I completed Day 3 of the fat fast with only a couple of small bumps. I stole a couple of french fries from my kids when I let them have lunch at McDonald's yesterday. We were out for a few hours, and I had to let them eat. Unfortunately that was the closest place, since we were at Wal-Mart waiting to get our Christmas photos taken. And then last night, shortly before bed, those darn mini cupcakes called my name again. And well, I don't want them to go to waste. So I ate one. This morning I weighed myself, and I've lost another pound. I am now at 117.4lbs. The last time I weighed this was before my first child was born, almost 9 years ago. I don't want to go back to the horrible eating I've been doing, but I know I can't stick to this diet forever. So I'm thinking I'm going to modify some things, and/or maybe do the fat fast every second day, just to keep my body in ketosis. I'd also like to start incorporating exercise this week, so today we're going to walk to church, even though it's pretty chilly out.
I want to continue to lose 1-2lbs a week, so I'm going to try not to beat myself up if I don't see a loss every single day. It's great that I got to where I am. I never thought I would lose 8lbs in 3 days, but I did, so I know I have to be prepared to not lose much over the next couple of days, especially with increasing my calorie intake.
I'm going to also try to remember not to overdo it at the gym, or during exercising. I will even limit myself to 30 minutes a day to start, because I don't want to go too crazy and then get frustrated when I don't lose. I don't want to burn myself out. I will figure out a way to lose these excess 65+ lbs.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Saturday, December 3, 2011
The Fat Fast - Not for everybody, but it's working for me!
Today is day 3 on the Atkins Fat Fast. I am thoroughly impressed with the results, and am thinking I may just push myself to four, or even five days. One thing I definitely need to remember though, is to pick up multivitamins while out today. I know I am depriving my body of important nutrients, and I don't want to cause problems on that end. That being said, I weighed myself this morning, and found I was down another 3lbs. I am now at 118.5lbs. I cannot believe that I have managed to lose about 7lbs in 2 days. This just blows my mind. Seeing results helps motivate me to want to stick it out a little longer, even though I am missing food like crazy.
I noticed that a lot of the foods on the fat fast are more on the savory side than the sweet. So I had a little goof up yesterday, because I was craving so bad. A few days ago we bought red velvet mini cupcakes. Like the day before I started the fast. So it makes sense that I can't stop thinking about them. Well, my youngest daughter was given one as a treat last night, but she didn't finish it, and I noticed it sitting on the table after she went to bed. Without even thinking, I snatched it up and ate it. Whoops. What feels good though, is that even with that goof, I managed to lose weight. But, of course it brought along another problem. I just put some sugar back in my diet and I. want. more. So this morning, I made a sweet breakfast. 2 tablespoons of sour cream (= 100cal), 2 tablespoons of whipping cream (= 100cal) and 2 tablespoons of cream cheese (= 90 cal), plus a little vanilla and maybe a half tablespoon of coconut. And a packet of stevia. Whipped it all together and ended up with a sort of a coconut mousse. It's not bad. It is definitely better with the sweetener than it was without. It is hard getting past the aftertaste. But it's the closest I can get it seems. I'm not sure what's on the meal plan for the rest of the day. I have 700 calories ahead of me. I'm thinking of maybe making a tuna and egg salad, and diving that up into multiple servings. I think today's meals will be 300, 200, 300, 200. We will be out for a while this afternoon, so I'm going to bag a serving of macadamia nuts, and snack on those while out. Then I'll make a 500-calorie salad and divide it into two. That will be my dinner and evening snack. Sounds simple enough I think. The other issue I'm having is I know I should be increasing my water intake, like 300%. And I know I've been drinking more water than I was. But I'm still feeling like it's not enough. So I am going to push myself to get more water in today. And I'm not going to commit to 4 or 5 days. I will decide tomorrow whether I am going to continue. For now, I'm just going to look to today, and completing day 3. It's always easier to talk about how we'll follow a diet than it is to actually stick to it. I am hoping for no slip ups today, but will remember that this is a big change for me, and I shouldn't beat myself up if I can't make it past today.
