I have had a lovely birthday. DH and I had a nice walk in the woods, then our movie. If you enjoy music movies, A Star is Born was wonderful. I have always loved Lady Gaga's voice and she doesn't disappoint. We both like it a lot. Spoiler Alert: Sad ending, as per the original stories.
DD and her fella came over and we went for Peking Duck. Fella had never had it, and it was nicely done, we all enjoyed. The restaurant was very nice. A good change from going for steak at the Keg, and cheaper. I am not sure if they are licensed, but no feeling of needing wine or beer with the supper, they didn't really even offer alcohol.
Then we came back and some neighbours came over for tea and birthday cake. No one sang (thank goodness, Happy Birthday is a universally badly sung song) but we enjoyed good company. OMAD today.
I was at the sleep clinic doctor yesterday. I had the last test last year. They were slow to follow up on it because the previous business failed and they were taken over. At least the doctor was very good. Strong accent (spanish or Italian? hard to tell) but knew his stuff and was very thorough. Realized my weights and measures from a year ago. I was 179 pounds, ( I gained over Christmas and Dad's illness to 189) and we talked about my weight loss and how I had reduced my pressures. I also complained about the previous study, how poorly done it was and that I wasn't happy with the technician. He (the tech) has been fired. I am getting a follow up study to assess the pressure. If I lose a bit more before then, so much the better, The doctor also gave me a new prescription to allow the pressures to go lower as needed. I apparently have a naturally narrow airway, making it more likely I would need CPAP. That, my weight, and my father's sleep apnea (never diagnosed, but clear to anyone who slept in the same house with him) make it unlikely I will get off the CPAP in this life. But thats ok, good sleep is most important.
I hope you both make your plans work for you. I am going to be faithful with the LCHF, no cheating until this sleep study, with a few 24 hour or longer fasts in there. Feeling optimistic
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Wt 197 FBG 134. I am in the habit of posting those numbers every morning just to make sure I check them daily. I normally don't like daily weighing but I have learned not to let the ups and downs upset me like they used to so that is a NSV. Daily weighing is a lot more fun when the numbers are going down. I am utilizing an Excel spreadsheet that I found online to record my daily weight. It tells you the high and low range of your desired weight based on the ht and wt you enter. You enter a goal and your weight each day. It gives you your BMI for your weight and your goal and a graph for progress. So far I have only had increases the past 2 days but expect to start seeing decreases. I have become disillusioned with MFP because it's so hard for me to find the actual foods I ate. I have not entered my food for a long time.
I have started another book. This one is a story of a guys journey to lose weight. I usually like to read about women because I can't relate to men's weight loss but the way he's writing this is more general and has me thinking if he can do this I can too. He joined a gym and talks about exercise but I've reached the part where he's going to discuss nutrition and diet. It seems to be inspiring me.
I'm starting to feel hungry. I like the feeling but with this plan for increasing metabolism I'm supposed to eat something. I think I will eat some cucumber.
The week was not lost with the few high days and very high sodium content which is the only reason I hate eating store bought processed foods. I managed to keep the 3 lb loss since I started last Thursday or Friday. And my FBS was 147 this morning. So that is pretty good. I think I took the supplements wrong the past 2 days so will be more watchful.
Carol Sue have you bought the Lintel soup by Progresso? It has a lot of sodium. Have you watered it down or rinsed it and re-cooked it with broth or water? I really don't want the sodium. I had half of it yesterday and want the other half tonight for supper so I think I will rinse it really well and cook it again with my own seasonings and a tomato and see how it turns out.
I'm back OP this morning. No take outs planned for this week so I should be good since all my food will be home cooked no take outs. I really do want to be careful with the holidays coming up. Baby sister and her husband are supposed to do Thanksgiving, but not where I can talk to her to find out what their plans are. DS got tired of waiting for their plans so her daughter is planning to have it at her house which is very small and her 3 dogs. LOL. Anyway, she is an organizer. I have already promised to help DBS & BIL with thanksgiving at her son's house and paid for a brisket and offered to cook a turkey. My sweet niece I'm sure plans for me to bring a turkey to her house. So I'm in a pickle because I am not going to cook a turkey for 2 places. So we will see how that all goes. My BIL and baby sister told Daddy we would have plenty of food because he and I together had already bought 2 briskets which I assume he has in the freezer at his son's. Hopefully they will work things out and we will be at one place. LOL
I thought a lot about Dr. Nowzarden telling his patients to eat 1200 calories a day. I know that is what the diabetic educator and dietitian told me to do so I am going to work at staying between 1000 and 1200 calories most of the time. MFP is easy for me because it keeps me exercising which is probably going to become housekeeping because I need to get my house organized. I think a clean organized house helps a lot. I know it did in FL and SC. Also I have entered all my foods in there as much as I can and I only have to check them off since I've used it for soooo long. I am also working to keep the protein, fat and carbs balance according to the leptin suggestions. I do so much better if I make my plan for the day either the night before and early in the morning. So I have my plan today for just under 1100 calories. Monday is trash day so I'm going to throw out any and all foods that are problems for me. I've come too far to stop now. I am going to make this work.
