Settling into a Green lifestyle

Weight: 266.9

I'm pleased about the weight loss, though I wish it would have been more. Not quite 2 lbs in 6 days. But i know, I know--- slow is the way to go. And besides-- I did have pizza over the weekend, and Olive Garden. And goodness knows I'm done with that!

I think I'm settling in to eating one meal a day and juicing once a day and drinking a green smoothie once a day. It seems to be working. I feel prety good. I think that I got so stressed out and so symptomatic with acid reflux and anxiety due to working night shift and school and family life, that its taken a while to fully get back on track.  Today, I feel pretty good. Last night Jimmy made chocolate cookies but not only have I not eaten any, but I am actually AFRAID of them. I'm afraid that if I eat one, I'll fall completely off the wagon. I suppose in time, I'd prefer to not be afraid of them, but to be repulsed by them. Yes, I'd like to view sweets as a deadly poison, rather than an intoxicating delicacy.

I'm working the next 2 nights and I'll have my juices and smoothies made ahead of time. Its all good!
God is good!

Olive Garden or the Garden of Eden?

 

Weight: 268.3
lbs. lost= 6.7  (my starting weight a few weeks ago was 275)

Well, something weird or wonderful is happening. In the last week that I haven't consumed caffeine nor sugar, and have done vegetable juicing each day and limited my food intake to just once a day, I'm simply not hungry. There is no doubt in my mind that filling up on Mean Green Monster juices (kale, cucumber, celery, broccoli, lemon and an apple) is filling up my body with such potent nutrition that evidently it satiates me and I'm not hungry.

I mean, I get hungry, but only about twice a day. It is just SOOOOO WEIRD. But I like weird. I'm okay with this kind of weird. All my life I have battled cravings that are so intense, that I literally think about food all the time-- mostly junk food and sugary foods. This confirms my belief even more that sugar and processed foods are addictive in nature. The more you eat, the more you want to eat.

At any rate, my mom and dad were down here this weekend. I've eaten a few things that I really didn't want to eat-- like pizza. But I kept my portions small. But tonight we went to Olive Garden. Prior to Olive Garden tonight, I had raw apple pie and blackberries for breakfast, and a mean green juice for lunch. At Olive Garden it struck me that there really aren't any healthy foods at Olive Garden. Atleast not what I want to eat. The salad-- while delicious, consists mostly of iceberg lettuce which has minimal nutrients in it; croutons that are processed, and who only knows how much oil and sugar in the dressing. The warm, melt-in-your-mouth breadsticks are pure white flour, which is a big no-no in my book, since my goal is to avoid sugar and flour. Honestly after tonight's breadsticks, I'm now ready to commit to "no flour" as a committment, not just a goal.  I ordered Eggplant Parmesan, and while I didn't eat the spaghetti that came with it, I knew full well that the eggplant was fried, and not my friend. Bless!

Eating out is losing its appeal. I have felt better in the last few days than I've felt in so long, and I really want it to continue. I really do not want to eat sugar, flour or processed, or fried foods. I'm not going to. I'm looking forward to starting over tomorrow with juicing and green smoothies only for a few days. Yeah!