I noticed that a lot of the foods on the fat fast are more on the savory side than the sweet. So I had a little goof up yesterday, because I was craving so bad. A few days ago we bought red velvet mini cupcakes. Like the day before I started the fast. So it makes sense that I can't stop thinking about them. Well, my youngest daughter was given one as a treat last night, but she didn't finish it, and I noticed it sitting on the table after she went to bed. Without even thinking, I snatched it up and ate it. Whoops. What feels good though, is that even with that goof, I managed to lose weight. But, of course it brought along another problem. I just put some sugar back in my diet and I. want. more. So this morning, I made a sweet breakfast. 2 tablespoons of sour cream (= 100cal), 2 tablespoons of whipping cream (= 100cal) and 2 tablespoons of cream cheese (= 90 cal), plus a little vanilla and maybe a half tablespoon of coconut. And a packet of stevia. Whipped it all together and ended up with a sort of a coconut mousse. It's not bad. It is definitely better with the sweetener than it was without. It is hard getting past the aftertaste. But it's the closest I can get it seems. I'm not sure what's on the meal plan for the rest of the day. I have 700 calories ahead of me. I'm thinking of maybe making a tuna and egg salad, and diving that up into multiple servings. I think today's meals will be 300, 200, 300, 200. We will be out for a while this afternoon, so I'm going to bag a serving of macadamia nuts, and snack on those while out. Then I'll make a 500-calorie salad and divide it into two. That will be my dinner and evening snack. Sounds simple enough I think. The other issue I'm having is I know I should be increasing my water intake, like 300%. And I know I've been drinking more water than I was. But I'm still feeling like it's not enough. So I am going to push myself to get more water in today. And I'm not going to commit to 4 or 5 days. I will decide tomorrow whether I am going to continue. For now, I'm just going to look to today, and completing day 3. It's always easier to talk about how we'll follow a diet than it is to actually stick to it. I am hoping for no slip ups today, but will remember that this is a big change for me, and I shouldn't beat myself up if I can't make it past today.
Friday, December 2, 2011
December 1st - New Month, New Plans
I have been steadily adding more and more wheat to my diet, despite reading articles about how addictive it is, and how it stays in your system, clogging your intestines for up to 72 hours (or more, depending on just how slow the body moves waste through). It is really hard to make a full time commitment to remove staples from a household, especially when there's four other people in the home who don't necessarily need to eliminate said staples, but maybe just cut down. It doesn't help that by bringing wheat back into my diet, it just makes the cravings worse, and causes me to want to eat every wheaty thing I can find: cereals, breads, pastas, cakes and cookies. This past week has been a slippery downhill slope.
On the plus side (possibly), a friend pointed me in the direction of the Atkins Fat Fast. I read a blog about a woman who was in the midst of a Fat Fast, and read a few different articles on what it's about and what it does. Essentially, a Fat Fast is exactly that. You fast on nothing but fat. This is supposed to be a way for stubborn bodies to kickstart ketosis and help boost metabolism to get weight loss started, or continued if it has plateaued. I have not lost any weight in all these months of diet and exercise, and so I find myself here, attempting a 3-day fat fast. Yesterday was my first day, and it had it's challenges, but one of the good things about the fat fast is that you are so limited to what you can have, and most of those foods are simple foods. Basically it works like this. You cut your calorie intake to 1000 calories a day. This is close to starvation mode. But those 1000 calories are supposed to be up to 90% fat. What you end up doing is telling your body that you have too much fat, and so it starts to work to burn the fat off. But not just the fat you consume, it will also start burning up your fat stores. It seems that typical results can be about 2-5lbs during the fast, and you can choose to fast for 3-5 days, but shouldn't fast longer than 5 days, because the fast is highly deficient in proteins and vitamins. What Dr. Atkins suggests is dividing your 1000-calorie-a-day allotment into 5 200-calorie mini-meals. Some examples of a single serving are:
One ounce of macadamia nuts (approximately 1/4 cup or about 12 good sized nuts)
One ounce of pecans fried in butter
2 slices of bacon
1/4 medium avocado, mixed with 1 tbsp mayo, a drop of lemon, and some chili powder, served on a couple of pork rinds, in lettuce wrap, or eat with a spoon
2 1/2 oz of heavy whipped cream, artificially sweetened
2 egg yolks mixed with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 medium avocado
1 oz chicken, shrimp, egg or other flaked meat, plus 3 times the normal amount of mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of unsalted, unsweetened peanut butter
2 tablespoons of cream cheese
(I've gotten all of these from other blogs and articles, so if any are wrong, please feel free to correct me)
Yesterday I goofed, on my first day. I thought I had read on one site that 4 slices of bacon was one serving. It didn't even occur to me to read the nutritional facts. I thought it was so great eating so much for breakfast. Then I looked when I was finished. Oops. That cut my meals down to four. My second meal was an ounce of macadamia nuts. My third meal was one tablespoon of peanut butter and one tablespoon of cream cheese. And my last meal was one tablespoon of cream cheese and 1/2 an ounce of macadamia nuts. The hunger pangs haven't been as strong as I thought they'd be, but they are definitely there. I woke up late last night because I heard my oldest daughter get out of bed. After that it was a bit of a struggle to go back to sleep, with the ache in my belly. But when I woke up, the pain wasn't any worse than yesterday. So this morning for breakfast I'm having a 1/4 of an avocado and a cup of coffee with a teaspoon of coconut oil. I'm not sure what I'll have the rest of the day, but I will probably make up some tuna salad and figure out how to divide it up. I need to purchase a kitchen scale, because some of these things go by weight alone, and I know nothing of what a single ounce of tuna looks like.
