Once again I find myself on a journey. Really I've only been taking the train in one direction until now. I've also found that really I stopped paying attention to the scenery a long time ago. I've peaked out at my top weight. This is the second time in 2 years. Lost 15 kg last time and it's come back. Not to mention it wasn't enough to begin with.
134.3 kg. The heaviest I have ever been. Twice. Now I plan on checking out the details and the scenery on the way back down. I don't want to lose this weight instantly. I don't want to starve myself completely.
Recently I have done a hole lot of reading. Michael Pollen's books gave me a bunch of things to think about. So I did. Then I started reading a few other books and thinking about them too. The end of Overeating, a really interesting book kind of depressing. Then the China Study, really eye opening. All this reading and thinking was all leading in one direction really. More plants, less processed foods and very little meat. As Michael Pollen stated at the end of In Defense of Food; Eat Food, not too much, mostly plants. The guy makes a very interesting point. Reading the China Study I can see the evidence, the scientist in me believes and reads and understands. Meat and animal derived proteins are what is killing people eating the "western diet". The thought that the food I eat can have more impact on my life and the issues I experience health wise than even my genes and the toxins I'm exposed to scared my damn socks off. I don't think I've read anything so immersive, and so scary in my life.
I have a plan. Well I don't know if it should be called that really but, i have joined up with WW after quitting I. Digust whenthey closed all the meetings I could get to. I've found another and even though I have issues with some stuff the support and regular meetings mean I can cheat for too long. This is my thing to keep me accountable. The next part of my plan is personal training, I go once a week, not a really huge amount granted. This is to keep me focused on exercise, also I get to see my mum once a week and catch up as we train together. Final parts of the plan. Food. Of course and plan of this kind is food focused and last thing blog. Somewhere some time to have a spot to let it out and make sense of my relationship with food and how it affects my life. A detail of my trip back down the train line. Maybe someone else will get some kind of inspiration from it or find something that can help them. Regardless, the blog is for me to talk it out.
Food is something which I think needs a discussion all it's own. I've changed my views on food quite radically in the last few months. I'm still working a lot of it out myself.
Currently a day for me is a Bircher style muesli. Home made lots of seeds and the apple juice and grated apple. Some fruit and corn thins for morning tea, lots of green tea and water all day. I drink about 3 Lyra of green tea. 2 Lyra of water and then maybe 2 other drinks. Usually coffee or hot choc. Lunch is a sandwich. About 3 incus high, a slice of cheese maybe some meat although this is becoming less common and every salad veg you can think of and some extras. Afternoons tend to be some vege sticks and dip. Dinner is vegetables some kind of grain and maybe fish or chicken or occasionally kangaroo.
I've cut down on my milk consumption dramatically. From using over ultras of milk in less than a week to maybe finishing a 600ml before it goes off. Meat is slowly going too. I'm working on changing and increasing vegetable consumption and the pulling back in the meat. The first change was to increase the fish. Next step is move away from more meat, probably lunch and maybe reduce the frequency over dinner.
So here's to a new start again and focus on why is the best for me.
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