I made it!!! Almost. I haven't tried many diets. It's not something that I'm into. What I am into is a good challenge. That's how I looked at this diet and that's a big reason why I accomplished this first 17 days. This is only Cycle 1 of 3 that is complete, but I have a feeling that I'm never going to go off of this thing. Bring on the next cycle! It really feels great. I doubt I'll go back to Cycle 1 too many times, but I have learned how to cleanse and eat healthier than I ever have. Here's one thing I haven't learned: HOW TO BOIL AN EGG!!! I've seen every online tutorial and listened to everyone's instructions. I seriously can't do it.
I don't remember every detail of Day14's menu, but we did pack the leftover turkey chili and ate it on the way home from MRM. Skiing was amazing and I think we have a new addict!!!
Yesterday was another busy day at work. Here's the DAy 15 menu:
Wake up: hot lemon water, as usual
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite omelet, green tea
Mid-morning snack: raspberries sweetened with truvia
Lunch: leftover Salmon Lemonata recipe from the night before (Pretty delicious if you love salmon like I do! If not, it might not be your favorite.) on top of a super salad with apple vinaigrette, baggie of grapes, green tea
Snack: Chobani yogurt and baggie of carrots
Dinner: Low-Carb Primavera= spaghetti squash = SOOOOOO GOOOD!
Dessert: green tea of course
Today's Menu:
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: omelet with green peppers, onions, sliced turkey breast, fat free cheddar cheese, green tea
Mid-morning snack: Chobani yogurt (Can't get enough of this stuff. It's like dessert!), baggie of grapes
Lunch: Leftover chicken veggie soup, 2 cuties, green tea
Snack: baggie of carrots, blueberry Kefir
Dinner: leftover low-carb primavera
Dessert: green tea........and wine :)
Here's the deal. I don't know if I'll be able to NOT have a glass of wine or a beer unless I HAVE to. Hope that doesn't make me an alcoholic!! ;) I think I did pretty good with not drinking on the diet. I did my best. And anyway, Dr. Mike says drink if you must! Something like that...
Here we go, Cycle 2! Here we go!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Weekend Post - Day 11 (Friday), Day 12 (Saturday) and Day 13 (Today!)
My weekends are just too action-packed to blog, apparently. Not! :) Here is the weekend all wrapped up into one post.
Friday: Work was busy and Fridays are always a great time, especially when it begins a long weekend! Thanks again for EVERYTHING, MLK! Here's the hilarious thing about Friday (and when I say hilarious I mean the complete opposite!): starting your period and being on the diet. I did make it through without going off AT ALL. Absolutely no chocolate was sacrificed. I'm pretty amazed at myself. Something really great happened Friday night. I dug out one pair of "skinny" jeans. Not the skinny jeans of today, but back when women had a pair of skinny jeans that they just couldn't get rid of, in hopes that one day they will fit again. I tried on THOSE skinny jeans and they fit perfectly! They're just one size smaller than I normally wear in jeans, but it was still a pretty great moment.
Friday's menu
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: Kefir smoothie, green tea
Mid-morning snack: a pear
Lunch: grilled chicken breast salad with apple cider vinaigrette, baggie of grapes, green tea
Snack: mango Chobin yogurt, hard boiled egg
Dinner: Baked BBQ Chicken recipe (another fabulous recipe from the book!) and steamed asparagus (my favorite veggie!)
Dessert: green tea and yes, we went off a little here - red wine! I can't help it!!!
Saturday was playing outside with Jane and running errands day. The best part of Saturday for me was our meals! The best part of Saturday for Paul was that he bought a new pair of jeans that was a size smaller than he normally wears!!!
Saturday's Menu
Wake up: hot leezy weezy
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite Omelet, green tea
Mid-morning snack: pear
Lunch: LETTUCE WRAPS!!!!!, Good Belly juice, baggie of grapes, green tea
Snack: Kefir serving
Appetizer: Kale chips
Dinner: (spicy!) Turkey Chili recipe. We got really full and have a lot left over for today, which is perfect because we're going skiing today so we can pack it in a thermos!
I can't believe we're already at Day 13. It really has flown by, with a few exceptions early on in the challenge. This diet = RESULTS! Both on the inside and on the outside. I feel amazing, have more energy and am in a better mood, overall, which is great for Paul and Jane. I only had coffee about 4 mornings on the diet and one of those was because I like coffee.
Today's Day 13 Menu
Wake up: hot lemony water
Breakfast: Mediterranean omelet (sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, red onions, feta), green tea
Mid-morning snack: plain Greek yogurt with raspberries mixed in, sweetened with agave nectar
Lunch: leftover BBQ chicken recipe, grilled broccoli, green tea
Snack: Kefir smoothie
Dinner: leftover turkey chili recipe, side salad, green tea
Dessert: I don't know if we'll be able to ski without our flask of Minze or having a brew, but we'll give it a try! Don't put too much faith in us! We'll take it easier than we normally do. Maybe. ;)
ONLY 4 MORE DAYS LEFT!!!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Day 10 = DOUBLE DIGITS AND KALE CHIPS!!!
