Blogging is just not my thing! It's so hard for me to get on here and write about the diet and what's going on.
I was down almost 10 lbs last week and then I went home to Oregon to help my mom who just had a knee replacement. I cheated on my diet every day, multiple times a day! But after all of that cheating I only gained 2.2lbs so I can't be too disappointed. So now I'm back and sticking to my diet. I even talked one of my other friends into joining us on the diet so I have one more person trying the Wheat Belly diet!
Since I've been gone I haven't tried any new recipes. I have a spaghetti squash sitting in my fridge just waiting to be cooked...I really hope this week it will happen.
Other good news is that I bought a road bike while I was in Oregon, it didn't hurt my back and I've already gotten a few short rides in. I just bought a townhouse so I've been busy trying to move and paint so once that calms down I can ride more.
I promise to try to do better and get some new recipes up! I'm living off of the the flaxseed wraps and salads lately because I haven't had time to cook!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
3 weeks down!
I did really well last week on the Wheat Belly Diet. The only cheat I had was one small chocolate covered strawberry and some Yogurtland Frozen yogurt (mmm...taro and roasted coconut....). I even worked out the most last week than any other weeks and I didn't lose one pound and I didn't gain one pound...A little discouraging. But I still feel good so I can't complain.
One of the things people talk about with the Wheat Belly Diet is how tired they are the first 1-2 weeks after starting the diet. I haven't noticed any difference in how tired I've been.
I did try making the pumpkin spice muffins (I will post later tonight on the recipe blog) and they didn't turn out completely but they tasted pretty good.
I'm planning on trying the squash pasta in the next couple of days. Meghan made it and said it was really good.
Still no cravings for breads and cereal!!! I still find this very shocking knowing how much I love the stuff!
I started tracking calories yesterday using My Fitness Pal app on my phone. It's a great free tool that you can either do online or on your phone. Should be interesting to add this to the equation.
One of the things people talk about with the Wheat Belly Diet is how tired they are the first 1-2 weeks after starting the diet. I haven't noticed any difference in how tired I've been.
I did try making the pumpkin spice muffins (I will post later tonight on the recipe blog) and they didn't turn out completely but they tasted pretty good.
I'm planning on trying the squash pasta in the next couple of days. Meghan made it and said it was really good.
Still no cravings for breads and cereal!!! I still find this very shocking knowing how much I love the stuff!
I started tracking calories yesterday using My Fitness Pal app on my phone. It's a great free tool that you can either do online or on your phone. Should be interesting to add this to the equation.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
2 weeks down!
So far the Wheat Belly Diet isn't killing me...It actually hasn't been too bad.
My mom called me the other day and she just had her labs done last week and after being vegan for 3 months her Cholesterol dropped in all areas! She is on cholesterol medicine and before she started the diet they told her if it didn't come down then they would have to increase her dose of medicine. I guess my body just likes my cholesterol too much to give it up and get it lower :)
Anyone who knows me will know that my favorite food is....CEREAL! I could eat it three times a day and never get tired of it. I've never met a cereal I didn't like. On the Vegan diet I could still have most of my beloved cereals. Now I can't have them and I was really worried about it. Miraculously I haven't missed cereal at all. There is a hot flaxseed cereal in the Wheat Belly recipes that I need to try. Meghan has tried it and said it wasn't too bad if you like slimey hot cereal. My goal this week is to try it.
My other goal is to also try to make the spaghetti squash "pasta." I've also found some good recipes for zuchinni lasagna where you use zuchinni in place of the noodles.
What I've had a few times are my egg/banana pancakes which aren't too bad. I'll post the recipe on the recipe site.
I lost 2lbs this past week so a grand total of 5.6lbs. Still feeling good and not missing carbs as much as I thought I would. I've always loved dark chocolate but usually 60-70%. the diet lets you have 90% dark chocolate. It took me a few times to get used to it that dark but now I love having a little square of bitter dark chocolate for a sweet snack.
Until next time....
