Day 43
How sad...
Remember that one of my goals was to fit into the fabulous cream-coloured pant that have been hanging in my closet for 4 years?? I figured that, because my other clothes are falling off of me (hee, hee...) those pants must surely fit by now. Nope. But here's the strange bit -- they are HUGE in the waist but still tight in the bum -- what the heck?! Obviously they are some sort of strange cut, because there is no way they will ever fit me properly. Weird...
Looks like I'll be shopping this weekend for sure!
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- Cream of Wheat with 1 Tbsp Smuckers Summer Fruit jam and chopped up strawberries mixed in (got the idea from the cereal box -- awfully yummy), 1/2 cup 1% milk, vanilla green tea, probiotic supplement
Morning Snack -- Granny Smith apple, small vanilla-cinnamon yogurt, Kashi granola bar, coffee
Lunch -- Dr. Mike's taco salad, Babybel cheese
Dinner -- stir fry (chicken breast, cucumber, green pepper, onion, noodles, soy sauce -- another delicious creation courtesy of the hubby...)
Another pair of dress pants was on the baggy side today, but at least I didn't have to use a pin to hold these ones up...lol! Now I wonder, how terrible did these clothes look on me 15 lbs ago? I know I felt awful in them...and they must have looked that way, too.
Day 44
130 lbs!!!!!!!!! I don't think there's anything more I need to say about that, except maybe WOOT!!! This means I have 5 lbs to go before I reach my goal -- so exciting! I would love to drop more than that, but I will be thrilled to make it to 125.
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 grapefruit, 3 oz raspberry flavoured yogurt, green tea
Morning Snack -- coffee (wasn't hungry...)
Lunch -- salmon sandwich, sliced cucumber/grape tomatoes/baby carrots, 3 oz peach yogurt Dinner -- roast beef, brown rice, mixed veggies (corn, peas, carrots), red wine.
Twice over the last two days, I have received the best compliment! The weight loss is apparently very noticeable now & I've been told that if I keep going there will be nothing left of me! I'm not about to stop now, so I'm planning to finish out this cycle and then I will call the project done. I've decided that whatever the final number is at the end of Cycle 3, I will be happy, happy, happy!
Day 45
Nothing exciting to report today -- just one confession and one decision...
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- Cream of Wheat with 1 Tbsp jam and diced strawberries mixed in
Morning Snack -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt with red grapes & strawberries, Kashi crunchy granola bar
Lunch -- 4 slices of turkey, 1 Babybel cheese, 100 g marinated vegetable salad (from the grocery store deli counter -- grape tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper, red pepper, onion, carrot -- don't know what it's marniated in, but it's pretty tangy and very yummy)
Dinner -- pizza (pepperoni/mushroom, chicken, Hawaiian -- I sampled several slices...), red wine
OK -- I know I'm abusing the wine privelege. No excuses, no apologies -- I've just been enjoying myself a little. I have a housewarming party to attend next Friday where there will be all manner of things I shouldn't have (heck, it's potluck and I'll even be taking something bad for me...) so I will be very, very careful about what I consume next week -- sort of "save up" for the weekend -- kinda like Weight Watcher points, only, not...
Confession time: If you poke around in the forums and discussion boards about this diet, you will find that a lot of people will have lost much more weight than I have by the time they get to day 45. I've done minimal exercise which is definitely affecting the rate I lose at, but I'm OK with that. I don't mind taking my time because this is more about learning about better eating habits along the way and getting the chance to practice them than anything else. I just don't enjoy exercise, so I do the bare minimum. That's just me -- if you enjoy exercise, you will most likely see faster or more dramatic results.
Decision made: Nothing to earth-shattering! I simply decided that the daily menus are tedious to type, therefore they must be equally tedious to read -- I'm not a very adventurous cook, so I tend to eat the same things day after day (if it ain't broke...). Anyway, I will be discontinuing the menus, but if I find a really interesting recipe/dish/product that fits well with the diet, I will post a link to it and a description. That way, none of us will be bored...
