EXERCISE mini-trampoline/kickbox combo 60 min
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz
EATS
* homegrown peaches
* rolled oats, water, peaches, Martian Milk
* veggie pasta sauce (quinoa, cabbage, kale, collards, sweet peppers, onions, garlic, Shelley’s homegrown tomatoes in tomato sauce)
* high fiber spaghetti
* nutritional yeast
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE none
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz
EATS
* The Bubba lunch (from The Spot in Hermosa Beach) Rice, black beans, collard greens, mustard greens, Savory Sauce, XL-cornbread and salsa
* XL-honey roasted (think oil, sugar, salt, yikes!) almonds
* homegrown peaches
* gfo smoothie (homegrown peaches, kale, lemon, ice water) add uncooked oats
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE mini-trampoline 60 mins
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz
EATS
* gfo smoothie (homegrown peaches, homegrown apple, dates, kale, ice water) add uncooked oats
* 8 fig cookies
* HUGE salad (mixed greens, cabbage, radishes, strawberries, red baby potatoes, craisins, alfalfa sprouts, pumpkin seeds) w/ homemade creamy lemon vinegarette dressing (lemon juice, extra firm tofu, vinegar, avocado, dill weed, lemon pepper)
* homegrown peaches & banana
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE
# kickbox 60 mins
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3) × (25.4) = 76.2 oz
EATS
* homegrown peaches, bananas, grapes
* salad (mixed greens, strawberries, grapes, onions, XL-honey roasted sunflower seeds) w/ homemade creamy lemon vinegarette dressing (lemon juice, extra firm tofu, vinegar, avocado, dill weed, lemon pepper)
* potato/quinoa/kale burger – dogs on XL-whole wheat hotdogs buns w/ tomatoes & alfalfa sprouts
* corn on cob
* few baked steak fries w/ XL-catsup
* XL-soda (12oz)
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
My commitment to this Low-SOS (salt, oil, sugar) vegan journey began on March 16, 2015. I have completed 134 days. Soon I’ll be celebrating my 20TH WEEK ANNIVERSARY… and I’ve lost approximately one PAINLESS pound per week.
I had been eating sparkly clean, until I picked up this nasty summer strep throat a few weeks ago. It really threw off my groove. I stopped exercising (too tired). I stopped munching on raw veggies. I ate too much bread. I cheated on the sugar as I pounded down far too many sweet sodas to soothe my miserably ragged throat. But during this illness I only gained a few pounds, much fewer than I felt I deserved! Still I worried. I found myself doing something I don’t believe I’ve ever done, I was worrying about the scale!
I’m over these wacko two week weigh-ins!!! Numbers freak me out. I want to live free of them! Weigh-in days are becoming far too stressful. I feel like I’m working madly just to reach some silly magical number. I’ve decided to stay away from the scale, and to NOT wrap a measuring tape around this waistline for many months! I won’t even say how many, just until the spirit moves me.
Click here to listen to what youtube’s High Carb Hannah (who lost 50 pounds in one year living this way) has to say about weighing ourselves:
She recommends an average weight loss of one pound per week… hey, that’s what I’ve been doing on accident! And like Hannah I’ve done it eating all I want, and exercising just as I see “fit”, and no more.
EATING ABOVE THE LINE
Yes, I am committed! I will continue this lifestyle forever, making most of my food selections ABOVE THE GREEN LINE in this table:
(Or you may CLICK HERE to download this table)
Not detailed enough for you? How about THIS version:
(Or you may CLICK HERE to download this longer version)
The key is something called calorie density. This is a measure of calories per pound of each food item in the list. The items higher positioned on the chart have fewer calories per pound, so we can eat one POUND of the higher positioned items & be consuming fewer calories than eating the same amount of lower positioned items! You might tell yourself: ALL U CARE TO EAT, ABOVE THE GREEN LINE… AND ONLY OCCASIONALLY BELOW IT!
A fellow who really promotes this concept of eating plant dominant, low calorically dense, minimally processed foods (mostly above the green line on my chart) is psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle. Here’s his highly sophisticated version of my food density table:
He and Dr. Alan Goldhamer describe in their best selling book The Pleasure Trap a “fascinating new perspective on how modern life can turn so many smart, savvy people into the unwitting saboteurs of their own well-being.”
