it so much easier. Apparently a free range of choice isn't that good for me.  Thanks!