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Raw (whole) food lifestyle it is!
The last couple of weeks were a test of focusing on a whole food diet rather than counting calories. The food is great and I get to "play" with my food by purchasing and preparing a wider variety of foods with new food preparation tools and methods than I ever have before. Besides having a really good time learning about these new foods, the meals are delicious and more refreshing than ever. This is going to be great!
Things I learned about this week: seeds! Hemp seeds, sunflower seeds, and chia seeds! I've always wondered why we use oils in salad dressings when the liquid part doesn't blend with the oils. So, knowing that chia seeds create a sort of gel when added to water, I replaced the oil with the chia gel and made a lime juice, agave nectar, salt and pepper salad dressing. IT'S GREAT! The chia seeds gel can also replace oils in other things like baking. There's lots of information on the Internet.
New tools: a tri-blade spiral vegetable slicer! I miss spaghetti (but not the tummy ache that follows it) and discovered recipes for zuccini and squash spaghetti made using this veggie slicer. It's so cool! I sliced up some apple to freeze dry (with the blueberries already started). It's looking good so far!
New food find: Two Moms In The Raw granola! Oi vey! Very filling and more than satisfies the sweet tooth. In fact, I had some real cookies that in the past would have been a real treat but found them to fall short of the satisfaction of the Moms' granola. That's a good thing!
So, I'm going to keep on with the whole food lifestyle but now it's back to counting calories, too. And I'm slowly and awkwardly getting back to stretching and exercising so I suspect the weight will start coming down a little bit faster (but that is not a goal. Just a side effect.) It will be interesting to trace how many calories I consume with whole foods as compared to what I've been doing.
Results: Just under another pound lost. Dr. West informed me that my thyroid levels are now in the normal range (woooo-hoooooo!) and -- bonus! -- my liver levels are now in the normal range, too! (wooo-hooo! wooo-hooooo!)
Very, very excited. :)
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233.0 lb
Lost so far: 14.7 lb.
Still to go: 58.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 17 August 2012:
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2376 kcal
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Fat: 76.96g | Prot: 74.14g | Carb: 350.57g.
Breakfast: spinach and feta wrap Starbucks, Starbucks venti latte, plum. Lunch: grande Iced Latte Starbucks, Chinese Chop Salad Noodles & Company, Thai Curry Soup Noodles & Company. Dinner: mayonnaise, Yogurt Blue Cheese Salad Dressing, multigrain bread, tomato, sprouts, radishes, carrot, cucumber, Organic Hearts of Romaine. Snacks/Other: Vanilla Ice Cream, Beberry Granola. more...
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3062 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Knitting - 2 hours, Desk Work - 8 hours, Driving - 45 minutes, Resting - 5 hours and 15 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 0.8 lb a week
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