Yesterday was Day 10! We made it to double digits!!! Two very awesome things happened yesterday: 1) I found kale chips thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law. Let the snacking begin!!! 2) I did not pass out in my Yoga Sculpt class! This class seriously kicks butt, though!
Let me elaborate more on kale chips since they're now my favorite food. You take a bunch of fresh kale and remove the big stem in the middle. Then wash them and dry thoroughly. Then arranged the leaves on a cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Then lightly season with sea salt and whatever else you want (I used garlic powder). Make sure you go easy on the seasoning and salt, though. Then bake them in the oven at 275 for 20 minutes. It's a little hard to describe them - crispy and airy and delish!!!
This was yesterday's menu:
Wake up: hot lemon weezy
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, plain Greek yogurt with raspberries mixed in, sweetened with agave, green tea
Mid-morning snack: apple
Lunch: Delicious Nicoise salad (cooked green beans, chilled, tomatoes, scallions, over a bed of lettuce, can of tuna, drizzled with balsamic and olive oil), a cutie and green tea. It may sound like I had three servings of fruit yesterday, but I'm combining the cutie and raspberries into one serving since they were both tiny!
Snack: Yummy Chobani yogurt (expensive, but this is the best yogurt I've ever had!), and Village Salad recipe (diced tomatoes and red onions, seasoned with a tiny bit of olive oil, salt and oregano).
Appetizer: kale chips!
Dinner: naked turkey burgers seasoned with our awesome taco seasoning from GFS with sauteed tomatoes, green peppers and onions, topped with salsa mixed with a little fat free sour cream, and steamed Brussels sprouts (not on top, on the side).
Dessert: MORE KALE CHIPS! and green to the t-e-a
Tonight's dinner is so exciting. I'll blog after I feast! Stay tuned!! Day 10 is DONE!
Let me elaborate more on kale chips since they're now my favorite food. You take a bunch of fresh kale and remove the big stem in the middle. Then wash them and dry thoroughly. Then arranged the leaves on a cookie sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Then lightly season with sea salt and whatever else you want (I used garlic powder). Make sure you go easy on the seasoning and salt, though. Then bake them in the oven at 275 for 20 minutes. It's a little hard to describe them - crispy and airy and delish!!!
This was yesterday's menu:
Wake up: hot lemon weezy
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, plain Greek yogurt with raspberries mixed in, sweetened with agave, green tea
Mid-morning snack: apple
Lunch: Delicious Nicoise salad (cooked green beans, chilled, tomatoes, scallions, over a bed of lettuce, can of tuna, drizzled with balsamic and olive oil), a cutie and green tea. It may sound like I had three servings of fruit yesterday, but I'm combining the cutie and raspberries into one serving since they were both tiny!
Snack: Yummy Chobani yogurt (expensive, but this is the best yogurt I've ever had!), and Village Salad recipe (diced tomatoes and red onions, seasoned with a tiny bit of olive oil, salt and oregano).
Appetizer: kale chips!
Dinner: naked turkey burgers seasoned with our awesome taco seasoning from GFS with sauteed tomatoes, green peppers and onions, topped with salsa mixed with a little fat free sour cream, and steamed Brussels sprouts (not on top, on the side).
Dessert: MORE KALE CHIPS! and green to the t-e-a
Tonight's dinner is so exciting. I'll blog after I feast! Stay tuned!! Day 10 is DONE!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Day 9 = Chipotle doesn't hold a candle to my "diet" recipes!
Yesterday was day 9 and everything was great until dinner. Paul worked a shift at the PC so of course his dinner was bangin'. Mine on the other hand was terrible! First of all, I was going nonstop from the time I arrived at work until 12:30 a.m. with work stuff, Pilates, Jane, grocery shopping and finally homework. After hitting up the grocery I was out of energy to cook myself dinner so I figured that Chipotle would work if I skipped the beans and rice and added my own fat free sour cream and reduced fat cheddar. I don't know what has happened to my taste buds, but it did not taste very good at all! Maybe that will happen when I go to eat Reese Cups, lasagna, pizza, and any other crappy foods that I used to love to eat!
Day 9 Menu
Wake up: hot lemony water
Breakfast: An AWESOME omelet of spinach, sun dried tomats, mushrooms and feta, green tea
Mid-morning snack: yogurt with blueberries mixed in, sweetened with agave nectar
Lunch: amazing smoked salmon salad - fish that Paul or his dad caught (or both) over lettuce, sun dried tomats, scallions and feta, green tea
Snack: baggie of carrots and Kefir
Dinner: Chipotle (minus the tasty stuff) and a handful of sun dried tomatoes to wash out the Chipotle taste
Dessert: green tea
Help me think of restaurants to go to and still stay on the "diet!"