My mom called me the other day and she just had her labs done last week and after being vegan for 3 months her Cholesterol dropped in all areas! She is on cholesterol medicine and before she started the diet they told her if it didn't come down then they would have to increase her dose of medicine. I guess my body just likes my cholesterol too much to give it up and get it lower :)
Anyone who knows me will know that my favorite food is....CEREAL! I could eat it three times a day and never get tired of it. I've never met a cereal I didn't like. On the Vegan diet I could still have most of my beloved cereals. Now I can't have them and I was really worried about it. Miraculously I haven't missed cereal at all. There is a hot flaxseed cereal in the Wheat Belly recipes that I need to try. Meghan has tried it and said it wasn't too bad if you like slimey hot cereal. My goal this week is to try it.
My other goal is to also try to make the spaghetti squash "pasta." I've also found some good recipes for zuchinni lasagna where you use zuchinni in place of the noodles.
What I've had a few times are my egg/banana pancakes which aren't too bad. I'll post the recipe on the recipe site.
I lost 2lbs this past week so a grand total of 5.6lbs. Still feeling good and not missing carbs as much as I thought I would. I've always loved dark chocolate but usually 60-70%. the diet lets you have 90% dark chocolate. It took me a few times to get used to it that dark but now I love having a little square of bitter dark chocolate for a sweet snack.
Until next time....
Monday, April 8, 2013
Week 1 of Wheat Belly
I was pretty intimidated to start this diet. After one week there is still some intimidation but I'm learning more and more what I can eat so it's making it better. My Vitamin D level came back still LOW! Actually 1 point lower than last time, so I've really stepped up the Vit D intake.
Still haven't eaten a lot of meat but I have eaten a lot of cheese. I am down 3.6lbs from last Monday so that is good. I was able to get some good bike rides in this past week and they didn't bother my back at all.
I've been eating some good flaxseed wraps that I make and even made cauliflower crust pizza on Saturday night. I'll be posting the recipes this evening when I get home from work. I really enjoy the flaxseed wrap and the pizza wasn't terrible either.
I'm back to taking Fish oil supplement, glucosamine with chondroitin and my tumeric. All of these I had to stop when I was Vegan.
I had a cheat meal last night for my aunt's birthday. My friend and I made chocolate covered cherries and they are amazing! Lets just say Saturday morning I was down 5lbs for the week and after my cheat meal of taco salad (minus the shell), homemade strawberry ice cream, homemade horchata, birthday cake and chocolate covered cherries I gained a little back...
Still haven't eaten a lot of meat but I have eaten a lot of cheese. I am down 3.6lbs from last Monday so that is good. I was able to get some good bike rides in this past week and they didn't bother my back at all.
I've been eating some good flaxseed wraps that I make and even made cauliflower crust pizza on Saturday night. I'll be posting the recipes this evening when I get home from work. I really enjoy the flaxseed wrap and the pizza wasn't terrible either.
I'm back to taking Fish oil supplement, glucosamine with chondroitin and my tumeric. All of these I had to stop when I was Vegan.
I had a cheat meal last night for my aunt's birthday. My friend and I made chocolate covered cherries and they are amazing! Lets just say Saturday morning I was down 5lbs for the week and after my cheat meal of taco salad (minus the shell), homemade strawberry ice cream, homemade horchata, birthday cake and chocolate covered cherries I gained a little back...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
LABS & WHEAT BELLY...ONE DAY DOWN!
The Wheat Belly Diet started yesterday and so far not too bad. I'll be posting some recipes later tonight when I get home of what I've tried so far. I'm not as intimidated by the diet as I thought I would be but it's only been one day so far. I got a call from my friend Meghan yesterday telling me that so far she had probably eaten 20 eggs yesterday! She hadn't planned ahead for the wheat belly so that's about all she had to eat...I'm sure my cholesterol would love that!
I got my labs done and got almost all the results this morning. Not as good as I was expecting...
BEFORE: AFTER:
Total Cholesterol 226 236 Normal (<199)
Triglycerides 245 218 Normal (40-150)
HDL (good cholesterol) 40 45 Normal (40-96)
LDL (bad cholesterol) 136 147 Normal (0-130)
Vitamin B12 449 893 Normal (211-911)
Total Weight Loss 6lbs.
