I was scared to get on the scale this morning, I thought for sure that there would be a bigger number staring me in the face since yesterday was such a big loss. I can't believe it! 160.8! I've lost 4.2 pounds and this is only the beginning of day 3. I felt like I ate a ton again yesterday, I guess it just goes to show you that when you stop putting crap in your body...it rewards you by not being so fat...LOL! Thank you to everyone who posted on my blog yesterday, you are motivating me to keep going. I must confess...I should have logged on last night just for a minute because I could not control my weakness...I cheated...and it was only day 2. I ate a protein bar and let me tell you, it was the best protein bar I've ever had, but then came the guilt. There is sugar in the protein bar, so that was a no no for sure. I vow to NOT do that again! I got up late again today, so there won't be any exercise, but I'm ok with that. I've decided I will TRY to exercise every other day, that might be more realistic for me, we'll see. Here is what I ate on day 2:
Warm Water with juice from 1/2 a lemon
Breakfast:
Oikos Greek Yogurt (blueberry)
Green Tea
2 cups of Coffee
Morning Snack:
1/2 Grapefruit
Lunch: Salad with the following ingredients
6 Leaves of Romaine Lettuce
2 stalks of fresh green onions (sliced very thin)
1/2 Cucumber sliced thin (skin on)
1 Small tomatoe diced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp rice vinegar
Grilled Chicken Breast (left over from the night before)
1 Small Apple
Green Tea
Dinner:
Salmon cooked on the George Forman grill in foil...added lemon juice, and various seasonings such as all spice and chili powder
Fresh baby spinach cooked
1/2 cucumber sliced and drizzled with 1 tbsp of olive oil, salt & pepper
Green Tea
Evening Snack
Oikos Greek Yogurt (Honey)
I got all my water in so 8 glasses of Water
Cheat: Protein Bar (aldi brand, strawberry)
I know this seems like a lot of food, and it is, but according to Livestrong.com all this is 998 calories (excluding the protein bar which was 120 calories) so I was still under the 1200 recommended calories, which I am having a hard time getting up to, believe it or not. Well...on to day 3 and the weekend, should be interesting.
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I think you have done very well noe06 on your first couple days! The big key I find is planning... you have to plan what you are going to eat so that you are not triggered by the quick temptations that don't really fit the program. Good Luck!
Good Morning Noe06, you are cracking me up, I did the same. I was so tempted, beyond what I could bare so I stuck my hands in the box of Captain Crunch. Each cruchy morsal left a sweet bit of after tast which flowed through every bite, damn it was good. But like you said, then the guilt. I weighed and did not lose anything yesterday, but I am not going to give up. Today I am going to make the seasoned dip and keep that in the fridge for when those tempting situation happen again. I am so glad you are doing good, keep up the good work.
Welcome noe06! Raddyrad is right, planning is the key to not cheating - if you have everything on hand you need to make the right foods you won't be tempted to cheat with the easy things like protien bars. Try making the chicken vegetable soup from the book - one of my favorite recipes and it makes a LOT - you can freeze some and keep a tupperware bowl in your fridge for fast lunches.
I love days like that - get up in the morning, not expecting a lot of change from the day before, and Voila...the scale has moved downward again. Just don't get discouraged when it stops moving so fast - because it will. Just enjoy the ride downward and bask in your success - it does create a lot of motivation up front.
BTW - welcome to the site. I look forward to reading your updates.
It really does not seem like a lot of food - it is just that you are eating healhy foods! If you can't fit in exercise for 17 minutes you can always do little things like run stairs do a few squats park your car farther so you have to walk etc. Its the little things! Keep it up - first phase is the hardest.
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