I'm still feeling very depressed and have been since my birthday week (March 29). So many things have been happening and I've been eating out of control to deal with them. I think I've been turning to junk food as a way to pick up my mood, which I haven't really done much of in the past (although I've eaten junk food for plenty of other reasons...) This is a bit alarming to me. I recognize that so many things have triggered it - my declining work situation (although I knew that would happen, since I couldn't pick up any more online classes to teach because of going on vacation in May) - the anxiety...

tammay

Not with LC, though...

I've just finished 2 weeks straight of the McDougall Maximum Weight Loss Plan. For those who don't know it, it's the anti-thesis of low carbing - it's an ultra low fat vegan diet that is based on whole grains and veggies, limited fruit (2 servings a day), and absolutely no added fats at all. I was eating a ton of whole grain and lots of veggies and the fruit, no added fat at all (for the first time in my life, I think!) and drinking coffee black. I was following it pretty much to the letter (except for the coffee), craving chocolate, but otherwise feeling...

tammay

I know I haven't posted in a few days but it's not because I haven't been on plan - it's because I've been insanely busy .

My plan is going well so far. I'm enjoying the LC plan again and I'll be very disappointed if I end up gaining weight!

I weighed and measured today for my start stats of this experiment. I started on Sun but I ate crappy stuff on Fri and Sat so I know that my stats would be bad on Sun (Yeah, I'm chicken )

Week 1 Stats:
Weight: 149
Bust: 40.5
Waist: 38.5
Hips: 41

I'm pretty happy...

tammay

I've been tweaking my menu a bit. I went shopping today for everything to be ready tomorrow and although I bought some sugar free chocolate chips, I noticed they have a lot of malitol in them. I'm pretty good with sugar alcohols (I use xylitol as my sweetener and haven't had any problems with it) but I don't feel good having all that sugar alcohols.

So I did a search from some easy sugar free fudge and found a few promising recipes that use all whole ingredients. The problem is that most require cream cheese. I'm already having 2 oz of cream cheese each day and 3 oz seems like a...

tammay

I weighed and measured today since it's the last day of my low fat/high carb experiment.

Start Date: 1/5/09
Weight: 150.5
Bust: 40 inches
Waist: 40
Hips: 42

Week 1: 1/20/09
Weight: 147.5
Bust: 39.5
Waist: 38
Hips: 41

Week 2 (1/30/09)
Weight: 149
Bust: 40
Waist: 38.5
Hips: 41.5

I have to say I'm very disappointed! I really thought I lost weight and inches this week or at least stayed the same. I totally didn't expect to gain weight and inches ....

tammay