South Beach, day 6

[eurydicebound]

Today's Menu

Breakfast -- 3 slices Canadian bacon, grilled; 1 cup cottage cheese -- I was running short of veggies and eggs.

Morning Snack -- skipped.

Lunch -- Quiznos Cobb salad, 1/2 cheese, no bacon, no bread.

Afternoon snack -- 3 bites of cake from the office. I'm allowed. The book says so. *points to the "how to cheat" section of the book*

Dinner -- A bit of Albacore tuna Salad from Greenfresh (local whole-foods type grocery -- no dairy, no eggs, but much good). Also, legal broccoli cheddar soup -- thickened with arrowroot, not a flour/butter roux.

Dessert -- Skipped, given the cake earlier in the day. Although, that's not altogether true. 1/4 oz dark chocolate sweetened with sugar alcohols.

Although last night I did the yogurt with vanilla extract, lemon juice, and agave nectar, and that was actually quite nice. I may prefer it to the cinnamon. I'll be trying that again, probably tomorrow.

Things I Have Learned

1) So my visit to the gym got put off until today. I weighed myself accordingly and discovered... I've lost just shy (like, 2 oz shy) of SEVEN pounds. Granted, most of that is water weight, but the half-inch decrease around my waist is still there, regardless. Seven pounds. Seven. Pounds. Even if I don't lose any next week (I've heard you tend to lose about 10 percent of the amount to your body's ideal weight), that's still amazing.

2) I feel awesome. Woo hoo!

3) I can actually do this as a lifestyle. My goal was not to do a diet but rather to permanently amend what I ate to something that would keep me from having to rely on medication to control blood sugar and cholesterol, as I know what those paths look like. This week has proven to me that it is possible, if a work in progress. Just have to keep to what I've learned thus far.

I don't know that I'm going to continue documenting indefinitely... I can't imagine my friends list would thank me for it. But if there is vague and passing interest in it out there, let me know. I'll probably keep the public posts going at least until a week or so into Phase Two, with possible revisits now and again.

Comments

[shellyinseattle.livejournal.com]

Just curious....you mention "control blood sugar", does this mean you've been diagnosed pre-diabetic, too?

[anaka.livejournal.com]

No, it means that my bloodwork came back with high fasting blood sugar, as in it was a little over 100 and it should be around 60. My doctor is hesitant to screw someone over with a diagnosis that will make their insurance look askance at them in the future, so I haven't been diagnosed with anything. At the same time, though, I know how to do research on the internet, and I know that's not really good. It's not necessarily awful, but definitely counts as a spur to action.

If this works to fix the blood sugar/insulin resistance, then bravo. If not, we'll try something else eventually. I'm giving it a month or two before I get back with my doctor about this, though, to give the diet time to see if it'll really do what it says it will.

[topherscott.livejournal.com]

Public posting helps with a feeling of accountability and makes it more obvious that people are rooting for you. I'd keep it up! If you're really super worried about our flists, just do it behind a cut like you did today. Personally I'd rather have my flist filled with *more* "oh cool, person I like is working on improving her health" and less "oh look, bitchy fangirls are posting fanfic where the idol singer's wife dies...again."

[exilesletter.livejournal.com]

Oh my God.

Seven POUNDS!!!

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Good point.

[anaka.livejournal.com]

Yes! OMG. Exactly.