Happy I stayed on plan yesterday. Today is 2MAD and tomorrow OMAD again. Had the leftover chinese food for lunch.
It was just broccoli and a seafood dish. I avoided the rice completely both last night and today. So other than my cake, which is Keto, but still sweetened (stevia and erythritol) so not quite according to Dr. Fung, but hey, its my birthday.
We will have another movie this evening and will figure out supper after that. I think I will get some ground beef and make hamburgers, DH will enjoy that.
Carol, I hear you on the weighing. Its a little scary for me too, always felt it kept me accountable.
Trish sounds like you are doing well, don't change much !
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Trish, I buy the Progresso Lentil soup. I don't usually worry about sodium because anytime I track my food on MFP my sodium is low. I think that's because I don't eat much processed foods. Most of the time when I buy the Lentil soup I drain it and rinse it and just package the lentils in plastic snack bags, so I'm just getting whatever sodium is left after rinsing. The few times that I do eat it as soup I am getting the full sodium, but I don't worry about it. If my sodium was showing up high on MFP or at the doctor's I would be concerned.
I realize that it would be very hard for those 600 lb people to stick to 1200 calories per day, but if I chose to move to another state and uproot my family to have this doctor help me, I think I would do my best to follow the rules. He is harsh with them, but he is trying to save their lives. If they don't want to follow the rules, why bother. They think he's a magician who just magically makes the fat disappear with the snap of a finger. I do realize that it is entertainment, but it is reality.
Carol Sue Thanks. I know you rinse the canned beans that you use. I don't usually worry about the sodium and it never seems to raise my bp that much but it does cause temporary swelling and weight gain. Perhaps I shouldn't worry about that. Actually if I'm not eating take out or a processed food, it probably wouldn't matter at all.
I agree with you about the 600 lb diet program. I felt like he wants to see if these people want to be well bad enough to stick with it. I think I just identified with her so. Watching her story helped me see that it is helpful if I can identify why I eat the way I do. Hopefully I will be able to learn how to correct these things so that I can be successful at getting myself at a healthy weight again.
I remember that when my previous hubby was around or I was with other people that I didn't eat a lot, but I remember hunger seemed to switch on when I was alone. It was my comfort food because I didn't really know what to do when by myself.
I always thought this was because when I was a young girl that when Daddy was gone. He was very active in the Masons and was gone a lot. On those nights when he left, Mama would make fudge for us girls to eat and these were fun times with her. They would fight and things were so unpleasant when he was home, that I thought this was why I ate when DH was gone. So when I married DH I have now, I worked at not doing that. I don't hide and eat any thing.
Yesterday at the beauty shop an interesting thing came out when we were talking about how we didn't eat a lot when we were with other people. I asked DS if she remembered that when we went to Daddy's great grandmothers and just dropped in? She always cooked a big fried chicken dinner on Sunday and when Daddy would drive by to see who was there and decide to stop he would tell us kids "If anyone asks if you are hungry tell them no". He would tell us not to eat. A few months ago, Daddy told me that she had a huge family and she really didn't have a lot of money and they would go eat but not bring any food to help with the meal and that was why he told us that. DS didn't remember that, but she told me she remembered that we were told that when you go to someone's house to eat that we were to eat a small amount of food. They said if we were still hungry that we could eat something when we got home.
Suddenly I realized why I don't eat a lot when I go out or at a family gathering, but many times I would come home and pig out. Through what was a fun, peaceful time with Mama and being taught to be polite and eating small amounts when eating out knowing we could have food at home, we were taught to be closet eaters which became comfort food eating. They didn't have a clue they were doing that. The sad thing is that they lived that way too. So sad. At least now I know this so I can overcome it.
I found a group on MFP talking about IF and if it works and how they are doing it. Those on there seem to be mostly 8:16 IFers who stress that it doesn't matter when your 8 hrs are as much as it is important to keep the calories deficient. Those who came from 6 small meals a day say that IF with 3 meals got rid of the "thinking about food" all the time which has helped them a lot. I saved it to favorites so I can read it more. Most of them seem to keep calories between 1000 and 1200 a day. Very helpful, encouraging and inspirational.
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Trish many patients think weight loss surgery makes the problem go away so doctors want to see that they can stick to the diet after surgery.