I weighed myself yesterday, a little late in the morning. I can't remember if I'd already had breakfast or not. I was at 225.6lbs. This morning I weighed myself. The scale read 221.5lbs. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's will say.
I cannot see myself doing this past 3 days. This is hard work. And it is especially hard feeding my children and not being able to eat with them. But I am working hard to make sure I make through day 3 (tomorrow), and then I will have to be mindful of what I eat for the next few days after that. Meaning I will need to eat lean, and not pig out on all kinds of junk and carbs, because that will just reverse the effects of the fat fast, and I don't want these days to go to waste.
On the plus side (possibly), a friend pointed me in the direction of the Atkins Fat Fast. I read a blog about a woman who was in the midst of a Fat Fast, and read a few different articles on what it's about and what it does. Essentially, a Fat Fast is exactly that. You fast on nothing but fat. This is supposed to be a way for stubborn bodies to kickstart ketosis and help boost metabolism to get weight loss started, or continued if it has plateaued. I have not lost any weight in all these months of diet and exercise, and so I find myself here, attempting a 3-day fat fast. Yesterday was my first day, and it had it's challenges, but one of the good things about the fat fast is that you are so limited to what you can have, and most of those foods are simple foods. Basically it works like this. You cut your calorie intake to 1000 calories a day. This is close to starvation mode. But those 1000 calories are supposed to be up to 90% fat. What you end up doing is telling your body that you have too much fat, and so it starts to work to burn the fat off. But not just the fat you consume, it will also start burning up your fat stores. It seems that typical results can be about 2-5lbs during the fast, and you can choose to fast for 3-5 days, but shouldn't fast longer than 5 days, because the fast is highly deficient in proteins and vitamins. What Dr. Atkins suggests is dividing your 1000-calorie-a-day allotment into 5 200-calorie mini-meals. Some examples of a single serving are:
One ounce of macadamia nuts (approximately 1/4 cup or about 12 good sized nuts)
One ounce of pecans fried in butter
2 slices of bacon
1/4 medium avocado, mixed with 1 tbsp mayo, a drop of lemon, and some chili powder, served on a couple of pork rinds, in lettuce wrap, or eat with a spoon
2 1/2 oz of heavy whipped cream, artificially sweetened
2 egg yolks mixed with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 medium avocado
1 oz chicken, shrimp, egg or other flaked meat, plus 3 times the normal amount of mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of unsalted, unsweetened peanut butter
2 tablespoons of cream cheese
(I've gotten all of these from other blogs and articles, so if any are wrong, please feel free to correct me)
Yesterday I goofed, on my first day. I thought I had read on one site that 4 slices of bacon was one serving. It didn't even occur to me to read the nutritional facts. I thought it was so great eating so much for breakfast. Then I looked when I was finished. Oops. That cut my meals down to four. My second meal was an ounce of macadamia nuts. My third meal was one tablespoon of peanut butter and one tablespoon of cream cheese. And my last meal was one tablespoon of cream cheese and 1/2 an ounce of macadamia nuts. The hunger pangs haven't been as strong as I thought they'd be, but they are definitely there. I woke up late last night because I heard my oldest daughter get out of bed. After that it was a bit of a struggle to go back to sleep, with the ache in my belly. But when I woke up, the pain wasn't any worse than yesterday. So this morning for breakfast I'm having a 1/4 of an avocado and a cup of coffee with a teaspoon of coconut oil. I'm not sure what I'll have the rest of the day, but I will probably make up some tuna salad and figure out how to divide it up. I need to purchase a kitchen scale, because some of these things go by weight alone, and I know nothing of what a single ounce of tuna looks like.
