Today's dinner will be beef tenderloin stewed in a rosemary whiskey cream sauce, with onions. I used to work at a catering hall which had this DELICIOUS specialty of chicken in rosemary cream sauce, and the sauce included Irish cream. Since I can't do sugar, straight whiskey will have to do. :) And beef, chicken ... honestly, just jazzed it's MEAT!
So, yes. 45 lbs since April 19. What have I learned in that time?
- For a week of every month I gain back some weight, then I lose it in the following week. That's a monthly 2-week plateau, basically (well, more of a hill, really). It's all about the progesterone, baby. Not much I can do about that, but UNDERSTANDING is 99% of acceptance for me. So I'm pretty chill about it.
- Meat is the best. The best of the best. I've been buying meat at a local grass-fed farm: beef, chicken, pork, even lamb (which, yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of).
- Diet pop is AMAZING. It's nice to drink things that aren't just water.
- Tea is ALSO AMAZING. See Diet pop.
- I love Torani sugar-free syrups. I have had the butter/coconut/cream/salt coffee every day for the last five months. Putting a little sweet somethin' somethin' in it makes it SO delightful.
- Retiring pants is fun. Bye bye, butt and belly.
- I bought a Magic Bullet after using my brother's, it is SO great for morning coffee. Mmmmm.
- You can't trust everything you read. Really, you can't trust much. "Trust no one." Question everything you read, no matter its source. I learned I lost my critical eye over the last decade. I'm working hard to get that back.
This has been the easiest weight loss ever. I have lipids test results coming in a week or two, and I'm keen to see how triglycerides and HDL are responding to diet. Will post when in.
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