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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 12, 2013 0:43:59 GMT
DAY 18 THURSDAY - APRIL 11, 2013 - (3rd week!)
Height: 5/9-1/2' weight today: 156.6 (Look! Breakthrough! 13 lbs. so far!) weight yesterday: 158. Beginning weight (slightly estimated within 1 - 2 lbs.): 169 Tummy: 37 (this is getting to 36-1/2. didn't want to post it until it was consistent.) Hips: 41 Thighs: 25
MEAL 1 1 oz. cold chicken thigh 1 c raw carrots 1/2 or so cups strawberries I forgot my olive oil!
MEAL 2 2 oz. chicken thigh 1-1/2 c red/green peppers roasted 1/2 c mashed sweet potatoes with olive oil and pepper (Verrrryyyy good meal!)
NOTES:
I did a lot of work around the house today, so that counts as "moving," right! Also, I did my full body weight workout. I am really motivated to get my body to where I want it! I probably should have said, I have a "landmark" birthday coming up in May and that's a little bit what this is about! Plus just plain summer, and I love clothes, and I want to get in my cute "skinny" clothes. Not to mention, it helps keep me on the low-choline diet!!!
Most diets I've done I can't wait to end them but this one isn't like that. It's like a big security blanket. I'll do the re-introduction and try to maintain it 90% of the time. The main reasons I feel this way: It makes me feel MUCH better, I believe I'm losing the fat and water weight and bloat from my body, keeps me low choline, this has satisfied my hunger more than any diet I've ever been on. I have a big appetite and I just really can't believe how I feel full and satisfied after EVERY meal!
I'm going to post this now, but I may have one of those strawberry shakes in a little while.
See you tomorrow!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 13, 2013 4:08:47 GMT
DAY 19 FRIDAY - APRIL 12, 2013 - (3rd week!)
2 more days, then on to cycle 2!
Height: 5/9-1/2' weight today: 156.8 weight yesterday: 156.6 Beginning weight (slightly estimated within 1 - 2 lbs.): 169 Tummy: 37 (this is getting to 36-1/2. didn't want to post it until it was consistent.) Hips: 41 Thighs: 25 MEAL 1 1 oz. chicken thigh 1 c brown rice 1/2 green/red peppers
MEAL 2 1 oz. chicken thigh 1 c brown rice (I was just too lazy to chop and cook a veg. I know it's not good!)
MEAL 3 Out at restaurant 1 oz. chicken breast 1 c romain lettuce couple chopped fresh tomatoes they did not have olive oil so I just squeeze some lemon over it
SNACK When I got home I was still hungry so I ate more of my chicken breast that I brought home and 1 c brown rice and red/green peppers, and I ate it late, so my weight will probably reflect that in the morning.
NOTES: I was having a "hungry" day today for some reason and I ate way too much brown rice! It's gone now so I'll try to stay away from it for a while and eat other carbs, like strawberries and sweet potatoes.
I noticed something and I don't know if there's anything to this or not. I attribute a white coated tongue to bad digestion. It seems when I eat the brown rice I begin to get that symptom. I noticed it before today but was not sure, then again today. I took more enzymes when I noticed and it wasn't too bad. I may consider going back to white rice or maybe mix the two at least. I'm not sure, but is brown rice harder to digest?
That's it for today!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 14, 2013 4:38:25 GMT
DAY 20 - SATURDAY - APRIL 13, 2013 - (3rd week)
Height: 5/9-1/2' weight today: 157.6 (not surprised cuz I ate at midnight last night) weight yesterday: 156.8 Beginning weight (slightly estimated within 1 - 2 lbs.): 169 Tummy: 37 (this is getting to 36-1/2. didn't want to post it until it was consistent.) Hips: 41 Thighs: 25 MEAL 1 1 oz. chicken breast 1 c mashed sweet potatoes 1-1/2 zucchini
MEAL 2 ground turkey egg roll/spring rolls (I'll explain below) Hard to tell how much
NOTES: So I researched the brown rice and it seems it is harder to digest. So I think my theory might be right. I think I'll stay away from it for awhile then maybe go back to white rice, or maybe mix the two. I read if you have trouble digesting the food it is hard on your GI system. Definately don't need that.
I took 4 digestive supps. today with dinner, 2 of each kind, and my stomach felt really good. That's too many to have to take though. Why can't my body do it???
So I totally experimented with the spring roll things. I read Linda's post and kind of made it up from there. I browned ground turkey, then threw in some shredded carrots, chopped zucchini, a little parsley, couple spices. Then I bought Vietnamese rice wraps at Whole Foods and I put the mixture in them, added some chopped cucumber and pan fried them in some olive oil.