I weighed myself yesterday, a little late in the morning. I can't remember if I'd already had breakfast or not. I was at 225.6lbs. This morning I weighed myself. The scale read 221.5lbs. I'm interested to see what tomorrow's will say.
I cannot see myself doing this past 3 days. This is hard work. And it is especially hard feeding my children and not being able to eat with them. But I am working hard to make sure I make through day 3 (tomorrow), and then I will have to be mindful of what I eat for the next few days after that. Meaning I will need to eat lean, and not pig out on all kinds of junk and carbs, because that will just reverse the effects of the fat fast, and I don't want these days to go to waste.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Week Long Challenge Over - New Lifestyle Just Beginning
I made an oopsie on my last post. I was actually on Day 4, to technically I was already over the hump. It made the rest of the week go by pretty quickly. On the downside, I "cheated" on day 6. I had a nanaimo bar for dessert. Then yesterday, which was my last day on my challenge, I had a lot of running around to do, and just gave up and ate at McDonald's. It was a shame too, because yesterday was my lowest weight check in, 220.6lbs. And today I weighed in at 221.6lbs. But this week taught me a lesson. I never took the time to look at what I was eating. And what I was eating was wheat. Lots and lots of wheat. Cereals, toast, waffles, pancakes for breakfasts, sandwiches for lunch, pastas for dinner. Today was a perfect example of a typical day. I had a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I had eggs and toast for lunch. And we had pizza for supper. I don't want to continue down this path. I am making a conscious decision to significantly reduce my wheat intake, and to look for alternative foods. It will continue to be a daily challenge to change up our meals, but I feel like this is an important step to getting healthier. Tomorrow, I am not going to be completely wheat free, but I think I will restrict myself to having one meal with wheat. Breakfast and lunch will be wheat free.
I am hoping to start going back to the gym this week. Or at least start working out at home. Or both. I actually miss the gym. Weird. But it's good head-clearing time. Tomorrow will be a busy day with errands, but possibly Wednesday and/or Thursday, I will start up again. Maybe even tomorrow, if I squeeze in a work out after the kids go to bed. I need to step up. I need to lose this weight. So help me, I will lose the weight.
I am hoping to start going back to the gym this week. Or at least start working out at home. Or both. I actually miss the gym. Weird. But it's good head-clearing time. Tomorrow will be a busy day with errands, but possibly Wednesday and/or Thursday, I will start up again. Maybe even tomorrow, if I squeeze in a work out after the kids go to bed. I need to step up. I need to lose this weight. So help me, I will lose the weight.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Day 3 - A Little Slip
I didn't weigh myself today. I was discouraged by yesterday's number and didn't feel like doing that to myself again. I will weigh myself tomorrow though.
So far, the hardest thing about being wheat free is missing the bread. I haven't had a sandwich in days. I miss pancakes and cakes and pasta too, but the lack of bread is the worst. I am pretty sure I won't go wheat free full time, once this week is over, but I do see how much was in my diet, and so I do intend to cut down.
Meals have been fairly manageable. We have been eating a lot of chicken. I really like rice vermicelli, but my oldest daughter seems to have a problem with it. I saw a spinach variety that I am tempted to try, and make a spaghetti with. Overall, I'm finding that it's not as hard to cut wheat out as I originally thought. I a almost over the halfway hump. And I am actually almost looking forward to weighing myself at the end of the week.
So far, the hardest thing about being wheat free is missing the bread. I haven't had a sandwich in days. I miss pancakes and cakes and pasta too, but the lack of bread is the worst. I am pretty sure I won't go wheat free full time, once this week is over, but I do see how much was in my diet, and so I do intend to cut down.
Meals have been fairly manageable. We have been eating a lot of chicken. I really like rice vermicelli, but my oldest daughter seems to have a problem with it. I saw a spinach variety that I am tempted to try, and make a spaghetti with. Overall, I'm finding that it's not as hard to cut wheat out as I originally thought. I a almost over the halfway hump. And I am actually almost looking forward to weighing myself at the end of the week.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wheat Free, Day 2. The Challenge Continues
I don't know about getting any exercise in this week, but it is still early, things could change.