I think what you were taught about eating light at someone's house is a southern thing. Here we are taught if you don't eat much it is an insult to the host indicating that you didn't like the food. I doubt if I ever insulted anyone.. Although DH is like that. He will not eat at someone's house but I do then he wants to stop somewhere on the way home. No one else in his family is like that though so I don't know where he got that. His mother was the biggest food pusher that ever lived. She got mad if you didn't eat.
Mad I signed up for a Facebook group for IDM with Dr Fung and Megan Ramos. Is that the one you aare on? I am also on one that used to be Fung Sweigh but the name got changed to something else. I read and like but don't post.
Yes, Carol, thats the same one I am on. You will see me there, I post from time to time.
I overate a bit yesterday, extended the eating window a bit long. Otherwise did well. I will do OMAD today, my sister is coming to take me to a movie for my birthday, and we will go to supper afterward. Found a place with lots of gluten friendly foods near the theatre for us to go to. I haven't seen her for a while, where we saw so much of each other after Dad died, working on estate things etc. I am looking forward to seeing her. She has been having lots of struggles this year and it has hit her hard, she has been struggling with depression with it all. SO I check in often.
We enjoyed the movie last night, First Man. I hadn't realized that there was only one real biography of Neil Armstrong, and the movie is based on it. Seems a very quiet man. A different perspective than some of the other films about the space program. I loved Hidden Figures, and Apollo 13, and many others. Recent history, but a rich history.
Today is Bohemian Rhapsody. As a teen I love the music by the band Queen, so this will be fun.
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Mad, my step daughter liked Bohemian Rhapsody so that's how I knew about it. I was into Disco around that time. I don't understand, though, because she was still in California in 1975 when the song came out but didn't come to live with DH until 1977. Maybe the song was still popular then.
We never go to movies anymore.
I want to cook a roast today but I forgot to take it out of the freezer. I remembered in the middle of the night, woke up thinking about it. LOL So I will brown it and cook it in the pressure cooker as meat can be put in there frozen. I could defrost it somewhat in the microwave, but by the time that was done, it would be too late to put it in the slow cooker, which I prefer. I put baby carrots and sliced onion in with it and cover with cream of mushroom soup. It forms a very tasty gravy, that DH won't eat. He will only eat jarred gravy or gravy made from a powdered mix. His mother's home made gravy left something to be desired and it ruined home made gravy for him. He will not even TRY other gravy. LOL I don't cook roast very often, but I have recently been craving it.
Last night we ate out. I was not very hungry, so I ordered a grilled chicken salad. I only ate some of the salad greens so I could bring the rest home with the chicken for lunch today. After I brought it home, DH fed the chicken out of it to the dog. I wanted to kill him!! Since HE doesn't eat leftovers, he figured I didn't want it. $11 for the salad to feed it to the dog.
Mad Glad you are enjoying your birthday celebration. It is good that you will have time with your sister. One of the nice things about IF is that it even fits times like this even the longer eating time.
Carol Sue These guys are something else aren't they? DH likes gravy and I don't make the best gravy so I use the powder with water or sometimes I use the jar. I don't use much of it any way so doesn't matter to me. I just add the calories into it.
I won't discuss yesterdays eating. I went way over calories and sodium so much this past week that my weight is up, but the nice thing is that my FBS was not bad at 154 as it could have easily been higher.
Back OP this morning with IF.
I'm not sure what to do as I am unable to get on MFP. One time it shows that it is down and then when I get on it and try to put in food, it shows that I am using http something and MFP isn't using that right now. So I am assuming that I just need to write down my food plan and just go with it. I will keep checking it to see if they get it corrected, but for now I'll just keep a journal.
I am on the same FB IDM y'all are own, but I didn't see y'all. I looked for y'all, but didn't see you in the new members list but the members are soooo many. I joined a couple of other IF groups on FB last night too. I haven't been on FB yet to see what is one there. One thing I did read by someone on the MFP group is that someone said that it takes a while to make it a lifestyle. I look forward to see how others are doing. I know you have been such an inspiration Mad and I figure reading about others journey that it will help inspire me.
I decided that I will change up my food. I decided to have the oatmeal this morning but didn't add the bacon. I could have but thinking that if I am going to do 8 hrs eating window to help me stay with it that I will plan an egg and a slice of bacon as a snack for the 3rd meal. Oats do keep me better satisfied. I will alternate breakfast with the egg cauliflower omelet one day and the oats other days. I will probably eat the same healthy foods but just mix it up a bit. Since I went so wild yesterday, we are having codfish for our main meal.
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Trish, one thing about the powder gravy mix, I don't think it has any calories, or maybe very little. Not like homemade that has all the fat in it.
