Baardmk - I dont know my lipids lately nor do I know any of my clood work, but I do agree that it is probably time I go and check them. Normally when I go they are always saying very kind words that I have a very good blood workup, so I suppose this has caused me to lack on going since I believe I am eating so good so I should be doing great still
Extreme- Wish I had your energy instead. Though I am sure I would be frustrated with not being able to sleep. I wonder though if maybe you might want to work out more? Not sure if you are at this time or not, but I am more tired the days that I do workout then the days I don't..
Apri-le-ali - I do feel like I eat allot. If I am hungry I will eat, even if it something like hummus with carrots, salad, or some veggie soup that has rice, beans or potatoes in it.. Only thing is that I don't like to eat till I hurt if I can help it...
Minnie - My husband is retiring military of 27 years. Though I am a person who thrives on change, my husband does not. All I can do is support him and help him through and what I really want is to jump in and help to make things happen so that he can not feel so stressed. Which in turn of course is very stressful for me to just watch and feel like a nag sometimes. I have no doubt that I depression is tapping at my door, which is why I strive to stay focused on my eating and try to do my spin classes as well as walking every day. I know me and once I get depressed it is a very hard climb to get away from. Might I add that as healthy as I am trying to be my husband is completely sabotaging himself with fried chicken and or steaks daily with no other additions than these meats. Well, I take that back when he does the pick 3 bucket at Walmart he will add the fried potato wedges and fried mozzarella stick all to be eaten in one day. Anyways, this is not a good path for me to discuss as it clearly bothers me...
Also feel like my recipes mostly are coming from the MWL list here on the forum. I try very hard to eat only what is allowed and if its not mentioned then I dont stress it. Only thing I was doing for a bit was eating the Ezekiel bread toasted and with a dab of jelly nearly nightly. Which I did manage to stop this about a month ago. Was also eating homemade chocolate chip cookies from the MWL list here as well as making the chocolate chip mousse made with tofu and maple syrup. Did stop this as well about a month ago as I was hoping to do so might speed up my weight loss which has been since I started maintaining a 5 pounds a month. This is good in my eyes, but of course who would love if they could lose more per month, right lol
I dont add any oil, nuts or seeds to my meals. Have been out to eat maybe 3 times out this past 6 months and that is the only times I can think of that would had some oil in the foods, since we all know there are oils in restaurant foods even when we think there would be no need for it... I dont have any sugar since I stopped the chocolate chip cookies except I do use maple syrup rarely and have molasses in the African stew recipe on the MWL list. Recently added honey to my diet but only because I was craving it so much that I finally caved. This bothers me since now I can not say vegan no more, but I think I will be ok. I dont feel like honey is such a big deal no more since I gave myself a lil and now its like it dont matter to me... Was also eating Homemade spaghetti sauce form the forum using the sauce recipe over whole wheat spaghetti, but that is only once a week at most and usually only once every two weeks..
Allergies are a possibility as I was diagnosed with them a couple years ago. Though after I did the master cleanse and followed with the 80/10/10 they seem to have stopped. So had not taken them for a long time. Then when I switched to this woe I noticed right away that I started to have more mucus build up, but I have refused to take any pills since I dont want to eat drugs I want to eat food and be healthy
Maybe I should try an allergy pill for a few days and see if it clears things up huh...
Nayasmom - The raisins I use are a small box in my plain oatmeal with cinnamon every morning and the dates are organic farm raised that are shipped to me wet. They are sooo delicious, but I do limit them to only a couple in a month. I might use them to make a 2 banana shake with 2 dates, cinnamon, vanilla and water that I usually only have once a month at most..
Am not drinking any coffee or even teas. Have not had any for a long time and really no cravings for them. I think that coffee to me is best with all the extras like caramel and such so that is a definite no now. The tea, just have not craved so I figure why bother.
At any rate, with all this said.. I did allot more researching yesterday after my posting and noticed "mary's minni" I believe it is called. I was thinking to give this a try to see if it also helps to maybe slow down the confusion in my body and all it has to process. I do like the idea of making it even more simple so that my body does not have to guess and that it can just heal my lifes work of destruction.. I will give this a try starting hopefully over the weekend. Only thing I need to do is to get some groceries. My choice starch is going to be potatoes since they are so delicious hot or cold which leaves me so many options. Not to mention I love quick and easy
Wanted to add to this that though I say I feel so tired, I think what is causing me to feel so tired is that I have this constant haze over my head. Like I feel nauseated most the time. Which of course does take allot of energy to "act" like nothing is wrong. Really hoping whatever this is that to try this minni way of eating helps me so much. I would give most anything to feel so happy and full of life with so much energy again. Would go back to 80/10/10 but I am worried that I will still fail since it is a very restrictive way of life.
Again thank you all so very much for your thoughts. It means allot to me