At first I had trouble with them bursting in the pan. Then I made them smaller so the wraps would kind of wrap around twice and be thicker and they turned out perfect, all brown and crispy. It was a REALLY WELCOMED CHANGE!!! I will definately try them again.
Oh. I also made a sauce out of lime juice, olive oil, a little crushed red pepper, salt, a litte mint and some Stevia. I didn't really care for the Stevia. I'd like to find something else or just put a lot less of it in. All in all, I was happy with the outcome!
I have a decision to make that I hope to get some opinions on. Monday I will introduce gluten. JJ says to use wheat pasta and wheat bread, etc., and not to eat white flour, but I pretty much quit eating all of that wheat stuff because of TMAU. So I'm thinking of using white pasta when I reintroduce gluten. Do you think that would be okay? What else could I use that has gluten and not all the other stuff and is okay for TMAU?
I'm looking forward to some comments and I'll see you tomorrow for the last day of cycle 1!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 15, 2013 1:36:44 GMT
DAY 21 - SUNDAY - APRIL 14, 2013 - (3rd week)
Last day of Cycle 1 - Tomorrow I begin to add gluten! Bread!!!
Height: 5/9-1/2' weight today: 157.8 (Disappointing. Don't know why it went up!) weight yesterday: 157.6 Beginning weight (slightly estimated within 1 - 2 lbs.): 169 Tummy: 37 (this is getting to 36-1/2. didn't want to post it until it was consistent.) Hips: 41 Thighs: 25
MEAL 1 2 oz. crumbled ground turkey with shredded carros and zucchini from last night 1 c fresh grape tomatoes fried in a pan with a little olive oil
MEAL 2 1 oz. chicken thigh, cooked on the grill! estimating about 1 sweet potatoe in the form of sweet potatoes fries, baked in the oven 1 c zucchini sliced on a baking sheet with oil in the oven (Really yummy meal!)
MEAL 3 (or snack) strawberry shake made with strawberries and coconut milk and ice and a little stevia
NOTES: Looking forward to some gluten!!! Bread and pasta. I guess I'm going to go ahead with white bread and white pasta because I'm afraid of the wheat with the TMAU.
I'll let you know how gluten goes!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 17, 2013 15:55:52 GMT
DAY 24 - WED. - APRIL 17, 2013 - (4th week - re-introduction week: dairy)
I will just summarize from now on instead of all the details, unless anyone wants more!
Total pounds lost: 14
weight today: 155.8 Beginning weight: 169 Beginning tummy: 37". Current tummy: 36"
So this is re-introduction week. I was going to do gluten first, but I ended up going to Chipotle on Monday and I wanted to eat the cheese instead of the wrap! So I decided to go with dairy the first week.
I have to say, I'm not sure if I'm having any reactions or not. The first day when I went to Chipotle I did have to run to the restroom right away, but that could be because I hadn't really eaten anything like that in 3 weeks! And, actually, that's not bad for someone with IBS-c! So I didn't mind!
I had another meal that I think may have given me some reaction, but I'm not sure if it couldn't have been from the cheese earlier. I cooked rice pasta. I think it would be brown rice in the pasta. I did develop a symptom that I haven't had in 3 weeks. Does anybody know that feeling of pain in the bottom of your ribs. I used to get that a lot. I have pain behind the bottom portion of my ribs. I looked it up online and it said that could be a sign of allergy or indigestion.
I'm pretty convinced brown rice is a problem for me because of the coated tongue and the rib pain. But now I have to sort out if the cheese is causing anything.
I've been eating white rice now instead of brown, and whoola! no coated tongue! Also, starting Monday, I started losing weight again. And I ate pretty much on Monday. I had a Chipotle bowl and then I had rice pasta (A lot!) with homemade tomatoe sauce with red peppers. When I thought about that meal, it was wrong. It was two carb: tomatoes and rice pasta. But I lost weight Tues. and Wed. So is it due to eating more, maybe because I am eating dairy??? Not sure.
Also, I have not exercised in a few days, but I'll try today! I will probably re-introduce gluten this Monday. I am enjoying my cheese week.
Lorrie, Leonor, and anyone else out there who is doing this, how is it going? Are you continuing to lose weight and are you still able to stick with it?
