Fighting Fat- and Winning!

Sometimes you learn things fast, and sometimes you need to be hit with a brick before you understand a concept. I knew I wasn't supposed to be eating breads and pasta, but I kept eating it, just not as often, and taking smaller portions. The idea was, 'A little bit won't be so bad.'

Hah!

That's when it hit me- I was eating some kind of wheat flour product at least three times a week- small amounts, but I was eating it. And it showed on the scale. I gained a bit, I lost a bit, but I was basically maintaining. Not bad, but not good either.

So I decided to try another experiment.

Last week I didn't do any walking (the weather was miserable and I had the car), but I did do my workouts. My diet consisted mostly of clear broth soups and stews, and meals that were mainly meats and vegetables that had no flour as a side or in the gravy. The soups contained rice, the stews contained potatoes, so the results of this wouldn't be skewed by the fact I didn't have any grains or starches. I did this all week, refraining from any flour consumption.

The result? I lost three pounds! I am now down to 294!

So, I can say I won't eat flour all I want, but the fact is, I was eating it- sometimes without realizing I was doing so, or thinking a 'little bit' won't hurt me- but when I began to think about wheat flour as a poison to my body instead of just a hindrance to weight loss, everything snapped into place.

Absolutely NO wheat or rye flour. None. Nada. Zilch.

I bought other flours that don't have gluten (graham seems to work well for things that don't need to rise, like pie crusts), and I'll experiment with them in the upcoming weeks. Hopefully I can find something bread-like so I don't crave the gluten breads.

Thanksgiving is coming, the holiday where bread runs rampant over the feasting table. That is going to be a real challenge for me! But I'll keep my chins up and put out some more veggies like broccoli and baby carrots to stem the bread tide.

I'll keep you posted on how I do!