So far so good- Day 3 Raw

Having fun eating raw. I don’t think I  going to do official weigh-ins but after 3 days I have lost 6 lbs. I feel good. I had a Bean Recipe Fail because I thought i could just soak some dryed beans and make a nice salad but it turns out some beans are toxic and can’t be eaten raw and also the beans are still very hard after soaking. Research is key lol  I am thinking about adding canned beans to my diet. They are not raw because they have been heated before canning but I would just rinse and use them without further cooking. I will probably settle somewhere around a 90-95% raw diet. we’ll see. i read anywhere over 75% is good. So far i’ve been 100% but i don’t want to be too strict or obsessive.

ok, on to the menu:

Breakfast
2 bananas

Lunch
Salad: Romaine lettuce with 1/2 avocado & 1 small yellow onion, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a bit of sea salt.  This salad was unbelievable!!

Dinner
Green Smoothie (spinach, banana, 6 strawberries, water)

Snacks
3 red plums
green grapes
watermelon

Goals for tomorrow: start using the Brita filter (i’m too lazy to fill it!!) Buy ice for smoothies, try Tai Chi video from library before it’s due

1st Weigh In & Small Happy Dance

*dance dance dance twirl hop spin dance shimmy kick dance twirl jazz hands*

I lost 3 lbs

2nd Week Weigh In

Things got kinda ugly this week. I was pretty out of control and I am going to, under great protest from some part of me, list the piggy foods I ate this week when no one was looking. Lucky for me I weighed in the same as last Fri so the stats remain: 175/170/130 and I hold on to the 5lb loss. Without further ado, my piggy list:

• Potato Chips 2x
• pint of Ben & Jerry’s choco fudge brownie ice cream
• lasagna
• chunk of dark chocolate

I had bad headaches all week and I would go off the deep end and eat crap. My self-esteem is in the toilet this week too. Dunno if that’s from the lousy eating or triggering the lack of control/care etc. BUT i am not going be defeted and give up. I am going to do GREAT this week…I want to say GOODBYE to the 170’s for good

Week 1 Weigh In

Well, it’s a day early because I just couldn’t wait another day!! I am happy to report that the scale did go down!! Hooray for me!! I lost 4 lbs in my first 6 days of the diet and I must admit I ate everything that wasn’t nailed down yesterday so I was nervous!

new stats: 175/171/135 I am on my way!!!!!!

**Update: I couldn’t resist getting back on the scale this morning so the new stats are : 175/170/135 woot!

Day 1 Low Carb

This is my Official Starting Post. I really should take my measurements and post them here too so hopefully I will get time for that later.  I’ve decided on a modified Atkins plan. On WW I can’t control my sugar and even on Core I have probs, I tend to starve myself then flip out and binge. Can you tell I’ve beenhere before?

Here’s the format I will use for weigh-in stats: Starting Weight/Current Weight/Goal Weight
For today it’s 175/175/130 I don’t know how 130 will suit me but that’s a nice round number to shoot for. I may try to go further or I may find I am comfortable before I get there.

I think today was a smashing success. I started out with 2 hard boiled eggs for breakfast and was immediately bummed because I wanted to have OJ I did have my fave DR Brown’s Diet Black Cherry though so that made up for it. A nice fizzy glasss of alizerin crimson chemical cocktail. Anyway – I was rushing about so I didn’t have time or food to prep a good lunch for work. I grabbed the 1 polly-o cheese stick left in the fridge and the unsalted mixed nuts I picked up at target yesterday. I have to post the brand because they are awesome and pretty cheap! I snacked on the nuts all day at work, had the cheesestick when I was hungry and drank Stash Licorice Spice herbal tea. i was happy and I feel good now.

My plan for the weekend… I am roasting chicken legs now and will make a tray of baked shells for the fam to eat tomorrow. I bought the extra big block of mozzarella so I can eat some. I need to hit the produce store and get some good veggies. I do have an avocado that I will eat in the morning with hardboiled eggs – soooo good together! I got that tip online somewhere, maybe here: Avocado Central

So, now I am having some manzanilla olives and will be too busy running around this evening (kids) to care about eating So far so good!!!!!!!!!!