Salad with peas and pumpkin seeds
You may be surprised to see me recommending Unleash Your Thin for vegetarians. It’s a low carb diet, and most people assume that low carb diets are going to be difficult for vegetarians and vegans. So what’s different here?
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March 15th, 2013
Weight: lost 0.5 lb this week, 14.5 lb total in 3 weeks
Measurements: no change this week, total lost 2 inches from waist and 1/4 inch from hips
I’m fine with this. I lost tons of weight in the first two weeks and I think it’s natural that my body wants to slow down and take a breath.
I stuck to the plan with one tiny exception, despite having two lunches in restaurants. I ate salad both times.I was happy with that. I felt completely satisfied even though one time everybody around me was eating pizza and cheesecake. Their food smelled good but when I really thought about it, I knew that I didn’t want to eat it and get back into all of that.
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Everybody seems to think that psychological and emotional issues are what causes binge eating. I don’t agree.
I know that most people concentrate on the psychological issues including well known writers that I have a lot of respect for, like Geneen Roth. And it’s obviously true that psychological pressures like stress, grief or loneliness can trigger a food binge in somebody who is susceptible to them. But a different person would respond to the exact same pressures with some other form of compensation – something else that makes them feel better. It might be alcohol, it might be drugs, or it might be something that’s seen as healthy, like confiding in a friend or Continue reading
Pork and Lentil Casserole
March 8th, 2013
Weight: lost 5.5 pounds this week, total 14 pounds in 2 weeks (amazing!)
Measurements:
Waist: lost 1 inch this week, 2 inches in 2 weeks
Hips: lost a quarter inch this week, 0.25 inches in 2 weeks, those hips are stubborn!
Body fat: reduced by 2.3% total in 2 weeks
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Carrot and kohlrabi salad
Weight: lost 8.5 pounds in the first week 🙂
Measurements: lost 1 inch from my waist, no difference yet on hips
Body fat: reduced by 1%
I was desperate when I joined Unleash Your Thin. As Continue reading