I just wanted to pop in and update on my progress:

I've lost 10 lbs now and an inch plus on my measurements! Yay! I'm a size down. I want to lose about 3 more inches on my waist/hips and that's about two more sizes to be where I want to be size wise. Very exciting! Thank you again for this awesome program!

I probably don't eat as often or as much as I should because I normally have just coffee for breakfast and some days I try to have two hard boiled eggs and a couple pieces of bacon or sausages if I have time to grab them. Lunch is really light (bun-less burger and small salad) but I usually have a somewhat bigger dinner. It seems to work well for me and I haven't been hungry or had the need to snack or (over)eat at night. I feel like I'm sort of in the groove and it feels great - like I finally have a formula for success!

I was just wondering if that brand of soynut butter was good. I saw it online pretty cheap too so now I'm excited to get some. The Carb Not Beanut butter is super tasty but the cheapest I found it was still almost twice the cost of the I.M. Healthy brand. It does have 1 carb per serving instead of 0 but my main concern was if it was as tasty as the Beanut butter if so I can work with the 1 carb for the cost savings! I think if you're recommending it, that must mean yes it is! Yay! Once again a simple forum search has saved me lots of trouble! I love this forum!

What keeps me going:

I am not perfect, I strive for 85-90% or better compliance with my goals - I know I'm human and I will stumble occasionally but I will never stop trying. I know this is for life, no all or nothing attitude for me, that sets me up for failure and giving up. No can do!

My family history. Cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, mental illness...all run in my family and eating right (and exercise) has helped me avoid all of it so far (okay well I'm only a little bit crazy). I want to keep up that trend!

My children: I want to be a healthy vital example for my kids and my spouse. I also like having the energy to take care of the ones I love as much as I can. I like being someone they can depend on for things.

My work: my job is physically and mentally challenging. If I don't stay on course I make myself more prone to catching viruses, getting sick, and overworking myself to the point of weakening my immune system. Plus I have to touch other people's keyboards and mice everyday as part of my job which used to make me sick a lot. I don't get sick like that hardly at all any more. I used to get pneumonia, my allergies were worse and that led to other problems like ear infections, laryngitis, sinus infections, colds, etc. If I eat right then I just manage minor allergy symptoms, have no signs of asthma anymore, can rest one day and bounce right back if i get tired or run down or can avoid getting what the whole rest of my family catches which is amazing to me in itself. I used to be the first to catch everything!

I like fitting in my clothes consistently or having them get loose is even better and since moving to FTS from Atkins, it's happening! I had a small head start since I didn't really have to detox much (I've been moderately low carb since Jan 2010) but now I'm finally getting the results I started after way back then. Yay! That's enough motivation in itself, however my next reason is funny...

Habit. Yep. Eating this way is already a habit so I've just had to tweak it and retune it to be more effective. I'm happy about that part because certain habits are pretty easy to stick with like ordering my hamburgers without a bun and getting it wrapped in lettuce, no ketchup, add mustard and mayo. It's much easier now. There's a flip side to it though. I've had to unlearn a few habits that i found were detrimental to this process but it hasn't been too bad so far. Not at all.

That's about it!

-Michelle

I just got my online order and I'm excited! I got black soybeans and my first order of beanut butter! In excited, can you tell? I'm gonna make me some cookies! *Happy dance* I think I may have to make some chili with the beans...any other suggestions?

Exactly my thinking - though I stole the idea off of someone else. I admit it. Ever heard of bulletproof coffee? This is my version of it.

Quote from: umpa on July 30, 2013, 10:53:20 AM

I saw a man locally that looked pregnant!

I've seen my share of them, too!

There was one whose shirt hung so far out from his chest,
he could've opened an outdoor bistro at his feet. The shade would've been plentiful!

Tony

Ew, that's not a good image for my brain!!! Lol!

There's no question that sugar feeds cancer cells. I discovered Dr. David Servan-Schreiber's work several years ago. His work proved without any doubt that sugar is a major cause of cancer cell growth....one more BIG reason to keep those carbs out of your mouth  

No doubt about it and with my tests recently all coming back as "perfect" (that is what my dr said, verbatim!) and such vast improvement over last year's tests he said no ones body is perfect but your tests seems to think yours is lol. It didn't help me figure out my swelling issue but it was an ego boost and made me worry less about becoming a cancer victim. Keeping sugar out of my life has been invaluable for my health! My dr might even be convinced that my diet is best because he said whatever you're doing, keep doing it. It's working! (I did tell him that I try to keep to a ketogenic diet to avoid getting brain cancer like my brother).