Breakfast: Chocoloate Smoothie (260) w/ strawberries (12) and ONE cup of coffee (15) - look Anne, only one! :) = 287 calories
Lunch: Having the blueberry and almond crisp meal in a bar. (260) This is quite yummy. I do like these bars. = 260 calories
No caffeine headache today. Can I get a WOOT woot! I made a cup of the pomegranate tea (10) to take with me to pick up Sam from school. It was darn frigid outside today and the hot tea made waiting for his class to come out much more tolerable. = 10 calories
Dinner: 4oz. chicken breast (140) marinated in some balsamic vinaigrette. Hearts of romaine salad (15) with fresh sliced button mushrooms (7) and 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinaigrette dressing (45). 2 slices of toast (120) with garlic and mozzarella cheese (45). = 372 calories
One cup of coffee after dinner (15)
Total today = 944
If I have a snack bar (120), and I know I will, that'll take me to 1064 for today. :) And still not finding myself desperate for munchies.
Danny is doing the grocery shopping tonight so I will have more to work with for dinners. Get a bit creative. I saw a few recipes on the Shaklee180 site that I definitely want to try - Salsa Chicken, Pita Pizza, baked portobella mushroom. I wish they had more recipes and meal plans on the site - meal plans would be helpful.
Its going to be interesting for a while. Danny is doing the Atkins diet (it works really well for him - me? not at all. I gained weight on it - LOL) and of course the boys are at the stage where all they want are PBJ's, chicken tenders and fruit. Doesn't mean that is what they get... but that's all they want. So we all have our own dinners for awhile - or in the case of the kids their own combination of whatever they will eat from the stuff Danny and I will be eating. They get the "combo plates" so to speak. Eventually Danny and I can merge our dinner choices (after he is through the Stage 1 of Atkins and can start adding carbs back in). He did join me in the other half of the chicken breast - because chicken breasts these days come from mutant, giant breasted chickens - and 4 oz is less than half of one. He ate the rest, wrapped in romaine plus some other stuff - cheese, kielbasi all that high fat zero/low carb stuff you eat on Atkins.
I am noticing that at around 5 pm I am really, really hungry. Not "OMG gimme chocolate covered potato chips and soda now!" hungry but pretty darn hungry. Dinner time has been moved up the last couple of days because I simply cannot wait another hour or more to eat. Not if I am going to be satisfied with it anyway. In the end it works out best this way. I read somewhere that you shouldn't eat after 7 or 8 pm. I am sure it's probably one of those dieting myths but it cant hurt.
Nice job with the coffee. And no headache?
ReplyDeleteThat's real progress!
Today's helpful tips: I really want you to stick as close to your 1200 calories as possible. So make sure to add a low GI (Glycemic Index)snack, such as an apple, almonds, etc. I'd like to see you eat more veggies as well. Get as close to 1200 as possible. Not too far below that.
And...are your exercising at all?
Having access to this insight to your process is really allowing me to help you tweak your first couple of weeks of transition which will set you up for greater success.
I hope that you don't mind me saying so, but I'm very concerned about Danny's diet choice. I've worked many people (mostly men who loved the idea of eating steak and bacon on a diet) who did lose weight with Adkins ---and sacrificed their health in the process. Plus, ALL have gained that weight back, and then some, so they're right back where they started, but now with more to lose and poorer health) Yes, most people are carb addicts, but there is a healthy way to change that issue and this isn't it.
The key to long term success is to use a program that not only supports SUSTAINABLE weight loss, but also promotes overall health and includes a sensible balance of food choices. I had to mention this because I feel SO strongly about it.
Aw thank you! :) I actually thought about adding some more veggies to dinner last night - tonight I will be sure there will be more.
DeleteThe funny thing is that I was also thinking "now that I have this diet thing down to a routine - its time to add some exercise." LOL Look at that - less than a week in and we are kismet (does the universal pointing to my eyes, your eyes, my eyes) I am SO with you. :)
Since I have a live in exercise buddy (my german shepherd, Jake) and I read on the Shaklee site about revving up your metabolism first thing in the morning I will incorporate some good brisk walks with Jake. He'll be happier, I'll be healthier - its a win/win.
I understand your concerns about Atkins. I wanted Danny to join me in the Shaklee180 program too. Maybe when he sees how well my diet is working, how easy it is, satisfying it actually is he will join me. Once he is out of stage one, I can get him to eat more like me (at least with dinner) ... baby steps.
Yep, that Universe is pretty nifty. Bringing people into our lives when we need them, connecting people who SHOULD be our good friends but live far away from each other so they can BECOME good friends, etc.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love it?
Re: Danny
It may actually be easier for him to adjust to the 180 after he's cut out the carbs... so that's a great idea,
I just had one of my friends come to a 180 Party with her hubby. He was there for support only, :-) but he heard the info, when her kit came, he wanted to give it a go too.
So, they're sharing the 1st kit for the first two weeks, then ordering another. Then they'll just order one for each of them so they can each have their favorite flavors! So far he really likes how EASY it is and how good he feels.
(I love when that happens. Doesn't sound like any diet I ever tried!)