Day 7 (Accelerate Cycle)

Question of the day:  Did Traci learn her lesson on Day 2?

Answer:  Nope...

This is the first day I've been home all day since the start of the project -- you'd think that eating properly would be easy since this is where the food is -- apparently not.  I should know better -- but noooooooo.  I've been so busy trying to get through chores and shopping and kid's homework that I didn't eat breakfast until almost noon, lunch at nearly 4:00 and no snacks in between.  And since the coffee was already made, I didn't start the day off with the hot water/lemon juice drink.  So now I'm hungry.  Good job, dummy...

I did get some menu planning done for next week, though -- made a batch of the chicken soup which really more resembles a stew than soup.  There's some leftover chicken, so I'll be having that on my salads and in lettuce wraps (I'm really excited about those!).  It's amazing how far a package of chicken breasts will go -- the family will even be able to have chicken in their spaghetti sauce sometime this week.  Cooked up another batch of turkey chili and now I have dinners for the whole week; bought some low-fat Italian dressing so I can try the marinated vegetables, too.

Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 6 oz strawberry yogurt with 6 large strawberries diced up and mixed in, cup of green tea
Lunch -- green salad with chicken breast, tomatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, red pepper, onion, olive oil/balsamic vinegar dressing
Dinner -- Dr. Mike's chicken soup, small green salad, green tea

Weigh-in #2 is tomorrow morning!  I'm hoping for another one or two pounds gone -- something is happening because my jeans are waaaaaay more comfortable than they have been in a long time...

Day 6 (Accelerate Cycle)

Took the plunge today and ate a proper serving of yogurt.  Yes, yogurt -- try not to faint from the shock -- those who know me well, know that I avoid it like the plague.  Anyway, I tried a small one the other day with my snack, just to test the waters, and didn't have any problems, so I figured I'd go bigger today.  Usually I suffer terrible indigestion if I have dairy products (oh, how I miss a large, cold glass of milk every now and then...), but I was pleasantly surprised that the yogurt didn't bother me.  Thank goodness -- a little variety in my breakfasts is going to make me happy, happy, happy!

No walk around the 'hood today -- slept in a bit, and then was off to work for 9:00 -- then the rain set in, so I won't be going after dinner.  A few "laps" up and down the stairs tonight ought to suffice...

Todays menu:
Breakfast -- 2 poached eggs, 1 navel orange, coffee
Morning snack -- 6 oz peach yogurt, 1 diced peach (mixed in -- yum, yum!), a few grapes & strawberries, 1/2 Granny Smith apple
Lunch -- green salad with tuna, tomato, red pepper, onion, cucumber and balsamic vinegar/olive oil dressing, green tea, probiotic supplement
Dinner -- oven barbequed chicken breast, steamed baby carrots & green beans


We got a great deal on Silhouette 0+ Yogurt yesterday, so the daughter and I are set for a bit.  It was hard to find an unsweetened yogurt -- this one is sweetened with sucralose.

Again, no afternoon snack -- this is awesome!  You don't have to eat all of the food laid out in each day's menu -- just follow the Hunger/Fullness Meters and eat appropriately when hungry.  The water definitely helps -- takes the edge off for a bit if it's close to meal time or I can't drop what I'm doing to eat.

The BBQ sauce for the chicken is very good -- don't know what agave nectar is, let alone where to buy it, so that's been left out.  The recipe makes A LOT, so I now have a jar of it set aside for next week's cooking.  I'm thinking that when I'm allowed pork chops again, it's going to be darn tasty on those, too...