Today is the last day of Cycle 1. What have I learned so far?
- Eating at regular time is very, very, very important.
- I was, like so many people, addicted to carbohydrates. I miss them terribly, but I know I'm going to have to be careful about them from here on in. The real test for me will be when Survivor is back on the air -- my traditional Survivor snack has been chips with dip and a Smirnoff Ice on the side -- years of bad habit to break there...
- Yogurt is yummy!!!!
- Fruit is not evil...
- Exercise isn't a bad thing, and you don't have to spend hours on it every day -- some people do and that's fine for them, but half an hour is easy enough for the rest of us to do.
- I have more energy and seem to have more patience -- others might argue the patience thing, but I'm noticing that I have more tolerance lately.
- I'm more alert during the day and am sleeping better at night.
- My tummy isn't getting in the way as much when I bend over!!
Today's Menu:
Breakfast -- 2 poached eggs, 1/2 grapefruit
Morning Snack -- 6 oz peach yogurt with 1 peach diced and mixed in
Lunch -- Dr. Mikes' taco salad (did I mention that this is amazing?!)
Dinner -- Greek Salad (leftover from the family's dinner -- I picked out the olives because they're not on the list of allowed foods and I don't really like them...) -- dinner was quite late because I didn't get home from work until after 9:00 -- probably not the best thing.
Cycle 2 (Activate) starts tomorrow morning. Yes, I'm going to keep going. I've decided that I will lose as much as possible and deal with the wardrobe issues later. I was shopping earlier today and came across a fantastic pair of dress pants, but they are one size smaller than what I can pull off right now. I am very, very tempted to go back to the store and buy them -- turn them into my "goal pants". I might just do that tomorrow...
There isn't much more to say about the end of this cycle except -- weigh-in #5 is tomorrow morning! Will I be rewarding myself by wearing the adorable white shorts, the awesome cream pants or the cute olive coloured capris (these weren't a part of the original plan, but they were hiding in the back of the closet...)? Tune in to see...
