I'm still keeping to no sugar and no wheat...even though today one of my business associate brought Krispy Cremes; it's an offering to us to use their product...hmmmm...strange offering. They kept trying to get me to have one...I find it strange the only thing that seems to stop them is that I said 'I can't eat wheat or sugar, it will cause me suffering for that little bite'. I let them draw their own conclusion to that. I do find people accept 'No Thank You' easier if you say you have an allergy or sensitivity to a food group rather than you are just choosing to eat better, interesting? No thank you should be enough.
I tried the savory flax seed minute muffin today...hmmmm good, thank you Dawn for that suggestion. Tomorrow I am going to make bison soup and savory muffin for lunch! I was missing my bread with my soup but savory muffin is a great pairing for me. I am starting to notice my pants are getting looser...Yippy Skippy Dippy! :-)
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
One Month complete NO Sugar
I did it! I made it over the 30 day mark and I am still eating healthy. I usually let myself get pulled away from my goal for lots of self sabotaging reasons by this point so I am feeling pretty good about that. Even though I weighed myself this morning and I am actually up one pound from last week and my measurements are on down one half inch I am still going straight ahead.
I have decided this is the way I will eat no sugar and no wheat ( my body can't digest wheat well ) there are so many things I can eat and this is a learning process. My body is also peri-menopause so weight loss can be a challenge and takes determination. I feel all premenstrual so that is probably why no real change this week.
I have notice that I have been going back to my old ways of forgetting to eat, last week Monday I even prep'd all my food put into containers then sat down and had a cup of tea then went off to bed. Then realized the next day I forgot to eat my dinner ...I was so focused on making sure I had my food ready for the week I didn't eat when I was cooking it I had breakfast that day and a small snack but that was it. That's what started me down this road years ago...skipping meals! yikes! I use to get out of bed running and didn't stop until 2 or 3 in the afternoon for food...then a bad choice usually a latte and a so called healthy muffin...lol. So this week I am going to take my book with me everywhere I go and write down what I am eating. I am hoping this will do two things for me. First help me learning the values (carbs and sugars) of my choices and second to make sure I am eating regularly. The note book is also necessary do to brain fog, which I am hoping will lift completely soon :-) I started taking the Reslina and I have noticed my energy is increasing.
Well off to make breakfast :-) Flaxseed muffin...today with walnuts and a mapleline ( it's maple extract ) I love the combinations of flavors.
I have decided this is the way I will eat no sugar and no wheat ( my body can't digest wheat well ) there are so many things I can eat and this is a learning process. My body is also peri-menopause so weight loss can be a challenge and takes determination. I feel all premenstrual so that is probably why no real change this week.
I have notice that I have been going back to my old ways of forgetting to eat, last week Monday I even prep'd all my food put into containers then sat down and had a cup of tea then went off to bed. Then realized the next day I forgot to eat my dinner ...I was so focused on making sure I had my food ready for the week I didn't eat when I was cooking it I had breakfast that day and a small snack but that was it. That's what started me down this road years ago...skipping meals! yikes! I use to get out of bed running and didn't stop until 2 or 3 in the afternoon for food...then a bad choice usually a latte and a so called healthy muffin...lol. So this week I am going to take my book with me everywhere I go and write down what I am eating. I am hoping this will do two things for me. First help me learning the values (carbs and sugars) of my choices and second to make sure I am eating regularly. The note book is also necessary do to brain fog, which I am hoping will lift completely soon :-) I started taking the Reslina and I have noticed my energy is increasing.
Well off to make breakfast :-) Flaxseed muffin...today with walnuts and a mapleline ( it's maple extract ) I love the combinations of flavors.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Feb 27, 2012
Yeah! my Monday morning weigh is 235.5 I have reduce by 11 lbs. since I started Feb 6 and reshaped by overall 10" (arms, ribs, waist, thighs). I am totally excited. I have my food prepared for the upcoming work week. I roasted 4 chicken breast and cut them up cooked my Kale and brown rice for the next couple of days meals, boiled 1/2 dozen eggs got some almonds & walnuts I am good to go!! :-) Plus I have the fixings for Chicken salad on Minichicks blog ...it looks delicious.
