Healthy Weight Loss

[Lady_Di]

Proud that I choose watermelon and strawberries, rather than ice cream or any sugary whatever. Sweet tooth is okay to have, when I think about the wonderful sweets that mother nature makes. Guilt free and delicious. Especially happy to be stocked up on my wild blueberries in my freezer. Better than any ice cream, I swear!

Cooking up a storm today, to freeze up healthy meals for when I get back. I am having my second total knee replacement on Monday and just want to have healthy choices that are easy when I get back here.

Though I plan on staying in rehab a lot longer this time, just to have the twice daily access to the gym and my new favourite workout machine. The NuStep, a recumbant stepper. If you ever get a chance to work out on that machine, do it. It is amazing, at all fitness levels, but especially good for rehab, be it orthopedic or cardiac, whatever. Very good at increasing Range of Motion. Something several folks here have been mentioning.

Stronger every day, my goal. Fitness, wellness. Wholeness. I will be eating healthy thru out my stay. Focusing just on veggies and protein, fruit for any sweet tooths that may arise. Lots of water. Teas. No gluten, no flour, no rice, no sugar. Nothing processed. On track. I will be in much better shape when I leave. Will be wonderful to be able to get home and be able to get straight back into the pool everyday. And have healthy eats here for me, when I do return.

Will be taking my computer with me, like I did last time. So I will stay in touch, keep reading the board here for inspiration. Love the support I feel from everyone here.

On track,
d

[Diavolo]

I am possessed by Satan when it comes to making good eating decisions. There's to good Diavolo and bad Diavolo each perched on opposing shoulders. I sooo know exactly what to do. Ask me, I'll tell you, but christ on a crutch I can't get it right to save my life, which is what it's coming down to.

I have a business coach and while he is the Devil himself and beats me like a bad dog, he has pointed me in the right direction and my business is growing abundantly. Last week he asked what other parts of my life am I having issues with and I said I've got to get my weight back under control. He said "Paleo Diet". He's doing it with his partner and says it's amazing. Conceptually, I like it and I have noticed others in this thread having positive reactions. I have 45 days until the AIDS/Lifecycle and I do not want to carry all of this weight on my bicycle from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I've been tapering off the pasta (I've been whole wheat pasta for years) and rice (brown rice for years). They say no potatoes but yams and sweet potatoes are fine. I don't really get the logic in that but ok. Something has to change here and today is the day.

[Zimmeh]

If you want a healthy snack I am recommending the vanilla nonfat yogurt parfait from Publix. I picked up the one with pineapple in it and I am wishing I got another one. I split it with my coworker.


Zimmeh

[JoSchmooze]

Up early this morning and weighed myself....
One wonders why (oh why...whining) does one
GAIN 2 lbs overnight? Then I glance at the Paleo diet
deal that was just posted above....no peanuts....
AHA! This month is really kicking my butt!
I have had so many ups and downs that I am quite
disappointed.....dispirited...disgusted with myself
and ay other "d" word you can think of......

But still, I am waiting the 45 minutes until the gym is open
and I will go and sweat, come home and work on the backyard.
All I can do is keep on trucking......

[Leigh]

Got my water right beside me, had some raisin bran for breakfast ~ doing pretty good keeping on track so I can't complain

[JustJo]

Good morning healthies

I'm still parked on 200....but I was a few pounds higher than this for years and years before moving to Florida....so I'm not discouraged. I'm still working out 3 days a week at Curves, walked about 4 miles on dog beach this morning, and am sticking (mostly) with my dietary changes.

I have the occasional splurge, and mostly watch portion size (easier now that my capacity has shrunk to about half of what it was).

Focusing on what is changing and that's body shape and lab results. Right now I'm wearing shorts that were too tight to be comfortable just a year ago...and now they are almost too loose and I can grab big handfuls of excess fabric all over. Pretty soon they'll be going in the donation bag because they will be too big.

