So, today ends week one. I have officially been eating one meal a day for seven days. How do I feel? I'm going to go with good. I feel good. According to my measurements I'm losing random 1/4 inches but I think that might just be normal fluctuations. I haven't weighed myself since I don't own a scale. I'm not discouraged at all though, because I really do feel good.
Sunday was the chili cookoff, that was probably a bit of a setback. I wouldn't exactly call random ramekins of chili a "balanced meal" but that was my meal for the day... I did learn something fun this week. These products are doing a wonderful job of boosting my metabolism, and apparently that affects alcohol consumption. I would definitely not call myself a drinker. A glass of wine with dinner and an occasional cocktail while out is about as far as I go. But the other night I went crazy and had a beer, and my energy booster pill. I woke up the next morning feeling like I had been binge drinking for days and was suffering the hangover of the century. Luckily it was just a headache, but to a non-drinker that's pretty upsetting! I didn't make the connection but Jason said that it must be the boosted metabolism...
Unfortunately success is pretty boring, and I'm feeling pretty successful thus far. But you know what's not boring? Today I wrote two verses of a song, 8 haikus, and 2 limericks. If you've read older posts you know I love to write, so I am going to share with you some of the poems I wrote today. I'm keeping the song a secret in hopes that a real musician is going to read it, put it to music, and make it good.
girl in hula skirt.
yeah, i'm totally jealous.
evil thoughts ensue...
my lyrics are dumb
linguistically challenged
genius to the core.
how much is out there
to scribe with pen and paper
document the world.
feeling fantastic
supercharged and flying free
feels good to be me.
i just wrote a song
called i'm a weeble wobble.
i hope you like it.
i wrote five haikus.
wait, now i'm on number six.
will it never end?!
saucy limericks
bubble through my lingual lips
onto your deaf ears.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
so this is what 3AM looks like...
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| Blueberry spritzer shake! YUM! |
So... Days 3 and 4 have brought some entertaining challenges and victories. Lessons 1-5, don't take energizing pills late in the day. Or do, I guess, If you have always wondered what 3AM looks like through the eyes of a tired body and crazed mind... Last night I took all of my vitamins (including the don't take after 3pm one) with dinner because I was going to see a band. BAD NEWS BEARS! It was entertaining up until about 11PM, but after that my body decided it didn't agree with my mind about the whole being awake situation.
Also, if a bottle says to take it with food, don't take it while you're thinking about food, wait until you're actually eating it. I knew that we were going to eat lunch at Molly Malones, so I took my lunch pills before we left the house so I wouldn't have to carry them with me. Oops... By the time we got to the restaurant I realized that I had made a mistake and had to beg Penny (favorite waitress, ever) to bring me some crackers so I could get some life back. But then the crackers started to fill me up so when my lunch came all I barely ate any of it!
I have to say I have been making some D LISH ISH smoothies. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I love frozen blueberries! I just figured out that my blender likes it much better if I don't use ice, so for lunch today I am enjoying frozen pineapple, frozen blueberries, apple juice, and a splash of cranberry juice. YUM! I accidentally fell asleep for a few hours today so I'm just getting to lunch, but I am most definitely enjoying it! I did a frozen blueberry spritzer for breakfast so I get to eat a full dinner tonight :)
That reminds me, I was so good yesterday. Since we ate lunch at Molly's I knew I had a shake in my future for dinner, but Jason and Erica decided to grill. What did I do? I made my shake at home and brought it with me. It was the first time I'd had my shake meal while I could smell the other food, but it was fine. I didn't steal a single bite. And the dogs didn't bother me because I wasn't eating grilled chicken.
I haven't quite decided what to do about my 3rd energizer pill since I took my lunch one at 3... I don't really want to see 3AM again. Last night was entertaining, but sleeping all day today has been pretty boring. So, here's hoping the rest of today goes smoothly.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
day two!
Morning.
Day 2. So I feel like I need to clarify the purpose of this new diet, for me. I am constantly skipping meals, panicking mid-day and eating disgusting things. Then by the time I get to dinner I'm so hungry I eat everything! That is not the recipe to a healthy lifestyle. With Herbalife I am guaranteed two "meals" a day that I don't have to think about. Even if I'm not hungry, I make the shake. Then when it comes time for my one meal it won't seem like I have to eat everything in sight. I am also excited about saving money on going out to eat. This morning I made a coffee shake again, but I didn it a little bit differently this time. I started by putting about 8 ice cubes in the blender, then my two scoops, a tiny bit of natural sugar, and about half a cup of coffee. I normally drink more coffee than that but with the energizers in the powder and the pills it's probably a good thing to slow down a little bit. Today at lunch I think I'm going to reheat some leftover paprika chicken (YUM!) and then do a shake for dinner, see what that does for me. I'm also excited because I'm going grocery shopping to pick up some frozen fruit. I LOVE FROZEN BLUEBERRIES!!!! I hope cost-u-less still has those monster bags for $5... I wonder what a vege vanilla shake would taste like...