I'll post today's menu later on!
Day 9 Menu
Wake up: hot lemony water
Breakfast: An AWESOME omelet of spinach, sun dried tomats, mushrooms and feta, green tea
Mid-morning snack: yogurt with blueberries mixed in, sweetened with agave nectar
Lunch: amazing smoked salmon salad - fish that Paul or his dad caught (or both) over lettuce, sun dried tomats, scallions and feta, green tea
Snack: baggie of carrots and Kefir
Dinner: Chipotle (minus the tasty stuff) and a handful of sun dried tomatoes to wash out the Chipotle taste
Dessert: green tea
Help me think of restaurants to go to and still stay on the "diet!"
I'll post today's menu later on!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Day 8 = TACO SALAD!!!
The awesome recipes just keep on coming! Taco salad made with ground turkey was pretty much the most awesome thing since the chicken lettuce wraps.
Here's another trick to success: don't forget your lunch when you leave for work! I was driving away, late of course (obviously being on time wasn't one of my resolutions this year), and remembered that my little lunch bag was still in the fridge just as I was getting on the highway. There goes my awesome taco salad lunch and mid-morning snack. Thankfully my student husband had to stop home before class. He pretty much saved my life today.
Day 8 Menu
Wakeup: wonderful hot lemon water
Breakfast: Kefir smoothie, green tea
Mid-morning snack (that I ended up eating at 1:50 p.m.): yogurt with fresh blueberries, sweetened with agave nectar
Lunch: TACO SALAD! Ground turkey with taco seasoning over a salad of lettuce, red onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and just a little reduced fat cheddar cheese. Then some delicious green tea. ;)
Snack: hardboiled egg and a baby carrot baggie
Dinner: chicken stir fry (not a recipe). Just cook up chicken breast strips in a wok with garlic, ginger, a mix of olive oil and sesame oil, and light soy sauce. Then add whatever Asian-style veggies you like - green beans, cole slaw mix (cabbage), broccoli, cauliflower, shredded carrots. Then throw on a dash of sesame seeds after serving. Delish!
Dessert: green teeeezy!
Cravings haven't been too bad lately. Beer and wine will always be a craving that just won't go away. I haven't had any, though, because it always comes down to the fact that it's not worth it and I would just be mad at myself if I had any. My dictator husband says that the same goes for the Reese Cups in my freezer...I guess :-/
Peace out, Day 8!!!!
Here's another trick to success: don't forget your lunch when you leave for work! I was driving away, late of course (obviously being on time wasn't one of my resolutions this year), and remembered that my little lunch bag was still in the fridge just as I was getting on the highway. There goes my awesome taco salad lunch and mid-morning snack. Thankfully my student husband had to stop home before class. He pretty much saved my life today.
Day 8 Menu
Wakeup: wonderful hot lemon water
Breakfast: Kefir smoothie, green tea
Mid-morning snack (that I ended up eating at 1:50 p.m.): yogurt with fresh blueberries, sweetened with agave nectar
Lunch: TACO SALAD! Ground turkey with taco seasoning over a salad of lettuce, red onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and just a little reduced fat cheddar cheese. Then some delicious green tea. ;)
Snack: hardboiled egg and a baby carrot baggie
Dinner: chicken stir fry (not a recipe). Just cook up chicken breast strips in a wok with garlic, ginger, a mix of olive oil and sesame oil, and light soy sauce. Then add whatever Asian-style veggies you like - green beans, cole slaw mix (cabbage), broccoli, cauliflower, shredded carrots. Then throw on a dash of sesame seeds after serving. Delish!
Dessert: green teeeezy!
Cravings haven't been too bad lately. Beer and wine will always be a craving that just won't go away. I haven't had any, though, because it always comes down to the fact that it's not worth it and I would just be mad at myself if I had any. My dictator husband says that the same goes for the Reese Cups in my freezer...I guess :-/
Peace out, Day 8!!!!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Chicken Lettuce Wrap Recipe!
Here it is - the amazing Chicken Lettuce Wrap Recipe that I've been raving about! Here's the deal though. Don't turn me in. I'm pretty sure that taking pics of the recipes in the book that I borrowed from my mother is illegal ;) Remember how much pleasure you're about to have in your mouth!!! And bonus...you get the Village and Taco Salads, too! Enjoy!
Day 7 = Holy busy day! Too busy to be hungry.
I can't believe Day 7 is over halfway done! Work is busier than ever and I have class tonight so I'm not even thinking about food. I had meetings all morning long so I had to remind myself to eat my fruits before 2 p.m. I'm not about to miss a fruit serving!!! Lunch today kind of sucked. This is the first recipe that I've had that I didn't particularly like. It was the Marinated Veggie Salad recipe. It was good and everything, just not mind-blowing like the rest of them. Here's the full Day 7 menu:
Wake up: Hot lemon water (I'm really getting used to this and am starting to even look forward to it when I wake up. It's kind of like when I was younger, my mom would bribe me to get out of bed with my favorite cereal, Lucky Charms. So this is an older, more adult version of that feeling!)
