I know, I'm about 48 hrs late in posting. So I'm officially into Week 5 of Trim Healthy Mama and still loving it. I love their concept of Non-Scale Victories (NSV). That's when maybe the scale doesn't move, although they recommend forgetting the scale - most of us have lived on one long enough. Maybe you don't feel like you're losing weight or thought you'd be smaller by now. By the way, anything more than 1 to 2 lbs a week, other than maybe in the very beginning, is usually unhealthy and doesn't stay off. At the end of Week 4, I was hovering at about a 12 or 13 lb loss, I don't really see much going on day to day, but, I know I feel better, I'm almost never hungry where before I was ALWAYS feeling "unsatisfied" from the overdose of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, junk fillers, & chemicals hidden in supposedly healthy foods. Now it seems I should be eating more than I want to, so I'm making my portions a bit smaller at times, but not so small I'm starving at the next meal or snack. I have been using more Fuel Pull (FP) meals, which center on a good protein, but have so few carbs or fats to be an E or an S meal. Sometimes a Triple Zero Greek Yogurt is perfect. Just enough to keep my blood sugar stable. If I get hungry sooner than the recommended 3 hours, I stayed at a FP so I can choose either an E or an S next time. If I had eaten either an E or an S, I should wait a full 3 hours before "switching gears". By the way, I also noticed I fit in shirts & a particular pair of shorts better than before starting THM.
Good recipes from Week 4? Waldorf Cottage Cheese Salad, Quesadillas, Taco Salad, Crepes with Berries, of course Pizza! That's a once or twice a week now, Superfood Chocolate Chews (candies/FP), Creamless Creamy Chicken - that was really good, Sloppy Joe's, Sweet & Spicy Asian Stir Fry, Peanut Puff Cake (for one, with creamy frosting), and Chocolate Nut Granola (cereal with almond milk). Yeah, best foods I've even been allowed to eat on ANY plan out there!
Challenges? Not really any. I have no sugar in my system and I find in this state, I have no craving for it when I see others eating a doughnut, or cookies, or anything else sweet. I went to Paradise Bakery yesterday for lunch and although it's all healthy, I chose to try to pick either an E or an S meal so I had to give it some thought - nothing with too many carbs along with heavy dressing, nothing that would have lots of hidden sugars (esp. lite dressings), nothing with meat and cheese (S meal) served on 2 pieces of bread (E meal carbs), etc. I chose the Caesar salad, pretty much lettuce, chicken, and creamy dressing - an easy S meal - but it arrived at the table with croutons/carbs. I simply ate around the croutons leaving them in my bowl. I felt satisfied by the S meal, didn't feel like I was missing out at all by not eating the croutons. I left pleasantly satisfied, not stuffed, and happy I stayed on plan. Eating out without guilt? I love it!
This week should be easy since I'll be eating at home, but next week should be challenging. I have J's birthday so there will be cake & ice cream somewhere along the way, then a full long day at the ballpark, I'll probably just eat a loaded burger w/o the bun and bring some snacks, dinner out Friday night (we picked Sweet Tomatoes, a healthy place), and date night with Tim, no idea where that'll be.
This week's greatest recipe so far? Trim Mac Salad. All the flavors of a Big Mac but 100% healthy, nothing bad in it at all. I haven't eaten at a McD's in about 7 or 8 years, mainly because the junk hidden in the food made me sick every time before that. This recipe though - makes you feel like you're cheating on the plan, tastes so much better, and is good for you. I also love my Strawberry Shortcake Shake when I'm not hungry, but want something a little sweet.
If you haven't jumped on board with THM yet, take the book out of the library. Get started. You'll be so happy you did. The days of diets are over.