I love this guy and I can’t really say why. He draws me in when he explains his theories, and he often makes me laugh because some of his ideas I find delightfully silly! Here he describes how freely eating certain foods (the ones listed above the green line on my chart) will automatically regulate your weight, “…if you’re a relatively young person (your weight) will regulate down about two pounds per week, so literally in the 20 years it took you to gain 40 pounds you can unwind it in 20 weeks!”
Okay, maybe I’m only “relatively young enough” to effortlessly lose one pound per week, instead of two… or more likely it’s my tendency to dip down below the green line a bit too often. I do, but what the heck, I’m still losing the pounds and I’m having fun doing it!
Take a listen to Dr. Lisle, he’ll make you laugh! And print out my calorie density chart, paste it to your refrigerator door, and eat most often ABOVE THE GREEN LINE!
Chow! …oops, I mean CIAO! 🙂
EXERCISE
# kickbox 60 mins
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(4) × (25.4) = 101.6 oz
EATS
* figs!
* homegrown peaches
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbage, kale, chicory, strawberries, grapes, onions, radishes)
* top w/ cold pasta, dress w/ pomegranate vinegar
* baked potatoes topped w/ leftover veggie pasta sauce
* chocolate smoothie (frozen banana, cocoa powder, blueberries, grapes)
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE
# walk 20 mins
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(4) × (25.4) = 101.6 oz
EATS
* figs!
* grapenuts w/ blueberries & almond milk
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbage, kale, chicory, strawberries, grapes, onions) w/ ranch dressing (extra firm tofu, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Italian seasoning, dill weed, smoked paprika, Himalayan sulfur XL-salt, bit of XL-sugar) & XL-peanuts, pumpkin seeds, craisins
* veggie pasta sauce (quinoa, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, endive, chicory, sweet peppers, onions, mushrooms, quinoa in tomato sauce)
* high fiber spaghetti
* nutritional yeast
* brussel sprouts
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE
# walk 90 mins
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(4) × (25.4) = 101.6 oz
EATS
* grapes
* homegrown peaches
* tomato, alfalfa sprouts, XL-avocado, mustard on rye bread
* homemade corn tortilla strips (heated in pan w/ one quick spritz of XL-coconut oil) dipped in salsa
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbage, kale, chicory) w/ ranch dressing (extra firm tofu, apple cider vinegar, mustard, Italian seasoning, dill weed, smoked paprika, Himalayan sulfur XL-salt, bit of XL-sugar) & XL-peanuts, pumpkin seeds, craisins
* banana
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
EXERCISE
# (rest)
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3.5) × (25.4) = 88.9 oz
EATS
* rolled oats w/ hot water
* Martian milk (kale, spinach, 2 dates, banana, almond milk)
* homegrown peaches
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts cabbage, kale, chicory) w/ green goddess dressing (split pea soup, extra firm tofu, vinegar, mustard, almond milk, seasoning) & white beans
* grapes
* ice dream (frozen banana, dates, cacoa powder, raw spinach, XL-Brazil nuts)
* slice of grilled Russian rye w/ XL avocado, tomatoes, Italian spices
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods
BUT TRASH THE DRESSING IN THIS KALE KIT!!
EXERCISE
# (rest)
WATER: (goal: > 75)
(3.5) × (25.4) = 88.9 oz
EATS
* banana, peaches
* chopped salad (escarole, endive, radicchio, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, chicory, dried cranberries, pumpkin seeds) w/ green goddess dressing (split pea soup, extra firm tofu, vinegar, mustard, almond milk, seasoning) Caution: The bagged greens in photo are not organic, but they’re good in a pinch. DON’T EAT THAT GARBAGE DRESSING IN THE “SALAD KIT”, TOSS IT IMMEDIATELY & EAT THE VEGGIES! 🙂
* grapes
* veggie pasta sauce (quinoa, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, endive, chicory, sweet peppers, onions, tomatoes in tomato sauce & pomegranate vinegar)
* high fiber spaghetti
* nutritional yeast
* blueberries
Cmmt: XL indicates uncommon extravagantly luscious foods