Thanks for pointing out that the PMD website is no longer up. Drats! I am not sure where you can find a copy other than the synopsis at the beginning of this thread. About 6 months ago I bought a paperback book on the grocery store newstand put out by Prevention on healthy lifestyle changes. In that book the PMD was written up as the Positive Eating Plan. Maybe you could find a copy of that or if you have time to search Prevention's website you could turn up a copy of the diet under that name.
Alexa I have done PMD, and on good days I still do. I lost almost forty lbs. doing the diet, I regained 10 of that, but have managed to maintain the 30 lb. loss over the last year. I do think it is just the best, most undietlike plan, I have ever done.
I am ready to get serious with it again so if you'd like to compare notes, I am game.
I read the most interesting AP article in my local newspaper this a.m., an article about people that lose weight and keep it off for years. The one statement that keeps replaying in my mind is this. Obeseity is a timebomb for disease. Yeah, at 48, I think I have gambled long enough with this bomb! The advice they give, besides the obvious, diet and exercise, is to have a positive outlook on your ability to accomplish a healthy weight. Believe that it is something you can do. So, that is what I will start thinking about.
Shebacat, I say go for the 3 day hike. Just think how exhilerated you will feel after a challenge like that.
I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. It was so hot and humid over the weekend. On Sat. DH & I went out to run some errands and we drove by a farm that had their pumpkins and other fall decorations out for sale. Because it was so hot they all seemed out of place.
We have learned from our neighbors that the bear is back. He/she got onto their back deck and destroyed the bird feeders they had hung. I have decided to go a different route for my walks. I make a loop, coming home the other end of our street which has dense woods on both sides. I don't want to meet up with the bear.
Shebacat~It was nice to hear from you! I'm glad your kitty is doing better. What kind of medication did the Vet give you for her? That's great you'll be walking in the AIDS walk. How many miles will you walk? That 3 day walk sounds great in April. But, I know what you mean about a hot shower and sleeping in your own bed
judi~The Greek potatoes sound wonderful. Can you post the recipe? Actually, it is more like Lacee walking Alice. Today it was so hot that it ended up Alice carrying Lacee. I wasn't going to bring her, but I asked DH if it was too hot out, he said it wasn't, so I took her. Out on the pavement it was brutal. My point counting would go much better if I counted them at every meal. I do very well at breakfast, but after that I sort of slack off. I do weigh & measure and I try to eat low calorie. Since I am not used to writing things down, it will take getting used to. How is your point counting?
Alexa~Welcome! I sort of do PMD, but I don't eat very many carbs. I also cannot get the hang of eating 6 little meals. I eat my 3, and if I get hungry inbetween I will eat a piece of fruit or drink some fruit flavored water.
ledom~How is the exercising going? I bought an Ultra Trak machine, endorsed by Suzanne Somers that can give you a total body workout. I started doing it this morning, and I can really feel it. I hope I will be able to walk tomorrow! I did start out slowly and will increase my reps as time goes on. I have been reading articles that say that you can be fit and fat. Maybe that can be a more attainable goal than trying to lose weight!
1 14 oz. can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup minced dill (I didn't have it so I used 2 T. dried basil)
2 T flat leaf parsley
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 tsp. salt (if the can of tomatoes is unsalted)
1/4 tsp. black pepper
4 small sliced potatoes (I used 6, they say to peel them but I used new red potatoes with the skins on.)
2 medium zucchini (sliced)
2 green peppers (did not use)
2 onions sliced (I used 1 medium onion sliced thinly)
1 cup crumbled feta cheese (did not use, instead added about a tablespoon of olive oil to the mixture)
[my own added addition was 1/2 cup of garbanzo beans (chick peas)]
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 qt. casserole with cooking spray (I used an 8 by 8 inch pyrex baking dish).
2. Combine everything and bake for 1 1/4-1 1/2 hrs. Cover with foil.
3. If you are using the cheese add it in the last 15 minutes, bake with foil off
4.Let stand for 10 minutes.
With cheese it is 230 calories per serving and it makes 6 servings.
It is 5 points per serving.
Good to hear from everyone. I did a big shopping for clothes yesterday. They were 3X. They were nice things, thank goodness IF one is going to be big you can still get things that look good. Certainly not the case even 15 years ago. I think my problem with weight loss is I am too "accepting" of how I look...I look at the rest of the world and I think "Hey, I am more than good enough to be out here with these other people." Maybe I should look at more movie stars or models and try to develop a case of self loathing but, honestly, I don't live in that world... more of a old hippie, Birkenstock, Rockports, homemade bread and granola sort of a world and I feel OK, most of the time and I bet even thin people will have a day or two where they feel they look awful, if it isn't their weight, it is their hair or nose or skin etc.
If we want to lose weight for health reasons GREAT, but even that isn't a gaurantee of longevity. Skinny people get cancer too.
More and more I am thinking, ok, let's try to lose weight if we want but if we aren't at the moment...it is ok too. Maybe I shouldn't be saying this on a weight loss thread
I am totally stunned by the events of this morning. I haven't been able to take my eyes off the television. I am so saddened by it all. To watch those buildings collapse was so horrific knowing how many people were in them.
judi~Thank you for printing the potato recipe. We are having friends over for dinner soon and I thought it would be something good to make. I am with you about reasons to lose weight, or not to lose weight. I think I would like to have more muscle tone. I recently ran into an old friend that I hadn't seen in a number of years. We got around to talking about weight. We are about the same height, weigh exactly the same, she wears a size 12, and I wear a 16/18. On good days I also feel pretty good about myself.
ledom~I was wondering how you divide your food to eat 5 - 6 mini meals. I am so used to eating 3 meals, I just can't get the hang of it.