How sad...
Remember that one of my goals was to fit into the fabulous cream-coloured pant that have been hanging in my closet for 4 years?? I figured that, because my other clothes are falling off of me (hee, hee...) those pants must surely fit by now. Nope. But here's the strange bit -- they are HUGE in the waist but still tight in the bum -- what the heck?! Obviously they are some sort of strange cut, because there is no way they will ever fit me properly. Weird...
Looks like I'll be shopping this weekend for sure!
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- Cream of Wheat with 1 Tbsp Smuckers Summer Fruit jam and chopped up strawberries mixed in (got the idea from the cereal box -- awfully yummy), 1/2 cup 1% milk, vanilla green tea, probiotic supplement
Morning Snack -- Granny Smith apple, small vanilla-cinnamon yogurt, Kashi granola bar, coffee
Lunch -- Dr. Mike's taco salad, Babybel cheese
Dinner -- stir fry (chicken breast, cucumber, green pepper, onion, noodles, soy sauce -- another delicious creation courtesy of the hubby...)
Another pair of dress pants was on the baggy side today, but at least I didn't have to use a pin to hold these ones up...lol! Now I wonder, how terrible did these clothes look on me 15 lbs ago? I know I felt awful in them...and they must have looked that way, too.
Day 44
130 lbs!!!!!!!!! I don't think there's anything more I need to say about that, except maybe WOOT!!! This means I have 5 lbs to go before I reach my goal -- so exciting! I would love to drop more than that, but I will be thrilled to make it to 125.
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 grapefruit, 3 oz raspberry flavoured yogurt, green tea
Morning Snack -- coffee (wasn't hungry...)
Lunch -- salmon sandwich, sliced cucumber/grape tomatoes/baby carrots, 3 oz peach yogurt Dinner -- roast beef, brown rice, mixed veggies (corn, peas, carrots), red wine.
Twice over the last two days, I have received the best compliment! The weight loss is apparently very noticeable now & I've been told that if I keep going there will be nothing left of me! I'm not about to stop now, so I'm planning to finish out this cycle and then I will call the project done. I've decided that whatever the final number is at the end of Cycle 3, I will be happy, happy, happy!
Day 45
Nothing exciting to report today -- just one confession and one decision...
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- Cream of Wheat with 1 Tbsp jam and diced strawberries mixed in
Morning Snack -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt with red grapes & strawberries, Kashi crunchy granola bar
Lunch -- 4 slices of turkey, 1 Babybel cheese, 100 g marinated vegetable salad (from the grocery store deli counter -- grape tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper, red pepper, onion, carrot -- don't know what it's marniated in, but it's pretty tangy and very yummy)
Dinner -- pizza (pepperoni/mushroom, chicken, Hawaiian -- I sampled several slices...), red wine
OK -- I know I'm abusing the wine privelege. No excuses, no apologies -- I've just been enjoying myself a little. I have a housewarming party to attend next Friday where there will be all manner of things I shouldn't have (heck, it's potluck and I'll even be taking something bad for me...) so I will be very, very careful about what I consume next week -- sort of "save up" for the weekend -- kinda like Weight Watcher points, only, not...
Confession time: If you poke around in the forums and discussion boards about this diet, you will find that a lot of people will have lost much more weight than I have by the time they get to day 45. I've done minimal exercise which is definitely affecting the rate I lose at, but I'm OK with that. I don't mind taking my time because this is more about learning about better eating habits along the way and getting the chance to practice them than anything else. I just don't enjoy exercise, so I do the bare minimum. That's just me -- if you enjoy exercise, you will most likely see faster or more dramatic results.
Decision made: Nothing to earth-shattering! I simply decided that the daily menus are tedious to type, therefore they must be equally tedious to read -- I'm not a very adventurous cook, so I tend to eat the same things day after day (if it ain't broke...). Anyway, I will be discontinuing the menus, but if I find a really interesting recipe/dish/product that fits well with the diet, I will post a link to it and a description. That way, none of us will be bored...