A couple weeks ago, I was in Tractor Supply buying dog food, and actually saw a really cute t-shirt that I wanted. It's pink, has flip flops and "live, laugh, love" on the front....and the biggest they had was Large....not even an XL. I hesitated, and then bought it....and hoped it would work. I brought it home...washed it, tossed it in the dryer....and it fits. Not too big. Not too small. Just a regular ol' Large. Awesome.

[Lady_Di]

There is a lot of differing ideas about just exactly what is Paleo. I say whatever works for you. Bottomline, I think there is a lot of truth about listening to our bodies. Everyone is unique. I do like the idea and my body responds to the simple fact that my genetic history has not adapted to the modern diet. Genetically for example, I don't do well with lactose. Genetically I am able to drink like a fish. Though I choose not to, for a myriad of reasons. But I digress. Some folks are actually missing certain enzymes because of their genetic history. Like the Indiginous people, Native Americans who do not produce the enzymes to break down alcohol. And do not even get me started about what the white man's diet has done to my NA friends and family! When they eat as their ancestors did, there is little to no diabetes, no cardiovascular and kidney disease. Anyhows... I rather doubt any body does well with a processed food diet. But dang if that stuff is not addictive as all get out!

I know for years I simply ignored my body, put blinders on. Not really in touch with what my body was feeling, not a good way to live. I think many of us have the 'ignore the elephant in the living room' syndrome. Disassociate from what simply is.

I prefer reality today. Practicing acceptance, does not mean I am powerless. It actually empowers me to do the next right thing and be conscious. Part of being in the present, in the now. That was then, this is now. I love that old saying, that if you have one foot in the past, one in the future... you will be pissing all over today. Can not change the past, but we can learn from it. Listening to our bodies is part of that process.

There is a lot of evidence about low grade inflammatory process in our guts that is common to many people today. On a microscopic level, we can see it quite clearly and the labs also tell the tale. I hope everyone gets a yearly C-reactive protein test in their yearly blood work. As it is a simple indication of inflammation, which is linked to so many disease processes it is not even funny. Anyhows, as I babble on here which I tend to do... My gut simply is not happy with most of what is common in today's diets. I feel lighter, cleaner inside and out when I eat simple.

I like to call it the God diet, eating things the way God made em. Unprocessed. Unrefined. Whole.

Ever hear the saying that the less there is on the ingredient list the better?
And whole foods, don't even have an ingredient list, making that an excellent yardstick to gauge if something is healthy or not.

btw... My experiment last week with the organic kefir was a wonderful surprise. It surprised me how much I liked it. And all those probiotics and prebiotics are very helpful. I absolutely love the experimental process! I am a very good test subject~

Try it, you might like it~!

...and if you do not like something the first time, do not give up on it. Might be you were in a bad mood, or biochemically in an odd place. Or that was not the best kumquat, or whatever you might be trying for the first time. I like to always give new things 3 chances, just in case there was some reason it was not ideal situation. Like the chef having a bad day or the ingredients not being of the highest grade. When I eat a strawberry for example, some are much better than others, no?

As a foodie, I like to try new tastes, explore cultures thru what they eat. A great suggestion I heard once.... Try something new once a week. And eat colour. The more colour in your diet the better!

Eating the rainbow today. Watermelon and strawberries, cucumbers and tomatoes. Wonderful lemons. Have not picked a protein. And you know what, I might not. Since I have surgery tomorrow, it might be nice to have less in my gut. I am taking prunes with me. I like them extra dried out prunes, they become really chewy and better than candy. Just to keep things moving with all the narcotic I will be having on board and what not. And I am looking forward to the excellent food this hospital makes, it is like a 4 star restaurant, I can order anything I want. So veggies, fruit and protein... will be exactly what I will be consuming.

When I had my first knee replaced in December, I was able to lose a significant amount of weight. Between the PT, gym time and the good eats, it is an opportunity to really concentrate on health and wellness. Also feels great to be spoiled rotten by the great staff! I admit it, I love hospitals. Always have. They have always felt like home to me.

It is also a way for me to network with those in my profession and it is always a good time to make a good first impression. Who knows, I might be working here in the near future.

My dad was right, it is all about attitude. In anything we are persuing.

Progressing along this road less traveled, no perfection in sight.

d