No weight posting - TTOM :-)
So I had a few slip up days, where I ate way less healthy than I should have. I had visitors over the weekend and we went out to eat too many times. But since Monday I am back on track food wise.
I have been going to the gym, working out and taking Zumba and kickboxing classes. Slowly (very slowly), this is getting easier. I can't wait to be in good physical shape and really power out during my gym sessions!
I am not a big fan of cooking (or better, wasn't). When I was a vegetarian it wouldn't be uncommon for me to eat bread and cheese for every meal. Think you can't eat a pound of cheese in one sitting? Well, I could and did. Frozen pizza was another one. I basically lived off carbs and fat ... no vegetable or fruit ever made it into my mouth.
So this cooking/meal preparing thing is a big change for the better for me.
I have tried some new recipes from the Happy Herbivore cookbooks.
Breakfast/snack items: Lemon Biscuits and Black Bean brownies
First the lemon biscuits: they are ok, but I won't make them again. The consistency isn't all that great (a bit rubbery) and I am not crazy about the taste either.
The black bean brownies ... I think I would like them if somebody else had made them and I didn't know the ingredients. On the plus side: I am snacking on black beans and banana. But I am still weirded out by them. Yes, they are definitely chocolatey, but the consistency (again) is all off. Maybe if there were some flour in it, I would like them better.
Next up: Shep's Pie. A complete success! I will definitely make that again!!! Here is a picture from above (the mashed potatoes didn't brown well, but that's ok):
And a photo from the "inside":
My husband was also quite taken by this dish, and it was SO easy to make.
Starting weight: 101,7 kg (223,74 lbs)
Today's weight: 98,6 kg (216,92 lbs)
Total weight lost: 3,1 kg (6,82 lbs)
BMI: 34,9
Target weight: 70 kg
Things are going well, and I have a lots of energy! My body is beginning to feel somewhat "clean", which is a nice feeling. Yesterday it was back to the gym for me after I didn't go during late pregnancy and in the two months after giving birth. It was not too traumatic ... as long as I don't look in a full-length mirror!
Actually, it was really fun. I loved using the weight machines and making my muscles work again. Soon I will go back to Zumba class, too, to burn some calories. With a two month old baby at home, I haven't really had time to myself at all, so I reveled in this indulgence while baby was watched by dad. I am going to try to work out three times a week and take long walks with the baby when weather permits (today looks good!).
Yesterday I got some new cookbooks in the mail (thanks, Amazon!):
I can't wait to try some new recipes. Unfortunately some ingredients that Lindsay Nixon uses aren't available in Italy (like yams, sweet potatoes and even cilantro!) so I will need to find substitutes. The German cookbook also looks great! Eckmeier veganized some of my favorite childhood recipes.
Starting weight: 101,7 kg (223,74 lbs)
Today's weight: 99,8 kg (219,56 lbs)
Total weight lost: 1,9 kg (4,18 lbs)
BMI: 35,78
Target weight: 70 kg
Ok, I don't know exactly how or why, but I have lost weight! The only really virtuous thing I have done is replace my dinner with a green smoothie two nights ago. I used powder, as I don't have a high-speed mixer
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That was a good experience, as it was actually quite delicious! I prepared mine with apple juice and added some frozen peaches, and it rocked! And I wasn't hungry at all - I was a bit afraid I would wake up ravenous during the night.
Ok, I doubt drinking one smoothie can magically make the pounds disappear, so I guess it must be attributed to me being a bit more careful in general with what I eat. And in the beginning of a diet, weight loss is much quicker than once you are on the way, especially when you have a lot to lose.
Onwards ... :-)
I never want to see a 100 on my scale again!!!
Well, I am ...so this
blog is for those who like me find it challenging to lose weight, even
though they are eating a supposedly healthy diet!
Welcome to my blog!
Full disclosure:
Today's weight: 101,7 kg (223,74 lbs)
BMI: 36,5
Target weight: 70 kg
Yikes, right?
I am a 41 year old mother of two children ... and don't know where
time and life have gone in the last few decades. Mentally I feel 25
(honestly, too young to have children!). But I have been damaging my
body (and my mind) with wrong lifestyle choices for the last two
decades.
It's time to get with it ... and get my life back, for so many reasons,
This blog will chronicle my self-help attempt.
I
believe in the vegan way of eating, but have been a junk-food
vegetarian for twenty years. Going vegan doesn't mean automatically
living a healthier life, so this will be my attempt to adopt an
all-around healthy eating- and lifestyle.
I am starting off at a bad point:
- I am obese (my BMI is over 35!!!)
- I haven't been to the gym in ages (and last time I went, I was recouping from an ACL injury
- I have a newborn at home and am running on basically no sleep
But enough pessimism. I trued to give the blog an optimistic title.
On with it!!!
