Health and Weightloss Weeks 5&6

Week 5

This post is a bit longer than the other's due to it being a double week post. I am learning that drinking water is key to weight loss. Sometimes its hard but I have figured out that adding lemon and grapefruit essential oils to mine. Helps add a bit of flavor and helps curb appetite some and cravings for non healthy stuff which is probably because while at my dad's I didn't use any and he had cookies and caramels available to eat which I had some. So my weightloss was non existent and gained about a pound back till I quit indulging in refined sugary foods. Program is perfect and it really does good to stick to it. When you fall off the laid program it will hinder results you are wanting. This however doesn't mean to completely give up and throw in the towel. It just means jump back in and do what you provides results of weight loss and optimal health.

 Lean and Green and Fueling hacks



 We made Cheesy Chicken Cauliflower Skillet and we added in scrambled eggs to make more like fried rice. I loved it, Paul and my dad thought it alright. I think its going to make repeat back since I liked it.

 We had fajita's but since tortilla's are not on plan I made them into lettuce wraps which is so good. I had some avcado being my healthy fat, a bit of sour cream, some guacamole salsa and cheese. I try to not make my family eat to much rabbit food since they don't like it. Their taste buds haven't detoxed like mine have fully. Also I would prefer my children eat because they need the fat. Paul is such a trooper with this change in our eating habits. He still prefers to eat like he's been used to and likes to goad me about my not allowed to eat certain things.


 Health is All About Choice

In his book Dr A's Habits of Health Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson talks about Primary and Secondary Choices we make in our lives and ties it into our Optimal Health Journey's. He says  "Optimal health isn't a destination but a state of being that you achieve - a change in orientation whereby you create a new state of being that revolves around making the daily choices that support health." (Anderson, 2008, pg 30).

He goes on to state "Your fundamental choice in optimal health. Your primary choices are the foundational components of health that serve as your goals. And your secondary choices are the day-to-day actions you need to take to get you there."(Anderson, 2008, pg 36).

Week 6

 Not to bad for spring break didn't gain a ton just a couple of pounds for making choices not on plan. I then got back on plan instead of letting bad choices ruin me or my journey. Weight loss came two days into this week and I am at 107.8lbs. Haven't really lost alot of inches which is totally fine. I got my newest box of food before going on vacation and I have new flavors of stuff I am trying. So far all the shakes, smoothies, and bars I like.

Lean and Greens and Fueling Hacks

 This is vegetable chili. I added in a wedge of laughing cow low fat cheese. It wasn't great the beans were kind of crunchy so I bet I have to soak it a little bit more to make it better than this day's meal. So its not my favorite so I didn't reorder any of it when I placed my third order. But its not near as bad as the mac and cheese.
 I made Zesty meatballs and cauliflower rice with some butter and tiny bit of italian seasoning for flavor. I'm sad I over cooked the meatballs so they were dry but the overall flavor wasn't to bad. 

 
 Another night we had cream of chicken over rice and I just substituted it for cauliflower and I really liked it alot. I try not to to torture my family with tons of cauliflower because they think its to  bland no matter what I do to it. My husband says to me well its still cauliflower. 

This Laughing Cow Stuffed Chicken was super delicious.

 
The rest of the week I had salad's or chicken salad wraps with a yummy butter lettuce and some walnuts and dried cranberries. Oh my goodness it was the best.


Your Health Status 

I have compared day one picture to this day which was last week sometime I have slimmed down some the shirt is noticably looser which is amazing. I also noticed I can now where size 16 pants/ capri's and they are loose on my body as well. 
 I did this assess tool and I am in the sick range and its ok. I know I am improving because I didn't have cholestrol numbers to add or subtract in. But I know those numbers should probably improving compared to what they have been.
I also looked at his which is part of assessing where you fall on the above picture you have to figure out your BMI body mass index and I fall into obese because its at 34 but its falling from where it began which is a good thing. A bonus of this all because I insist on my family eating some of the lean and green meals with me that my husband has lost some inches around his waist as well. Yay for cleaner eating in my house. Till next week. 


References


Anderson, W.S. Dr. (2008). Dr. A's Habits of Health: The Path to Permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health Annapolis, MD: Habits of Health Press.

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