OMG!!!!!!
I feel so loved right now. I'm on a really good streak right now in my life and that pic truly captures just how wonderful I feel, even in spite of the "procedure" yesterday. I was all crampy last night, so I called in sick today, and I am just going to take it easy. Now that I've woken up, I probably could have made it through work, but I had left plans for a sub, so I thought I might as well just take the day off.
This morning I experienced my weekly "day after protein day whoosh". All the other weeks I dropped down 0.5 lb after a protein day, but I am down an entire pound from yesterday. Today I am 151!!!! Needless to say, my week of upping calories and trying to maintain at 153 didn't exactly go as planned, but I am certainly not complaining
Tomorrow I am going to up my calories to 1300, with carbs up 5g to 60g total for the day, and see if I start to stabilize there.
Robin-I started off doing Lean for Life, but during the weightloss stages, I didn't eat quite as much fruit and as little fat as they recommended. During the metabolic adjustments stages (where you are trying to maintain your loss to give your body a break), my menus do not look like LFL at all! Instead they are much more Protein Power-esque. My goal during this adjustment stage is to get myself back up to ~1450 calories, with 60-70g of that being from carbs, 120g from protein, and ~80g fat. This feels much more doable for me right now, and honestly I have no desire at the moment to add in grains or any of that. I am loving eating an orange or apple and lotsa lotsa veggies, nuts, yogurt, and cottage cheese. I'm even eating pistachios right now, which are much higher carb nuts than I would have eaten in the past.
Also, I know it's very hard not to slip back into old ways with friends b/c food is often sooooo intertwined to everything social in this world, but it's so worth it to stay strong. Like Grady said, the food rarely tastes as heavenly as you imagine, and then you are stuck for weeks undoing the damage if you allowed yourself to go too far overboard. It's good that you are already thinking about all this in advance.
Grady-Congrats on getting back to 165 after the mini indulgences recently
It's good to start thinking about Thanksgiving early, so that you are prepared for whatever you decide to do. Where in Michigan are you going? I will be there as well. Both my parents grew up there, and most of my relatives still live there. We will be going to E. Lansing (where MSU is located) to spend time with my aunt, cousins, and grandma. It's good to spend time with your family, but I feel very uncomfortable around my grandma b/c she has alztimers (sp?) and she's progressed to the point of not knowing any of us. It's really sad and I don't ever know how to handle it. Thanksgiving is going to fall right during the end of my adjustment phase, and I am hoping to be at around 1450 calories per day. Originally I was going to eat pretty much whatever I wanted, and I think I still will, but the thing is, I don't WANT potatoes or bread, so I probably won't stray from plan. The next day, though, I will probably do 2-3 protein days and drop back on calories again for a couple weeks to see if I can lose a couple more lbs before trying again to maintain through Xmas/New Years. I can't believe that I might actually see the 140's!!!! This morning, even, I had to step on the scale several times just to believe that it really said 151.
Elaine & Ellie-Are you feeling any better today? Thinking of you both…
Renee-So glad to hear that your health is cooperating more again. How are you feeling today?
Lissette-Thanks for the kind words. You are right. The positives right now are definitely helping me through. Yesterday didn’t feel nearly as bad as I expected. I am hoping that I will be like the 95% of people for which this procedure "fixes" things.