Weigh In, July 15

Yes! I finally lost 2 pounds! Last week I was also the same, so finally this week showed some progress. Thank you God, there is hope for me after all!

I'm looking for quick, easy, low cal recipes. While doing it, I came across McDougall's site, and I watched his Starch Solution video. In short, he says that the arguments that mankind lived a heavy meat diet is all wrong. Animal bones last longer in the dirt than orange peels, so we found all that was left. He said examinations of the hair and between the teeth of the human skeletons from thousands of years ago show that they lived primarily on grains. The 6 Fuels of Civilization are barley, corn, millet, potatoes, rice and wheat. He also said that gladiators were known as The Barley Men, because they lived almost primarily on barley. Caesar's army was also not allowed to eat meat before battles, because grains gave them more strength. Anyway, that's just a touch of what he talked about It's a really interesting video all about how our body breaks down starch (not carbs, just starch) and I think I may watch it again. It's about 90 minutes, but very informative, and Dr McDougall is a very entertaining speaker. I am interested in how a diet like this affects me since I have PCOS.

Right now I'm going to enjoy my favorite breakfast. Mangoes, bananas, and fat free Greek yogurt with agave.

A big fat STALL

I lost nothing last week. Actually, according to the nice lady at WW, I gained a half pound. But my pre-meeting naked weight was a push. Must have been the padded bra that pushed me over!

I know there are a few factors that could help me lose weight better, but honestly at my weight - I should still be dropping some pounds by counting calories alone!

I don't exercise - well I do a little. Just not much. I have zero energy because I'm always working and trying to get our new business up at 'cruising altitude'. I also have too many sticks in the fire. And I have little room to exercise. But we're moving our home business in to a legit location over the next week and I'll have my exercise room back! Yippeee!!! I can zumba and yoga and walka again.

Also, I'm eating too many carbs. They're cheap and easy. Which is helpful because of that new business thing sucking up our time and money.

Both of these issues are big for me because I have PCOS and I'm insulin resistant. Carbs are not my friend, and neither is a sedentary life. It's weird, because I LOVE to exercise and I LOVE to cook. So why can't I find time to do either one?