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite Omelet!
Mid-morning snack: Strawberry Greek yogurt, baggie of red grapes
Lunch: a can of chunk light tuna and the Marinated Veggie Salad (the night before, steam the veggies you want - broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke hearts, green beans, and then pour fat free Italian dressing over them and marinate them in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, drain them and serve them over a bed of lettuce. Kind of boring!), green tea and a cutie
Afternoon snack: Kefir serving and a baggie of carrots
Dinner: Sesame Fish recipe (I can't wait!!! Tune in tomorrow for a full report!), steamed veggies
Dessert: Greeeen Teeeeaaaa!
Wake up: Hot lemon water (I'm really getting used to this and am starting to even look forward to it when I wake up. It's kind of like when I was younger, my mom would bribe me to get out of bed with my favorite cereal, Lucky Charms. So this is an older, more adult version of that feeling!)
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite Omelet!
Mid-morning snack: Strawberry Greek yogurt, baggie of red grapes
Lunch: a can of chunk light tuna and the Marinated Veggie Salad (the night before, steam the veggies you want - broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke hearts, green beans, and then pour fat free Italian dressing over them and marinate them in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, drain them and serve them over a bed of lettuce. Kind of boring!), green tea and a cutie
Afternoon snack: Kefir serving and a baggie of carrots
Dinner: Sesame Fish recipe (I can't wait!!! Tune in tomorrow for a full report!), steamed veggies
Dessert: Greeeen Teeeeaaaa!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Day 6 = Temptations and the best recipe in the book!
Day 6 was spent watching the Raiders WIN this time! The only problem is that the best seat in the house is in the new Alumni Zone/Fricker's Deck and it's full of temptations. It's like being at Fricker's, watching a live game instead of one on big screens, with mad beer specials for alums (ME!). They also have free snacks of popcorn and the amazing kettle-cooked chips that I'm in love with. Guess how much of all of that I had today....NONE! Karma also told me to stick to the diet by making me lose at the little entertainment squad's trivia game during a time out. The prize was Fricker's gift cards and my team vowed to treat ourselves with something delicious if we won. So that's it - I'm sticking to it with the exception of special occasions only!
Day 6 also uncovered THE. BEST. recipe in the 17 Day Diet Book: Chicken Lettuce Wraps!!! I know I've said this about all of the recipes, but these suckers are seriously amazing! I've been craving them since lunch.
Here's the Day 6 menu:
Wake up: the beloved hot lemon water
Breakfast: grapes and an awesome frittata that my awesome chef husband made - spinach, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, and I think that's it. Oh, and green tea.
Mid-morning snack: plain Greek yogurt with blueberries and agave nectar
Lunch: I would love to say it again - CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS!!! (Let me know if you want the recipe!), green tea
Snack: carrots, hardboiled egg, Kefir
Dinner: Low-Carb Primavera recipe - spaghetti squash, onions, broccoli, mushrooms with low-carb marinara (another awesome recipe from the book), green tea.
DAY 6 DONE! It's definitely getting easier and bonus: I didn't have to lay on the bed to stretch out my skinny jeans when I put them on like I normally do! #ohwhatafeelin
Day 6 also uncovered THE. BEST. recipe in the 17 Day Diet Book: Chicken Lettuce Wraps!!! I know I've said this about all of the recipes, but these suckers are seriously amazing! I've been craving them since lunch.
Here's the Day 6 menu:
Wake up: the beloved hot lemon water
Breakfast: grapes and an awesome frittata that my awesome chef husband made - spinach, sun dried tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, onions, and I think that's it. Oh, and green tea.
Mid-morning snack: plain Greek yogurt with blueberries and agave nectar
Lunch: I would love to say it again - CHICKEN LETTUCE WRAPS!!! (Let me know if you want the recipe!), green tea
Snack: carrots, hardboiled egg, Kefir
Dinner: Low-Carb Primavera recipe - spaghetti squash, onions, broccoli, mushrooms with low-carb marinara (another awesome recipe from the book), green tea.
DAY 6 DONE! It's definitely getting easier and bonus: I didn't have to lay on the bed to stretch out my skinny jeans when I put them on like I normally do! #ohwhatafeelin
Day 5 = Helloooo, eggplant parm!!!
