Weigh in: 200.8lb; total pounds lost this week: 3.0
Waist measurement, the Jorge Cruise way: 41 inches, so minus one inch.
I did not quite get under 200 lb, but that will be soon. At one point this week I was at 200.4lb, and was hoping....:-) Alas, that is the pitfall of weighing more often than once each week, is seeing the natural weight fluctuations.
Despite the weight loss and inch lost, I cannot see the extreme of this diet being practical for brain usage and overall energy. Not once this past week did I feel a huge energy burst, or a day where my muscles didn't feel fatigued. Some days were better than others, but no day was super-charged. Plus we were sleeping 9-10 hours each night. Richard is ecstatic to be able to have carbs and "free" vegetables and Zevias. In fact he just strutted in, with a big grin on his face, holding a Zevia, and announced, "Look what's FREE!" Now he's sucking it down. Happy boy!
We are planning to keep our sugar grams under 20, which will naturally reduce carbs for me, and our fat grams under 60 for me, and 85 for him. We are also tracking our protein to make sure we get enough. I have to keep it simple, as my time is going to be very limited for focus on this as classes begin this week. We also decided, and I'm not sure if I mentioned this yesterday, that we are planning to have one meal each week where we don't have to track anything. We are going to continue the "Cruise Moves" (the 8 minute workout each morning that is for toning and strength training), and continue our walking and my elliptical-ling.
I fully expect to be under 200 pounds next Monday morning. It's time, and on this plan, I'm sure it is more than possible.
So, now,
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Day 7, Most Importantly: LAST DAY of the One Week Challenge...
...also known as "Sugar Awareness Week".
We are already stoked for shifting our eating plan tomorrow to include more natural sugars and carbs, especially Richard who dearly needs them. My oldest son (a PhD student/candidate in neuroscience at Harvard) reminded me today, too, that the brain can only use glucose for energy, and if it's not there, that could cause a problem. He thought it was crazy to count the sugars in vegetables, that cinched it for me. With full time pharmacy school starting in three days, glucose is back in.
We have a plan, that yes, involves counting total sugar grams (maximum 20 grams), but we are not going to count the sugar or carbs from vegetables (or psyllium!!!) We are going to return to our healthy carb regimen we were on before, and with more awareness of how much we are eating. I am going to be more aware of my serving sizes with the carbs, limiting to some extent, as I am still working to reduce poundage, and Richard will be free to eat what he feels is right for him. We can breathe a sigh of relief. Ahhhhhhhhh.
I developed a check list for each of us, because our dietary goals are different from each other, as are our diets (with my eating (grass-fed, hormone-free and lean) red meat, in fact now prescribed by the acupuncturist/nutritionist and Richard's (pesca)vegetarianism). We can each check off 20 grams of sugar each day, up to 60 grams of fat for me, and 85 grams of fat for Richard, and AT LEAST 80 grams of protein for me, and 100 grams of protein for Richard.
We ARE going to continue with the morning toning exercises for abdominal, upper body and lower body Monday through Friday, because we think that's a good thing to add in, and seems reasonable to put into our morning routine. And we plan to continue walking (and I will do my elliptical), and meditation, and living peacefully.
Today's menu looked like this:
Breakfast: Mediterranean Omelet (as in previous posts), no carbs
Snack:
Lunch: Roasted chili pepper bake (with egg beaters and mozzarella), I had a piece of gluten-free toast with olive oil
Snack: Matcha green tea frapuccino (protein powder with stevia, matcha green tea, unsweetened Almond Breeze) and strawberries with nonfat plain yogurt with stevia.
Dinner: Me: hormone free steak; Him: Fish? tofu? and something to fulfill our remaining carb serving(s) of the week, some arugula salad with shaved Parmesan and homemade dressing (red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic) . It looks like we will be splitting the remaining Almond Butter Cup (unless I make some more tonight - this was another good thing to come out of this experiment!)
Tomorrow is the official weigh-in for the One-week Challenge, and I'm sure I've lost weight; we will see about the inches.
We are already stoked for shifting our eating plan tomorrow to include more natural sugars and carbs, especially Richard who dearly needs them. My oldest son (a PhD student/candidate in neuroscience at Harvard) reminded me today, too, that the brain can only use glucose for energy, and if it's not there, that could cause a problem. He thought it was crazy to count the sugars in vegetables, that cinched it for me. With full time pharmacy school starting in three days, glucose is back in.
We have a plan, that yes, involves counting total sugar grams (maximum 20 grams), but we are not going to count the sugar or carbs from vegetables (or psyllium!!!) We are going to return to our healthy carb regimen we were on before, and with more awareness of how much we are eating. I am going to be more aware of my serving sizes with the carbs, limiting to some extent, as I am still working to reduce poundage, and Richard will be free to eat what he feels is right for him. We can breathe a sigh of relief. Ahhhhhhhhh.
I developed a check list for each of us, because our dietary goals are different from each other, as are our diets (with my eating (grass-fed, hormone-free and lean) red meat, in fact now prescribed by the acupuncturist/nutritionist and Richard's (pesca)vegetarianism). We can each check off 20 grams of sugar each day, up to 60 grams of fat for me, and 85 grams of fat for Richard, and AT LEAST 80 grams of protein for me, and 100 grams of protein for Richard.
We ARE going to continue with the morning toning exercises for abdominal, upper body and lower body Monday through Friday, because we think that's a good thing to add in, and seems reasonable to put into our morning routine. And we plan to continue walking (and I will do my elliptical), and meditation, and living peacefully.
Today's menu looked like this:
Breakfast: Mediterranean Omelet (as in previous posts), no carbs
Snack:
Lunch: Roasted chili pepper bake (with egg beaters and mozzarella), I had a piece of gluten-free toast with olive oil
Snack: Matcha green tea frapuccino (protein powder with stevia, matcha green tea, unsweetened Almond Breeze) and strawberries with nonfat plain yogurt with stevia.
Dinner: Me: hormone free steak; Him: Fish? tofu? and something to fulfill our remaining carb serving(s) of the week, some arugula salad with shaved Parmesan and homemade dressing (red wine vinegar, olive oil, garlic) . It looks like we will be splitting the remaining Almond Butter Cup (unless I make some more tonight - this was another good thing to come out of this experiment!)
Tomorrow is the official weigh-in for the One-week Challenge, and I'm sure I've lost weight; we will see about the inches.
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