02/06/2018 Giving up Fruit and Nuts (again)

In November I started experimenting with adding fruit back into my diet.  I limited myself to apples and grapes, with the occasional berry thrown in (blue- and straw-).  At first all seemed well, and I had no weight gain or other adverse effects.  I also added some nuts at the same time (mistake), AND stopped weighing every day (mistake).  That was three months ago; now it's time to look at the cold, hard truths.

My weight was at 150 lbs in November when I was eating "clean".  I stepped on the scale this morning and I am now at 159.6 lbs.  Oh hell no, we are not having any of this.  As of now, I have stopped all fruit and nuts, and I will resume daily weigh-ins.  Oh, I forgot to mention that I've also been consuming cheese far too often.

What the hell was I thinking??

Now, the fruit and nuts were a legitimate experiment, I feel, to see how my body would respond.  In hind sight, I should have continued my daily weighing AND tried only one of those items at a time.  (I may try one or both of those items again some day, but it will not be anytime soon.)  The cheese, however....???  I know my system does not tolerate cheese well.  I'm wondering if the sweetness of the fruit blinded my sense or sensibility, or something, causing some cravings that I wasn't even truly aware of.  (I think I just lost my damn mind for a while!)

So this is me, being accountable and truthful.  I have not been leading with the diet; I have not been weighing daily; I have not been taking good care of myself.  I have been allowing some emotional eating to creep in, and that is unacceptable.  (Still low carb. foods, but unacceptable for my system nonetheless.)  As of today, I am back to clean eating; no fruit, no nuts, no cheese, and I will weigh myself every morning.  I need that accountability, that number slapping me back to reality.  :-)

11/08/2017

150 lbs today
I've implemented a few changes recently that I want to document.  First, I've started weighing only once a week.  The daily scale ritual served me very well at the beginning of my weight loss journey, but at this point I feel it unnecessary.

Second, I've dipped my toe into the fruit end of the pool.  I gave my body a year and a half to detox, heal, and reset itself.  I figured now would be a good time to see if my body can handle natural sugars (fruit).  I started slowly (a week ago), and am eating only apples and grapes at the moment.

Third, I added some nuts back into my diet about two weeks ago, mostly almonds and pecans.

Wonder of wonders...NO WEIGHT GAIN.  I am observing very strict portion control...2-3 servings of both nuts and fruits per day, 1/4 cup portions of the nuts, and 1/2 cup portions of the fruits.

Very happy and excited!!