Next Monday I will have completed a whole month without sugar, I am feeling very good about getting to this point. One day at a time! I feel strong and prepared. Does 21 days make a habit?
Sugar Begone!
Next Monday I will have completed a whole month without sugar, I am feeling very good about getting to this point. One day at a time! I feel strong and prepared. Does 21 days make a habit?
Sugar Begone!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Feb 26, 2012
Thank you Everybody!! for your support and ideas, boy did I need it :-)
I just made the Flaxseed muffin it took me 2 tries first effort I forgot the egg LOL. Then the second turn out and I sat down and had it with my coffee with a benifiber...mmmmm..good really I am not being sarcastic I love it. The next one I am going to use the coca and frozen raspberries. I guess that was a pretty fiber filled meal :) my tummy full. I know most people would consider it snack but that is the way I eat little bits at a time. I also love that I don't crave sweets after I eaten anymore....my craving were out of control and the evening eating was nuts; battle field number one. I am enjoy the sense of control over my appetite, getting the sugar out is a big step and finding this blogging group has been the second! The first month is the hardest for all of us I am sure; and for me I haven't been able to pass this milestone in years. I am so grateful for the help, one more week and I am there! I may not blog daily or leave replies to your blogs due to my schedule but I always find time to read and get inspiration from all of your blogs I don't watch TV anymore so this is my sit down time to have a tea or ?? and read before I head out to work in the mornings or at the end of the day.
Sugar Begone!! Yeah!!
I just made the Flaxseed muffin it took me 2 tries first effort I forgot the egg LOL. Then the second turn out and I sat down and had it with my coffee with a benifiber...mmmmm..good really I am not being sarcastic I love it. The next one I am going to use the coca and frozen raspberries. I guess that was a pretty fiber filled meal :) my tummy full. I know most people would consider it snack but that is the way I eat little bits at a time. I also love that I don't crave sweets after I eaten anymore....my craving were out of control and the evening eating was nuts; battle field number one. I am enjoy the sense of control over my appetite, getting the sugar out is a big step and finding this blogging group has been the second! The first month is the hardest for all of us I am sure; and for me I haven't been able to pass this milestone in years. I am so grateful for the help, one more week and I am there! I may not blog daily or leave replies to your blogs due to my schedule but I always find time to read and get inspiration from all of your blogs I don't watch TV anymore so this is my sit down time to have a tea or ?? and read before I head out to work in the mornings or at the end of the day.
Sugar Begone!! Yeah!!
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Feb 25, 2012
Hi Everyone
It's been a rough week I think I hit the sugar and caffeine withdraw stage; I felt easily irritated and short with people, so I took some homeopathic remedy that made me smiley again. I didn't realize I was cutting back on caffeine too till I looked back at what I was eating and since I don't use milk any more I don't drink my tea...I am a total tea granny it's my Irish heritage :-) ... and I might have a coffee once every two day or less. So I think that was making me a bit growly too.
I feel totally disorganized and having a challenge get my recipes on the go. I am hoping this set of days off will give me a chance to get a couple of quick recipes in my go to head space. I work full time and my energy is still low...I have notice my energy is improving but I still have a ways to go. Then I have to get all my chores done in 2 days it's just not enough time. I pick up the ingredients for a couple recipes now I just need to make them a couple of times and I will be good to go!
