Frustrations

It's very frustrating to be asked how you are losing weight and then when you start to explain how, you are they interupt and tell you how they are trying to lose weight but are not having very much luck. DUH! It's not working, you're doing the same thing over and over which is the definition of insanity! Mine is working (I'm down another 4 pounds this week - total of 55 pounds since January). I will tell you what I'm doing, but please don't tell me your way is better.

Another frustration from this week is the fact that even though the jeans have been unworn for years and they now fit, the threads are still weakened by time and will give way. How embarrassing!

You want to know how I'm losing weight? I'm eating a diet that is MOSTLY fruits and vegetables. I eat a HUGE salad every evening for dinner (sometimes I'll follow the salad with steamed vegetables). My breakfast is steel cut oats, with pineapple, cinnamon, cayenne pepper (adds heat, not taste). The cinnamon helps keep the blood sugar down, the cayenne pepper helps step up the metabolism, steel cut oats are "healthier" because they are processed less, I use dried pineapple because I really like pineapple. For lunch I have fruit (right now it is blueberries and pears) and spinach salad with no dressing.

Right now the dinner salad is spinach with tomatoes, peppers, walnuts, yellow squash or zuchini with a no-oil cilantro dressing that I make.

My average is losing 3½ - 4 pounds a week. The clothes I bought in May are now to big and I'm working my way through all the old clothes I saved (if they are still in fashion and the threads don't give way).

I rarely eat meat, I avoid sugar (and that includes alcohol), no milk or milk products. When I do have sugar, alcohol, etc. I don't lose and if I eat "like I used to" I will gain 3-5 pounds in a week. And yes, I'm getting enough protien and other nutrients. Thanks for caring.