Today was a little easier with the wheat free challenge. I already had it in my head last night that I was going to have oatmeal today for breakfast, and I did. Lunch was a little tricky, because I am sure I'll get sick of having salads every day. Looking around the fridge and freezer, I came up with an idea. Have you seen those Double Down sandwiches from KFC? It's two pieces of chicken filets, used as the "bread" of the sandwich, with bacon and cheese in the middle. I made something similar, but not with chicken. I used two low fat beef patties, and put cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and some dressing in the middle. It was really good, but not quite as filling as I'd hoped. It's been a little over an hour since I ate, and I'm hungry. Now what?
Tonight will be a challenge for me. We are going to my in-laws to visit my niece, who had a birthday last week, and I assume we're sticking around for supper. They don't know about my new diet, and I feel weird calling and telling them, and asking them to try to go wheat free for me. So, I'll probably eat a little something before I go, and if I can't eat what everyone else is, I'll just wait and have something else when I get home. Should be all good. I hope.
I went on the scale this morning. I know it's not good to weigh yourself daily because your weight fluctuates quite a bit. And it doesn't really help that I had already started eating breakfast when I thought about it, so I had some heavy oatmeal in me. But the scale tipped up to 224.4lbs. I'm not happy, but I'm not going to give up until at least 7 days. I only have 5 to go, I CAN do this.
Today was a little easier with the wheat free challenge. I already had it in my head last night that I was going to have oatmeal today for breakfast, and I did. Lunch was a little tricky, because I am sure I'll get sick of having salads every day. Looking around the fridge and freezer, I came up with an idea. Have you seen those Double Down sandwiches from KFC? It's two pieces of chicken filets, used as the "bread" of the sandwich, with bacon and cheese in the middle. I made something similar, but not with chicken. I used two low fat beef patties, and put cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle and some dressing in the middle. It was really good, but not quite as filling as I'd hoped. It's been a little over an hour since I ate, and I'm hungry. Now what?
Tonight will be a challenge for me. We are going to my in-laws to visit my niece, who had a birthday last week, and I assume we're sticking around for supper. They don't know about my new diet, and I feel weird calling and telling them, and asking them to try to go wheat free for me. So, I'll probably eat a little something before I go, and if I can't eat what everyone else is, I'll just wait and have something else when I get home. Should be all good. I hope.
I went on the scale this morning. I know it's not good to weigh yourself daily because your weight fluctuates quite a bit. And it doesn't really help that I had already started eating breakfast when I thought about it, so I had some heavy oatmeal in me. But the scale tipped up to 224.4lbs. I'm not happy, but I'm not going to give up until at least 7 days. I only have 5 to go, I CAN do this.
Monday, November 14, 2011
A New Day, A New Beginning, Saying Goodbye to Wheat
Three months is a long time to go without updates. It's like starting fresh I suppose. I didn't quit. I got busy. I got frustrated. Then I quit. Then I started again. And this is the cycle my life took.
I started going to the gym. A big thing for me. I even went to a low impact cardio class a couple times a week. For a week. Stopped going. Then started again. And then I started going just for the treadmill. The problem I had was that I was seeing NO results. I know it takes time. I know it won't happen overnight. But the longer that scale showed no change, the more angry I got. And it really didn't help that when I went to the doctor last month, I found out that my scale is (WAY) off, and I actually weigh 10 POUNDS more than I thought. How awful is that?!?! Not only am I not losing, but now I've GAINED. Not really, but that's how it felt. And I gave up. Resigned myself to the fact that I will be fat forever. And Halloween came. Guess where half the kids' candy (mostly chocolate) has gone? In fact, yesterday was the first day I didn't eat any chocolate. Amazing feat for me. I was really impressed when I realized it late last night. And then of course all I could think about was chocolate. Didn't have any though. Score one for me.
Yesterday, while sitting home, after doing a good deal of house work, I spotted a link a friend posted, about a Wisconsin cardiologist who says that wheat is the culprit when it comes to a great deal of illness, diseases and obesity. He says wheat is killing our insides. But the way he says it makes a lot of sense. And it goes along with all those people who are ill because of gluten issues and are now on gluten-free diets. It made sense. On top of that, there is a Vancouver journalist who has decided to go wheat free and track her progress in a blog. On the spot, I decided that I am going to challenge myself. Dr. Davis' book says most people will stop having withdrawal symptoms and start to feel better by day 5. The journalist said she could notice the changes by day 3.
