Blogging has been a way for me to journal the journey, keep myself on track, be accountable, get advice and maybe help someone else while talking about my journey. I dropped the ball while struggling to maintain stability in my whole life. P3 is always rough for me but it had been getting a lot better. Throw life into the mix and disaster feels like it is raining down on your head. Being stressed and depressed feels like you really are walking around with a cloud over your head and the cloud ...
Updated May 10th, 2012 at 01:53 AM by HealthierMel
My weight is the same this morning. There is a lot of flaxseed in everything I am having. I am making flax bread which is basically mug cake in a sandwich maker so it comes out crisp on all sides and I can slice it open and add butter, cream cheese or whatever else. I have been having a lot of protein and flax smoothies and just wondered if I overdid it a bit. I don't think I am ever going to fall in love with veggies even though I am trying . . . I will just keep doing it until it has become ...
"Steak Day down 2.4 lbs. Still over LIW but considering how bad I had let it slide I am ok with it coming back down slowly. It feels like I am in training for how to live the rest of my life. I am taking things easy, going easy on myself and trying to keep the stress levels low. I am working on my meals, trying to keep the protein and fat content high, carbs low and getting the hated veggies in. I will try to keep my meals balanced and eventually figure out what is best so ...
Updated April 16th, 2012 at 07:39 AM by HealthierMel
212.2 ~ Up 0.0 ~ = 6.8 Above LIW Hi and Happy Sunday to you all. I am still working on correcting what goes on in my mind and how I react to what life throws at me. Julie I read your blog and the link that all these books have are that you really have to fix your behaviors and your reactions to different situations. Until you correct this then we will always return to old habits and problems because our reactions and the consequences of ...
Updated April 15th, 2012 at 08:06 AM by HealthierMel
Hi, I just wanted to post an update on where I am on the journey and to thank you for your support and company along the way. It is great reading about your progress and struggles because somewhere in there it helps me with all the things I am going through. Working my way back to stability. I have been working on eating stable P3 food items . . . working on getting in the veggies but they are in there. I am still above LIW but coming down, hopefully it will all gently come even ...
Wed 21 - Mar - 2012 207.2 ~ Up 0.8 ~ = 1.8 Above LIW "Still within range but going up. I am eating balanced I think so I am just going to go with it and keep hanging in there. How is your day going?" Yesterday's Meals: Breakfast: Radishes, coffee Lunch: Shrimp and cabbage, coffee, Fage & Apple Dinner: Baked Chicken, apple, cucumbers, coffee ...
Updated March 21st, 2012 at 12:24 PM by HealthierMel
Tue 20 - Mar - 2012 206.4 ~ Up 1.6 ~ = 1.0 Above LIW Back up but still in the zone. Ate later than usual. But I am ok since I am within range. Still working on balancing meals and waiting for everything to even out. For right now I am stable and I am going to be ok with that. Have a great day today. Yesterday's Meals: Breakfast: Coffee, Chicken, radishes, cocoa crack ...
Mon 19 - Mar - 2012 204.8 ~ Down 1.4 ~ = (0.6) Below LIW "Down again and under LIW . . . Nice. Had decided that I would be doing a steak day soon but as it turns out . . . I may not need to after all. I have given some thought to the advice of balancing my meals more (thanks P & J) with protein and veggies at mealtimes because that might just be all that I am really lacking. Since P3 I have been eating as ...
Updated March 19th, 2012 at 05:46 AM by HealthierMel
Sun 18 - Mar - 2012 206.2 ~ Down 1.2 ~ = 0.8 Above LIW Back down again. Has it only been 4 days of P3? It feels like forever. Julie you know maybe I really should just eat regular P2 and forget about adding anything. I did add mug cake and cocoa crack which I thought would do no harm since it is basically fat and fiber. Fat that we need to add back in and fiber to make you go. I am hoping to blame it on TOM but that could be hopeful ...
Updated March 18th, 2012 at 06:21 AM by HealthierMel
Sat 17 - Mar - 2012 207.4 ~ Up 1.6 ~ = 2.0 Above LIW Bounced back up. I am taking today easy and not going to stress over it. Maybe it is a TOM thing so I will just not go crazy over the numbers. . . .well maybe a little crazy. I already had breakfast so the rest of the day will have to be coffeed up and that will be that. I really do not like P3 but I have to find a way to conquer it. Made an observation yesterday ...