I started sorting my clothes that I'm going to keep or donate. I have all these clothes that I was keeping in case I lost weight and I am getting rid of most of them. They are just taking up too much space. I want my step-daughter to come over and go through them but I will give her a week. If she doesn't come, they're out of here. I COULD drop them off on her porch and let her go through them at in leisure and then donate what she doesn't want. I want them gone before I decide to keep them again! LOL
So far I am still able to get on MFP. It isn't easy but I can do it. I will continue to use it as long as I can. I'm ending my eating today (hopefully) with less than 1200 calories. I have had 2 meals and I am going to try not to eat anything again until tomorrow morning. I did make it within 6 hrs. I read on one of the FB IF groups that some people do 2MAD within 6 hrs with an 18 hr fast. I may try this for a while.
Someone asked how many calories you are supposed to eat each day. A lot of people skip breakfast and eat 2MAD of 600 calories each. I can eat almost 600 calories easy at our main meal, but 600 in the morning would make me lethargic.
Carol Sue I agree that the powder gravy doesn't use any fat. You can mix it with milk I guess but I always use water. I have even taken a little bit of the liquid from the meat I cook and mix a little with it for flavor. I like the flavor of the drippings drizzled over my meat, but DH wants it thickened. Funny he will order it with a steak in a steakhouse, but wants it thickened at home.
I too need to go through clothes and get rid of them even the ones I think I want to wear as I lose weight. When I lose weight I'm sure I won't want any of them by then. Besides the fact that I need the space. I need to do that this week just in case I have to get this house cleaned up for Thanksgiving. My niece is planning it at her house if my baby sister has to change plans about having it at my nephews house, but in all fairness her house is way to small for all those people even if they come and leave which no one is going to do.
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Trish, my house is small for a family dinner. My table actually has seating for 6. You can put extra chairs around it, but the dining area itself is small so it's tight adding extra chairs. We are very casual, and usually the guys take their plates into the living room and eat while watching football. Seating in the living room is sparce, too. We have seating for 5. LOL I can add extra chairs, but there's not much room for them, either. It was like this at my MILs house, too, but we made it work somehow. I really don't want to do it this year. I would be very happy if my step-daughter went to her SILs.
I have such a hard time getting rid of clothes. I don't know if I can do this. Maybe I need an intervention. Now I'm thinking I will get rid of the things that I know I would not wear, even if I lost weight, and keep the ones that are possibilities. I will give myself over the winter to lose enough to wear them. If I can't fit in them by May 2019, I will get rid of them. LOL LOL I am such a hoarder!! I hate to spend money anymore. I would really hate to have to go out and buy new clothes, even if they are a smaller size.
Trish, I had trouble with MFP yesterday and today. I got everything entered, but I kept getting an error message that their database was down. I might see if I can send them a message in case they don't know.
Edit: I had trouble even sending them an email. I kept getting a message that "the systems thinks this is spam." It finally got submitted.
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Carol Sue Thanks for trying MFP and writing them. I think they must be having trouble again. I was able to track but it was a chore. I really just want to use it to keep an estimate of how many calories I eat. I just hate having to start over on some other site.
Well, it was a struggle this evening, but I did make it. My bs reading before lunch was 109 so things are good. I will end up with an 18 hr fast. So glad. I had oats for breakfast around 10:30 am so I think I'll do that again tomorrow. I'm really looking at the Mediterranean diet. Eating 2MAD within 5 or 6 hrs will be easier and I can have more fiber but not too much.
Headed to bed. I sleep better lately so that is good. Hope everyone else does to.
I had a nice supper out, lamb "tacos" in romaine lettuce "boats" instead of tortillas. The salsa was also citrus free. However, I am have tummy troubles, and woke up a while ago because of that. Its not settling out yet, but I have hopes. Planning to fast today, eat tomorrow. Just feeling the need to cleanse, have not fasted since Thursday. I am feeling bloated and out of sorts. Hope things shift soon. Apparently I can have chia seeds with water as it passes right through and doesn't cause a spike in insulin, and its good for taking meds so the stomach isn't empty. I may try that this morning to help things move along. The fibre makes it slightly laxative, but not as likely to cause bloat as metamucil. lets hope.
I have only ever had home made gravy, and occasion canned gravy. We use the canned for our meat pies at Christmas and occasionally to make hot turkey or beef sandwiches with leftovers. That will be out of my diet now. We made gravy with the gluten free flour mix with the turkey a couple of weeks ago, and that turned out well. So I can have the homemade at least.
. Although DH is like that. He will not eat at someone's house but I do then he wants to stop somewhere on the way home. No one else in his family is like that though so I don't know where he got that. His mother was the biggest food pusher that ever lived. She got mad if you didn't eat.