Today is day 1 for me. I am going to go 7 days without wheat, but I'm not going to do much else above that. I struggled a bit today. It took a while to figure out a good meal for breakfast. Most sausage contains wheat, did you know that? I didn't. Well, local to our community, we have farmer sausage. I don't know if all farmer sausage is wheat free, but I was lucky enough that the sausage I had, that was already cooked in my fridge from a meal a couple of days ago, is, in fact, wheat free. So I was able to make eggs and farmer sausage and tomatoes. It's a good, hearty breakfast, and one I thoroughly enjoyed eating. The only downside is preparation. I am not a morning eater. I have a hard time just eating simple things like cereal, toast or even granola bars. But now that they're all off the table, I don't have a lot of choices. For this reason, I will not cut out oats. I have to at least be able to have oatmeal in the morning. I can only take so many eggs. I will have to come up with more creative items for breakfast foods.
Lunch and dinner are slightly easier to experiment with. I can have rye bread (checking to make sure no wheat is added), and then of course meats and vegetables. Lunch was a simple salad - red leaf lettuce, chopped turkey lunch meat, and small cubes of cheese, and Italian dressing. Supper was a breeze - roast chicken and potatoes, and gluten-free gravy, which I found on this website. It will take a few tries to make a perfect gravy this way, but it was really good for a first try.
So Day 1 is over. I weighed myself this morning. On my new scale. I am 221.8lbs. I am not expecting a big change in weight over the next 7 days, but it would be nice to see something. Even half a pound might just make me ecstatic.
I started going to the gym. A big thing for me. I even went to a low impact cardio class a couple times a week. For a week. Stopped going. Then started again. And then I started going just for the treadmill. The problem I had was that I was seeing NO results. I know it takes time. I know it won't happen overnight. But the longer that scale showed no change, the more angry I got. And it really didn't help that when I went to the doctor last month, I found out that my scale is (WAY) off, and I actually weigh 10 POUNDS more than I thought. How awful is that?!?! Not only am I not losing, but now I've GAINED. Not really, but that's how it felt. And I gave up. Resigned myself to the fact that I will be fat forever. And Halloween came. Guess where half the kids' candy (mostly chocolate) has gone? In fact, yesterday was the first day I didn't eat any chocolate. Amazing feat for me. I was really impressed when I realized it late last night. And then of course all I could think about was chocolate. Didn't have any though. Score one for me.
Yesterday, while sitting home, after doing a good deal of house work, I spotted a link a friend posted, about a Wisconsin cardiologist who says that wheat is the culprit when it comes to a great deal of illness, diseases and obesity. He says wheat is killing our insides. But the way he says it makes a lot of sense. And it goes along with all those people who are ill because of gluten issues and are now on gluten-free diets. It made sense. On top of that, there is a Vancouver journalist who has decided to go wheat free and track her progress in a blog. On the spot, I decided that I am going to challenge myself. Dr. Davis' book says most people will stop having withdrawal symptoms and start to feel better by day 5. The journalist said she could notice the changes by day 3.
Today is day 1 for me. I am going to go 7 days without wheat, but I'm not going to do much else above that. I struggled a bit today. It took a while to figure out a good meal for breakfast. Most sausage contains wheat, did you know that? I didn't. Well, local to our community, we have farmer sausage. I don't know if all farmer sausage is wheat free, but I was lucky enough that the sausage I had, that was already cooked in my fridge from a meal a couple of days ago, is, in fact, wheat free. So I was able to make eggs and farmer sausage and tomatoes. It's a good, hearty breakfast, and one I thoroughly enjoyed eating. The only downside is preparation. I am not a morning eater. I have a hard time just eating simple things like cereal, toast or even granola bars. But now that they're all off the table, I don't have a lot of choices. For this reason, I will not cut out oats. I have to at least be able to have oatmeal in the morning. I can only take so many eggs. I will have to come up with more creative items for breakfast foods.
Lunch and dinner are slightly easier to experiment with. I can have rye bread (checking to make sure no wheat is added), and then of course meats and vegetables. Lunch was a simple salad - red leaf lettuce, chopped turkey lunch meat, and small cubes of cheese, and Italian dressing. Supper was a breeze - roast chicken and potatoes, and gluten-free gravy, which I found on this website. It will take a few tries to make a perfect gravy this way, but it was really good for a first try.
So Day 1 is over. I weighed myself this morning. On my new scale. I am 221.8lbs. I am not expecting a big change in weight over the next 7 days, but it would be nice to see something. Even half a pound might just make me ecstatic.
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