My hangover wasn't nearly as bad as it normally is because I've only been eating things made of water, thank goodness! The beer tasting was so much fun and only a few of my favorite kettle cooked chips were sacrificed, but I was so excited to get back on the diet the next day and it was easier than I thought. The reason for that is the fact that everything we eat on the diet is so delicous! Our fancy Saturday night dinner at home was this fantastic eggplant parmesean that I could eat over and over again! Here's the whole Day 5 menu:
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: grapes and the Fleischman Favorite Omelet, green tea
Mid-morning snack: Kefir smoothie
Lunch: Leftover Bangin' Chicken veggie soup, green tea
Afternoon snack: salad, strawberry and blueberry Kefir mixed together (my little experiment)
Dinner: Amazing Egglpant Parm recipe and green tea
Day 5 DONE!!!
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: grapes and the Fleischman Favorite Omelet, green tea
Mid-morning snack: Kefir smoothie
Lunch: Leftover Bangin' Chicken veggie soup, green tea
Afternoon snack: salad, strawberry and blueberry Kefir mixed together (my little experiment)
Dinner: Amazing Egglpant Parm recipe and green tea
Day 5 DONE!!!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Day 4 = BEER TASTING! (Not on the diet tonight)
That's right. There is nothing that could keep me away from a delicious flight of brews. Not even my new year determination. Dr. Mike wouldn't want me to miss this. He said so in the book. He says something to the effect of, "If there is something special that you want to eat, go ahead and go off the diet. It's OK! Just go back on the very next day." His words will resound joyfully in my head with every little shot glass full of delicious funky beer! The trick is to not drink so much that I feel like eating three chili cheese dogs from Skyline, a Super Cheese pizza from Marion's and the entire left side of the Taco Bell menu tomorrow!
I'm over my starvation feeling. Today was much better. I need to thank Cody Bowersock and Jamie Hunlock for their very inspirational comments when I posted yesterday's entry on Facebook yesterday. They totally helped! Work today was so extremely busy that I didn't have time to be hungry. Plus the menu today consisted of this bangin' chicken soup! Let me know if you want the recipe!!!
Day 4 Menu
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: Kefir smoothie (sooo good!) 2 tips for drinking smoothies on the way to work: 1) wear gloves or you'll have popsicle hands. 2) Don't drink out of a big-mouth cup. You'll be wearing a smoothie mustache that, unless you have napkins in the car (which I never do, of course), you'll never get off.
Mid-morning snack: hardboiled egg, Good Belly Juice, green tea
Lunch: Chicken Veggie Soup recipe and a cutie, green tea
Afternoon snack/early dinner: grilled salmon super salad.
Dinner: BEER! :)
In addition to the sneaky little ways that I've figured out, here's another way this diet works. Instead of chillin' on the couch watching tv after work, you're slaving away in the kitchen making dinner for that night and then soups and salads for the next day! You're chopping your ass off all night long! Exhausting. But worth it today.
Alright, it's game time! Wright State beats Butler in about 4 hours, which is another reason why I feel no guilt going off the diet today. Gotta celebrate...I hope!!! :)
I'm over my starvation feeling. Today was much better. I need to thank Cody Bowersock and Jamie Hunlock for their very inspirational comments when I posted yesterday's entry on Facebook yesterday. They totally helped! Work today was so extremely busy that I didn't have time to be hungry. Plus the menu today consisted of this bangin' chicken soup! Let me know if you want the recipe!!!
Day 4 Menu
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: Kefir smoothie (sooo good!) 2 tips for drinking smoothies on the way to work: 1) wear gloves or you'll have popsicle hands. 2) Don't drink out of a big-mouth cup. You'll be wearing a smoothie mustache that, unless you have napkins in the car (which I never do, of course), you'll never get off.
Mid-morning snack: hardboiled egg, Good Belly Juice, green tea
Lunch: Chicken Veggie Soup recipe and a cutie, green tea
Afternoon snack/early dinner: grilled salmon super salad.
Dinner: BEER! :)
In addition to the sneaky little ways that I've figured out, here's another way this diet works. Instead of chillin' on the couch watching tv after work, you're slaving away in the kitchen making dinner for that night and then soups and salads for the next day! You're chopping your ass off all night long! Exhausting. But worth it today.
Alright, it's game time! Wright State beats Butler in about 4 hours, which is another reason why I feel no guilt going off the diet today. Gotta celebrate...I hope!!! :)
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Day 3 = STARVING!
So I've figured out how this diet works. You get so nauseous from STARVATION that you don't feel like eating anything! Then you burn so many calories from walking back and forth to go to the bathroom, to fill up your water bottle, and to make your tea that you feel like you're withering away to nothing. Every time I go to the bathroom, I feel like I lose 5 lbs. and I'm not even taking a deuce regularly anymore! So yes, here it is...Day 3 officially feels like a diet.
Here are the most important things to know about Day 3:
1.) This is the feeling that I've been dreading -- STARVATION. It had finally set in during my yoga sculpt class before I ate lunch today.
2.) If you do this diet or any other no-carb diet, DO NOT take a yoga sculpt class unless you eat as much allowable food as possible, especially protein.
