Up and down

 88 to 81 then 85: today 84 again

Celebrating my one kilo loss, from last week, as I decided not to weight every day any more.

January I was down to 88 from 98; then continued to 81 kg till end May

Alas, from June all summer, went up again to 85, today, I see a drop again. Hope the drop will continue.

Diabetes ? Combined with...

I did believe my high cholesterol pointed the doctor to me, having diabetes 2 but it seems now that those are two different things and illnesses, the second more related to fat and heartache.

 Going up and down the stairs, not bad exercise perhaps.

 Giving speeches online, keeps me feeling alive

More end more vegetables!

Middle of June

Quiche, tomatoes and courgettes for lunch.

I looked up, and got 87 kg in January, 81 kg now, with lots of up and down but a downward curve.

Patricia prepared this lunch after we got back from M&S shop and a small vegetable/fruits shop.

No people on street, or at least very few and the shops also almost empty. About ¼ of everyone did have mask, the rest, kept their distance. Inside the shop, separations and reminders.

That gave a reassuring feeling.

Fruits of all kind

Cherries, strawberries, even bananas, all fruits recommended.

Perhaps, I eat too many of them?

I am still at 81.x and even if once I was at 80, I can not get for the moment lower, to the 79.x where I hoped.

As I begun, in September last year at almost 100kg it is not so bad, indeed, and I eat well.

I got my medicine changed to long lasting, and instead of three times a day, in the evening only.

Berries

Got three different berries, love all of them. 

The strawberries smell wonderful, and taste good.

The raspberries, taste the best, and has a subtle nice smell.

The big blackberries are melting under my mouth, but as it seems they last longer, they will be the lasts to finish. 

Happy that I ordered them!

Apples of all kind

And now, I also discovered as for children, in old  age we can grate the apples. So good!

Lunch

Lunch today. 

 Colorful! I did not miss anything.  

Cauliflower, spinach and sweet potatoes. 

Grated apples and Sweeps. I am now down to 82.xx

Loosing weight with variations

In one month. 3 kilos less, in all from 6 February. 85.4 a month ago, 82.3 today.

A lot of variation on the way. Now, looking at the water variation, it seems a lot has to do also with water retention. So, I have quit worrying about one kilo up and down, I almost had last days. And depending also of course, what hour I looked.

Today, at 4 am I was a lot heavier then at 8 am, just before my breakfast. Soon, will measure only once a week.

Attention to swindlers

While the food showed here is ok, they try to know a lot about you the sell you...almost nothing. For money up front.

Avocados + eggs will be my lunch

 Love them!

Good news today: 83.00 kg down from 95 in September, 85 from end January.

Delivery comes only after lunch, but I still have an avocado and egg.

Even went out, to shop yesterday and found two bananas. Alas, too big, so I eat half, later only the other half for next meal.

Forbidden pleasures? Small teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter, from time to time.

Not well from that?

Fruit salad, then huge diarrhoea again. Aïe aïe. Yes, it makes me loose, but no, it is not agréable.

Steaks and walking.

Those are steaks from tuna or other fish. Today, I will prepare some from turkey breast.

As my more relaxed periods first weak finished, I gained some weight, but not much. 

I have to decide, measure it only once a week not many times a day.

Get preoccupied more with other things.

I did begin to walk, slowly, not so much at the beginning. Still, 28 steps up and down to get out, and take pictures.

How to find good bred?

I love bred. And can not eat as much as I would like. OK, then three slices of toasted bred a day... but at least, those should be tasty!

How to find good bred? 

How to conserve in freezer even?

It seems a celery stick inside a closed plastic bag. Still, does not tell me which whole meal or rye bred is tasty! Some are even, alas unsalted, without announcing it. Of course, no taste because of it. 

I will not make my own bred. After the war, we used to do it, then bake it in a bakers oven. We did not have then any oven in the kitchen. Yesterday, I got bred craving and eat late evening some craquers instead. This morning, my weight is up again. Not too much.

Colours count too!

Colors, of food counts too!

First, it is enticing, here green and red from Avocados and Tomatoes.

And yellow citron, added too.

Then, all different colored foods contain different healthy ingredients.

Eventually, I may add an egg, and that adds yellow to all. And salt.

I will have to go buy avocados!

Enjoy what is

Again and again, have to remember myself:

Don't make a bigger problem with what happens to you then the problem is. 

