Starting Day 3

Yesterday (Day 2) was much easier than Day 1.  I was actually worried that I might gain weight because I felt so full all day.

The baked potato was heaven, to be sure.  We ate:  cabbage, squash, baked broccoli, green beans and our baked potato for dinner.  Honestly, I was full and comfortable all day.  Whenever I got hungry, I went and got more squash.  Tasty.  Hubby also said it was an easy day for him.

I'm down to 194.4 this morning.  Having started at 199, that's 4.6 lbs lost so far.  Hubby is down a total of 5.6 lbs (!!??).

I know it's water weight, but it sure is nice to see a number on the scale that I haven't seen for a while.  It's a great way to kick off getting back to my healthy eating.  And a cold turkey on the sugar really helps.  I have found that when I eat sugar, I eat everything.  Somehow sugar kicks me over the edge.

So today is veggies and fruits.  I still have mushrooms and artichoke hearts to cook.  I also have some turnips, though I usually cook those with bacon and butter, so I'm not sure how to cook them for this diet.  We also have baby carrots to munch on and we can eat fruit again - we still have the cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes and peaches.

Tomorrow is the day I'm dreading.  8 bananas?  8 glasses of milk?  Okay, I like milk, but I'm not the biggest fan of bananas.  Especially over ripe ones.  We haven't gone shopping for those yet since I wanted to have fairly green ones.

This is an interesting crash diet, to be sure.  So far I'm not missing the sugar or starchy carbs.  But let's be real, it's only the beginning of Day 3.

I've seen some other variations of this diet on the internet.  Some say you can eat the Day 7 soup every day.  Some say you can have beef rather than chicken.  Beef sounds pretty heavy right now, so I think we'll stick to chicken.

I'm wondering how much I'll gain back after this ends and I go back to my healthy eating.  I'm hoping I won't gain any back because I plan on getting back into the weight lifting and bike riding as well as staying away from the sweets.

My only issue (and one of the reasons I'm doing this crash thing) is that our anniversary is next weekend.  That means I will imbibe in alcohol and lots of food, but I will have had 3 days of normal healthy eating prior to that weekend, so maybe I'll be okay.

I will continue updating!

Jump Start

I'm trying something a little different to get myself going again.

My mother's heart surgery went well, but it was very stressful and there weren't a lot of great food choices to be had for that week.  So I'm up in weight and I don't feel all that well.  Of course, I got a nasty cold while up there and it's lingering on ....

So I'm trying a 7 day diet just to get started on my path again.  Here it is:

I know it's probably not the healthiest way to go about things, but it doesn't look horrible, and I think I can do it and it's only short term ... plus my hubby is on board with me so I'll have a partner while doing it!

I'm hoping it will get me back on track and help get all the icky out of my body from the last few weeks.  

I am 199 today (I know - almost back at that big 200!!) though I know a lot of that is from the junk I've eaten and will drop back off.  I was 196.8 on Saturday, so a bunch has got to be just water weight.  That might give a false reading on the weight loss I may get from the "diet" so I will have to keep that in mind.

I will report in as we go.  I imagine it's not going to be pleasant, but since I can eat as much as I want of things on their day (mostly) maybe it won't be so bad.  Looking at it, the banana day is probably going to be the hardest day.

I will keep you posted!