Days 10 & 11: aversion to meat

The past two days the thought of eating meat has made me want to vomit. Still does a little. I have stuck to salads and fruit and I had scrambled eggs for dinner yesterday. I had planned to eat some leftover chicken for lunch on day 10, but like I said, the thought of eating meat made me want to barf. I don't think it has anything to do with the diet but it is definitely strange because I usually love chicken. I do go through weird food phases sometimes though. Not sure if i have really lost weight, because I don't really want to weigh myself. And I also don't have a scale. I will probably weigh myself at the end of the first cycle.

Days 5 -9

Not so great since I went out of town.

Thursday (day 5) was fine, I just didn't blog since I had kickball!

Friday after work I left for Houston. I was falling asleep after only about an hour and a half on the road, so I stopped for some sugar and caffeine. Diet Coke and Peanut Butter M&Ms are definitely not on the diet!

Since I was in Kingwood, of course I had to go to the hometown favorite Chelsea Deli & Cafe. A chicken salad sandwich on french bread is also definitely not on the diet. :/ We ate a super early dinner (because my parents are ridiculous) at another sandwich place and topped it off with TCBY yogurt! This day was pretty much a total loss.

Sunday was a loss too: bacon & eggs for brunch and a subway sandwich later in the day. It was turkey bacon, so I guess that was good.

Today I had more Diet Coke and m&ms to keep me awake on the drive home. For dinner I made some chicken with some BBQ seasoning.

Sooo I am thinking about extending the first 17 days to 20 days since I have been doing poorly the past few days.

Day 4 - Not good

Today was not very good. I did well most of the day at work, but then I had another of those slim fast bars after lunch, and then another one later in the day, probably around 5. I also had a couple pieces of candy from a coworker's candy dish on her desk. Ugh.

Then I met up with friends at a mexican restaurant. I did well with my entree - I ordered marinated grilled chicken breast and I didn't eat any of the rice that came with it. I also didnt get a margarita, even though it was happy hour and I LOVE margaritas. Yay me!

I bad part was the chips and bean dip that was on the table. I looove the bean dip at this restaurant. Its so good. So I ate more of that than I probably should have.

Oh well, back on track tomorrow!!

Day 3

Day 3 went ok I guess. I finally weighed myself at the gym today and it was pretty much my normal weight. The book says that you'll lose weight right away, and maybe I have because i don't doubt that I was heavier on Sunday. I had NOT been eating well AT ALL. I'm not worried, but I hope I see the scale go down soon!

Today I drank my hot lemon water in the AM and I had greek yogurt and some berries for breakfast. Then I had another salad for lunch. I did have another one of those slim fast mint-chocolate 100 calories bars after lunch. Oops. I have having trouble completely ignoring my sweet tooth!

I never did have my second serving of fruit, but I had my first experience with cottage cheese for my second probiotic serving! I bought the kind they recommend in the book - Breakstone Live Active cottage cheese. I didnt hate it, but I didnt love it either. I put a couple blueberries in it, and maybe I should put a lot more in there next time. I don't know if I will ever become a cottage cheese lover.

For dinner I cooked some ground turkey with some taco seasoning and made lettuce wrap type- things. I put some bell peppers, mushrooms, and sour cream on them too. They were very tasty!

I also found some low carb yogurt at Kroger that I like. Its store brand called CARBmaster.

Tomorrow will be tricky since I might be going out to dinner with some friends, to a Mexican restaurant. I looked at the menu already and hopefully if I go I can stick to getting the salad! I do love me some mexican food!

Day 2

Today I drank most of the hot lemon water in the morning. I am generally not a fan of hot beverages or even soup, but the fact that its just water makes it a teeny bit more appealing.

For breakfast I had a peach and a lemon flavored greek yogurt. I dont think I will be having the lemon flavor anymore, or at least not for breakfast. It tasted like the lemon flavored girl scout cookies I like, so maybe I will have it for a dessert.

For lunch I had another spinach salad with chicken...same as yesterday.

I had to squeeze my second serving of fruit in before 2pm, so I had some strawberries & blueberries a little after lunch.

As of 4pm I have drank all 64 oz of water that I am supposed to drink each day, and let me tell you, I have had to pee every 20 minutes!

I did cheat a little and I ate a 100 calorie slim fast mint-chocolate bar. I feel bad about it, but I was pretty much the highlight of my day!

Dinner I think will be more chicken and more salad. Im also going to go buy some cottage cheese...I hope I like it. I've never had it before!

17 Day Diet

So I started the 17 Day Diet yesterday, and I want to keep track of myself, so I am going to use this blog.

I dont have a starting weight because I dont own a scale. I planned to weigh today at work (yes we have a scale at work, weird) but the scale here is broken or out of batteries or something.

I did pretty good yesterday. I got all my fruits in before 2pm, and my probiotics. I had a salad for lunch with spinach, chicken, tomatoes, mushrooms and fat free dressing. Then I made a variation of the egg white frittata that is in the book for dinner. I used 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites instead off 4 egg whites. I put spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms and bell peppers in it and sprinkled a little bit of Parmesan cheese on top.

Yesterday I did not get all my water in or drink the hot lemon water in the morning.