243.4 lbs this morning...sugar level 8.2.
Forgot to post yesterday. One thing that is becoming apparent is that when things get busy, following a restrictive type eating plan gets more difficult. Katie has been working late the last few days as things have been very busy at work. I don't really cook, my job is cleaning. When Katie comes home it then becomes necessary to make what she can find, so if pre-planning was not possible for one reason or another, then we have something which is not in the maximum weight loss plan. So now its looking to me that this is ok as long as one is able to plan well and have the necessary food on hand. It looks to me like this is good for short periods of time. I know there are people who have made this a lifestyle, and I say good for them, but in reality, I already know when we go to Texas for a month it is simply impossible to eat exactly like this.
Giving up? Nope not really...just going to stick to eating well as often as possible and if we can manage the exact Eat to Live concept for many days at a time, we already know it works because of losing 9 pounds each in 12 days a few weeks ago. Katie and I will have to have a conversation about how we want to keep approaching the weight loss and health issue. That part is not up for debate, we both need to lose weight which has all sorts of health benefits. It's all a matter of how best to do it for our lifestyle, incorporating regular exercise and smart and healthy eating.
Somehow we found it a lot easier to be Vegan for 4 months last year, so we'll see where we go from here.
Went for amy 40 minute walk yesterday...when I came back I was soaking wet...pretty hot.
Had whole grain Cheerios this morning with fresh blueberries, the blueberries are awesome!
more later...
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About Us
- Jim
- Pharr, Texas, United States
- Every Year for the past few years, Katie and I journey to Pharr, Texas, where we have a mobile home in Paradise Park. We also sponsor three girls in Nuevo Progeso, Mexico, so they can go to school. We travel to Mexico to see the kids, with Sr. Maureen Crosby who runs the program and our friends Ken and Vickey, who are Sr. Maureen's constant helpers. Starting last year we also go by ourselves several times
Welcome to our Blog
Some history....Katie and I quit smoking way back when, about 20 years ago, and we've never been the same since. We both gained a lot of weight and basically it has been with us ever since. You might ask yourself...well what have you done about it?...oh nothing!...just kidding....how about a variety of different eating plans, diets, exercise routines including a personal trainer for awhile.
What was the result of all this...well times of success but ultimate failure. Why? because we always revert to bad habits and bad eating We do all the things that most overweight people do, we eat when we're not really hungry, we eat too much, we eat the wrong things, we eat to feel better, we eat to fulfill our cravings.
Sad part is, that when we had the trainer, we got stronger, lost some weight felt better. When he was no longer in a position to train us, we thought that's ok we can do it on our own...WRONG!
We became Vegans for 4 months...it started off as a one month experiment and we found it so easy that we continued for 4 months. You can read that account here
http://jimandkatiesveganadventure.blogspot.com/
We were good at it thanks to Katie's ability to make anything taste good, we lost weight and felt better. I also turned it into a bit of an entertainment blog so people wouldn't get too bored. We took pictures of virtually every meal and described things.
What happened? Well at the four month mark, we thought we would just add a few things a little at a time...oops the little things became big things...and the first long trip we took to Texas for a month, we reverted right back to our old bad eating habits. It's hard to travel and eat properly and it's hard when you're in a community setting with friends and happy hours to not indulge.
So now, we're decided enough is enough!!!!! So tomorrow we are starting a new phase in our lives which involves a concept called "Eat to Live" Eat to live is the title of a book, and way of eating which has been the life work of Dr. Joel Fuhrman. He has been on PBS, Dr. Oz, and is well published.
Rather than explain exactly what and how we'll be doing what we're doing, we will show and explain as we go along from day to day, and explain the results as we go along.
Hope you will enjoy and learn as we intend to do.
What was the result of all this...well times of success but ultimate failure. Why? because we always revert to bad habits and bad eating We do all the things that most overweight people do, we eat when we're not really hungry, we eat too much, we eat the wrong things, we eat to feel better, we eat to fulfill our cravings.
Sad part is, that when we had the trainer, we got stronger, lost some weight felt better. When he was no longer in a position to train us, we thought that's ok we can do it on our own...WRONG!
We became Vegans for 4 months...it started off as a one month experiment and we found it so easy that we continued for 4 months. You can read that account here
http://jimandkatiesveganadventure.blogspot.com/
We were good at it thanks to Katie's ability to make anything taste good, we lost weight and felt better. I also turned it into a bit of an entertainment blog so people wouldn't get too bored. We took pictures of virtually every meal and described things.
What happened? Well at the four month mark, we thought we would just add a few things a little at a time...oops the little things became big things...and the first long trip we took to Texas for a month, we reverted right back to our old bad eating habits. It's hard to travel and eat properly and it's hard when you're in a community setting with friends and happy hours to not indulge.
So now, we're decided enough is enough!!!!! So tomorrow we are starting a new phase in our lives which involves a concept called "Eat to Live" Eat to live is the title of a book, and way of eating which has been the life work of Dr. Joel Fuhrman. He has been on PBS, Dr. Oz, and is well published.
Rather than explain exactly what and how we'll be doing what we're doing, we will show and explain as we go along from day to day, and explain the results as we go along.
Hope you will enjoy and learn as we intend to do.
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