Well, it was hard to admit, but I had regained about 16 pounds of the 53 I had lost while fasting. And I was having a TERRIBLE time getting back to fasting. Even so, I was faring better than my DH, who regained about 40 of the 50 lbs he had lost fasting. And while he was always better at fasting than I was, he was having a really rough time too. When we did manage a proper fast during the day, we'd end up overeating at night. sigh.
So I've also been embarrassed to return because I joined weight watchers last month. I've been applying a lot of what I learned here to their new program, and I'm down 13 lbs in the past month or back to 50 lbs down from my high. To be fair, their program has changed a bit to make better nutritional sense. It used to be that a point was roughly 50 calories, but fiber lowered the point value of a food and fat increased the point cost of a food. Now, a point is still roughly 50 calories, but *protein* lowers the point value of a food, while sugar and saturated fat increases it. And sugar really increases it by a lot! A 150 calorie serving of ice cream costs 7 points, while a 150 calorie serving of chicken costs 2 points.
I really need the discipline of the tracker and the points, it seems. I try to apply fasting principles -- many days of the week I use only an eating window of say noon to 8pm or 1 to 9pm. I have almost completely eliminated snacking, and I've dramatically reduced my carbs (they cost a lot of points!!).
So my husband and I have our first romantic vacation as a couple, without our son, coming up in August. We're going to Paris alone. The longest we've ever gone away without him before is 1 night, so this is definitely something we are looking forward to. I've even booked a photographer so we can get some nice pictures taken. I'm hoping to lost another 20 pound by the end of August. I'm not sure if that's entirely doable, but I'm feeling a lot better about where I'm standing right now with regard to my weight.
So I've also been embarrassed to return because I joined weight watchers last month. I've been applying a lot of what I learned here to their new program, and I'm down 13 lbs in the past month or back to 50 lbs down from my high. To be fair, their program has changed a bit to make better nutritional sense. It used to be that a point was roughly 50 calories, but fiber lowered the point value of a food and fat increased the point cost of a food. Now, a point is still roughly 50 calories, but *protein* lowers the point value of a food, while sugar and saturated fat increases it. And sugar really increases it by a lot! A 150 calorie serving of ice cream costs 7 points, while a 150 calorie serving of chicken costs 2 points.
I really need the discipline of the tracker and the points, it seems. I try to apply fasting principles -- many days of the week I use only an eating window of say noon to 8pm or 1 to 9pm. I have almost completely eliminated snacking, and I've dramatically reduced my carbs (they cost a lot of points!!).
So my husband and I have our first romantic vacation as a couple, without our son, coming up in August. We're going to Paris alone. The longest we've ever gone away without him before is 1 night, so this is definitely something we are looking forward to. I've even booked a photographer so we can get some nice pictures taken. I'm hoping to lost another 20 pound by the end of August. I'm not sure if that's entirely doable, but I'm feeling a lot better about where I'm standing right now with regard to my weight.
