Still yet, with all the love I have for The Plan I still haven't been able to break the plateau line. I mean, 127, 127, 131 aren't bad numbers, but I WANT TO BE IN CONTROL OF THE NUMBERS! ME!!
So recently I read Grain Brain by Dr. Perlmutter. I saw him on Dr. Oz and decided to pick up his book. It was a very easy read - I mean if you have a few hours, you'd be done with it in a day. Great book. It really opened my eyes to what eating grains has done and is doing to many folks, young and old alike. Nonetheless, I decided to adopt his concepts of eating more fat and further reducing my carb (fruit included) intake. And guuuuuuuuuuess what?!!! I started breaking the plateau line! "Queue the music."
The first 2 days after I started eating more 'good' fats I could see a significant drop on the scales. The other thing I found and like about his approach of which I've incorporated with The Plan, is that he has no 'set' breakfast, lunch or dinner you're 'suppose to' eat. He just says 'don't eat this, and eat as much of that as you like.' That's pretty much it.
So I started eating more fat and found that there's actually but so much good fat you can eat before ya just can't eat any more - you're full and satiated. Still yet, I'm finding that if I eat too much sneaky food (potato or potato chips, sugar drinks -including fruit juice), the weight will show back up.
Breakfast (1) I've been eating ground flax, semi-ground pumpkin seeds, a couple of tablespoons of chia seeds soaked in coconut milk, coconut slivers, cinnamon, nutmeg, coconut milk, about a tablespoon of goat milk and just a wee bit of dried cranberries and 1/2 cup blueberries. With that, I'm not hungry again until lunch.
Breakfast (2) consist of 2 eggs, manchego or goat cheese, olives, cooked in butter and coconut oil, with slices of avocado. YUM!
So all I'm saying here is if you plateau try giving Grain Brain a read and see if upping your fat and lowering your carbs (like eating 1/2 a piece of fruit instead of a whole) will work for you.
