{"id":52036,"date":"2017-05-03T07:54:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=52036"},"modified":"2017-05-02T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T15:57:09","slug":"light-carb-update-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=52036","title":{"rendered":"Light Carb Update #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s talk goals for a minute.<\/p>\n

I think I’ve been doing this new diet for a little over a month now. It seems to be working. I have hit some roadblocks here and there but then I’d correct the behavior and see a loss the next week. It was encouraging to see progress.<\/p>\n

Since I’m not doing a super restrictive low-carb diet (20grams a day) it’s doable. I don’t feel like I am being really deprived of anything. I feel like I’m eating enough carbs in moderation that, for the most part, I don’t feel crazed. So I feel like I can keep going on this diet for awhile.<\/p>\n

My goal<\/strong> is to lose more 3 pounds before we go on vacation at the end of May. We’re going to Bend and I want to be able to enjoy my favorite beer (Boneyard) in Bend without feeling like I’m doing major damage to my progress. (Of course, everything in moderation…)<\/p>\n

My end goal<\/strong> for this diet is to get back to my pre-baby weight. I was 157 when I got pregnant. Still over my goal weight of 150 but I’d be really happy just to get back to 157 and then go from there.<\/p>\n

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Since I’m paying more attention to my macros these days, I had to go in and change the settings in MyFitnessPal. According to this source<\/a>, the percentages should look like this for a normal diet:<\/p>\n

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends eating within the following ranges:<\/span><\/p>\n

Carbohydrates: 45-65% of calories<\/span><\/p>\n

Fat: 20-35% of calories<\/span><\/p>\n

Protein: 10-35% of calories<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For about a month now, my percentages have been this:<\/p>\n

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My cheat meal this week ended up being on a Wednesday. My friend Star came over for lunch and brought Thai food! I was good for lunch and had the cashew chicken without the rice. It was delicious! But she left us some Thai veggies, curry sauce and rice for dinner and I decided that it would be better to eat the cheat meal (rice) Wednesday night instead of waiting two days for the weekend! It was so good, too. I did notice that I woke up the next morning feeling really hungry. I guess that’s from eating almost 200grams of carbs the day before…!<\/p>\n

Progress<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently I was able to wear a shirt that hasn’t fit in a very long time. Also, changed my belt to one hole tighter! My jeans are loose and falling down a bit. Those were nice NSVs!<\/p>\n

Also, the swimsuit I’m wearing is starting to get uncomfortably too loose. It’s the swimsuit I wore when I was pregnant–from weeks 26 to like week 32. It’s an XL swimsuit. (After week 32 I had to switch to a two piece maternity suit.) I’m not quite ready for my pre-pregnancy swimsuit but it’s kinda nice that this one is getting too big now!<\/p>\n

The scale is stuck, currently. So this week I reduced my calories to 1500 for a base, instead of 1600. We’ll see if that jump starts things again.<\/p>\n

Challenges<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am surprised at how high in carbs tomatoes are. I wanted some tomato soup and it was almost as many carbs as rice! Then we were going to have spaghetti squash with turkey meatballs and marinara sauce was like 20+ grams of carbs!! What the hell? I don’t get it.<\/p>\n

So instead of marinara sauce, we used pesto, which was delicious with the spaghetti squash. In the past I would have been weary of pesto because it’s so high in calories—but I was more accepting of using it because the carbs were ridiculously low (like maybe 2 or 5 grams?).<\/p>\n

Weekends tend to be harder for me to stay “on plan”…friends want to get together, Michael wants to get pizza…so having a cheat meal on the weekend is best. I did sort of have an extra cheat day over the weekend…We went out to lunch at the food carts as a family and I got lamb gyro. It was SO GOOD! And so much food. I ate the pita wrap (which was amazing) and honestly it wasn’t crazy in carbs like I was expecting.<\/p>\n

That night it was also my book club meeting. We went to a Mexican restaurant instead of the usual wine bar we usually go to. I ordered smart though! I got a salad (and skipped the taco shell bowl) and it had shredded pork, pico de gallo, guacamole and some Mexican cheese crumbled on top.<\/p>\n

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The downside to the salad was the tortilla chips on top (yes I ate them) and I had one glass of wine with dinner. So I made good choices–and some not good choices, but I’m not beating myself up about it.<\/p>\n

New This Week<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Michael tried out a new breakfast one day. It was pretty good! I forgot to take a photo, but here is the recipe:\u00a0PALEO SAUSAGE EGG \u201cMCMUFFIN\u201d<\/a>. It was basically two eggs used as the “biscuit” and a piece of sausage in the middle.<\/p>\n

We both liked it and it was very filling and satisfying and you almost didn’t notice that it didn’t have a biscuit. We both agreed the sausage patty was a little too thick. I think if he makes it again he’ll do it a little thinner. It was a nice change!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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