Mary Ann's Journey

[odirish]

My fats are a little high today. I have sausage on my food list, but haven't eaten any yet. Will that be ok? My weight is down to 166. I'm happy about that. If you look at my Fitday, you gotta look at tomorrows date. I'm working night shift and I pack my meals.

Mary Ann

[Desertthorn]

Just read the label on the sausage Mary Ann, a lot of it has fillers and corn syrup. Otherwise its fine.
Came over to congratulated you on the weight loss.
I'm also on rarely lately because of work....

[imagood1]

hi Mary Ann -- wanted to stop and say hi and hope you are doing ok today!!

[odirish]

Today I transition from night shift back to day shift. I have my Fitday filled out with only a few things of what I will eat. I finished up at 7 a.m. this morning, and I have to go back in at 6:45 tomorrow morning. I slept most of today which totally messes up my meals. Between now and tomorrow evening, I will have my salad and veggies added in.

Mary Ann

[Sunny_0ne]

Hi, MaryAnn,

I just saw your journal. Instead of going to the forums, I usually just hit the "new posts" button and somehow I overlooked your thread here.

So sorry.... and so glad you joined Stallbusters.

[odirish]

I am finally off night shift.I was reading the OWL list. I have another week of Induction and I feel comfortable with it. If I read this correctly, I am to add more veggies but only 5 carbs, correct? What if I stall out? Would I have to go back to Induction again?

Mary Ann

[Sunny_0ne]

MaryAnn, plateaus are normal. You can go 3 or 4 weeks without losing anything, then the next week you might have a big loss.

A lot of times when the scale doesn't move, your body is just adapting to the change. You still may be losing inches.

No, you shouldn't go back to induction again. The reason I went back to induction was that my eating was out of control and I needed the discipline, but it is generally not a good idea.

Yes, on OWL 1, you add 5 grams of veggies and see how you react to them. Some say add them only 3 days a week the first week, then every day the next week.

[imagood1]

Originally Posted by odirish

Today I transition from night shift back to day shift. I have my Fitday filled out with only a few things of what I will eat. I finished up at 7 a.m. this morning, and I have to go back in at 6:45 tomorrow morning. I slept most of today which totally messes up my meals. Between now and tomorrow evening, I will have my salad and veggies added in.

Mary Ann

It sounds like you'll be able to better track your food intake on days! good luck, that must be tough working overnight.

[odirish]

I messed up this evening. I am definitely an emotional eater.. I don't want to gain back the weight I lost. I go back to work tomorrow, so I went ahead and packed my meals for work. (all good). I could just kick myself when I do this.

Mary Ann

[Sunny_0ne]

MaryAnn, what separates winners from losers is that winners pick themselves up and keep moving forward when they fall.

You sound like a winner to me.

Have you looked at the legal dessert recipes here and at Linda's site? When you hit one of those emotional eating attacks, you won't do yourself much harm if you stick to the legal things. And some of them taste so good, they satisfy that need even better than the illegal stuff.

Glad you are back on track!