Weight Loss Challenge?

[Rosemary]

If you eat gluten-free and still eat baked goods, most of the substitute flours have a higher glycemic index and are lower in protein than wheat flour. Rice flour, tapioca, cornstarch is a common blend used to sub for wheat flour. And just as much butter and sugar can be packed into those as in regular baked goods.

[fidgiegirl]

Kestra and cx3, welcome aboard!

rodeo, I have held steady, but I think I was gaining a bit right before I posted this challenge. I was surprised by that - had expected to lose. Much like Kestra, a focus on protein, water content, and fiber, as well as trying to cut back on sugar, seems to be making a difference - we shall see after Monday's weigh-in. Luckily I already have the GF thing down and am pretty good at avoiding dairy, at least as milk and ice cream. So for my personal body, that's a good thing.

Going to try kale chips for the first time tonight! Off to make them!

[rodeosweetheart]

Kestra and cx3, welcome aboard!

rodeo, I have held steady, but I think I was gaining a bit right before I posted this challenge. I was surprised by that - had expected to lose. Much like Kestra, a focus on protein, water content, and fiber, as well as trying to cut back on sugar, seems to be making a difference - we shall see after Monday's weigh-in. Luckily I already have the GF thing down and am pretty good at avoiding dairy, at least as milk and ice cream. So for my personal body, that's a good thing.

Going to try kale chips for the first time tonight! Off to make them!

That makes sense about holding steady, if you were to substitute other things, as Kestra said.

I read one diet book that said all you had to do was cut out all flour--ie.anything made with flour, including all the GF flours.

It made sense, and it would be easy to remember. . .

[fidgiegirl]

That makes sense about holding steady, if you were to substitute other things, as Kestra said.

I read one diet book that said all you had to do was cut out all flour--ie.anything made with flour, including all the GF flours.

It made sense, and it would be easy to remember. . .

I should clarify - I have only started paying this close attention since starting the challenge. I was indulging in all kinds of GF substitute products before. I had expected to lose bundles of weight when I first went off gluten 15 months ago, but it hasn't happened, and I believe all the substitute products are the reason why.

A lot of people do no grains. I have found I have fewer cravings for them after a few days of trying to cut them all out, though I have had some rice and some corn.

[fidgiegirl]

Breakfast: two egg omelet with spinach and cheese
Morning tea: almond milk chai
Lunch: chili, rice crackers & hummus
Afternoon herbal tea
Dinner: Pork chop & kale chips. Yum! Oversalted & overgarlicked them, though. Will watch out next time. Small serving of frozen yogurt.

[Kestra]

First day. Did quite well. No cookies, no chocolate. No boredom eating.
For lunch I did my new favorite pasta topping - fried chard and garlic with just sauce from a jar. But I made sure to use extra lentils. I always go light on the noodles.
For supper, taco salad - more beans and lots of veggies. Light on the chips. I decided to mix the processed refried beans with some plain black beans to dilute the sodium and such - that worked well. I don't always use the refried beans but I had an open can to use.
Two things I also thought about changing how I eat - reminded myself to eat slower, and I almost always have a piece of fruit with each meal. It's just habit. But there's no reason to eat the fruit right after supper. So I waited and had the fruit for my before bed snack.
Also went for a walk. Any day it's sunny and above -10C is good at this time of the year. I'm bad about not leaving my apartment so I did good by going outside.

[fidgiegirl]

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday to you!

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Two eggs omelet with spinach and cheese.
Lunch: Whole fat Greek yogurt with canteloupe. Salad with avocado and feta and a mustard dressing. Cherry juice/lemonade drink. I am trying not to have fruit juice (I type this as a glass of orange juice sits in front of me) but we had to get that lemonade used up.
Dinner: Out at Good Earth. Could be worse . . . tortilla chips with hummus (in lieu of bread basket), bean burger with cheese (no bread), and instead of chips subbed a serving of their gingered yams (heavenly). DH and I split the GF turtle bar for dessert. That did feel like a bad move, but I had been so disciplined all week, and it was a small amount. It was awesome.

We did water aerobics. Harder than it looks! DH came with. We had a good time and I hope we will both go again. I know I will.

I am already noticing a difference in the size of my waist. I should probably take measurements, because I wouldn't be surprised if the scaled hasn't moved at all tomorrow. That's ok, I already feel more confident just knowing I am taking steps to be healthier.

All of this is informing our garden planning for this summer!! I can't believe I went so long without eating any leafy greens!

[nswef]

I am quite interested in how each of you is deciding what to do to lose the weight. For me it must involve portion control then adding more vegetables. How am I doing with it? Ah, well, I still balk at vegetables mid day and should work on getting over that. It would add another layer and perhaps would be better than popcorn as a snack. Weight is stable...

[lhamo]

Holding steady at 69kgs. But that isn't bad considering I stuffed myself at lunch yesterday -- spicy roasted fish, yummmmm....

I had two good workouts over the weekend and also did a lot of extra walking yesterday.

Off to a week of conference activities in a few minutes. Expecting it to be a bit challenging to limit the carbs, but I'll just do my best and try to work in a run or two (though I know that will be hard given the LOOOONG days we have at these events).

lhamo

[fidgiegirl]

Stay strong, lhamo . . . I find it hard at those events where someone else is in charge of my food. At one they had an option to designate food needs, but then it turned out that was only going to be available for lunch! So at this huge hotel complex I found myself driving to Subway and having them make me scrambled eggs in the microwave and missing the first part of the keynote because I had mistakenly assumed that if the organizers were going to ask about then, ahem, they would actually have food for those people. I ate delicious lunches, though . . .

nswef, I'd like to know that as well. I personally have been focusing on upping my veggies but not on eating less food overall - just different foods. I have been trying not to have grains or sweets, though I fell down a bit on the sweets point this weekend and did have some tortilla chips. We have been eating big fat salads every day. This is good because DH was expressing some desire to lose a bit of weight as well, but would never participate in anything like this thread.

Today:
Breakfast: Two fried eggs. Whole fat yogurt with fresh blackberries.
Lunch/snackies: Pistachios. Canteloupe. Bowl of Corn Chex with almond milk. Our meal timing got kind of off and we did a bit more snacking than I would have liked, rather than sitting down to a satisfying meal. For example I was ravenous and pulled out the Chex in an attempt to get my hunger squelched long enough to focus on making dinner. But if we'd made a satisfying lunch I wouldn't have had to have it. Oh well.
Dinner: Gluten Free Goddess's White Chicken Chili, one of my faves. Big fat salad with olives and feta. Small amount of chocolate frozen yogurt.

I bought whole milk to make more yogurt and forgot I don't have any starter left! Grrr! Goes to show how important thorough planning is to keep up with an eating change. It's so easy to fall back on the old convenience meals and snacks . . .

Tomorrow we weigh . . . are people still in? Well, I guess we'll see tomorrow!!