Enjoy what is, deal the best possible with what happens. 

Perhaps, even create a book from this blog. 

Make a book from the blog?

Perhaps, perhaps not. It is not the cost, it would be good to be able to read it from beginning to end, and there are not too many posts, after all, from October to now.

I lost about ten kilos, on the way.

But that is not the most important. I learned to eat better.  I learned not to be panicked any more.

So what? I do have diabetes 2 and, probably had for a while, without knowing.

It opened a new window to a world I did not know about before, and my interest about food.

Weight changes with hours, before breakfast

At 4:30 it showed 84.9 and at 7 am it come to 84.5 

I had breakfast later, around 8 am.

This is a sign to me also not to worry about small changes on the scale. Worry only if it goes up with 2 kilos. In all, going steady down from when I begun to look every day. 

Plateaux

Learned to eat more vegetables, but also to combine more colours. Enjoy taste, savour, and delectable in colours.

Divers colours mean also combing different types of vitamins and other useful ingredients, I do not care to remember their names.

A lot changed in my life since I was diagnosed with diabetes 2, and even if now my weight is on a plateau, from September I lost  ten kilos.

Eat Pink greapefruit

Besides, they are also sweeter, tasting better.

Almost a kilo back in 24h

Usual, coffee, toasted bred, fruit, for morning. 

This, spinach and two eggs, fruit salad, for lunch.

Fresh salmon and greens for dinner. A fruit. 

Alas, after dinner, a tiny tablet of dark chocolate, some more fruits. 

Result? Almost a kilo plus! 


Was more careful today. Will se result tomorrow morning. But it said to me, one kilo goes back so fast! Have to be careful. 

Nachos, guacamole? What is it?

As I go on, discover new foods or names. Guacamole is from Avocado and Lemon mainly, the blank is cottage cheese. One can melt cheese or add other ingredients. Mexicain origin I think. 

Goal attained

For some times, my goal was to go under 86-85 kg, it is here!

Today, I found 84,8 on one of my scales, 84,5 on the older. In any way, it IS less then 85. 

I should stop to weight every morning, and yes, yesterday even did it more then once.

I still gives me an idea, as I do not stick anymore religiously to the each days prescribed meals, how what I eat, affect or not.

Of course, my skin is more and more wrinkled. It did still disturb me in my 70th, now? I really do not care.

Should not be preoccupied!

Was it too much? Instead of loosing, seems I gained some. And I even left one of the small burgers for another day.

Lunch only fruits.

There is another problem. Each time I stepped on that scale, it showed a different weight. Three times.

On my old scale, showed less. Still not less then yesterday.

Most important: I should NOT be preoccupied by my weight!

1 kilo, 2 pounds counts too

The last two weeks was to maintain my weight and went down with a kilo. A great smile, as I seen finally, get down under 86!

Christmas time, it was 89, and in October 94 kg. So even if it is not a spectacular

I quit? I changed mostly.

I did quit some foods I loved and used to eat. Most of them I do not miss.

Some, less easy to change.

Maximum 2 slices of bread, even if rye or cereal, or wholemeal, somedays, difficult.

How many fruits is too much? How many  times? And raw vegetables, salads do not agree very well with me. 

But I did quit buying, eating ice-creams, creams in small pots, even chocolate. I do not miss them. I quit butter, margarine even, so what? Did not, yet, let go of pinutbutter. How does one spell it? 

In fact, instead of Quit, I feel Embracing different kind of eating. 

Signing in to create a post?

I was ALWAYS signed in in blogger. Now, I have to sign in each time. Why? Was it because I let yesterday someone from Google help take over my screen - to help.

This morning, my son told me "yes, I will shop. Show me the fruits you want me to buy" I did, from my iPad. Almost as soon I finished, he told me "first eat or through away all you have in the fridge", then turned and put the cover over his face in his bed  again.

Well, I did throw many older things, even a still good cauliflower soup. And now, at ten I am eating a kiwi. Will see what I will choose for lunch, for sure not the fruits platter I projected. Still have food in the fridge. Will begin with cooked ones. Many crude vegetables are for other days.

What I did NOT eat

What I did not eat, is as important as what I did.

I did not eat a second portion of this cake, and this morning I arrived at 86. 

Still have to go down, towards 85. Then for some time, I will obsess about something else then loosing weight.

