DESPERATE. Wanting to reduce my body size for many many many reasons. My weight has begun to creep back up. Disgusting.
Reminding myself that I want to lose weight in a healthy way though. No pills. Balanced meals full of dense nutrition. Avoid empty calories. Exercise. Drink WATER.
I cannot eat the STANDARD AMERICAN DIET. The Western Diet has many additives and chemicals added to it in highly processed foods, too much bread and carbs. I'm doomed if I do. DOOMED. Plus if I don't get a handle on nibbling a little here and a little there...I'm in BIG trouble.
The USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans defines the standard American diet (SAD) as being too low in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and healthy oils, and too high in red meat, high-fat dairy products, processed and fast foods, refined carbohydrates, added sugars, salt, and calories.
I know well enough that I have an ugly habit of thinking I'm hungry so popping some morsels of food in my mouth calms the beast inside. It doesn't work well because my beast wants food even when its not hungry. MINDFUL EATING has to be activated.
What is MINDFUL EATING?
Everybody's BODY is a furnace. A fuel burning furnace and if you give it too much fuel or the wrong kind of fuel, it will not be able to burn it all correctly. If the body doesn't use it, the unused fuel goes to storage as fat on the body.
Started the DANIEL DIET on Monday. grins. I started a diet on a Monday without thinking about it being a MONDAY. Wasn't planned that way. Just happened and I am doing it. It's alright to start a diet on other days than a Monday, at the beginning of the year or at the beginning of a month.
Monday and Tuesday, I did 💪SUPER WELL eating the Daniel Diet WAY which has no dairy, grains or meats. Skipping fats, carbs and sugars. Fruits, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts are allowed. I've done this plan before for 21 days and lost weight. Doing it again. After 21 days, I will add some fish and chicken to the menu. No bread, rice or pasta. No sweets of any kind.
Monday's Breakfast was skipped so I ate a large, crunchy, red apple closer to noon which many would say was Intermittent Fasting. Drank water then drank a V8 with Dr. Colbert's Blood Pressure Support mixed in it. Iced Green Tea in the afternoon. Was contented and waited until supper time to eat a plateful of steamed cabbage and boiled potatoes. Drank water.
On Tuesday morning I was still contented. Which surprised me. grins. Close to noon, I made about 4 cups worth of a Kale, Pecan and Cranberry Salad which had thinly sliced carrots, radicchio and thinly sliced green cabbage sticks then I added green apple, a handful of thinly sliced almonds. The salad dressing was homemade extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice and wine vinaigrette. CHOMPING AWAY.
IT STUCK WITH ME ALL AFTERNOON. Supper was a Asian Stir-Fry full of vegetables and some cashews.
Aiming for the end of AUGUST SUMMER 2024 to have lost a chunk of weight. Crossing one finish line before starting another race. I know I will not have reached my GOAL WEIGHT by then, but I'm sure going to work at getting there.
If I lose a pound a week, that will be 26 and a half pounds lost.
Will do my best to be held accountable. I will be talking a great deal about this weight loss journey as I have to be my own CHEERLEADER...u can do it. I will do it. As bad as I want to ignore being so engrossed about FOOD, I am. I have to be that narrowed minded. It's a struggle for me and I get how people struggle with things such as overeating, over spending, drugs, gambling, sex addiction, stealing, lying, sleeping too much, sitting around too much, etc.
The struggle is real. It truly is. With weight, the body craves things that it has gotten use to being fed. Like a spoiled child, I struggle being rebellious and cranky. I remember well when I gave up soda pop when I was 42. I did it, but not without a battle. We went to the movie theatre and I could smell the Pepsi in the air. I talked to myself through this one.
Once, I was out for a walk and walked past a pop machine in front of a grocery store where the front of the machine displayed huge soda pop bubbles. It may sound gross, but I about licked the screen. I stood there at the foot of the mammoth machine and hugged it. I was paying homage to it as I was once a slave to the sugary dark drink.
The sensation passed and I went on my way talking to myself that I wanted to lick the machine. It's a joke now. I went for 42 days NOT DRINKING any soda pop. Went COLD TURKEY. After I went the 42 days in honor of turning 42 years old, I realized it was actually 6 weeks. SO I told myself to see how long I could do this. I am now 68. No Pepsi, Coke or Dr. Pepper. I went off the wagon and allowed 7-up/Sprite when ill with flu. Back on the wagon I go.
Before the 42 days took place, I went from drinking regular pop, switched to DIET SODA and still drank way too much. I decided I needed to give it up. SO I DID. It required being PROACTIVE and changing. It was very hard for me, but I did it. Little by little I stopped being so focused on pop and stopped counting each day that I had stopped drinking it. Occasionally, I do the math.
With food, a battle takes place especially when the weight has not come off then I want to buckle and say, OH WELL. It's not coming off. PIG OUT. EAT WHAT EVER. It doesn't matter what I eat. I'm destined to be FAT f o r e v e r.
A different storm. It shouldn't be as difficult as I have made it. I told myself this morning that I AM GOING TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF. DO THIS THING. SHRINK! One must start somewhere and stick to it.
Even with a anniversary coming up, I want to be slimmer. This thought has a hold on me. How many days until August 31st? 185 days. That's 26 weeks and 3 days until my 50th wedding anniversary. I want to weigh less than I do. Lord have mercy. I can talk to GOD when struggling.
When I want to eat something NOT on the allow list then I will have to drink water and say the Lord's Prayer.
I mustn't get cranky or lose my temper. Mustn't.
Perhaps by CHRISTMAS I will be closer to my goal weight. I will not hold my breath though. I'll get there when I get there. Amen. I know I have to work at it. I mustn't think about it being such a long time getting there or the OH WELLS will hit.
I will continue to be BUSY with LIFE and family as I journey. I so HOPE I make it.
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How to lose 10 pounds in one week.
Healthy weight loss is usually 1 to 2 pounds per week; losing 10 pounds in one week is risky, should not be done often, and should only be attempted with the approval of your doctor. To lose 10 pounds in one week, you'll need to burn between 3,500 and 5,000 calories more than you consume each day by restricting your diet to small portions of nutritious yet low-calorie foods, and significantly increasing your aerobic exercise with interval training, sports, and other vigorous activities. This goal is both risky and difficult to achieve, but it can be done.
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