Tuesday Insights?

If would have been a Tuesday that we would have gone to Dr Poon.  But instead I pushed my appointment originally to Tuesday May 23, and then to Tuesday May 16th.  I didn't want to be too long til I saw Dr B.  I think though Dr B would be pleased with my weight loss.  Maybe even question why all of a sudden I'm getting weight loss.  

I look forward to this Friday's weight loss appointment with Laura.  I think I will have done well.  I do weigh myself, so I know where I am.  On her scale I'm 2 pounds heavier, so I like mine better!

I am doing well with the Ideal Protein plan.  I find the foods acceptable, and I can make a lot of different things.  I also read daily the facebook pages on IP.  I notice that a lot of people ask about cheating, or eating a meal out etc.  Then others write about how they were doing well, but quit and now have gained.  A few write about wanting their foods back.

I relate to all of that.  But what I have learnt reading all this, especially on IP - DO NOT CHEAT!  Dr Poon's I could do that once in a while cheating.  It appears on IP cheating will just cause way too much problems.  Just stay on it and go thru.  Suck it up if I'm hungry - drink more water, and at worse, have another package if that bad - just don't cheat.  Carefully follow the plan to go off onto maintenance.  Do Phases 2 and 3 and 4 properly.  In the end, yes I can have cheat days, but the next day, I will need to go back onto Phase 1 for a day at least.  And will live doing low carb as it will be easier overall to maintain.  As it stands, I'm good with this plan.  

We went to Pickering yesterday.  I looked so forward to enjoying the day with AJ and shopping around.  I planned out my lunch, Jax went to daycare.  By the end, coming home, I was so stressed and upset.  Even today I'm still feeling the affects.  The drive down overall was fine, we took the back routes.  But at the stores, people were pushy, the washrooms (and I'm using a lot of them!!!!) were filthy - especially Walmart, ordering a meat patty was difficult to get (McDonald's doesn't get it)  Had wanted a grilled chicken breast, but we were at a McD in Walmart, so they only had a bit of food.  A lot of drivers all over the place.  It was just too much for me.  Ended up going to bed at 830pm.  I even had my snack with my dinner because I wanted something.  At least at 730pm when AJ got his evening fruit snack I finally was ok not to have anything.  I was a bit concerned I might want to eat something, but I was ok with not having something.  Sleeping helped.  Today I went out and got a few things we couldn't get yesterday.  By lunchtime I was wiped.  Got home, had lunch, and needed to take a nap.  Doing much better now.

AJ decided to get me an air fryer for my birthday in June, Walmart in Pickering didn't have it, so I got it today.  And I got an Jicama.  Going to slice it up for fries, hopefully for tomorrow's dinner.  Really liking having that 1/2 cup of chayote with dinner as my dessert - thus allowing me a package for my snack in the evening.  Now I will mix the chayote - have that one night, and jicama the next night (as raw not fries).  Can always have zucchini with caramel sauce as dessert too.  Yum.