Limiting what I ate yesterday was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do! I followed the diet to a T and by yesterday evening I was starving, literally I thought I could eat my arm. I think this is going to take some getting used to, but also I’m going to need a distraction from food, until my body can adjust. Like those really busy days at work and you look up and it’s 3:30pm and you’ve forgotten to eat lunch. Yeah, I’m going to need some days like that. Good thing we’re going into the weekend. I think sitting at this desk all day, even when I don’t want to I feel the urge to eat.
Last night the pirate ship was so much fun! I can’t wait to do it again when I don’t have restrictions and I can participate in the drinking games. I will say this process is making me become very aware of my surroundings. What I put into my body and what I put on my body. Without evening thinking, I put two temporary tattoos on my body. It wasn’t until afterwards that I realized this may not have been the best thing…would this stall my progress? The not drinking wasn’t all that bad. I was easily about to say no thanks I’ve got some in my bottle. (water that is), plus I had Kendall with me, who knows what I’m going through. It was the food that Susan had brought, strawberries and cheese and crackers that almost got the best of me. I was so hungry by the time I got home, the 15 minutes Ineeded to wait after taking the drops felt almost impossible. Coupled with the headache I had had all day, it was a nightmare. I was able to cut measure and cook chicken for 5 meals. With the help of Kendall who took over the last measuring and cooking session, so I could put down a salad. I have a feeling that I will be eating a lot of them. I found out yesterday that I don’t quite like celery as much as I thought I did….you know without wing sauce and ranch dressing – it’s just not the same.
One Tylenol and Melatonin later, I was off to bed and a restful night of sleep…
I was super excited this morning to weigh myself. It was the first official day on the diet and after all the pain of not eating yesterday I was hoping for a large number on the scale. 2.5 pounds, I will take it! Today’s loss brings my total to 3.5 pounds, not to bad for 3 days worth of work. At this rate, I will have major success, but I know one day at a time. I’m sure there are going to be days when it’s a lot less.
After my new morning routine was complete, I headed to the kitchen to get my food ready for the day. On a side note, while cooking last night I think I learned how to make blackened chicken….or at least this is what I’m going to call it. I knew from yesterday that I didn’t want to repeat my hunger pains nor did I want to repeat dry celery. I also knew I needed a different solution for a salad dressing. Although Kendall’s balsamic vinegar did the trick last night, it was a little too tangy for my taste buds.
I made two new things this morning…. What I will call my “honey mustard” dressing and an alternative to sweet tea.
Honey mustard dressing:
Dijon mustard
Water
Stevia
Red Wine Vinegar
I am sure that I will need to perfect this receipt, but for today it will work. I will be having a blackened chicken salad with honey mustard dressing. Doesn’t sound too bad.
Sweet Tea:
- Lipton’s Iced Brew Tea (this is also new for me)
- 1/3c Stevia
Today, I am trying to do things a little bit differently than yesterday. I am trying to hold off on eating my “snack” until the afternoon. This will give me a little more to eat in the afternoon and I’m hoping it will help me at night. I don’t want to repeat last night’s hunger pains.
I must say, this was very good idea! I did so much better, although hungry with a growling tummy, I didn’t get the head ache and unbearable feeling that I had the previous night.
I was also so happy for the things I accomplished today. I left work a little early to try and beat my roomies home. Seeing how it was my weekend to clean and how I had left the kitchen a complete disaster the night before, I didn’t want to get yelled at! Haha. I also needed to divide up my food quantities from my shopping trip. It surprises me that I can get 2, yes 2 days worth of meals out of one package a meat! I know, usually that would be 2 meals not 4.
It was time to experiment; I just couldn’t stomach another salad, especially not having a dressing perfected. Don’t get me wrong, the “honey mustard” dressing for lunch was do-able but it wasn’t great. My goal all weekend was to come up with something that I could eat more than once…that never happened. You know when you can’t stomach the thought of smelling something again….yeah, I’m there with dressings.
I decided tonight was the night for veal meatballs and tomato sauce. The true Italian was about to come out of me and it did!
Veal Meat Balls:
- 100 grams veal
- Salt/Pepper/Onion Salt/Garlic Salt/Italian Seasonings
- 2 tbs water
- 1 breadstick
Mix and make into 5 small meatballs. Place on pan and cook in the over on 350 deg for about 20-25 minutes. If you like your meatballs a little crispier cook up to 30 minutes.
Real Tomato Sauce:
- Peel 2 tomatoes and puree in the magic bullet
- Dice ½ clove of garlic
- ¼ cup water
- Salt/Pepper/Onion Salt/Italian Seasonings
- 3 Dashes of red wine vinegar
Cook on stovetop (med-high) for about 30 minutes. Sauce will begin to thicken and will turn a darker red.
Dinner was fabulous and for a moment I felt like a real Italian chef!
