Sunday, July 6, 2008

I didn't stay on plan yesterday.

I ate everything that I'd planned and had all my supplements (Fish Oil, Vit D, Mg Citrate) and felt just fine and satisfied.

The kids and I watched Star Wars: Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. (For some reason, I'm fascinated with the Star Wars Movies and have decided to watch all of them, in order. I'm always several years "behind the times," as I hadn't really seen the newer ones, just bits here and there.)

They went to bed I ate some chocolate chips, some ice cream and some Chex Mix, not much of any of it, but a little of each. For no reason, just b/c that's what I'd been doing for the last month or so. (But in MUCH larger quantities, of course.) I was already pretty satiated, that's probably why I only ate a little of each.

I went to bed feeling very discouraged and calling myself a loser, saying, "What's the use? I can't even stay on plan for one day. Might as well give up and pull out the fat clothes."

I slept well, and this AM I weighed 145.3, down 1.5 pounds from yesterday. (Also started TOM.)

That, along with the fact that I felt much less bloated and swollen, encouraged me a little bit!

I remembered that

A) I simply HAD TO HAVE eaten a LOT less carbs that I had been eating, and

B) that I had eaten much more nutritious food (more protein, more veggies) AND had taken my supplements, and

C) that there is actually a book out there called the Carb Addicts 7-Day Low Carb Recovery Plan (I saw it in the used bookstore last time I was there) where you take 7 days, changing one thing each day, until you're fully back on plan in 7 days.

I decided to consider the day a victory, and figured out my actual intake.

It turned out to be:

2150 calories; 158g fat/106g prot/75g carbs; 68% fat/20% prot/12% carbs.

Interesting.

Calories were the same as I'd planned--weird, huh? Carbs were higher and fat was lower than I'd planned.

Interesting.

So anyway, this AM, here I am, ready to give today another go.

I wonder if I should just PLAN the day the same as yesterday, in terms of fat, protein and carb intake and see what happens? If my goal is to eat as much as I possibly can while still continuing to lose, it kinda makes sense to me to do that. It certainly wasn't an unpleasant day food-wise.

I've always loved the idea of one large meal a day (a la Intermittent Fasting) and night eating in general (a la the Fast 5 Plan, which is essentially what I did yesterday).

So here's my Food Plan for today:

Small salad with dressing and parm cheese to break~fast in the late afternoon.

Pork Chops with Dijon/Mushroom Cream Sauce: 10 oz pork chop cooked in 1 TBL butter and 1 TBL olive oil. Sauce made from 1/4 C cream, 8 oz mushrooms, 1-2 TBL Dijon mustard, 1/4 C green peas. Serve over 2 oz Dreamfields pasta for dinner.

Iced coffee with 1/4 C cream for dessert, I'll try to save this for after the kids go to bed.

2075 cals; 156g fat/104g prot/64g carb; 69% fat/20% prot/10% carb

I've done some reading about the Baker's Cysts behind my knees. Now that I know what they are and what they look like (inside the knee) I'm horrified and very nervous and it's no wonder I've had so much trouble with my knees lately. They mean I have arthritis, which I already suspected. The accumulated fluid in the knees has herniated behind the knee. I have soft swellings on the back of my knees, which I hadn't really notice, but the chiropractor did on my last visit. Who looks/feels the backs of their knees?

They aren't "harmless." They can cause a LOT of problems as they are with pain and decreased mobility, and if they rupture, it's even worse.

I guess we're catching it early since I was only experiencing pain after exercise, so I can try to avoid anything that may aggravate them.

I feel like a train-wreck with all the physical issues that are popping up with me. I've always been so incredibly healthy and it's really a strange feeling. I guess it's true that the warranty really does run out after 40.