Perhaps, will try to avoid more the morning diarrhea. Or, forget food, drink, and try to make fun of all of this.

Framed to remember

Today, 86.3 kg and I finished the two week Scaredale. Was 88.4 two weeks ago.

My biggest problem, beside learning  is that alone, it is not easy to find and buy portions just for once, and I did not yet learn how to freeze / defrost cooked food.

Will, arrive to that too.

Now, at least two weeks of "Maintain" arrives. More flexible. More complex too.

Here is my last lunch ON framed to remember. The salmon was cooked last time, remained in fridge as too much, and in boarder line fresh only. I did not become ill from it. Some endive rest and a tomato added, Or is this from the first time, when I also had same raped carrot ?

I have still to finish, rest of chicken liver (found a recipe with eggs); some old chicken breast and a bit of lamb hamburger. This later not yet cooked, as I left half yesterday. Then only may I try creating my own version of ratatouille.

It better be good!

well toasted, tasty and smelling delicious breakfast.

Do not cheat yourself

All good and proper, and looking from beginning of December, I did loose weight.

Alas, this week, I cheated myself, a bit here, a bit there.

One egg in plus, one morning.

A fruit in plus a lunch.

Changing dinner with another day.

And so on. Well, guess what? Did not work.

This morning, I found myself again 87 kg.
See?  No fruits should have bee.n added here.

Beginning December I was 90; the 23rd when I begun seriously I was  89.2 the first January 87.9; 9th went down to 86.6 but this morning, back to 87. 0 , so... will see if it goes down a bit,  in next four days, after I have to go off and try the *maintain   2 weeks *

Today, Scaresdale

Morning was wholemeal Toast,

With coffee and mandarine.

Lunch will be  cheese slices. Spinach, next Friday.

Evening, fish and vegetables.

What have NOT eaten

Sometimes, it not what we do eat, but what what we do not eat.

I did choose the salmon diner, to finish the salmon I fried the day before, and instead of spinach I am fed up and would have taken time to cook, added asparagus I love, and just headed it fast with warm water from the sink. Added a bit of endive.

What I did NOT buy are those cakes, Galette de Roi

Perhaps, if they would have sold Slices, I would have told myself "once a year, exceptionally..." but they did sell only one big at a time. I live alone. No guests soon. So instead, I just took a picture.

Today meals

Dinner with fresh salmon and vegetables, delivered fresh from Amazon, and prepared one hour later bu me. Plus a fruit in season and a toasted wholemeal bred. Bellow, ½ of my lunch today.

And continue to loose weight.

Best diet, Mediterranean?

5 Ways To Embrace The Mediterranean Diet

Kim Pearson wrote these tips: 

1. Eat plenty of vegetables - at least five portions per day. It's a good idea to aim for three portions of veg or salad with both lunch and dinner (breakfast too if you can!).

Think trays of roasted Mediterranean vegetables, ratatouille, veg stir fries, soups and stews.

2. Eat fish and seafood regularly, including oily fish. Try to source wild (and sustainably caught) fish over farmed fish, like farmed salmon. 

3. Use good quality extra virgin olive oil. Olive oil is a key component of the Med diet and it provides numerous health benefits. It's anti-inflammatory, provides antioxidants and has heart-health benefits. However, try to not overheat olive oil as this can compromise its benefits. 

4. Choose minimally processed foods that are as close to their natural state as possible. Check ingredients lists - a good rule of thumb is: the less ingredients, the better. Instead of using shop bought multi-ingredient sauces, add flavour to foods using herbs and lemon juice.  

5. It's also worth remembering that in traditional Mediterranean cultures, people take time out to eat and focus on their meals. We often eat hurriedly at our desks in front of computers, or while scrolling through social media. If you can, take time to enjoy your meals with friends or family. Eat slowly, chew thoroughly and enjoy each mouthful.

Slightly edited points, to put them in my taste. Ex, I do not do pepper and spices.

A day : lost only 100 g

Every source agrees on a few things.

Vegetables, ex carrots are good.

Any type of berries are recommended.

Here lunch yesterday with all those, plus a few slices of French Brie, and two protein crackers.

Dinner was cauliflower with a slice of grilled wholebread with my last smoked salmon slices on it.

At least, I did not gain weight and felt well.

Wednesday lunch is Fish

Wednesday lunch : fish. Last week tuna was not good, but I will begun the New Year feasting.