Hi everyone, it's Sept. 20 which means day 20 of the 6-week challenge! I'm on vacation and have very little time to post. I'm still eating my salads as posted a few days ago. Only the last two days I've been using cherry tomatoes, jicama, and fresh figs as my "fruit" on the salad. Oh man it's good. I stop at a Whole Foods every night and get excellent fresh produce. I'm in California so most of the produce is fresh and local. I'm getting great fresh baby carrots, along with everything else. Tonight I thought I got some blackberries but they never showed up in my bag or receipt, so somewhere they got lost. bummer. Well, tomorrow I can get some. Okay, I have to go and prepare tomorrow's food and then get to bed! We're visiting Yosemite this week and didn't get a place in the park so we have long drives every day. Not very good for the environment...
How are you doing? Tomorrow is the half-way point! That's plenty of time to get back on track if you struggled, or to keep the momentum going if you are doing well. If you are doing well and can keep this up for an entire 6 weeks you can really learn to change your habits and preferences this way.
Have a great day today and tomorrow!
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Checking in to let you know I am doing ok! I have lost some poundage and need to get those daily walks in - after all, that was one of my goals!
Thanks for the support Barb!
Totally failed yesterday and the night before that!!! I know what the problem was - feeling sorry for myself (for no good reason) and then feeling stressed out by a huge tantrum my 4-year-old daughter had in the middle of our busy produce market (just when my infant decided she was hungry and screamed, too). What an afternoon! My brain is good at rationalizing bad food choices at times like that. BUT, I think its all about how quickly you can get back on track, and I have new resolve and a good plan for today. Checking in here for a sense of camaraderie is helpful!
I am doing well. I found a "fast" restaurant in my neighborhood that makes a wonderful salad. It is full of fresh vegetables--very different from what you find at most places. This is a true WIN for me because I often get home late and exhausted. It makes it so much easier to stay on the plan if you can get something quickly that perfectly fits the diet.
There is too much going on right now and I got derailed. I have been eating worse than ever(really the worst in the 2 years of following Dr Fuhrman) and I am feeling very addicted (trying to talk DH into a splurge for me at True North) but I have a plan for a fresh start tomorrow.
Bemily
yea otetty and dwatkins!
Patricia, yes, the brain is very very good at rationalization, be wary of those clever rationalizations. One thing I am trying to do is face what I'm running from when I turn to food. The food is an escape, in my case, from a feeling of unhappiness. When I feel that way, I need to face the unhappiness. That's my goal anyway. :) I am hopeful that I'll make some progress here.
Bemily, sorry to hear this. I wish I could give you a hug. Maybe DH can instead. :) I think True North is an excellent idea. I'd love to go there and do a supervised 3-day fast followed by refeeding for 3 days with their menu, and attend their lectures and meet Dr. Lisle, who's a hero of mine. Dr. Goldhamer seems pretty darn awesome too. I would feel so taken care of the whole time. I don't know when it's going to happen for me, but I am looking forward to doing this some day.
I am 2 Weeks post op from my knee surgery as of Wednesday. I think sticking to the diet really made me heal and do better with this surgery than if I had been eating SAD foods and in fact I am ahead of schedule in my rehab. I was concerned that I might gain weight being completely sedentary post surgery and I actually lost a few pounds. I am down 5 pounds since the start of the challenge and thus on track at the halfway point to my goal of losing 10 pounds. More importantly, my other goal was to try to help my husband to find better health as part of the challenge. At the beginning of the challenge I had started to get him to eat veggies with me that I cooked for dinner but he was continuing his SAD eating habits for breakfast and lunch and now we are halfway there and he is 100% on the E2L plan, cooking healthy meals for me post surgery, and has already lost 10 pounds! I know he his feeling healthier and more energy because before I would go to the gym 3 times a week or so and on rare occasions would I convince him to go (maybe once a month) and yesterday he went for a run on his own and evey other night this last week rather than sitting around watching TV or surfing the Web he has been out in the garage working on building shelfs and reorganizing. I can hardly believe the chanves I am seeing in him! Thanks for your daily posts and inspiring all of us and hosting this challenge. I have never done anything like this but it has really motivated me to have a goal published that I am trying to get to. I look forward to finishing the challenge in 3 Weeks at my goal weight despite the circumstances around my 6 Weeks on crutches keeping me from getting any real exercise during the challenge. Now that I am halfway there I am even more inspired!
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