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Mole Success
Sunday, September 23, 2018      1 comments

I haven’t been off track, but progress had dropped to lackluster. So I made a full crockpot of onions, green pepper, summer squash, celery and mole sauce from my local Mexican grocery. Mole is basically 🌶 chili and 🍫 chocolate which made a r... Read more
Sodium and scales
Thursday, August 30, 2018      2 comments

I drank Clamato all yesterday. It kept me full and satisfied. 64 oz of Clamato. Somehow it didn’t dawn on me as I was choosing this path the effect of hidden sodium. Step on the scales this morning and 4.5 more pounds. I looked up the sodiu... Read more
Confessions of food video OCD
Sunday, August 26, 2018      0 comments

Ever since restricting my calories in late May, what my mouth isn’t getting my eyes are. I have never watched so many food videos in my life. It is like viritual eating. You would think this would be torture-watching food I wouldn’t allow my... Read more
Cost of time off
Saturday, August 18, 2018      1 comments

After 3 months of nearly being perfect at 800 kcal per day, I allowed myself 4 days off to take a vacation with family meals, alcoholic drinks, birthday cake and “normal” calorie range; then eat leftovers for a day after returning home. There w... Read more
Find your own path
Monday, August 06, 2018      2 comments

All the lies. Years of trying and only getting BS. You must eat from 1200-1800 to lose weight, lower than that and you are in the “terrible” starvation mode. Grains - rice, wheat should be on every plate. You have to drink tons of water everyd... Read more
Carb Craving!!!
Wednesday, August 01, 2018      2 comments

I am done with my calories for the day. For weeks I have done SO well with staying at 800 kcal a day (on average), but tonight my brain is going crazy triggering thoughts so ice cream, pancakes, waffles, cream Danish pastry. If I wasn’t doin... Read more
Lizard!
Monday, July 30, 2018      1 comments

Things step in to block our progress, but I never expected this one. I have been weighing myself daily, but not now. My dog blocked me from entering my bathroom and then started growling at the wall. I got a flashlight and shone it in the sma... Read more
Hit 30 pounds off!
Saturday, July 28, 2018      4 comments

Since starting in May I, as of today, am 30 lbs lighter. At 210, I will change to being Obese I, so only 8.5 lbs to go. I was 41.5 BMI and now am 36.5 BMI 18.5 underweight 18.5–24.9
normal weight 25.0–29.9 overweight 30
.0–34.9 class I o... Read more
Not my fault
Tuesday, July 24, 2018      1 comments

Have dropped to 700 kcal daily to keep the pace. Not my choice, rather my script for thyroid med is back ordered and ALL the pharmacies are out. I contacted a speciality pharmacy who said they could have it by today. Eak gads I feel slow and w... Read more
Hard to eat
Tuesday, July 17, 2018      3 comments

A funny thing has happened; I’m finding it hard to eat. After the first two weeks I no longer felt driven to eat. Just the opposite. But recently, a very strange-never before happening, thing has occurred. I literally start feeling sick to m... Read more
Mushrooms for protein
Saturday, July 14, 2018      1 comments

Fungus is a really interesting organism. Yeast in bread is fungus. Mushrooms are fungus. There is a huge network of fungus that lives in the ground that helps plant roots exchange sugar for minerals AND communicate the stress of one plant to a... Read more
Grapefruit Pith or Bistek du Toranja (Cuba)
Friday, July 13, 2018      0 comments

I’m up for trying new things; especially when they are low calorie and good for you. The benefits of a grapefruit peel are high fiber (pectin), Vitamin C, antioxidants, and nookatone (which cuts appetite and stimulates metabolism ). https://ww... Read more
Reviewing my Spark Journey
Thursday, July 12, 2018      2 comments

11 years of trying. At least I don't give up. As long as I log. I win. More logging. ... Read more
Logging one pot cooking and lumpy, saggy
Tuesday, July 10, 2018      0 comments

First, one way to make logging life easier is to do one pot cooking. Crock pot, veggies, protein and spices. But what a pain to divid up all those ingredients, right? No, not with Spark’s food groupings. Step one. Measure how much your pot... Read more
Loading protein
Tuesday, July 10, 2018      5 comments

So I have been feeling dizzy and weak the last two days, to the point I was finding it hard to stand up. I also -rare for me - was craving meat. So today I indulged myself with a steak for lunch and 1/3 of a pork loin for dinner. It is a wow ... Read more

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