SockTart

- The house is getting cleaned.  A surface clean done by next weekend, and a deep clean as we go forwards.  Goodwill is gonna love me.

- The weight…is going DOWN.  Bye bye sugar.  My tastebuds will miss you, but my thighs will not.  Sorry, GI Diet, but grains and I really don’t agree.  I love them and they hate me.  Hello low-carb once more (Low-Carb treats me much better,  anyhow.  Particularly at this time of year when my headaches go crazy).

- Socks will be knit.  Many socks will be knit.  I will be going crazy, so there will be much in the way of sock knitting.

- One more toon will be going to 70.  Eventually.  That’s the one thing I’m willing to relax on a bit.  It’s not crucial.

So, I’ve spent the majority of the past week enjoying a semi-low-glycemic diet.  And my body is rebelling.  Weight up, weight down, back up, and….holding…holding….back up!

Gah.

Not only that, but I’m headachey.  Migraines are normal for me during the weather shifts of January, but this is just annoying.  My knees are good one day, bad the next, and it’s also starting to annoy me.

I think that while I won’t restrict Robin to giving up whole grains and skim milk, I’ll be heading back to controlling my carbohydrates.   He can choose to eat however he feels is healthy.  I think that while I’m enjoying oatmeal (not the instant kind, either), I may have to make the sacrifice for my mental and physical well-being.  Maybe in the maintenance phases.

I think I mentioned that this is the 4th or 5th time I’ve cast on using this yarn, right?  The picture over there?  Is after 4 gusset increases.  I stopped in the right place, started my increases in the right place…and the sock is too damned long.

What’s a girl to do?  Pick up stitches farther back and begin the rip.  Pisses me off…this means losing at least 4 inches of work.  Per sock.  Kerfuckedy!

Stoopid Regia Sock :(  Better be worth it when they’re done, damnit!

(as an aside, I had myself some slow-cooked porridge for breakfast.  OMG…that stuff sticks right with you!  It’s been about 2 or 3 hours, and I’m holding in really well.  This GI thing might actually work!)

Well, looks like I’m getting better.  I’m mainly reduced to a scratchy throat & a cough.  Slurpees and ice-cream seem to help.  We’re having some soup for an early dinner, so that should help too.

I’ve been re-reading my book all about the GI Diet (that’s GI as in Glycemic Index, not GI Joe).  We’re thinking about giving it a try.  Robin’s Mum and my Sis-in-Law have both had good results with it, so it’s worth a shot.  The main goal?  Try to eat sensibly, and stick with it.  I know that Atkins works for me, but it’s so hard to fall off the wagon.  That’s not idle complaining, either….we really do enjoy eating lower-carbohydrate, and have done so for the majority of the past year.  It’s just that once in a while, you have to give yourself leeway for sushi.

So we’ll see how it goes.  I’m actually kinda glad to be exploring a slightly wider palate.

After looking over the GI Diet meal plan….good lord, that’s a LOT of cooking! I started making a shopping list & had half a page written before I realized…we can’t afford all these special foods!

We’re going to incorporate *some* of the lower GI elements into our dinners for my Other Half, though. He only has about 40 lbs to lose, and I’d rather he not rocket down the way he did 3 years ago when we last “dieted” together. He’ll be getting some grains and extra dairy in order to slow his progress just slightly. Otherwise…I’m staying on Atkins & trying to keep it tasty. We’ll see how the next couple of weeks go.

So.  Fatass week has ended.  And partially as a result of the sugary mayhem, Robin and I have decided to get back to eating healthier.  Part of our problem is that weekends can be a hectic time for us, and we have a tendency to eat out.  Grab a burger at the mall, or go to dinner with friends, etc.  That’s going to get cut out.

Robin’s Mum tried to get us to start the G.I. Diet last year when she and Robin’s Dad started it.  It was recommended by his Cardiologist, I think.  At any rate, I heard a lot of clucking about the amount of Fat in Atkins, and how GI was so much better, and how MiL lost an insane amount of weight (apparently dropped back to her high-school weight naturally).  It’s taken a year, but I bought the book and I’m willing to give it a try.  I’m just scared shitless of the damn diet, that’s all.  Shitless.

Why?  Well…after finding that by eating fat I was losing some weight and my knees weren’t hurting…it seems very contradictory to give that up for FAT FREE EVERYTHING.  Fat Free yogurt.  Low Fat Milk.  Low fat cheeses (very sparingly, too, and only for taste…cry!).  Sure, you add in some grains and nuts and actually eat the damned yogurt…but…but….*whine*.

Oh, and apparently even though research is now showing that coconut oil is good for you, tropical oils are supposed to be VERY BAD SATURATED FATS, and should be AVOIDED at all costs!

How the hell am I supposed to keep my head screwed on?

I’ve decided that I’ll try the GI thing for a couple of weeks.  If I’m not feeling any better or dropping any more weight, I’ll be going back to Atkins & dumping those grains for my fats.  You notice it’s not just a matter of just losing the weight…it’s the “feeling any better” thing that comes first.