Day 19 (Activate Cycle Day 1)

Happy Canada Day!!  We're having BBQ all weekend!!

Back on track today -- hopefully!  This is a 3-day weekend for me and so far my track record for eating on weekends hasn't been great.  I'll be making a conscious effort to stay on top of things...

I should be getting plenty of exercise over the next 3 days.  The weather is beautiful, so I'll be getting some clean-up work done in the yard (spent 2 solid hours on it today) -- and I have new, pretty, pink gardening gloves to make it fun when I tackle the thistles...

Here begins the "alternate day fasting".  Today is food from the Activate menus (higher-calorie day) and tomorrow will be food from the Accelerate ones (low-calorie day) -- odd days will be Activate and even days will be Accelerate -- this is meant to keep your metabolism in high gear and get your cells to burn fat rather than store it.  No danger of the consequences of carb sensitivity or weight loss plateau!

Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 4 scrambled egg whites with 1 Tbsp salsa, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 peach, green tea, probiotic supplement (this was A LOT of food -- actually didn't finish it...)
Morning Snack -- (didn't need one -- oatmeal is very filling -- drank a lot of water instead...)
Lunch -- Traci's tuna salad, probiotic supplement
Dinner -- BBQ peppercorn crusted hamburger patty (no sauce), small baked potato with approx. 1 Tbsp each of low fat sour cream & salsa toppings (terribly tasty -- didn't miss the butter at all...)


Oh, how happy I was to have that oatmeal!  I put the diced up peach on top and it was yummers!  Unfortunately, I didn't read the menus carefully enough and thought I could have the potato with dinner -- that's a big no-no -- remember the "no carbs after 2:00" rule -- dummy...

And I kinda forgot about veggies with dinner -- dummy...

By the way -- look what I found while trolling the internet this morning!  A website/discussion board of 17 Day Diet friendly recipes -- I'll post the link right here and under "Useful Links" at the bottom of the page as well.  I'll definitely be spending some time looking through this tonight...17 Day Diet Recipes

Even though my mealtimes were "off" today (lunch at 2:00, dinner at 7:30), I'm feeling good about stuff tonight!  Tomorrow will only be better!