Hi Nancy and Elizabeth,
Thanks for the encouragement!
I went for a 1/2 mile walk yesterday & today with my hubby & Yorkies, and came back with legs burning, back aching, but will try going out again tomorrow, morning.
Am trying to cram down all the water, but can’t get through more than 3 – 16.9 oz bottles daily as of yet. Bought some lemon juice this morning to throw in it – hope it works.
I’m not too hungry during the day, although I’m conscious of the hunger. Nights are the worst. I hope “falling back” one hour with the time change will help with that by making me go to bed earlier. Yeah, I’m stretching for anything.
I don’t want to give up, as I’m scared I will end up with diabetes like my mom if things keep going in the wrong direction. She was diagnosed with it at 50 and was dead by 58. The weight gain despite the calorie reduction makes me wonder if I’ve developed insulin resistance or have metabolic syndrome.
The whole food detox & absolutely no sugar concept of PS1000 is why I decided to try it.
However, speaking of no sugar, why are grapes an acceptable food? A 1/2 cup serving of red seedless grapes has 8g carbs, of which 7g is sugar, & that’s the lowest carb grape. You might as well eat a teaspoon of white sugar.
I looked at Rachel’s weekly meal plan, and ugh, what do you do if you REALLY hate fish? And I prefer to eat my calories instead of drinking them in a smoothie.
It looks like there are better ways to ingest the Quest powder, like protein pancakes or ice cream. I’ll steer toward the lowest carb and GI foods, except the fish and smoothies. Yuck.
Stripping everything else away, one would hope losing weight would be a numbers game. Following that thought, my age, weight, and sedentary lifestyle, my hubby & I figured to maintain my weight I must eat no more than 1,234 calories/day. Because a lb is 3500 calories and there are 7 days in a week, to lose a lb/wk, I can have 734 calories/day (1.234 – 500). 1,000 calories as recommended by PS1000 hasn’t worked for me so far. What to do about the constant hunger though is the unanswered question, You have to think it’ll be much worse at 734 than 1,000
My husband is a fantastic cook which is marvelous in many ways but is a huge problem for my weight; his idea of food portions are insanely enormous. This morning I decided to channel his talent into more positive territory by challenging him to come up with 750 calorie days, using and modifying what I like to eat. He’s accepted, and is working on menus as I write this.
We will see what happens. Cross fingers & toes.
Thanks again for your responses.