So not what I expected. I have to take into consideration that my family genetics sucks when it comes to cholesterol. There are very few people in my family (on both sides) who are not on cholesterol medication! But I was expecting better than that, not worse! I'm still waiting on my Vitamin D levels.
Supposedly the Wheat Belly Diet is great on cholesterol so we'll see if it can help a broken cholesterol like mine!
I got my labs done and got almost all the results this morning. Not as good as I was expecting...
BEFORE: AFTER:
Total Cholesterol 226 236 Normal (<199)
Triglycerides 245 218 Normal (40-150)
HDL (good cholesterol) 40 45 Normal (40-96)
LDL (bad cholesterol) 136 147 Normal (0-130)
Vitamin B12 449 893 Normal (211-911)
Total Weight Loss 6lbs.
So not what I expected. I have to take into consideration that my family genetics sucks when it comes to cholesterol. There are very few people in my family (on both sides) who are not on cholesterol medication! But I was expecting better than that, not worse! I'm still waiting on my Vitamin D levels.
Supposedly the Wheat Belly Diet is great on cholesterol so we'll see if it can help a broken cholesterol like mine!
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Last Day as a Vegan!
Wow! I can't believe 3 months have already come and gone! I also can't believe I was a Vegan for 3 months. I have to admit the past 2-3 weeks have been a lot harder. Not sure if it's because I knew it was ending soon or I was just getting sick of it??
Most of the diet I didn't mind at all...It was easy.
So what am I going to keep from this diet? The first thing is Almond Milk. I love it! I also really enjoy coconut milk ice cream. I will also take the recipes that I tried with me because I liked them all. I learned that I can cook better than I thought I could. I learned a lot more about using spices in my cooking for flavoring.
Tomorrow morning I'm getting my blood drawn and will check my Cholesterol, Vit B12 and Vit D levels. I will post the differences as soon as I have results. I will also see how much weight I lost tomorrow after I get on the scales. (I'm not expecting much after the last couple of weeks!!).
In the end I'm really glad I did the Vegan diet. I feel great being on the diet and was able to get off my blood pressure medicine.
On to the WHEAT BELLY!!! I can do anything for 3 months....right?????
Most of the diet I didn't mind at all...It was easy.
So what am I going to keep from this diet? The first thing is Almond Milk. I love it! I also really enjoy coconut milk ice cream. I will also take the recipes that I tried with me because I liked them all. I learned that I can cook better than I thought I could. I learned a lot more about using spices in my cooking for flavoring.
Tomorrow morning I'm getting my blood drawn and will check my Cholesterol, Vit B12 and Vit D levels. I will post the differences as soon as I have results. I will also see how much weight I lost tomorrow after I get on the scales. (I'm not expecting much after the last couple of weeks!!).
In the end I'm really glad I did the Vegan diet. I feel great being on the diet and was able to get off my blood pressure medicine.
On to the WHEAT BELLY!!! I can do anything for 3 months....right?????
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Less than a week!
I can't believe that the Vegan diet is about to end! Sunday will be our last day being Vegan. I am planning on having my blood drawn on Monday to check my cholesterol. Should be interesting.
I went to some friends for dinner on Sunday night and had meat for the first time. We had pork sandwiches and they tasted delicious! I am not a huge pork fan but it was the best I've ever eaten! I had a bad week and actually had 3 cheat meals. The other 2 contained a lot of cheese (still the thing I missed the most).
This week I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to start eating next Monday. Looking at some new recipes and convincing myself it won't be too bad...
I went to some friends for dinner on Sunday night and had meat for the first time. We had pork sandwiches and they tasted delicious! I am not a huge pork fan but it was the best I've ever eaten! I had a bad week and actually had 3 cheat meals. The other 2 contained a lot of cheese (still the thing I missed the most).
This week I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to start eating next Monday. Looking at some new recipes and convincing myself it won't be too bad...
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