Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Phase 4

The reintroduction of some foods as well as healthy oils has been interesting and so very missed.  For the most part this phase is literally training your body that this is the maximum weight you want to be so there can not be more than a 2 pound gain or loss from the set point weight.  Six nights a week we do really well and we'll even go out for dinner without any issue....then Sunday hits.  It's by far our laziest day of the week and we almost always go to the in-laws for dinner.  There's always something in those fabulous meals that messes us up whether it's fruits (cranberries from a can) or starches (rice, potato, flour/corn starch for thickening of sauces) that messes us up.  In one day we'll have a 2-3 pound weight gain and Monday has become our typical "apple day".  If the weight doesn't come off enough on apple day we go back to our normal breakfast and lunch but have steak for dinner with good veggies.  We've done this two weeks in a row and after 2 days hubby is back to within 0.4 pounds of his set point and I am at -0.4 of my set point (yes, that's a negative 0.4).

This is what is so awesome about the Nutrimost system.....it teaches you to monitor your weight daily, if you splurge occasionally or your body reacts to a new food being reintroduced (your weight triggers) you understand what you need to do to fix it immediately.  Your body does not get used to the weight gain and the weight comes right back off easily.  I wish we had known about this way back when in our late 20's and early 30's....but then again, we probably would have gotten busy with the kids with no time to cook and best laid plans would still have gone haywire.

During this phase you also learn your weight gain triggers and one item we have found which triggers weight gain in both of us is flax meal.  One day we had breakfast and lunch just like always without going overboard and for dinner we made pizza with a flax meal crust which was well within the calories range.  The next day we had both gained 3 pounds.  I went through and double checked every meal and every ingredient within each meal (yes...it's still important to track everything!) and the calories were correct with no excess....but still a weight gain.  I've used coconut flour to make bread, I've used almond flour in a number of items and neither one was an issue.  Using the flax meal in such high concentration was the issue.  If I use it as a minor ingredient there is no problem but with the pizza crust it was basically just flax meal, fresh grated parmesan cheese, egg and herbs without anything else added.  Lesson learned and filed away with full weight loss within 2 days.  Next up...Easter Sunday which we know will be an issue day with that beautiful sugar crusted spiral cut ham.

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