Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Just a snippet (who knows how WW figures), but a carrot is not always a carrot. Preparation methods change its nature...most notably glycemic load. Maybe WW calculates, you know- the more processed the food (even by cooking), the faster and more completely the body absorbs the food.

Your house restoration seems to be going well, and, OH! Record and document organization-

157.6.

Giving notice here that that number will not stand (it cannot without my feeding it), and l am no longer making any more contribution of energy in that regard).

BB seeks out a word for her New Years focus. My brain is wired for pictures that express--I have found mine. Ann asked, "What is normal ?" This, for me, in 2020, is my new normal, and I hope to incorporate her- hell, no--behave in an image of her all this year long.

I LOVE that!!

Love it! No one could possibly argue with that 2020 resolution.

Let the magic begin, as zero f$@&$ are given!!!

I am enjoying the WW conversations. The whole winter break has been a whirl of too many elements, and I have not processed any real info or checked out the links, but I am intrigued. Question: would anyone be interested in starting our daily eats thread again? I'm looking for some inspiration.

I went to my WLS clinic, looking for some help with regain. In addition to the surgeons, physician assistants, nurses and nutritionists, they used to have a Bariatric Doctor. She has left the practice, but they referred me to a Bariatric Doctor they like working with. I liked him a lot, but I'm not sure about following the plan he recommends. He previously worked at the Mayo clinic, and it is the eating plan their bariatric center uses for weight loss. This is the plan: 3 high protein shakes 150 calories each. 3 meals consisting of a 250 calorie entree and 100 calories of fruit/vegetable. It adds up to 1,500 a day. To assist, he will also prescribe 15 mg of phentermine.

Not sure I want the phentermine, I took it once for a month, and felt crazy, and not in a fun way. 15 mg comes in a capsule, so the dose can't be split. I might consider it, if I could take it every other day. I also think 1500 might be too high, but I could shave off one protein drink, a a few other calories here and there. Finally, not sure I even want to drink that many of my calories, but I do understand the basis of the diet, that high protein satisfies, and 300 calories of fruit/vegetable gives some volume. And I could eat more if I wanted, it would just need to be in the calorie count for the entree.

And then I come back to the fact that the only real success I ever had with weight loss besides surgery was low carb. I did enjoy that eating style a great deal. When I did Aitkins type low carb, I was pretty heavy on the veggies. I would steam broccoli for a snack (with butter of course!, but I never went too crazy with the fats, they weren't palatable to me in excess).

Or maybe WW. I'm floundering around. I know I need to return to some structured eating. I know what I need to stop eating, so I can start with that. I can start tracking again. I can start moving again. All of that will be good. I guess that's the beginning of a plan....

My best results (loosing as well as maintenance) is lower carb, (think veggies, some sweet potato, legumes, avocado), plenty of lean, simply prepared proteins, and full fat (not in Keto way- just that I make my yogurt and cottage cheese with whole milk and will eat cheese, etc). I, too, know what to stop eating- which is anything not mentioned above.

I just read an article on Huffington Post about food trends that, in the opinion of the author, need to stop. She used the phrase:

Eating to thrive

I thought about Bonnie's choosing a word for the year, and I've decided mine will be thrive. And, at my age, and with my food history, Eating to thrive, is really the cornerstone, bedrock in a life where I thrive. 2020, the year where I do more than live, I thrive!

And further to BB's ritual of choosing a word for the year (something I'd never heard of before, but that seems quite useful), I'm choosing FORWARD.

2020 is a year for me to move FORWARD.