To Eat or Not to Eat

I ran the air conditioner all night our first night here and Deb did too. It wasn’t hot, but muggy. When I got up this morning, Intellicast said it was 68 degrees here with 95% humidity!  And it wasn’t raining!  I didn’t know you could have humidity like that without rain. UGH! But the temps are really nice for the next 4 days…in the 60’s, my favorite!  But humidity still running high…85% right now. Yhen last night the temps got down tp 46 degrees and I was freezing with just my sheet and flimsy light blanket!!  My heavier quilt was in the car and I didn’t feel like getting up and limping out there to get it so I stole Roxie’s fleece throw. The forecast was for a low of 55 so I didn’t think I needed extra blankets. the humidity is still high.

OK so I’m not going to say I’m on a DIET (the dirtiest of the 4-letter words) but I am trying to lose weight. I don’t want to be that gigantic woman riding a motorized cart everywhere. Because let’s face it, when you see someone like that, do you think “Oh poor dear, she must have terrible arthritis or a knee injury”? No, you wonder if she lost weight, would she be able to walk. Er…don’t you? I kinda do. However lately I seem to keep slipping towards being her and not me, the girl who’s only chunky, not huge. Especially since I originally hurt my knee in February, I know I’ve gained weight since I don’t actually DO anything any more. My ortho doc in NC told me that for every pound you gain, it puts 20 extra pounds on your knees! Would that be 20# each, or 10# each? I don’t know but either way it’s pretty horrifying. Bring on the Hover-Round. It’s really a Catch 22 situation because once you have limited mobility, it’s way harder to lose weight.

I called a friend tonight and she mentioned buying cans of frosting and eating it with a spoon. Well YUMMO, what a great idea; I love frosting!  (I hate her and I’m never calling her again.)

Another friend told about a way of losing weight where you eat conservatively 5 days a week, and every 3 days or so you eat only 500 calories a day. He’s losing a pound a week and is down 30# so far! Sounds good except I’m pretty sure I could never do a 500 calorie day since I don’t like salads or vegetables. What would that be, one mini Snickers bar?

So I’ve written down some Eating Rules:

1. Don’t eat anything more after a meal (like dessert) until at least 20 minutes have passed since the last bite. I’ve been setting a timer and it works pretty well; usually after 20 minutes, I can maybe be satisfied with only one cookie, not a whole candy bar or two or three.
2. A la “The Zone Diet”, try to always eat some fat & protein to balance out the carbs. It slows down the rate of glucose production.
3. If you want candy, try to just eat a cookie or something not 100% sugar instead. Sometimes that backfires and you eat all kinds of “better” stuff but are never appeased until you eat that one thing you originally wanted.
4. Don’t buy frosting in a can.
5. Don’t eat after 10 pm.
6. Really, don’t eat after 11 pm.
7. Absolutely no eating after midnight.

I’m sure there must be more good, sensible rules that I’m missing….but I think these are a pretty good start.

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