3.) If you're listening to the radio in the car and a commercial for a "large hot-n-ready pepperoni pizza" comes on, turn it IMMEDIATELY. I don't even like pepperoni pizza and I can't get that voice out of my head from my drive to work this morning!!!
4.) Don't wear tights and a skirt to work until your bladder is used to holding all of the liquids. My bathroom time has doubled today.
Speaking of bathroom breaks, here is the official count from yesterday: eight total trips at three minutes each during the 8 hour workday. Number-cruncher wiz kids, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that works out to 5% of my workday spent in the bathroom. I'm pleasantly surprised by this low number because it seems like a lot more. Maybe it's just the tights.
Here's the Day 3 menu:
Wake up: Hot lemon water
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite Omelet (This is the last day in a row that I'm going to have this because I swear, if I get sick of this omelet before the 17 days are up, I'm going to cry.)
Mid-morning snack: plain Greek-style yogurt with blueberries mixed in, sweetened with agave nectar (I'm loving this!), aaaaaand green tea
Lunch: Massive super salad (lettuce, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, tomatoes) with diced turkey breast and fat free Italian dressing, a baggie of red grapes, and green tea
Mid-afternoon snack: a hardboiled egg and half of a serving of Kefir (Paul drank his serving and this is all that is left! Also, we ran out of baby carrots, which is another big no-no if you want to succeed.)
Dinner: I'm pumped!! We're making some kind of baked or grilled fish with some delicious steamed veggies!
Dessert: That wonderful last cup of green tea.
As long as my wonderful friend and officemate, Megan, keeps the cheezits out of this office, I might make it through this. If she would have brought them in today, I might have caved! Oh and by the way, Paul didn't drink at work last night!!! :) Yay, babe.
One more note about Megan -- she totally inspired my chicken breast dinner that I made for myself last night and then also for Paul to warm up for lunch today. Meg and I love Healthy Choice meals and for lunch yesterday she had the chicken marinara one. I've had it before and it's sooo good. So I seasoned and grilled two chicken breasts and set them aside. Then I sauteed a couple of minced garlic cloves in a little olive oil, then added a can of diced tomatoes. I simmered them for a while until the juice had reduced a little. Then I dumped broccoli florets on top, covered the pan and let them simmer until they were tender and bright green. Then I mixed them all together with the chicken and it was so absolutely amazing! You should try it!
Here are the most important things to know about Day 3:
1.) This is the feeling that I've been dreading -- STARVATION. It had finally set in during my yoga sculpt class before I ate lunch today.
2.) If you do this diet or any other no-carb diet, DO NOT take a yoga sculpt class unless you eat as much allowable food as possible, especially protein.
3.) If you're listening to the radio in the car and a commercial for a "large hot-n-ready pepperoni pizza" comes on, turn it IMMEDIATELY. I don't even like pepperoni pizza and I can't get that voice out of my head from my drive to work this morning!!!
4.) Don't wear tights and a skirt to work until your bladder is used to holding all of the liquids. My bathroom time has doubled today.
Speaking of bathroom breaks, here is the official count from yesterday: eight total trips at three minutes each during the 8 hour workday. Number-cruncher wiz kids, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that works out to 5% of my workday spent in the bathroom. I'm pleasantly surprised by this low number because it seems like a lot more. Maybe it's just the tights.
Here's the Day 3 menu:
Wake up: Hot lemon water
Breakfast: Fleischman Favorite Omelet (This is the last day in a row that I'm going to have this because I swear, if I get sick of this omelet before the 17 days are up, I'm going to cry.)
Mid-morning snack: plain Greek-style yogurt with blueberries mixed in, sweetened with agave nectar (I'm loving this!), aaaaaand green tea
Lunch: Massive super salad (lettuce, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, tomatoes) with diced turkey breast and fat free Italian dressing, a baggie of red grapes, and green tea
Mid-afternoon snack: a hardboiled egg and half of a serving of Kefir (Paul drank his serving and this is all that is left! Also, we ran out of baby carrots, which is another big no-no if you want to succeed.)
Dinner: I'm pumped!! We're making some kind of baked or grilled fish with some delicious steamed veggies!
Dessert: That wonderful last cup of green tea.
As long as my wonderful friend and officemate, Megan, keeps the cheezits out of this office, I might make it through this. If she would have brought them in today, I might have caved! Oh and by the way, Paul didn't drink at work last night!!! :) Yay, babe.
One more note about Megan -- she totally inspired my chicken breast dinner that I made for myself last night and then also for Paul to warm up for lunch today. Meg and I love Healthy Choice meals and for lunch yesterday she had the chicken marinara one. I've had it before and it's sooo good. So I seasoned and grilled two chicken breasts and set them aside. Then I sauteed a couple of minced garlic cloves in a little olive oil, then added a can of diced tomatoes. I simmered them for a while until the juice had reduced a little. Then I dumped broccoli florets on top, covered the pan and let them simmer until they were tender and bright green. Then I mixed them all together with the chicken and it was so absolutely amazing! You should try it!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Day 2 of 17 is DELICIOUS!