I'll be in touch!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 19, 2013 23:44:26 GMT
DAY 26 - FRI. - APRIL 19, 2013 - (4th week - re-introduction week: dairy) I will just summarize from now on instead of all the details, unless anyone wants more! Total pounds lost: 14 weight today: 155.8 Beginning weight:169 Beginning tummy: 37". Current tummy:36" Just a quick check-in to say I don't have much to report! It's hard to say if I've had any reactions to dairy. At least nothing serious. It's hard because I think other things are giving me bad reactions, like I think coconut milk is bothering me, unfortunatley, because I was loving my strawberry shakes! I made a large shake last night and I was up half the night with a very uncomfortable and slightly painful stomach. I did add blueberries in for the first time. Maybe it was them, but that doesn't really make sense? If anyone else is going to try this, I would suggest for the week of reintroduction not to introduce anything that you haven't eaten the prior three weeks, because then you don't know what is causing the problem. Just another thing to note. I'm having a hard time now with wanting to eat things I shouldn't. I wonder if the cravings could be a symptom of intolerance. I have not blown it but I'm really wanting to. I want to at least make it through gluten re-introduction and then I think I'm going to have to eat something BAD!!! just a little...... I'll check in periodically to let you know how my weight loss is going or if I discover something new and good to eat, and I'll let you know how gluten week goes, which starts Monday......
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Post by guest99 on Apr 20, 2013 15:04:37 GMT
R U goin 2 figure out what U R having problems wif this week b4 adding gleiten next week? LOL
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 22, 2013 6:05:23 GMT
Guest99, Yes the plan calls for eating the "re-introduced" food Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, then stopping for the next 3 days to get that out of your system, and then you begin with the next "re-introduced" food the next Monday. That way you'll know which one is giving you problems.
I really don't feel I had any reactions to dairy, if so, they were so subtle I didn't really notice. The only "meal" that really bothered me was the coconut milk with the strawberries when I made the shake, and the problem with the brown rice. So the "plan" was on to gluten the next Monday.....but.....please read on.... Sorry!
DAY 28 - SUNDAY - APRIL 21, 2013 - (4th week)
Total pounds lost: 14
Weight today: 156.2 Beginning weight:169 Beginning tummy: 37" Current tummy:35-1/2
Well, I was dreading this post all day because I have to report I CAVED! But I want to be totally forthcoming, so the good and the bad! I made it almost one day short of 4 full weeks.
Late Saturday night I just couldn't take it anymore. I was just really wanting to eat and really not wanting to eat any of the SAME stuff that I had been eating for four weeks.
It wasn't pretty. I ate a small amount of Lay's potatoe chips, diet 7-up and Rollos (chocolate-covered caramel) and a bowl of Raisin Bran !!!
Then I tried to restart on Sunday and I did good half of the day, then I had a bowl of Raisin Bran with rice milk and a Pop-Tart and organic saltine crackers!
Ugghhh! I hate what I've done. I guess I've pretty much messed up the re-introduction. But I have to say I don't think I really had any reactions after dairy or the gluten. If I did, they were VERY subtle. I can say, just in general, when I stick to the typical stuff I was eating on this diet for the first 3 weeks and abiding by the portions, I just felt better, lighter, and my stomach was so calm! It was just a few things that seemed to give me problems, like coconut milk and brown rice, and they were all "legal" in the first 3 weeks.
It is an interesting experiment though because you are eating so few things and keeping track of it all, you can really see what's agreeing with you and what isn't, in many ways. So I think it's worth it.
After four weeks I just got really tired of the same foods and really just couldn't eat another sweet potatoe! So maybe that's why I think it might be better, after awhile, to allow a bit of leniency, like homemade oven white potatoe fries with some ketchup, or whatever might be your thing. I'm hoping then I won't want to binge or get so tired of the same food all the time!!!
So I am going to try to get back on the horse, as they say, and get back on the program. I'm not sure if I will repeat Cycle 1 again totally or just try to follow it as close as I can as often as I can, maybe with a little leniency.
Probably the biggest reason that would cause me to fail is time. It has been kind of time consuming to shop, prepare, cook and clean up all this food all the time.I joked that I thought I was going to get carpal tunnel from chopping all these veggies! For me, the time management is the hardest part, because the food is not hard to eat. It tastes good! That's why major planning is really important.
I will still post, but maybe not every day. I'd like to think I can repeat the 3-weeks Cycle 1 over again, starting in a day or two, and see what it does for me, because I still have a weight loss goal. I'd like to get to 150 for sure, and 145 would be awesome! I just don't know if I can stick to it so incredibly strictly!
So I have learned a few things from this. I think I've found from this experiment that I HAVE TO excercise if I want to lose 2 pounds a week. I believe 2 pounds a week is a typical amount to lose healthily, but it just doesn't come so easy anymore without the exercise.
Also, a good lesson, now that I've eaten some things I shouldn't, I'm worried about my odor, whereas when I was on the strict cycle 1, 3-week part, I felt pretty confident at any time, didn't need to plan things around what I ate, and that was kind of freeing! Which is the best reason to get right back to it!
