sngglebnny님의 저널, 2016년 02월 25일

I'm soooooo busy!!!! But let me see if I can't catch you all up quickly.

I put on weight when I went on vacation to Jamaica last August. I didn't stuff myself with vacation food; quite the opposite. We rented a house which came with house staff who took care of us. They didn't have much vegan-friendly food, but what they did have I still had to share with everyone else staying in that house (16 ppl, I think). There was also not enough food, so I found myself eating my snack foods like they were meals. The food that I could eat was also inflammatory to my body, so I became super puffy and bloated over those 8 days.

I was 193 upon returning and gaining. I hadn't realized that I had picked up some bad habits. For example, eating too much avocado, eating chips frequently, eating processed vegan foods for convenience sake, and eating out several times per week (sometimes for every meal in a day). To me, it felt like I hadn't changed a thing. However, in reality I was no longer a High Carb, Low Fat, Whole Foods, Plant Based vegan (HCLF, WFPB), I was a High Carb, High Fat, junk vegan.

It took two months to get a grip on myself and take a real assessment. I got angry that I had reached 197 (gaining back 17 of the 20 I lost in Q1 of 2015). In November, I got back on track. First, cooking from home which makes WFPB easier. Then realizing how much fat I consumed on the daily and getting back to HCLF.

I got down to 193, then gained 2lbs over Christmas, but quickly lost them by the end of the first week of January. I've been losing an average of a pound per week since.

I did the Potato Cleanse with High Carb Hannah and her Facebook group for 27 days. I learned so much, and I lost inches inches INCHES but only 3 pounds. I learned about resistant starches and the role they play in feeding your good gut bacteria. I have become a regular pooper. I've learned new recipes and have incorporated new veggies into my life. My hypoglycemia (though naturally regulated through food) makes weight loss tough and slow. But it's coming off...again, at a rate of 1 lb per week.

I'm so happy to be going back down. I'm under 06/26/15's weight by a full pound. I may not be on here much, but I haven't given up. I just took a wrong turn and had no idea until I ended up almost gaining everything back. I mean, guys, I could have told you to your face with conviction that I hadn't changed my eating habits at all! I had no idea.

At this rate, I'm looking at ~6 more weeks until I'm back at that 20 lb mark (200 --> 180) that I reached last year. And, probably at the same time I reached it...I don't know, I'll have to check.

Wish me luck!