So I did not actually fall of the face of the earth...but it sort of feels like I did, doesn't it? I will say that 2 years into this process, I am still a big believer in it. When I reached my goal over a year ago, I kind of "let loose." I ate all the foods I had restricted myself from having during reduce. I didn't gain back right away. It took a couple of months...but my sugar addiction came back with a vengeance. I eventually gained 20lbs back and when I hit "that number"...I freaked. What was I doing to myself? Why was I throwing away 12 months of tremendous hard work? Part of my issue was the sugar, but the other part was that I didn't spend this same time and energy to learn and understand the adapt and sustain phases that I had done with reduce. That was huge. When they added a carb and fruit into my daily diet, I would count pizza or sugar treat as my carb...not everyday...but once in a while. I still fundamentally knew I shouldn't be ea...
I made a deal with my counselor not to weigh in everyday as it toys with one's emotions. I successfully did NOT weigh myself this morning! Meals 1&2: Breakfast was the doubled up Strawberry with PB powder and spinach shake. Meal 3: Lunch was Broccoli/Laughing cow cheese soup and spinach/carrot/cucumbers salad. Meal 4: I tried the Chocolate Almond Bar...again pleasantly surprised..and my fiber drink with sparkling water. Meal 5: For dinner Eric made Romaine lettuce wrapped turkey burgers with 1 laughing cow cheese, ketchup, saute'd onions, a dab of miracle whip light, and a broccoli and carrot slaw made with a sauce of yogurt dressing, poppy seed dressing, lemon juice, and I think FF sour cream. It was pretty yummy. Meal 6: I made a frozen chocolate shake and topped it with some FF whipped topping. Eric had to make a stop at the Profile store for me yesterday because I miscalculated the number of shakes I needed this week...so I sent him in to pick me up another cou...
After a "fulfilling" breakfast at First Watch, Eric and I had our first sessions with our counselors at Profile. They split us up because I am still pumping breast-milk for EmJ and need to follow a higher calorie diet...at least for the next couple of weeks. I will be tapering down even more between now and her birthday. So our first meeting. We get separated, as I mentioned and Eric gets what he calls the "Poor-Man's Bradley Cooper" (I said...Poor-Man's???I would say rich man's...but whatever) and I have a nice very skinny, but very nice girl named Amanda. Amanda and I chat a lot about what Profile requires and what my restrictions will be now vs. in two weeks when I have to join the ranks of the non-nursing moms. Let me tell you what...the pain and inconvenience of pumping will more than make up having to cut my calories in HALF!!! Right now she has me on a 2200 calorie plan...while once I am done pumping it will be more like 1000. The plan is pr...
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