Let me first start off this day's post by announcing that PAUL CHEATED YESTERDAY!!! He loses points for cheating, but gains them back because he fessed up. He admitted to me last night during dinner that he had TWO CROUTONS!! "One little one and one bigger one," to be exact. The guy has to be in his dress blues for a wedding sword ceremony in March so he better stick to the plan!!! :)
I'm noticing a trend with this diet and that is every meal is DELICIOUS! Last night for dinner we had the most amazing turkey patties. At GFS, they sell these huge containers of crazy spices and we bought the Spicy Taco Seasoning. My chef husband mixed that in with the ground turkey and then sauteed green peppers, onions and sun dried tomatoes (not packed in oil, of course, because that's sinful) to put on top. Then he steamed broccoli and carrots to go with it. Green tea was for dessert. 17 Day Dieters of the past say that you stop craving sweets and carbs at some point. I may be the exception!
Day 2 Menu
Wake up: hot lemon water (yesterday I made the mistake of using a quarter of a lemon instead of an eighth. I will never make that mistake twice! Today's eighth of a lemon was much more tolerable.)
Breakfast: Coffee (it's going to take a while before I will "stop needing coffee!") and the same egg white omelet as yesterday because it's absolutely amazing. It will from now on be referred to as the Fleischman Favorite Omelet.
Mid Morning Snack: Plain Greek style yogurt, sweetened with agave nectar and with fresh blueberries mixed in and green tea
Lunch: a super salad (lettuce, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, green onions, tomatoes) with a can of tuna on top and drizzles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing (1 T. olive oil, 2 T. balsamic vinegar), a cutie and green tea #2.
Afternoon snack: baggie of baby carrots and a serving of peach Kefir.
Dinner: Grilled chicken breast marinated in fat free Italian dressing and steamed veggies. Paul works at the Pine Club tonight so he's going to ask the chef to specially prepare him this meal. His big goal tonight is not to drink his one allotted alcoholic drink. Place your bets now! I told him that if he drinks his last cup of green tea instead, it will serve as the action of drinking his alcoholic drink and will be kind of the same thing. He looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language.
Dessert: GREEN TEA!
Notes: I already have stopped feeling like a slug, which I'm so pumped about. Also, I've begun the tally for the amount of trips to the bathroom so I can find out the percentage of my workday that is spent in there. Two so far today, which is less than yesterday, thank goodness!
Day 1 DONE!
I'm noticing a trend with this diet and that is every meal is DELICIOUS! Last night for dinner we had the most amazing turkey patties. At GFS, they sell these huge containers of crazy spices and we bought the Spicy Taco Seasoning. My chef husband mixed that in with the ground turkey and then sauteed green peppers, onions and sun dried tomatoes (not packed in oil, of course, because that's sinful) to put on top. Then he steamed broccoli and carrots to go with it. Green tea was for dessert. 17 Day Dieters of the past say that you stop craving sweets and carbs at some point. I may be the exception!
Day 2 Menu
Wake up: hot lemon water (yesterday I made the mistake of using a quarter of a lemon instead of an eighth. I will never make that mistake twice! Today's eighth of a lemon was much more tolerable.)
Breakfast: Coffee (it's going to take a while before I will "stop needing coffee!") and the same egg white omelet as yesterday because it's absolutely amazing. It will from now on be referred to as the Fleischman Favorite Omelet.
Mid Morning Snack: Plain Greek style yogurt, sweetened with agave nectar and with fresh blueberries mixed in and green tea
Lunch: a super salad (lettuce, spinach, carrots, cucumbers, green onions, tomatoes) with a can of tuna on top and drizzles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing (1 T. olive oil, 2 T. balsamic vinegar), a cutie and green tea #2.
Afternoon snack: baggie of baby carrots and a serving of peach Kefir.
Dinner: Grilled chicken breast marinated in fat free Italian dressing and steamed veggies. Paul works at the Pine Club tonight so he's going to ask the chef to specially prepare him this meal. His big goal tonight is not to drink his one allotted alcoholic drink. Place your bets now! I told him that if he drinks his last cup of green tea instead, it will serve as the action of drinking his alcoholic drink and will be kind of the same thing. He looked at me like I was speaking a foreign language.
Dessert: GREEN TEA!
Notes: I already have stopped feeling like a slug, which I'm so pumped about. Also, I've begun the tally for the amount of trips to the bathroom so I can find out the percentage of my workday that is spent in there. Two so far today, which is less than yesterday, thank goodness!
