My pulled muscle continued to bother me trough the remainder
of June and into July. In the end of
July beginning of August I increased my exercise regimen to two days of walking
then one day off. I have been keeping that up; except for the weekend I had the
Norovirus. Due to the severe heat my
lawn mowing has taken a down turn.
In July, my menu had some serious mistakes. I had three
potato dishes, two rice dishes, and one corn bread dish. My diet also took a hit during my bout with
the Norovirus. I ended up eating potatoes, broth, pea soup and rice. Once again it was a very carbohydrate heavy
month. One dish I made was Quaker Oats
meatloaf with Irish colcannon. I chose
colcannon instead of regular mashed potatoes, because the dish includes kale
and leeks. It was tasty, and I learned a
substitution trick. If a recipe calls for the spice mace, use four times the
amount in nutmeg.
In early to mid-July I weighed myself at Weight Watchers,
inside the Cedar Hills Crossing mall. I ended up with 377. I had gained 2 lbs. I was very
disappointed. I went down the wrong path
and went off my diet that evening. One thing I am doing better with portion
control, I am no longer using my dinner plates, but my lunch plates instead. I
need to cut down, my fast food intake, seriously.
I went and had my blood work done at the end of July. My doctor set up a phone appointment to
discuss the results. My triglycerides
were a little high. My doctor advised
that I eliminate my red meat. I decided to limit it instead. For the month of
August, I replaced turkey ham for ham and ground turkey for ground beef. Mashed potatoes will be replaced with mashed
cauliflower, to help with my carbohydrate intake.
My doctor also suggested I increase my seafood intake. At
first I thought I could not afford it. I
later realized I could, if I went the canned or frozen routes. My mom came back at the beginning of August and
bought my some crayfish to help with what the doctor suggested. I do have my Fred Meyer sushi splurge every 2nd
of the month.
The cooking is still on a serious learning curve. I had not lost my touch with my signature
dish Filipino adobo. I made Filipino chicken pancit for the first time, it was
everything I remembered. There are a few
tweaks needed for that. Carrots need to
be put in at the end and the bean threads need a longer soaking time, possibly
with boiling water. The pancit recipe I
use utilizes mung bean threads, so it is low in carbohydrates, high in protein,
and gluten free. I made grandma’s zucchini casserole again in August; it also
needs a few tweaks too. This was the
first time I baked it in a regular oven instead of using the microwave. Eggs
need to be better beaten and it needed to be in the oven longer.
I need a smaller frying pan for tortilla Española AKA
Spanish tortilla. Flavor-wise it was
spot on. In June I received a Puerto
Rican cuisine cookbook and in early August I picked up two Mexican cuisine
cookbooks. One was Mexican Cooking for
Dummies and the second my 1000 Mexican dishes. The second was chosen for having
a pipian dish; pipian is a sauce the uses seeds or nuts. The version I was looking for used pumpkin
seeds. I had it once and loved it. I lost my previous cookbooks with such a
recipe. The Mexican Cooking for Dummies was chosen,
because before the cooking from scratch in May I always bought pre-packaged
salsas and other Latin sauces. There is
even a recipe to make your own crema sauce.
I am able to do more than I was back in March or even last
year. Still trying to get some yard work
done, but the summer heat is making it a difficult prospect. I am walking late at night/ early in the
morning in order to not cause issues. I think I pull my muscle in June, because
I did too much in a small period of time without resting.
On August
7th, 2015 , I was weighed by my doctor and again on the
12th by my dietitian. I
weighed in both times at 368 lbs. My
total loss is currently at 34 lbs. My
current goal is to be at 350 lbs by December.
Fifty pounds a yeas seems like a healthy weight loss. I should at that weight also be down a
couple more pants sized and down to 3 XL tall for shirts.
Goals from now on, I am working to increase the number of
vegetarians dishes to two egg and two non egg based dishes. The non egg based dishes can have egg in
them, but they are not the central ingredient. I need to trim the fast food down to once a
week, the once every other. I plan to increase my walking in September to three
days walking one day off, then in October four on, one off, and so on until I
am walking daily with the occasional day off from time to time. Then I get to
walking daily, I increase the distance.
Hopefully, I will get to increase the speed too. I plan to decrease my
red meat intake to two or three dishes a month, not including eating out a few
of times a month. That means choosing
better options, even when eating out.
This is a lifestyle change, so it will be a work in
progress. I am constantly learning. I am constant changing what does not work and
keeping what does. I have to constantly
remind myself this is a marathon, not a sprint.
In the four and a half months since I stated this path since the end of
March 2015, I have learned so much and much about myself. I am handling it better than I thought I
would have.
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