[jennav]

Okay, so my plan is showing initial results - down another pound, and by no means am I hungry. I have always only drank water, so I don't have anything to cut there, the food though - that's my weakness. So I decided (docs permission) to do a radical (for me) change. I have commited myself to only eating things that occur in nature, or with minimal interference from humans. So all veggies, fruits, and animals, but nothing manufactured like bread, cake, ice cream, pasta, dressings, prepared food of any kind, etc. I eat whenever I am hungry, and I am feeling good. When I said foods with minimal interference, I meant something like olive oil or natural peanut butter from a peanut crushing machine......still from a pure source with nothing added. I am still getting all of my food groups, and I don't feel deprived, except when hubby eats junk in front of me, that gets old.....

Now one day each week, for one meal, I eat whatever I want, I choose Sundays, because that's the night when I cook dinner for family coming over, so this way I can eat whatever I am cooking for them, but I don't need to overdo it because I eat plenty of fresh fruits and veggies during the day, so dinner doesn't have to be a giant chow-down for me.

So far, I am feeling good, not weak, tired or banging my head against the wall like other times n the past. One thing you will never see from me is pill-popping, I nurse my daughter, so everything that goes in me, goes in her, and I could never do that to her - she keeps me focused on the big picture.