The Revolving Diet

3 Day Diet - (Summary of 1st Part of Week's Diet)

I am back down to where I started the first day of this diet.  So overall weight loss "A BIG FAT ZERO".

The two weeks preceding this diet were extremely restrictive being either liquid only or rice & fruit only.  This 3 Day Diet was a shock to the system....More food (not calories wise) but flavors hitting salty & sweet and everywhere in between.  Food was satisfying at mealtime but in between I WAS HUNGRY.  I think the added flavors peaked my taste buds into wanting more food.

Being a short diet, this is a short summary.

Would I do it again. Probably not. The first day was good. I really think the second day with the hot dogs for dinner really did me in. The last day was average.  I think it was intended to help you release the salt you took in the day before (I peed alot yesterday).

Alot of my results could be based on the two weeks leading up to this diet.  Being too restrictive and then hitting all the good stuff (Peanut Butter, Ice Cream, Hot Dogs......) in 3 Days took the wind out of my weight loss stride I had going.

Oh well.  It was bound to  happen.  So I am back where I  started this week and  happily onto todays "4 Day Diet".

Day 43 ~ 3/3/10

Let's just start with the obvious - - I gained .8 pounds.  I knew it was going to happen once I was done with dinner last night.  The salty hot dogs did me in.  All day today I felt bloated.

Today's Menu:

I had to switch up Lunch & Breakfast as the hard boiled eggs I thought we had, hubby ate....

Breakfast: 1 Scrambled egg 80 calories, 1 slice 45 calorie toast. Total 125 calories

Lunch: 1 ounce cheddar cheese 120 calories, 5 saltine crackers 60 calories, 1 apple 80, Total 260 calories

Dinner: 1 CUp Cottage Cheese 180 calories, 1 Cup Cauliflower/Broccoli mix 30 calories, 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream  150 calories (no melon as the store didn't have any ripe ones. Total calories 360

Total Calories for day: 745

Tomorrow starts the 4 Day Diet....I had to do a quick stop at grocery store (with the list of items needed)  YIKES!!!!!  I got got 1/2 way down list and saw Metamucil...WTF!  With all the salad & fruit I am going to eat I SERIOUSLY do not think I am going to need any assistance...AND  do you know the grocery store only carries one size (enough to last at least 5 years) and it's expensive....$15.99 for the container....the cost of keeping regular.  Maybe becoming fond of prunes would be more cost effective??!!

Anyway sort of looking forward to the next four days.  There is rice on this portion (NOT AGAIN) but brown rice...never had before - I found these cute single serving sizes that will work well for this diet (pre-made just microwave - can't get easier than that!)

Gotta do some laundry (cause naked is not part of the dress code).  Have a great night!

SImply be the best you can be - you will like yourself more!!!

Day 42 ~ 3/2/10

The food on the 3 Day Diet is saltier than what I experienced on the diets over the last two weeks.  Could be why my weight was the same today as yesterday.

Hitting the mini milestone of 15 pounds gave me a little courage last night to spend a few moments "naked" in front of our full length mirror in the bathroom.  Fifteen pounds sounds like a lot, but I really didn’t see much of a change in mirror.  My arms still flabby, my inner thighs are also flabby, I still have a pooch and my upper stomach looks like it hasn’t shrunk at all.  My elation over 15 pounds down ….SHORT LIVED!

It’s weird how after you watch what you eat, go to bed not bloated and feeling satisfied (for the most part) and the alarm goes off in the morning and you just lay there thinking.  I know I am thinking that I feel lighter and thinner.  (Of course I am laying down so my stomach is flat)  I am not feeling any ribs (or bones) but I feel thinner.  I get on the scale and I have lost a few ounces, etc….but the “WOW” factor not there yet.  Then my mind wanders and I wonder how much I will have to lose to get the “WOW” factor.  My hubby says he can tell I am losing weight as he sees it in my face.  I can’t tell a difference.   I have a little more room in my pants (enough that the normally digging into the fat waistband is actually comfortable) and I don’t have to hold in my breath to zipper or button them. But they fit.  They are my fat pants and they fit like they should fit.  I haven’t dropped to a lower size.  I am still in the fat pants.  Frustrated, YES.  I am like anyone else trying to lose weight and even though it is coming off….it’s not fast enough.  I committed myself to 365 Days. I committed myself to trying a new diet weekly (or like this week “2 diets, 1 week”).  I AM GONNA KEEP GOING. For myself and for all of you that are reading this.  I know this isn’t a race, the 365 days was realistic time line.  The 50+ pounds I’d like to lose is a number I would like to see myself achieve.  Putting them together, while doing a different diet weekly seemed like a unique concept.

 I am enjoying a new diet weekly.  When I just about can’t stand another day of a diet…I may be only 1-2 days away from starting a new diet.  It’s like not taking a vacation for awhile and then finally when you get to go on vacation your batteries get recharged by all the new sights.  I get pumped up with researching the new diet and then starting it….it’s the following and completing it that sometimes gets in the way.  I am learning how my body reacts to different diets – what works and what doesn’t work.  I am losing weight, some diets faster than others.

I am into the 7^th week of diets.  In 7 weeks I have lost 15 pounds.  At this point I am averaging about 2 pounds per week.  Not bad, pretty consistent.

So my meals today…..

Breakfast: 1 Slice 45 calorie toast, 1 fried egg  80 calories, 1 small banana  80 calories – 205 calories

Lunch: 5 Saltine Crackers 60 calories, 1 Cup Cottage Cheese 180 calories - 240 Calories

Dinner: 2 Hot Dogs 160 calories each, Broccoli & Cauliflower  30 calories, 1 latte 70 calories (substitute this instead of 150 calories in ice cream) - 420 calories

Total Calories for Day:  865  (175 more calories than yesterday's total)

Satisfied after each meal...but found the added flavors increased my hunger and cravings between meals.  The hot dogs were SALTY....I hope I show a loss tomorrow because if I show a gain it definitely will be water weight related from the salty hot dogs!

One more day to go until the 4 Day Diet....I have posted the diet info (see side bar)

Enjoy Life!!!  Have a great night!

 

Day 41 ~ 3/1/10

Today started the "3 Day Diet"....filling this week with (2) Diets.  The (3) Day Diet is first, then onto the (4) Day Diet.......

Both are low calorie.  Both have specific items on the menu.  The (3) Day Diet outline is on the side bar to the right....I will post the (4) day Diet info by Wednesday (once I read over the book I took out from library).

Today started out pretty good....peanut butter..YUMMY!!!! 

Breakfast: 1 slice Pepperidge Farm bread 45 calories, 1 tablespoon peanut butter, 95 calories, 1/2 cup grapefruit juice 45 calories.  Total calories : 185

Lunch: 1/2 cup cottage cheese - 90 calories, 1 slice of toast 45 calories. Total Calories 135

Dinner: 3 oz chicken breast - 83 calories , 1 cup green beans 90 calories, 1 apple -  80 calories, 1 cup vanilla ice cream - 150 calories.  Total Calories: 403

Total Calories for Day: 723

Comparing the daily Rice Diet menu of calories to today's - they are very close (but with more variety & flavor)

I was VERY HUNGRY between each meal though....where I think the blandness of the rice kept the hunger down. 

We will see how tomorrow goes.....I am going to try & drink more water to fill up....

Have a WONDERFUL NIGHT!!!!