Hey everyone!
Sounds like everyone has their challenges and successes! That's real life!
Sharon, boot camp is extreme but a great thing for you and husband to do together! I applaud you both! I've found that weight loss can very often take a while to creep up on you. Some weeks you think you've done great and nothing shows on the scale. Other weeks you think, "oh, not so great" and all of a sudden you are down three pounds! Hang in there girl - we all know you are dedicated!
Up, congrats on the five pounds! That is great progress for you. Eating healthy is important no matter which way you want the scale to go. However, make sure you are eating plenty of healthy fats (nuts, olive oil, olives, avocado, whole milk, etc.) when you do eat.
Trinity, you are doing great post babies and post surgery. I'm glad little easy child is enjoying being healthy with mom. I'll address the GI stuff, desserts, etc., in my update below!
JJJ, so glad to hear that you are loosing and staying healthy! You were really the impetus for this board a couple years ago and it's always great to hear the updates from you! Keep on plugging....
As for me, I have to give a huge thank you to Trinity for turning me on to the GI program. It has changed my life more than anything else I have tried. I've had success in the past with WW, but for me, it was too "wide open". My energy level has increased immensely since beginning the GI program. My waist measurements are melting away. In 4.5 weeks, I've lost 18 pounds! I've learned so much about the pitfalls of processed food vs natural whole foods. I'll never eat another low calorie frozen meal again! I've been able to eat out, have company for the 4th, have folks over for grilling, all the while staying on my green light food list! It's been awesome.
This is such a life change for me - in the past when I've done other programs I've mostly limited my portions, counted my points, etc. This change for me has been a whole new way of looking at food and how that food is processed and used by my body. I've not been hungry once in the 4.5 weeks since I started. And or me, that's saying something!
I'm living at about 95% GI at the moment.
Trinity, do you have the recipe book he wrote? "Living with the GI Diet"? It has some wonderful sweet recipes. Last Friday night I had company for dinner. I made the greatest lasagna (with mushrooms, peppers, onions, garlic, tofu, spinach, cottage cheese rather than ricotta, egg white rather than egg, low sugar tomato sauce, whole wheat pasta, etc.). It was fabulous. It is out of his book. No one knew it was anything other than veggie lasagna. We had a big tossed salad with fresh grown tomato, fat free feta, fresh basil, cucumbers and green onion (using his recipe for a standard italian dressing - red wine vin, olive oil, herbs, and dijon mustard). For dessert I used another recipe from the book for a berry crumble. Oh my, was it good. 5 cups of fresh berries (I used strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and blackberries), and one diced apple tossed with splenda and whole wheat flour then topped with soft marg spread (you know, the good kind no poly or sat fat), old fashioned oats, splenda brown sugar and chopped walnuts and cinnamon - baked in the even and served warm when the topping was brown and fruit bubbly. It was amazing and was at least 8-10 servings and totally green light GI!
Night before last I made his curry chicken recipe and, I must say, I am a curry lover, and it was delish as well. It's worth the investment for that second book because it's loaded with good stuff! The chicken curry though was from the first book.
Anyway, it's great to hear that we are all making progress on becoming healthier us this summer. Here's to continued success!
Sharon
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