Well -- three weeks in and things are going great! I still have a pretty substantial muffin top that I'll be working harder on in the weeks to come, but my clothes are fitting so much better that I can't believe that I was wearing them 10 pounds ago. I've started shopping for my "rewards" -- saw some more cute things in my travels this weekend -- I'm actually starting to look forward to clothes shopping again!
Today was another higher-calorie day, which I can tell already I'm going to look forward to! Those carbs are lasting a long time and I didn't feel the need for any snacks today -- paid close attention to the Hunger/Fullness meter, resisted the temptation to eat out with the kids while we were shopping, and ate my meals on time. Success!!! No gardening as exercise today due to an allergy medication failure, but I did a lot of stairs again. Tomorrow will be back to the workout -- need to get some crunches happening more regularly so I can ditch the roll that's hanging over my waistband right now!
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 2 poached eggs, medium baked potato (diced & browned), 1 naval orange, green tea, probiotic supplement
Lunch -- chicken salad (greens, cucumber, tomato grilled chicken) with balsamic vinegar/olive oil dressing, 1/2 cup brown rice, coffee
Dinner -- Dr. Mike's chicken soup, probiotic supplement
Confession: I ate a Tim-Bit at 3:00...
Confession: I was badly tempted by the pizza everyone else had for dinner -- it smelled amazing but I managed to resist it...
Good thing I resisted that pizza! Another weigh-in tomorrow morning!
Sunday, July 03, 2011
Saturday, July 02, 2011
Day 20 (Activate Cycle Day 2)
A much more successful day today! I hope this means I'm back on track...
Something interesting -- before I started this project, I was beginning to have some suspicions about my ability to tolerate beef. I noticed that I usually got indigestion (and other not-so-pleasant issues that I won't go into here -- TMI and all that...) after eating beef. I absolutely LOVE a nice, rare chunk of beef for dinner, but I think I have developed a sensitivity to it. Years ago, I worked with a nutritionist in an attempt to sort out some of the boy's problems. Through doing elimination diets we determined that he has a sensitivity to proteins, with "cow" being the worst offender -- this definitely explained his trouble with milk and a whole lot of other stuff. I was advised to keep him off of the beef for two weeks and rotate the other proteins, keeping 3 days in between. Well, I have been off beef for 18 days and had my first exposure in that BBQ'd patty last night. No indigestion last night to report but this morning, well, you can probably guess where this is going -- TMI and all that...
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt with lots of strawberries mixed in, coffee
Morning Snack -- missed it -- too busy vacuuming & cleaning/running the stairs...
Lunch -- Dr. Mike's freaking fantastic taco salad, green tea, probiotic supplement
Dinner -- BBQ chicken breast (with Dr. Mike's sauce), lots of broccoli, green tea
In keeping with the festive mood around Canada Day, breakfast today was red and white! Holy cow -- that was one tasty meal! Almost better than the red grape/vanilla yogurt combo -- almost...
I never managed to make it into the yard today -- kept myself very busy running up and down stairs, cleaning, vacuuming, running laundry here and there, organizing the winter gear. Then I spent the afternoon teaching the daughter how to sew while I worked on a valence for the holiday trailer -- lots of bending, etc. I sure hope this counts as exercise -- it's not like I do it every day...
I don't usually have the energy/patience to do this type of thing for a whole day. I've been more alert and calm lately, willing to take on projects that I've been avoiding, and enjoying them. This makes me happy! This makes my family very happy!
I feel....... better.....
Something interesting -- before I started this project, I was beginning to have some suspicions about my ability to tolerate beef. I noticed that I usually got indigestion (and other not-so-pleasant issues that I won't go into here -- TMI and all that...) after eating beef. I absolutely LOVE a nice, rare chunk of beef for dinner, but I think I have developed a sensitivity to it. Years ago, I worked with a nutritionist in an attempt to sort out some of the boy's problems. Through doing elimination diets we determined that he has a sensitivity to proteins, with "cow" being the worst offender -- this definitely explained his trouble with milk and a whole lot of other stuff. I was advised to keep him off of the beef for two weeks and rotate the other proteins, keeping 3 days in between. Well, I have been off beef for 18 days and had my first exposure in that BBQ'd patty last night. No indigestion last night to report but this morning, well, you can probably guess where this is going -- TMI and all that...
Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt with lots of strawberries mixed in, coffee
Morning Snack -- missed it -- too busy vacuuming & cleaning/running the stairs...
Lunch -- Dr. Mike's freaking fantastic taco salad, green tea, probiotic supplement
Dinner -- BBQ chicken breast (with Dr. Mike's sauce), lots of broccoli, green tea
In keeping with the festive mood around Canada Day, breakfast today was red and white! Holy cow -- that was one tasty meal! Almost better than the red grape/vanilla yogurt combo -- almost...
I never managed to make it into the yard today -- kept myself very busy running up and down stairs, cleaning, vacuuming, running laundry here and there, organizing the winter gear. Then I spent the afternoon teaching the daughter how to sew while I worked on a valence for the holiday trailer -- lots of bending, etc. I sure hope this counts as exercise -- it's not like I do it every day...
I don't usually have the energy/patience to do this type of thing for a whole day. I've been more alert and calm lately, willing to take on projects that I've been avoiding, and enjoying them. This makes me happy! This makes my family very happy!
I feel....... better.....
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