Timeline!

Hello everyone! Here is a brief timeline of my weight loss journey:

Late 2009:                                282 lbs
September 2010:                      260 lbs (approximately)
December 2011:                       230 lbs
January 2012:                           Pregnant! :)
October 2012:                          306 lbs!!!!!!!!! (and 9 months pregnant)
January 2013 - January 2014:   "on the wagon, off the wagon, on the wagon, off the wagon"
March 26th, 2014:                    262 lbs......... Down 44 lbs from pregnancy weight and 32 lbs away from pre-pregnancy weight!      

My beautiful son is now 17 months old which means it has taken me 17 months to lose 44 lbs. 6 of those months I was breastfeeding which I believe inhibited my weight loss. After I was finished breastfeeding, I would plateau after 10 lbs, then get frustrated and start to slack on my eating. (I just love food so much!!!!!!!!!) I think my body was getting too used to the way I was eating which is why I was plateauing.

This time around I have made the following changes:
I have cut out all dairy-- no milk, no cheese, no butter, NOTHING.
I have cut out all gluten-- I most often eat brown rice as a starch with my meals and occasionally (0-2 times per week) rice pasta or spelt pasta.
I have also recently cut out almond milk believe it or not since it ranks quite high on the glycemic index.

I have also continued the following eating habits:
No food after 8:00pm.
1/2 cup of starch with lunch and dinner.
Protein with every meal (size of a deck of cards).
Eat on small plates.

This was my eating plan for today:

Breakfast:
Egg omelet with brocolli, onion and red peppers
Apple

Lunch:
1/2 cup of brown rice with a splash of low sodium soy sauce
"tuna burgers" (gluten free, message me for the recipe)
Romaine lettuce salad with oil and vinegar dressing

Snack:
Grapes

Dinner:
1/2 cup of spelt spaghetti with homemade tomato sauce
stew beef (3 oz)
Romaine lettuce salad with oil and vinegar dressing
3 tsps of inositol powder (great for PCOS!) in a splash of V8 Fusion juice watered down.