Cinnamon
05-01-2007, 07:54 AM
And I am sooo proud of him I just had to make a special post just for him!
Keeping in mind he was eating a pretty SAD diet with the addition of lots of green salads and fruits that I always provide with meals, he'd decided he wanted to do 1 month of raw to try and lose some weight.
Well he did awesome, in fact better than I did since we did the challenge together. I slipped a number of times and by the end of the month he mentioned that he believed he'd done better than me (long term raw foodist!) and he was right!
That really encouraged me to get right back onto plan and finished the month up with him right on track. So 16 pounds gone for him and he asked if we could another month, so May... here we are again!
I did meet my weight loss goal for April of 6 pounds, but just barely with the scales showing the loss just yesterday of that last pound I'd hoped to lose.
So he will decide on his weight goal for May and I have about 2 more pounds to go. I love doing this with him, not having cooked foods around for temptation and with no cooking I have so much more TIME! We eat very simply and it is sure quick and easy and I love that so much. Much more time for so many other things now!
If anyone is interested, his food intake consisted of lots of bananas, dried figs and pecans, cabbage wraps and a taco salad that I make that he loves and could eat daily. It is pretty simple with these being the things he likes so we went with that flow. I ate a lot of green smoothies, large salads at lunch or cabbage wraps, and almond banana shakes in the evenings. I also eat a large variety of fruit each day. And we do splurge on those delicious Truffles that Alissa sells, yum! And there are a few raw desserts I make that he also enjoys along with banana ice cream.
Just had to share, he looks great and lost most of his tummy where his main weight gain always occurs. May... here we come!
Edit-I should also mention, I really lost my tummy bloat this month. I am sure it is because of not eating wheat or gluten products, even if it was only infrequently that I did. I am so pleased and my digestion is so much better now!
Keeping in mind he was eating a pretty SAD diet with the addition of lots of green salads and fruits that I always provide with meals, he'd decided he wanted to do 1 month of raw to try and lose some weight.
Well he did awesome, in fact better than I did since we did the challenge together. I slipped a number of times and by the end of the month he mentioned that he believed he'd done better than me (long term raw foodist!) and he was right!
That really encouraged me to get right back onto plan and finished the month up with him right on track. So 16 pounds gone for him and he asked if we could another month, so May... here we are again!
I did meet my weight loss goal for April of 6 pounds, but just barely with the scales showing the loss just yesterday of that last pound I'd hoped to lose.
So he will decide on his weight goal for May and I have about 2 more pounds to go. I love doing this with him, not having cooked foods around for temptation and with no cooking I have so much more TIME! We eat very simply and it is sure quick and easy and I love that so much. Much more time for so many other things now!
If anyone is interested, his food intake consisted of lots of bananas, dried figs and pecans, cabbage wraps and a taco salad that I make that he loves and could eat daily. It is pretty simple with these being the things he likes so we went with that flow. I ate a lot of green smoothies, large salads at lunch or cabbage wraps, and almond banana shakes in the evenings. I also eat a large variety of fruit each day. And we do splurge on those delicious Truffles that Alissa sells, yum! And there are a few raw desserts I make that he also enjoys along with banana ice cream.
Just had to share, he looks great and lost most of his tummy where his main weight gain always occurs. May... here we come!
Edit-I should also mention, I really lost my tummy bloat this month. I am sure it is because of not eating wheat or gluten products, even if it was only infrequently that I did. I am so pleased and my digestion is so much better now!