The past 6 months have been rough on my ability to loose weight. I had loss 50 pounds by the end of January. After January, I kind of plateaued. I may have been eating a little too much fruit, or not enough veggies. It wouldn't be unusual for me to just eat proteins at night. It was more being too tired to cook than anything. Plus I was not as good about drinking water as I should have been. And I was probably drinking too much Cacao and herbal teas than I should. Especially when I was adding sweetened creamer or honey to them.
My blood sugars had been good and stable. But around mid March my blood sugar would drop for no reason. It was really scary when I would wake up in the middle of the night with my blood sugar in the 50's. Apparently with all the weight loss I needed to change up my meds. I am happy to say I am off 2 diabetes meds. But I am not losing weight as well as I should be. Also my blood sugar is running a little higher. But it is still under where the doctor told me she wanted it.
Part of the problem is that between the end of March and the end of June, there are so many days that I would cheat on. First I was sick twice with a stomach bug, which meant a BRAT diet for a few days. BRAT diets are all starch. Plus there were 3 birthdays to celebrate, four holidays to celebrate, plus two weekends of canning which meant quick fast and easy food, i.e. starches. Then there were the 4 trips that I took. Okay 3 were just long weekend trips, but we were visiting family. My kids are really good about helping me to stick to the diet but the trips were also celebrations of sorts and food is a big part of celebrating. The fourth trip is a business trip and I am still on it. It is the hardest of all.
Part of the reason this trip is so hard is because I finally broke through the plateau right before starting it. So I am determined to not go off the deep end. The other part is that most of the food is prepared for us. Its a technical forum and most of our meals are provided. I am mostly eating veggies and fruit with just a little meat. It has been rough. I fill up on veggies but they aren't staying with me. I need more protein. But all the protein is wrapped in starches. Even yogurt for breakfast has granola in it. It was just the better choice but not an ideal choice. For the first time since starting the no starch diet, I am actually hungry.
So I have an inkling that protein is core of the hunger issue. I had more protein choices today and am not as hungry tonight. It has been an interesting experience. I can do the no starches with a fair amount of success. But I am still blowing out on my cheat days. I need to be able to control myself on cheat days before I start adding starches back into my daily diet.
I still have 2 more days before I get home. So far I have resisted temptation and stuck to the starch free diet as much as possible with the options I have. I have resisted yummy desserts, Danish pastries, yummy looking breakfast sandwiches, delicious looking potato dishes and all sorts of bread and Pasta. It has not been easy.
I would really like to break the 80# mark before the end of July. That is less than10# to go. I just need to be really good about water, light veggies and enough protein.
What do you do when traveling? What are your pit falls?