Yesterday as I wandered through Walmart picking up things on my list I couldn't get beyond the feeling of surrealality. Things that seemed important or funny yesterday just don't read the same today.
judi, your outlook on weight is SOOO healthy as far as self-esteem goes. I know 2 people that have lost a lot of weight recently. They both look older and more unhealthy than they did beforehand. I don't know for sure, but I doubt that exercise and healthy eating was part of their weight loss plan.
Not much to say today. I hope that all the readers here are well and that the events of yesterday somehow missed your friends and family on a personal level.
I feel like you do, the events have been sobering and certainly puts things in perspective. Yesterday morning when I got up the biggest concern for the day was whether or not the new gardnerer was going to make it over. I doubt those kind of concerns will even be "concerns" for a long while now in the light of the awful things that have occured.
One thing that showed is how great and heroic the American people are as a people when when push comes to shove. We see inklings of this on every trip we take into the US.
Yesterday was a very sad day. To say I am horrified is putting it mildly. We received an e mail from a friend of our's. It was confirmed that one of his coworkers was on the plane that left Boston for LA that went into the first tower. We also heard on the news that one of the copilots was from NH. A son of a friend of one of my cousins worked in one of the towers. I don't know if they have heard from him or not. It is so tragic.
Yes, the devastation is horrific. Words are so inadequate.
Parasha is gone. I did not expect that this morning, but I got up and took one look at her and knew that I could no longer put off the inevitable. It was a sunny day, so I put her on the grass for awhile then she had a long afternoon nap. I held her the whole time, she didn't even shudder she just cuddled up on my shoulder and was warm and soft and it was hard to tell when she went. I was so blessed to have that little dog for as long as I did. Just so so blessed.
Tomorrow I am going to spend getting ready to go visit my DH's dad and then on to my brother's. We are taking a week of vacation then are going to wind our way down to Ca.
I probably won't be able to email for a week or so. So everyone be well and treat yourselves kindly.
I am soooo sorry about your little dog Parasha. I know how much that little dog meant to you. Through your posts she seemed a part of my family too. You have my deepest sympathy. I know exactly what you are going through. Please have a very safe trip.
Thanks for your kind thoughts. I know that you know what it is like to lose an animal companion. The place seems so EMPTY without her here. I don't know if Marley even knows she is gone. He is an adorable dog but ... if dogs could get the Nobel prize...let's just say he would never be a contender.
I have been mainly just watching CNN since everything happened. My heart just goes out to those people.
I am trying to get everything ready to pack up tonight because we will leave on the first ferry (5:40 am).
I am looking forward to getting away from the house for awhile.
I am sorry I wasn't able to post to you yesterday. Please accept my sympathy for Parasha. A beloved pet is very much a member of the family and the hurt is so real. I am glad that her last day was so gentle.
Sigh, can you guys believe the sadness of our country right now? I was home yesterday, but back to work today. Being at work is better. I can't pry myself away from television when I am home and it just makes me weep to see the families of victims and their anguish.
D and I are going on a camping trip tonight as we had been planning. I am just looking forward to being out in nature with her close to me and other people that I really don't know that well but are united with me in that there is just one thing on our minds even as we try to go one with our plans.
Yes this week has definitely been horrible.... My company had three technicians on the 110th floor. I heard they went to the roof for air, but then the building collapsed. I'm like ya'll....in a state of disbelief that anyone could plan something so horrific. Judi, I'm sorry to hear about your baby....I'm sure I'll be in the same situation sooner than I want to be. Talk to ya'll later.
Not much new here. I had a pretty bad weekend of overeating. I was camping out and somehow massive sugar found its way into my mouth. Monday I was so hungover from it, no alchohol but it felt like a hangover. I couldn't exercise Monday morning because I felt like crap. I pulled myself togehter yesterday in the diet department. It is amazing at the difference in how I felt. I got my 5 a.m. workout in and hopefully am back in the groove.
I haven't been weighing regularly for some time now and think that I am ready to start getting on the scale again. After I have been off a while I am scared to get back on, but I don't think I have really gained, just stayed the same. One day this week when I feel I have recovered from the weekend I am going to see where I am weight wise.
This has been perfect weather for walking. The trees are just starting to turn, but I see a little more color each day. I heard on the news the other day that the color is well on its way up north. They say that we may have some much needed rain Friday. We made a trip up to our local orchard to get our first apples of the season.
Ledom, Did you do any kayaking on your camping trip? Your trip sounded like a lot of fun. I think where you do a lot of exercising, that sugar you ate on your trip will not do any damage.
Shebacat, I am sorry about the technicians. This whole thing is such a tragedy. I think it's wonderful that the country is starting to pull together as a whole.
Judi, How is your trip going? I hope you are having a good time.
Since Lacee was a very naughty girl this morning, as punishment I did not take her with me for my walk. We are now on better terms so I am on my way to take her for a little walk and she can sniff to her heart's content!
Prevention Millennium Diet #67