Day 1 DONE!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
2012 = CLEAN! Day 1 of 17
Let the resolutions for the new year begin! Some write them down and swear by them. These are the people who swarm into the rec center on January 3 so that those who work out all year long can't get on a treadmill unless they cheat and start changing before the work day clock hits 5:00 and then sprint downstairs, ID card waving, ready to be swiped. Some people make them knowing they won't stick to them and until 2012, that has definitely been my style. One of my new year resolutions this year is to be a better resolutioner! Here's what is running my life starting today: The 17 Day Diet by Dr. Mike Moreno.
Losing weight isn't my reason for doing this. I kind of like junk in my trunk and my boobies are already smaller than a middle school girl's so the fact that boobie fat is the first to go is very depressing. I'm doing this for the cleanse part of the deal. 2012 is all about being CLEAN! Specifically my house, car, desk at work and inside of my body (I'm absolutely going to continue to not wash my hair). My life will be clean, organized and free of shit. Apparently one thing that won't be clean is my mouth ;)
So here's the deal - there are 3 cycles of 17 days each. The first 17 days is a big fat cleanse (literally!). The menu consists of as many vegetables as you want, as much chicken, fish and turkey you want, 2 fruit servings before 2 p.m., 2 servings of probiotics per day (yogurt, Kefir, Good Belly juice), unlimited egg whites (I think) and up to two eggs per day. Because my bladder is the size of a pinhead, the hardest part for me is drinking the tons of water, hot lemon water when you wake up and three cups of green tea each day. Tomorrow I'm going to keep a tally of how many trips to the bathroom I take during the work day!
Here's my menu today
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: An egg white omelet with green peppers, mushrooms, onions and fat free feta made by my wonderful chef husband
Mid-morning snack: Yogurt and a baggie of grapes
Lunch: Some peach Kefir (delicious!), an apple, my first cup of green tea, and an awesome grilled chicken salad with lettuce, spinach, carrots, onions, cucumber and apple cider vinaigrette.
Afternoon snack: a baggie of carrots and my second green tea
Dinner: a ground turkey patty with something awesome on top (my chef husband hasn't decided yet), steamed broccoli and carrots and the last green tea
Notes: I can barely eat everything that I'm supposed to and that's how I know that THIS is the non-diet diet for me! My life revolves around food right now and that's how I like it!
The one thing I forgot to do is weigh myself today and that's probably because like I said, losing weight isn't a goal on this non-diet diet. I want to weigh in anyway, just to find out if the published acclamations of Dr. Mike are for real. I'm going to weigh myself tonight and then again on the last day. I'll let you know the difference!
If you're a person who keeps resolutions, I wish you the strength to keep it up. For those of you who were like me until this year, you're probably awesome without changing anything, but give it a shot one of these years if you find something you're passionate about. You might surprise yourself!
Losing weight isn't my reason for doing this. I kind of like junk in my trunk and my boobies are already smaller than a middle school girl's so the fact that boobie fat is the first to go is very depressing. I'm doing this for the cleanse part of the deal. 2012 is all about being CLEAN! Specifically my house, car, desk at work and inside of my body (I'm absolutely going to continue to not wash my hair). My life will be clean, organized and free of shit. Apparently one thing that won't be clean is my mouth ;)
So here's the deal - there are 3 cycles of 17 days each. The first 17 days is a big fat cleanse (literally!). The menu consists of as many vegetables as you want, as much chicken, fish and turkey you want, 2 fruit servings before 2 p.m., 2 servings of probiotics per day (yogurt, Kefir, Good Belly juice), unlimited egg whites (I think) and up to two eggs per day. Because my bladder is the size of a pinhead, the hardest part for me is drinking the tons of water, hot lemon water when you wake up and three cups of green tea each day. Tomorrow I'm going to keep a tally of how many trips to the bathroom I take during the work day!
Here's my menu today
Wake up: hot lemon water
Breakfast: An egg white omelet with green peppers, mushrooms, onions and fat free feta made by my wonderful chef husband
Mid-morning snack: Yogurt and a baggie of grapes
Lunch: Some peach Kefir (delicious!), an apple, my first cup of green tea, and an awesome grilled chicken salad with lettuce, spinach, carrots, onions, cucumber and apple cider vinaigrette.
Afternoon snack: a baggie of carrots and my second green tea
Dinner: a ground turkey patty with something awesome on top (my chef husband hasn't decided yet), steamed broccoli and carrots and the last green tea
Notes: I can barely eat everything that I'm supposed to and that's how I know that THIS is the non-diet diet for me! My life revolves around food right now and that's how I like it!
The one thing I forgot to do is weigh myself today and that's probably because like I said, losing weight isn't a goal on this non-diet diet. I want to weigh in anyway, just to find out if the published acclamations of Dr. Mike are for real. I'm going to weigh myself tonight and then again on the last day. I'll let you know the difference!
If you're a person who keeps resolutions, I wish you the strength to keep it up. For those of you who were like me until this year, you're probably awesome without changing anything, but give it a shot one of these years if you find something you're passionate about. You might surprise yourself!
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