Misterimpatient

So I’ve been on this new food plan since Monday and I started out really dragging my keister. I can’t say I’m all that hungry but I’m not feeling like I’ve had enough food either. I’m eating a pound of vegetables at each meal, 3 times a day plus whatever I’m supposed to have at that meal (either a protein or starch). I get two snacks (small) and I limit my water/fluid to about 60 ounces a day (sometimes I go over..to about 85).

I used to eat eggs a few mornings a week. Not allowed at this point but I can have egg whites. To hell with egg whites. Those things are awful. I seldom throw food out, but that stuff hit the drain after one meal. I’ll eat meat or edamame instead. I sure do miss my dairy foods and my aged Gouda most of all. I better start feeling better soon OR ELSE!

Who am I kidding? I’m going to just do this for the period I committed to do it. My friend swears by the results he’s gotten from working with this alternative nutrition approach and I still want what he’s gotten so I’m willing to stick with it. If this new plan depends on the placebo effect, it will not work. If it’s for real then it could do the job.

I miss my fruit too. One small portion a day is…one small portion a day. I’m used to having about 24 ounces a day. I’m down to 4 ounces: 1/6th. That just sucks.

I’m allowed to have almost most as much “low starch vegetable” at a meal as I want. I can add fat (olive or coconut oil) too, so that’s what I have done to try to build up the calorie count as the base plan doesn’t have enough calories to keep from losing weight (which I do not need to do). I’ll be weighing myself weekly. If the weight goes down, I’ll increase the portion size. At the moment, I think that’s likely. Can’t say I’d complain about another 4 ounces of veg+1t of fat. I’d rather add fruit but that’s out for now.

So, it’s time for my Calm Magnesium hit now.

Later…

Filed by misterimpatient at 10:24 pm under I'm not fat today, Patter