The Revolving Diet

Day 234.2 ~ 9/11/11

First and foremost - a special prayer and remembrance goes out to all those that died, lost loved ones, were affected by the events of 9/11/01 and those serving in our military.  An extremely sad time in history that will never be forgotten.

Another late post, we just got home and a quick update:

Breakfast: Walnut bread, water

Lunch:  Roasted Chicken, tomatoe, red onion, lettuce with a pesto-mustard sauce on a roll, bottle of water

Snack: Seapoint Farms Wasabi Soybeans (approx 1/2 cup), bottle water

Dinner: Cod filet, 1 cup broccoli & cauliflower, 1 cup brown rice 

Had a wonderful mini-vacation and always a downer to get back into the work groove.  But I made a quirky purchase while away....Meet Max (my metal cat - watering can):

 

 
One of those impulse buys because it was just an AWESOME SMILING CAT and dirt cheap!  Hubby saw it and pointed it out and asked (he never should of).... "You Don't Want This , Do You?" 

Me:  Are you high?  Of course I want it.

It was that easy - and I bought it (Do you believe for $7 bucks!???!!)....I have got to keep the "Are You High" comment in my arsenal of witty replies, Hey, it worked in getting Max the Metal Cat!!!

Other than that, I tried to relax...

Tomrrow's diet will be posted (hopefully) first thing in morning....if not sometime mid-morning.

I hope your weekend was FANTASTIC!!! 

Remember....now is the time to kick-start, re-start, or just start your healthy plans.....we have a good amount of time until the holidays are here to get our bodies in great shape (or continue to get in shape) for the coming onslaught of holiday goodies.  LET'S BE PREPARED!!!  Better to go in thinner, that add to what we have already!!

LET'S DO IT!!!!!

 

Day 232.2 & 233.2 ~ 9/9/11 & 9/10/11

 Catching up (late, I know)…I have had little time and limited access to a computer.  So this is a catch up from Thursday night through Saturday afternoon.

 Long travel day Thursday and a quick dinner of pizza at a friend’s house.  Probably could have used a fork to cut it – opted for the usual hand method (and pizza not on the dinner options).

 Friday Meals:

Breakfast: (late) 2 pancakes, 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices bacon

Lunch: No lunch

Snack: ¼ cup Seapoint Farms Roasted Wasabi Soybeans, bottle water

Dinner: Mexican Rice, Shredded Beef, ½ cup lettuce, 2 tablespoons tomatoes, 2 tablespoons cheese, 1 tablespoon sour cream, 1 tablespoon guacamole

 Saturday Meals:

Breakfast: Bacon, Egg & Cheese biscuit (McDonalds), bottle water

Lunch: Italian salad, 3 types Italian ham, provolone cheese, lettuce, hot peppers, onions, tomatoes and lettuce, oil & vinegar dressing, small side roll

Dinner: ??? Not sure when, what or what time – but planning on fish or pasta

 Tonight hubby’s band is playing so it’s a late night and I won’t be able to get to a computer until sometime late tomorrow (travel day home).

 So far mini vacation is great!  Shopping, one brief swim in the pool and meeting up with friends – what more could you ask for??  Oh, yeah – it’s supposed to be sunny in Florida – it’s been raining, like I haven’t seen enough rain in NJ??!! 

 I had been thinking about this Forking Diet and its limitations.  If you really think about it salads, veggies and even meats can be found in pre-cut forms.  There are plenty of options and ways around this diet.  Taking it further – this diet could be looked at similarly to a Slim Fast (not the shake part – but calorie wise).  With Slim Fast you can have (2) shakes – (1) for breakfast & (1) for lunch – each approximately 250 calories, then have a sensible dinner.  If you can pretty much eat what you want for breakfast & lunch and watch  the calories on the Forking Diet  - you have a sensible dinner (using  Fork only acceptable foods) – you can probably expect to lose similar pounds all while having a little more satisfying foods instead of a shake to fill you up.

 Slim Fast is not the only diet that can be used as a comparison – but it does make you think of other options that can be just as satisfying at keeping hunger away but still being able to eat foods that make you not feel like you are on a diet.

I hope your week went well and you had progress.  (not matter how big or small a loss – even if you didn’t lose or gain – IT’S STILL PROGRESS!!!)

 Have a wonderful night and a SUPER SUNDAY!

 Talk to you later!

Day 231.2 ~ 9/8/11

Travel day...always fun and I am not sure how late it will be until I will get to a computer...sio my update for breakfast and lunch:

Breakfast:  Sesame Bagel with butter (I went a little overboard this morning)

Lunch: Chef Salad with ham, turkey, cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes and light thousand island dressing, big fresh brewed ice tea.

Dinner:  VERY Late tonight...will update more later or tomorrow

Have a wonderful day. 

My posts will be sproratic from now through weekend...but I will be posting!

Life is too short to be anything but HAPPY!

Day 230.2 ~ 9/7/11

So this eating like a King at breakfast, Prince at Lunch and Pauper at Dinner – not too shabby.  I have woken up hungry and been able to knock down the hunger by eating a bit more than I usually do.  By dinner I haven’t been hungry and after eating I do not have that “weighed down” feeling. 