Monday, February 20, 2012
Feb 20, 2012
Monday morning weigh-in 238lbs. Wow! I feel awesome. My measurement shows me shrinking and the scale DID move after all. I guess my body need that extra day. Yesterday, I even went out for lunch with my girls and didn't choose poorly, I had an appy of dry ribs and tea and enjoyed visiting with them. I am just keeping my focus on choice one at a time. By summer I will be able to know what I can have anywhere I go. It's a learning experience.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Feb 19, 2012
Well tomorrow is my official weigh in day but of course I couldn't wait and I stepped on the scale to find I was the same weight as last Monday. I didn't get discouraged though (that in itself is amazing for me) so I went to do my measurements and what a surprise I got; my waist is down 3" from when I started !! I have also been measuring my ribs in addition because I carry allot there too and my rib measurement was down 4" in total. Wow!! that shows me I am on the right track. If you are just starting out or researching read http://purplerosy.blogspot.com youtube message to newbies, good information there.
I have to say that doing this blog and the blogging group has given me an accountability (as was suggested in the above mentioned blog link) I have missed in my past attempts at getting a handle on my health and weight. I have done things before i.e. with friends and/or weight watchers for accountability but this time is different, anyone have ideas why this is different??
I did amazing this week because I really struggled at night and during the day to continue to stay away from sugar...daytime I work in a office that has bowls of chocolates out, I am not kidding large bowls of bite size chocolates and candies right there just take one it easy and I didn't take one! and then when I got home it was such a rushed week and I am learning what I can and cannot eat that I sometime just had a piece of cheese with deli meat so I don't think I ate enough. So this week I am going to pick 2 recipes from the blog groups...everyone is so wonderful to post their recipes...Thank YOU!! and go get my ingredients and try them out. I want to learn new and easy ways to make meals and you all have tempting ideas, I am looking forward to it.
I have decided this is not a task with an end goal but a journey of learning and self discovery. I love the fact that I have not had sugar since February 2, 2012 this is a HUGE accomplishment, and I want to keep it that way for myself. Each time I mindlessly go to sugar or I am tempted usually because I am emotionally down or physically tired.... I tell myself I don't want that poison sugar in my body; I have work hard to get it out! I just need to keep it out one choice at a time.
Sugar Begone!
I have to say that doing this blog and the blogging group has given me an accountability (as was suggested in the above mentioned blog link) I have missed in my past attempts at getting a handle on my health and weight. I have done things before i.e. with friends and/or weight watchers for accountability but this time is different, anyone have ideas why this is different??
I did amazing this week because I really struggled at night and during the day to continue to stay away from sugar...daytime I work in a office that has bowls of chocolates out, I am not kidding large bowls of bite size chocolates and candies right there just take one it easy and I didn't take one! and then when I got home it was such a rushed week and I am learning what I can and cannot eat that I sometime just had a piece of cheese with deli meat so I don't think I ate enough. So this week I am going to pick 2 recipes from the blog groups...everyone is so wonderful to post their recipes...Thank YOU!! and go get my ingredients and try them out. I want to learn new and easy ways to make meals and you all have tempting ideas, I am looking forward to it.
I have decided this is not a task with an end goal but a journey of learning and self discovery. I love the fact that I have not had sugar since February 2, 2012 this is a HUGE accomplishment, and I want to keep it that way for myself. Each time I mindlessly go to sugar or I am tempted usually because I am emotionally down or physically tired.... I tell myself I don't want that poison sugar in my body; I have work hard to get it out! I just need to keep it out one choice at a time.
Sugar Begone!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Feb15/2012
Feeling good! I am on my way....I decided to only weigh-in & measure once a week and keep an eye on how my clothes fit. I went shopping today at the local Thrifty Market (a local BC grocer) and found some Quartet Muffins 0/1 & Buckwheat Bread 0/1 per slice to try they are both Gluten & Yeast Free which I do have to keep an eye on since I am sensitive to wheat & yeast. I am a little concern with the Quartet Muffins labeling as they say the sugars are "0" but I notice in the ingredients (now that I have my glassed on and can read the fine print at home) that they use "agave syrup" which Jorge Cruise mention as a belly bad sweetener with 15/1...so I am little confused on the product labeling. Well I will just put those in the freezer and do some more research before eating those. But the Bread is a go! Also picked up some "Reser's" Hash Browns I thought I would fry or bake them up with shredded cheese as a side dish with some protein and a leafy green veggie.
