I don't start the DIEt until June 23rd at night. My first class is June 16th and I will for sure post how that goes. I am supposed to be reading a book also...I've no time for that, but plan to read it in Las Vegas next week. Did I tell you I was going to Las Vegas for a week? Husband has a medical conference there, so I'm going to lounge at the New York New York pool for a whole week! Woot!
So here are some sobering things I've come across today. I saw a friend today who I am 99% sure did the Optifast diet 2 years ago. I say this because he suddenly looked like a cancer victim after one summer. I believe only Optifast members can look like that. When I asked him how he was and said you look great he said he had been dieting. I didn't go any further than that. It's a very personal thing for men. I saw him today. He hasn't gained all of it back, but he has gained quite a bit back. My friend's husband was on the program last year. I saw him at a brunch last weekend with a HUGE plate of food. He had just come off the program when I saw him last year. He too looked like a cancer patient (I have so much to look forward to...in my sarcastic tone) When I saw him last weekend he looked quite heavy, but not as heavy as I have remembered him in the past. I asked my friend today how he was doing on the program. She said he gained 30 pounds back! I said "yikes! Is he doing the maintenance?" She replied no and she was ready to knock him upside the head.
Something I also have noticed...I watch people eat. I note how much they eat. I'm not caring how much I eat right now. I'm enjoying my last few days of eating whatever I want because in a few weeks....that will never be the case again.
Do you have food restrictions? I know you feel full faster, but are there foods that you are not supposed to eat? I have a feeling I'm going to have quite a few food restrictions when the time comes. I'm trying to get my mind wrapped around that.
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Ok, so hopefully I'm not retarded. When I accepted the post with my tcoe account and logged into blogspot with by gmail account I couldn't comment, but now I can with the invite on the gmail account. thanks!!
Jealous of the Las Vegas week. I haven't been in a long time. I know the kids and Nick love going on. My SD AVID work trips. It's more work for Nick but all fun for the kids.
I think with any diet - other than good old fashioned portions size decrease, exercise, and lifestyle change - there's the risk of weight gain after the weight loss, don't you think? Old habits are too hard to break.
I watched people eat too. I also, if you'll remember, texted, emailed people and asked them to tell me about what they ate so I could live vicariously, I guess.
At the beginning of the process I found only drink broth and other low calorie liquids for the first week, then moved to thicker foods like apple sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy...then mashed foods , then regulars foods...took about a month to eat regular stuff. Now, I'm supposed to eat my protein first, then veggie, and if I have room a bit of carbs. Eating the protein first helps stop the food from going through the smaller opening as fast. And i feel fuller faster. I'm supposed to eat slowly and chew food finely. I'm supposed to stay away from the foods I ate at the beginning (mashed potatoes and gravy and other foods like that.
On my iPad...I can't move the cursor to the end of my comment to finish!!! Bastards!!!
anyway, I can eat A LOT more than I should be able to if I don't follow those rules. Like beans and rice? Can et s butt load of that. I can eat more soup, foods that have a sauce or gravy. I guess it goes through the smaller opening faster.
thanks for being patient with me while I figured out this bloodspot thing.
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