Hi there!
Sorry I have been out for a few days. I am not in trouble per se... although I have been having terrible stomach pain today and yesterday and have been under the covers. I am still 100% wheat free so I think the change is a week-before-period thing again... drat that...
I have been exercising most days, although recently I have been taking long walks. I use my heart rate monitor to make sure I stay within 65-85% of my maximum HR, and that I burn 550-850 calories. I really enjoy exercising outside. I wish I could jog and run too, but every time I have tried recently I have inflamed my bladder and been in pain. Maybe if I got some excellent shock-absorbant shoes it would help? Not sure.
I am still learning about new things to eat. I still LOVE my blueberry-banana frozen "icecream"treat. Now for a candy sub, I freeze juicy grapes... when they are frozen I just suck on them and they are like a grape popsicle :) Also I made a delicious "tuna casserole" wherein the pasta was made of rice and instead of a regular, calorie-explosive sauce, I made a lighter sauce based in almond milk. VERY delicious. Derek loved it too! I may try the same sauce again with a shrimp dish tonight if I am feeling better enough to cook a nice shrimp dish.
There were a few days back when I was tired of cooking and CRAVING chinese food, so I ordered the healthiest things I could think of: eggdrop soup and veggie-shrimp without any sauce. Derek got General Tsao's chicken which, when I tried it, was delicious - but, not for me. Unfortunately even that forray into Chinese delivery was bad for my system - I broke out into zits and retained so much water I appeared to gain three pounds. I was frustrated. The pounds are gone now and I am once again very close to having lost fifty pounds, which I really want... So, I am currently on a clean food cleanser. I am not going to eat anything I didn't prepare, at all, from a few days ago until I come to CA (on the 15th). Also I am going to hold off weighing myself until then because the suspense is killing me! I always get so close to that mini-goal only to bloat back up.
Speaking of CA: I will be coming to celebrate Amy's graduation! I am so happy for her! Way to go Amy!
Elizabeth
Good to hear from you again! Did you know that most soy sauce has wheat it in? That may be what is causing your intestinal pain and what caused the bloating. I can't eat Chinese food, either. Must be a family trait.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are doing well...keep up the great work. Sorry that I worry about you a little when you haven't posted in a while. I start wondering if everything is OK...
Love,
Aunt Roberta