Lunch.
I <3 paprika chicken. I was a tad hungry throughout the morning, but not enough to tempt me to do anything other than eat the sample pizza bite at cost-u-less… I resisted the sparkling lemonade and cheese platter though! I think using just a tiny bit of coffee worked for my shake this morning. I didn't feel over energized or cracked out, I wasn't very hungry, and no headaches from not drinking my normal mug of coffee. I was also able to cut out the 1/2 and 1/2 which I'm sure saved me a load of unneccessary calories. As planned I reheated some leftover paprika chicken for lunch. So as not to over eat I only took half a piece of chicken which ended up being a little less than half the size of my hand (which for those of you who know me know that is VERY tiny!). Then I put two scoops of cous cous and chick pea mix with the yogurt, YUM!!!!! Best meal ever, and great for leftovers. If anyone wants it let me know. Or maybe someday I'll post it on here because it is a definite crowd pleaser. A quick note on the late pills yesterday... I was pretty wide awake until around 11, but then I decided to go to sleep and I did. I've never had much trouble falling asleep. I did however wake up in the middle of the night which is strange (after having some very odd dreams) and I had trouble getting back to sleep for about an hour. Apparently this is normal for some people but it doesn't happen to me that often. It could be the pills, who knows. Maybe it's just the change in diet, I don't know! But, it's day 2 and I'm feeling alright, so I'll keep going. My goal, btw, is to stay consistent for two months and then I'l going to re-evaluate and alter as needed.
Evening.
I have to say that dinner is an absolute success! I took about 6 ice cubes, a cup of frozen blueberries (I <3 FROZEN BLUEBERRIES!!!), some cranberry juice, and a little bit of club soda, and my two scoops, and voila! My very own blueberry spritzer, but no rum. Can I add rum? Is that acceptable to the plan? I don't know! Maybe after a really tough day it's ok to throw a thimble or so in :) My ONLY problem tonight is that I think I did too many ice cubes, I ended up with a little bit that fell into the sink as I was pouring it into my cup, but not enough for me to be worried. I think today went really well. The full lunch worked pretty well, I mean who can turn down paprika chicken?! I only had one accident and that was when I gave in to the pizza bite sample at cost-u-less but that was more curiosity than caving in to a craving... I remembered to take the energizing pill earlier this afternoon so hopefully my sleeping pattern won't be so weird tonight. I'm ok with the weird dreams, they were actually pretty pleasantly entertaining, but I don't like being awake in the middle of the night.
Day 2. So I feel like I need to clarify the purpose of this new diet, for me. I am constantly skipping meals, panicking mid-day and eating disgusting things. Then by the time I get to dinner I'm so hungry I eat everything! That is not the recipe to a healthy lifestyle. With Herbalife I am guaranteed two "meals" a day that I don't have to think about. Even if I'm not hungry, I make the shake. Then when it comes time for my one meal it won't seem like I have to eat everything in sight. I am also excited about saving money on going out to eat. This morning I made a coffee shake again, but I didn it a little bit differently this time. I started by putting about 8 ice cubes in the blender, then my two scoops, a tiny bit of natural sugar, and about half a cup of coffee. I normally drink more coffee than that but with the energizers in the powder and the pills it's probably a good thing to slow down a little bit. Today at lunch I think I'm going to reheat some leftover paprika chicken (YUM!) and then do a shake for dinner, see what that does for me. I'm also excited because I'm going grocery shopping to pick up some frozen fruit. I LOVE FROZEN BLUEBERRIES!!!! I hope cost-u-less still has those monster bags for $5... I wonder what a vege vanilla shake would taste like...
Lunch.
I <3 paprika chicken. I was a tad hungry throughout the morning, but not enough to tempt me to do anything other than eat the sample pizza bite at cost-u-less… I resisted the sparkling lemonade and cheese platter though! I think using just a tiny bit of coffee worked for my shake this morning. I didn't feel over energized or cracked out, I wasn't very hungry, and no headaches from not drinking my normal mug of coffee. I was also able to cut out the 1/2 and 1/2 which I'm sure saved me a load of unneccessary calories. As planned I reheated some leftover paprika chicken for lunch. So as not to over eat I only took half a piece of chicken which ended up being a little less than half the size of my hand (which for those of you who know me know that is VERY tiny!). Then I put two scoops of cous cous and chick pea mix with the yogurt, YUM!!!!! Best meal ever, and great for leftovers. If anyone wants it let me know. Or maybe someday I'll post it on here because it is a definite crowd pleaser. A quick note on the late pills yesterday... I was pretty wide awake until around 11, but then I decided to go to sleep and I did. I've never had much trouble falling asleep. I did however wake up in the middle of the night which is strange (after having some very odd dreams) and I had trouble getting back to sleep for about an hour. Apparently this is normal for some people but it doesn't happen to me that often. It could be the pills, who knows. Maybe it's just the change in diet, I don't know! But, it's day 2 and I'm feeling alright, so I'll keep going. My goal, btw, is to stay consistent for two months and then I'l going to re-evaluate and alter as needed.