If I decide to get back on the Cycle 1 (that means eliminating all 7 food groups again totally) I may post daily, just a quick note, because, UP UNTIL NOW, it really did keep me accountable! But I may have to eat some french fries with kethup first!!!
Sorry.... Wendy
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 25, 2013 22:35:10 GMT
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to check in real quick so you know I'm still around. I am still not back on track, and I can tell by the way I feel! I just feel "bigger" and bloated from eating bad stuff. I will get back on track, definately by Sunday or Monday but hopefully sooner. I do think by restriting like this it causes binges like this, so maybe there is some happy medium. And I guess that happy medium would be Cycle 3, where you basically eat the restricted diet MOST OF THE TIME, and then just satisfy your cravings every now and then. That is my goal!
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Post by bethemiracle on Apr 29, 2013 18:06:37 GMT
Hi Everybody!
I'm back on track! My day or so off the program turned into a week off! I definately kind of binged. I ate everything I shouldn't eat: donuts (I know, really, really bad!), french fries, Rollos, pop, I even ate a cheeseburger which I immediately regretted because of TMAU. I should have at least had a turkey burger.
STATS:
Weight as of today, Monday, 4-29-13 = 159.0 (gained about 3 - 4 lbs. in a week. A lot of damage in a little bit of time! Hope it will come off quickly. I can't imagine I'm going to lose 10 lbs. the first week again!
Arghhh! forgot to measure my tummy before eating and drinking lots of water today! I'll measure tomorrow!
I had gotten down to 155 lbs. from 169, and my tummy had gotten down to 36" from 37" in four weeks! So I hope I can get back to that spot pretty quickly!
All this week, because of going off the diet, and even now, it took away my confidence to go places and be around people. So I can't say it wasn't worth it, because I did enjoy all those foods, but it's not worth it to always eat like that and always worry about odor. That's why I am happy to be back on. It will keep me to a low choline diet.
I cooked a lot of food while I had time at home today. I baked boneless, skinless chicken thighs with chipotle olive oil (very mild), zuchini chunked up in a casserole with olive oil, sweet potatoes chunked up with olive oil and herbs d' provence, and long-grain white rice. I stuck it all in the oven on 350 for about an hour, except of course the rice had to cook on the stovetop. I even took an onion and cut it in 4 big chunks and put it in a small casserole dish for others, not me! It all came out very good and it was easy!
It should last a couple days. Also, to avoid tyramine from forming on food sitting for days, I took some chicken and divided it into 1 oz. servings and put it in the little Ziploc bags and put it in the freezer. Then when I go to work, or anytime really, I'll just pull it out of the freezer in the morning, and by lunch, it's so small, it should be thawed, and I'll just eat it cold.
I also took my rice and divided it in 1 cup servings and froze those individually so I don't have to eat so much rice so many days in a row. Because I like to make a lot when I make it -- time saving! -- then I have to eat it before it goes bad. So this way I'll just pull it out of the freezer in individual servings when I want it and just microwave it, I guess! It will also be good for when I need something at home in a hurry. I think next time I cook I'll freeze even more so I'll have it ready. I need some ideas on what else is good to freeze for quick heating.
Also, as before, I'm going to buy some berries and carrots, because they're good for taking to work because they don't have to be refrigerated or served hot. Maybe I'll try some peaches and pears, too, which will count as my carbs. Something else that I plan to eat for lunch -- because I'm going to be busy with work and away from home more than usual this month -- is cucumbers and tomatoes chopped in olive oil with salt and pepper. The cucumbers are your veggie and the tomatoe is the carb! Sometimes I throw in some basil, too!
That's it for today. I think I'll just post periodically so I don't bore you everyday with the same meals over and over, although my goal is to NOT eat the same things over and over. I hope freezing the food will help me with that. I will probably still keep track of every meal though, at least for a little while longer, because it really helps me to see what's going on and why, but I'll post periodically and put the meals at the bottom so you can read them or not!!!
Hope everyone who is trying this is able to stick with it. I am now trying to think of it as a lifestyle and trying to plan ways to make it easier, like using the freezer, etc., and allowing myself to eat "bad" foods only every now and then, so that I don't totally "binge out of control" like this week.
Here we go again!
Wendy
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Post by AuridentAlloys on Jul 20, 2013 9:52:43 GMT
Wow! this is great! I haven't tried this diet plan, but with what you have posted, which is very detailed, I think I will give it a try and follow the menus and instructions. Hopefully, I'll be able to lose weight like yours.
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