working on just one goal a day for me T lol.... and congrats on having made yours today already!!! great job!

I happened to see a pretty good video today; will stick with the readers digest version but basically, was somewhat similar to the In Defense of Food documentary ... only short and sweet LOL. As well, it also addressed CICO as not the actual key to weight loss (like some other theories) because its the KIND of calories we ingest that our bodies process and use for fuel... but not like the usual way we usually heat that theory... where the "type of calorie" is important because protein/fat/carbs all burn at different rates....etc..

this talked about how using calorie counts wont work because the calories we are choosing to eat all come from processed foods filled with chemicals.. which our bodies simply arent' designed to consume.

this was basically saying simply that we've all become brainwashed by advertising and marketing (through no fault of our own - they excel at it!) to thinking that it's just calories that make the difference - but it pointed out the fact that all these frozen dinners, 100 calorie pack "snacks", low fat this, articifical sweeteners, etc... that all of these are made up of a myriad of chemicals, NONE of which our bodies can actually digest (and were never designed to digest)... as opposed to calories from real food which our bodies were absolutely designed to digest and do a good job of breaking down and using everything...

They used one example of many CICO dieters given a choice between a real banana and a pkg of 100 cal cookies...or any 100 cal snack.. based on our mindset of CICO.. when asked which would be a better choice, most people watching their weight said they would NOT choose the banana because although fruit, it was much higher in calories and higher in natural sugars, therefore they would choose the snack pkg .. but when reading the ingreds of those, there were a lot of 12 letter words (dextramethorfane or whatever lol) NONE of which can be processed by our bodies... so they are left hanging around us in FAT cells..cause they don't know what else to do with them...

anyway.... i'm not explaining it well i'm sure.. BUT in a nutshell it suggested simply eating real food instead of processed would negate the need to calorie count at all...

another example was a salad dressing advertised as an excellent choice for watching your weight; but the ingredients were all 12 letter words again... and again simply emphasized your body was designed to use actual food as fuel, and to efficeiently use or discard what it needs or doesn't need from it.. but it was not designed to take in all the chemicals and preservatives and stuff we put in it cause we're told it's good for us or will help us lose weight or gain nutrition or whtever

it also touched on the insulin levels being affected by all the proessed stuff too of course.. and that as we know, insulin spikes result in fat cells being created because our bodies cant process all the "sugars" either.. and how by eating real food much of the insulin spikes can also be avoided... it was an interesting video I must say.... and one funny part was talking about how it's possible for something like a loaf of bread or a bag of croutons... to have 10-12 ingedients, most of which are 12 letter words too LOL... when really..... the croutons should simply have one ingred: stale bread. and the bread.... well.... ya know..

anyway definitely has made me think about reading INGREDIENT labels a lot more than nutrition labels right now... and trying to think of eating "real food" instead whenever I find myself reaching for something I think is ok because its "DIET" stuff... blech.....

Morning Gail/Susan - well, my morning as I'm on midnites and have just woken up - hopped on the scale (Thurs my weigh day now - no loss this week) then sat down with my coffee, logged into MFP and what did I see?? Gail's post with 3 pounds LOST!!!

woooooo hoooooo What a fabulous thing to see to just make my day Gail! Huge congrats my friend.. huge congrats!!!

You have been making all these changes to old habits, and implementing the LC choices for your blood sugars.. and I know you've been a little frustrated at not seeing any results... but there they are - your 3lb reward Gail!! Living proof that small changes and CONSISTENCY will produce results.. we know weight loss isn't linear, it won't happen when we WANT it to, but consistently sticking with those changes you make WILL get you what you want.. I'm so happy for you, so proud of you!! Doing the happy feet dance in my jammies!! Well done Gail.. well done!! (and no wonder you were too excited to say hello.... you said you haven't seen your weight that low in 5 years??? awesome accomplishment Gail.. AWESOME!!! you not only CAN do this.. you ARE doing it!! hugs and well done!