I love cooking Kale, spinach or any green leafy veggie I find a the local produce market; I start by quickly blanching them in boiling water then bring onto the cutting board and cut them up into bite size pieces and then get the fry pan ready with a generous amount of olive oil, garlic and onions, and add the green veggie a large handful at a time into the fry pan, season with some herbs and a splash of rice vinegar, a shake or two of blue label 'salt free' spike, and oyster sauce (watch the labels look for the low sugar one!) its all to taste. I use just about anything in my spice drawer and whatever sauce inspires me. It's only in the fry pan for a minute or 2 then to the plate. My favorite combo is Kale, brown rice and a hard boiled egg...a quick meal and good for you!
Sugar begone! I love it!
I love cooking Kale, spinach or any green leafy veggie I find a the local produce market; I start by quickly blanching them in boiling water then bring onto the cutting board and cut them up into bite size pieces and then get the fry pan ready with a generous amount of olive oil, garlic and onions, and add the green veggie a large handful at a time into the fry pan, season with some herbs and a splash of rice vinegar, a shake or two of blue label 'salt free' spike, and oyster sauce (watch the labels look for the low sugar one!) its all to taste. I use just about anything in my spice drawer and whatever sauce inspires me. It's only in the fry pan for a minute or 2 then to the plate. My favorite combo is Kale, brown rice and a hard boiled egg...a quick meal and good for you!
Sugar begone! I love it!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Feb 14, 2012 first week completed!
DrumRoll Please!!!! morning weigh-in and I have reduced and reshaped by 7lbs and 1" from my waist...
I am so pumped its has been years since I have seen any results from anything I have tried. Something is definitely changing....I feel good and I am able to stay away from the cookies & sweets. I am not going to lie; at work today the candy and cookies all over the place was hard to say no I felt the urge to take one but I just kept reminding myself I have done so well with so little effort I don't need that poison sugar in my body. My energy is improving which is very encouraging to me.
I am so pumped its has been years since I have seen any results from anything I have tried. Something is definitely changing....I feel good and I am able to stay away from the cookies & sweets. I am not going to lie; at work today the candy and cookies all over the place was hard to say no I felt the urge to take one but I just kept reminding myself I have done so well with so little effort I don't need that poison sugar in my body. My energy is improving which is very encouraging to me.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Feb 7, 2012
I can't believe my scale! I was down 5lb in 2 days - even though I counted yesterday as my 1st day of watching my numbers 15/6 the day prior I was just avoid a few things till I was able to clean the fridge of sugars and buy some foods to get me going I already am see the effects of getting the sugars out of my diet. WOW!! I haven't seen that in response since the nineties.
Sugar begone!
Sugar begone!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Feb 6, 2012 Day one
Today I am starting my journey of reshaping using the Belly Fat Cure Lifestyle. I cleaned out my fridge & freezer of anything that didn't meet the 15/6 measuring stick :-) I currently weight 246.5lb ...shhhh I haven't told anyone that number but you ;-) and my goal is to be 160lb or less. Went out and bought some new foods, read the labels of everything I pick up so shopping was a learning experience. I thought I read labels before...obviously not well..LOL. I have already been inspired by the others on the BFC blog thank you all for sharing it was helpful when I was out there today.
I wrote down my measurements and will be checking them weekly as Rosalie suggested in her note to newbies. Still have to take a photo...I do have some of me hiding behind others as I usually run from photo taking opps.
Thanks
Sugar Begone!
Sandra
I wrote down my measurements and will be checking them weekly as Rosalie suggested in her note to newbies. Still have to take a photo...I do have some of me hiding behind others as I usually run from photo taking opps.
Thanks
Sugar Begone!
Sandra
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