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I just learned something intriguing and yet disturbing. I am eating a high percentage of fat. This is not entirely surprising considering that my doctor says I am in perfect health-- but have too much fat in my blood-- and considering that my bfp is way too high. But in another way it is for me, because I've learned to eat fewer carbs and the only way to get adequate calories while doing so is by increasing the fat. I think I've gone too far in the fat vs. carb direction. The fat I ate the day before yesterday, and also today so far, was about 46%!! That is way too much, and interestingly, very close to my personal bfp. Yesterday, however, my bfp was a more normal- though perhaps still too high-- 35 or 36%. The interesting thing about that is that the only difference between yesterday and the day before yesterday is that yesterday I ate more carbs. I ate a very similar amount of fat and protein but significantly more carbs. I think I was hungrier yesterday because I exercised a lot more vigorously than I did the day before. I need to incorporate more low-fat carbs into my diet, and eliminate added fats. I don't really believe in added fats, anyway. Why would we want to extract extra fat out of food to add it onto food that already has its own natural fats? I think its a bad idea. Maybe a little flax oil on my salad, and maybe some nuts or pb now and then, but otherwise, I think I need to change the balance. Yup. I am making a note to start paying more attention to this. I mean, its not like I've been slathering it on, but with fat having 9 calories per gram vs. 4 for carbs and protein, it really adds up.
Losing weight is not nearly so impossible as it has seemed to me for a while now. I recovered 100% from severe mental illness and that was very difficult... but although in a way it was complicated, in another way it was extremely simple-- all I ultimately had to do was listen to my intuition about what was going to help me and follow it. I'm so excited to learn that weight loss is the same way. I guess I just needed a little boost-- with the mental health problems, I was sick enough to feel that it was imperative that I get better. With my being fat, that problem hasn't been quite bothersome enough to light a fire under my butt-- until a recent semi-heartbreak in my lovelife that was totally related to my being overweight. But now I see that I didn't really need that to do this: I just needed to really get motivated SOMEHOW and dig through the tangled web of my feelings and opinions about the issue-- and other people's feelings and opinions about the issue. I am going to do this, yo. I kinda feel like I got the emotional aspect out of the way and can go forward with trial and error. I am happy that today both my weight and my bfp are lower. Last time I started losing weight, my bfp was steadily going up-- and I did not enjoy that at all!
Going to dance later, strength train, and stretch. Off to fix me a low fat dinner...
I think this website is helping me a lot. I have had bad experiences with diet journals, but this one is very different...
View Diet Calendar, 31 December 2007:
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2052 kcal
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Fat: 86.23g | Prot: 123.35g | Carbs: 183.68g.
Breakfast: vegetable juice, cilantro, rice slice, eggs, olive oil, tomatoes, pepper. Lunch: cabbage, Walnut Sauce, shrimp. Dinner: chickpeas, wild rice, tlc cookie. Snacks/Other: chocolate, chicken parmesan, peanut butter, apple. more...
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3370 kcal
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Exercise:
Sitting - 15 minutes, Standing - 15 minutes, Dance (slow step) - 30 minutes, 20 mins dance + 10 mins bicep/tricep + 9 min stretch - 39 minutes, buns of steel - 40 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours and 15 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 56 minutes, Desk Work - 6 hours and 30 minutes. more...
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