 In searching for more information on the Forking Diet – I came across this site for the Fork Diet (same thing just shortened name) . It’s actually a decent easily laid out site:  http://www.forkitdiet.com/index.html and I found it to be helpful in assisting me in making my food choices for today and looking ahead the next few days.

 Today’s Meals:

 Breakfast: 3 slices toasted oatmeal bread with 2 tablespoons peanut butter, 1 apple

Lunch:  Progresso Chicken Penne soup and ½ ham and cheese sandwich

Dinner:  Broiled Tilapia, 1/3 cup rice, 1 cup steamed broccoli & cauliflower

Tomorrow I will be doing the “Light –or- Gentle” version allowing me to have a little bit more flexibility – which works out nice since I will be on vacation.

One more day until vacation!  Mini-Vacation....4 days away and I plan on doing nothing but relaxing by the pool, seeing friends and seeing hubby's band.  After my long weekend of cleaning and partially gutting the basement, I need a break.  It couldn't come fast enough!

It's rough getting back into the groove once the summer comes to an end and this being a 4 day work week makes it a little easier to prepare for the next several full weeks ahead.  As far as dieting and exercise - NOW is the time to get back on track - the holidays are right around the corner and throwing all caution to the wind when that turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie come out will be all that more satisfying knowing you lost weight, got firmer and healthier before those fattening holidays roll around.

Get that last hoorah out of the way this week because next week can be the turning point where all focus can be back on you and re-igniting that flame to get healthy, exercise and maybe drop a few pounds!

Have a SUPER night !

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

 

Day 229.2 ~ 9/6/11

Kind of a boring food day today, no chance to get to grocery store - raining again and just too tired to have to run around after work...

Breakfast:  Leftover Fritatta from yesterday, 1 cup orange juice

Lunch:  Roasted Chicken & Monterey Pepper Jack Cheese over salad of lettuce and tomatoes with light italian dressing, an apple

Dinner:  Cavatelli and broccoli with garlic and olive oil, salt & pepper, ice tea

I was so tempted to throw in some butter (but I'd have to use a knife). My goal was to use what I have in the house before we leave for vacation so that I do not waste anything.  I am not worried about vacation as for the most part breakfast and lunch will be in (unless we are invited out) and dinners out - so I am going to try and stick with fish or pasta (that's my goal anyway) for dinners.

It's surprising how easily you can deviate by using a knife and not realize it.  Things you do normally and not think about  whether to use a knife, fork or spoon come second nature. I was trying to see if it would be difficult to not use a knife with breakfast or lunch - but tomatoes, peppers and onions had to be cut and chicken I had to cut up for the salad.

A good day - I don't feel like I am on a diet as I  pretty much had what I wanted.

I recently made a comment regarding my husbands band website – saying that they will “Rock The House” at a recent show. My husband returned from his gig and this was the conversation:

 Him: Soooo we are gonna rock the house

Me: Yeah, what’s wrong with that

Him: When did you become a rapper

Me: That’s not Rap

Him: Well, what is it

Me: I said what I thought, you guys are gonna rock the house

Him: that sounds like rap

Me: I do not know how to rap unless I am shooting out Rapture by Blondie

Me: forget it, I’ll never make another comment about the band

Him: no that’s okay, I just want to know what "gonna rock the house" means

Me: screw it – let me show you my new purchase while you were away

 

 

 I know – SOOOOOOO Cool Right.  I bet I could wear these while rapping Rapture.  I look like a deranged bug with attitude.  It got him off my "gonna rock the house" comment....

"Rapture"

Toe to toe
Dancing very close
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they're stepping lightly
Hang each night in Rapture

Back to back
Sacrailiac
Spineless movement
And a wild attack

Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's fly
DJ's spinning I said my, my
Flash is fast, Flash is cool
Francois sais pas, Flashe no deux
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Mars
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Mars
You go out at night, eatin' cars
You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
Mercuries and Subarus
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
Then, when there's no more cars
You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don't move too slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, paint a train
You'll be singin' in the rain
I said don't stop, do punk rock

Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party on TV
'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
And now he's gone back up to space
Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
And now he only eats guitars, get up!

 Now I bet you can’t get this song out of your head (SORRY!!!!) ….have an AWESOME night!

Live your life the way you want to - you only get one chance to do it right!

Day 228.2 ~ 9/5/11

So THE FORKING DIET....Just too funny of a name.  I've told a few people about it already today and their head cocks just slightly and they ask again, what diet?....I again reply the Forking Diet, then a head shake and a "You come up with the most Bizarre Diets to do"...

I am doing the Strict PLan from today through Wednesday, then Thursday through SUnday I will be doing the Gentle Plan.  The reason being is I will be going on a mini-vacation and will probably need a little more lenience (to keep me from cheating!!)

Todays Meals-

Breakfast: Frittata with red, green peppers, onions, water

Lunch: Pasta Salad with broccoli, garlic, olive oil, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper, Iced Tea

Dinner: Baked Tilapia with lemon, garlic, salt & pepper, side of cauliflower, iced tea

Being busy and having the opportunity to mix and match what was on hand (without hitting the grocery store) made today easy.

I hope your last summer holiday weekend was wonderful and you are ready for the short week ahead.  It's a great time to re-focus your health and exercise programs now that kids are back in school and life is a little more structured!

It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren't so handy in the refrigerator.