Evening.
I have to say that dinner is an absolute success! I took about 6 ice cubes, a cup of frozen blueberries (I <3 FROZEN BLUEBERRIES!!!), some cranberry juice, and a little bit of club soda, and my two scoops, and voila! My very own blueberry spritzer, but no rum. Can I add rum? Is that acceptable to the plan? I don't know! Maybe after a really tough day it's ok to throw a thimble or so in :) My ONLY problem tonight is that I think I did too many ice cubes, I ended up with a little bit that fell into the sink as I was pouring it into my cup, but not enough for me to be worried. I think today went really well. The full lunch worked pretty well, I mean who can turn down paprika chicken?! I only had one accident and that was when I gave in to the pizza bite sample at cost-u-less but that was more curiosity than caving in to a craving... I remembered to take the energizing pill earlier this afternoon so hopefully my sleeping pattern won't be so weird tonight. I'm ok with the weird dreams, they were actually pretty pleasantly entertaining, but I don't like being awake in the middle of the night.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
like I have an abandoned blog!!!!
I just remembered that I have a blog! A very long time has passed since I last wrote, but now I have a life change that I would like to share.
I just started a new diet, Herbalife, and I have decided to keep a diary of my experiences. I was going to keep it hidden away in a password protected spreadsheet, but I figured since nobody (including myself) reads this blog, I'll put it up here!
So.... Day 1!
I took before pictures, that I am not proud to show, but since nobody's going to see it anyway I'll put one up purely for documentation purposes.
Morning. For breakfast I made a shake with coffee. Drinking coffee is not recommended by the program as it's toxic, but I have to have my coffee. Tomorrow I'll use less coffee and more ice so it's more shakey and less iced coffee-ee. I had to add 2 splendas to make it sweeter, maybe with less coffee the powder will be sweet enough. We'll work up to no sugar. I also added a splash of 1/2 and 1/2. Took the pills about 1 minute ago, nothing yet...
Lunch. So…. After my coffee "shake" and all the vitamins this morning I ended up totally cracked out. Entertaining, but maybe for everyone else's sake I should avoid that in the future… Luckily I brought my sample protein bar when I left the house so I ate that with a bottle of water on the way to C-dub (Coral World) and fixed the crackedness. For lunch I made a pineapple shake, with no added caffein. I put in one huge piece of my frozen pineapple, a few ice cubes, and some water. This actually tastes delicious. I have a very nice dinner planned too. This should shape up to be a decent first day.
Evening. AKA WAITING FOR DINNER! So today was entertaining. Everything tasted good but I'm ending my day a tad bit hungrier than normal and just a little cracked out. It's alright though, I am confident that each day will be easier as my stomach, and mind, adjust to the new lifestyle. I went snorkeling for almost 2 hours so I feel that was sufficient exercise, but swimming always makes me hungry! For dinner I am going to make rosemary and thyme tilapia with halved baby potatoes and yellow squash. Baked, not fried. I would like to eat it now, but it's not dinner time yet. And the food is raw... So I wait while the fish defrosts but when Jason gets home I will be very excited to be eating real food! So concludes Day 1, I'll report tomorrow on how I "react" to the evening pills (that I was supposed to take earlier) that I take with dinner.
I just started a new diet, Herbalife, and I have decided to keep a diary of my experiences. I was going to keep it hidden away in a password protected spreadsheet, but I figured since nobody (including myself) reads this blog, I'll put it up here!
So.... Day 1!
I took before pictures, that I am not proud to show, but since nobody's going to see it anyway I'll put one up purely for documentation purposes.Morning. For breakfast I made a shake with coffee. Drinking coffee is not recommended by the program as it's toxic, but I have to have my coffee. Tomorrow I'll use less coffee and more ice so it's more shakey and less iced coffee-ee. I had to add 2 splendas to make it sweeter, maybe with less coffee the powder will be sweet enough. We'll work up to no sugar. I also added a splash of 1/2 and 1/2. Took the pills about 1 minute ago, nothing yet...
Lunch. So…. After my coffee "shake" and all the vitamins this morning I ended up totally cracked out. Entertaining, but maybe for everyone else's sake I should avoid that in the future… Luckily I brought my sample protein bar when I left the house so I ate that with a bottle of water on the way to C-dub (Coral World) and fixed the crackedness. For lunch I made a pineapple shake, with no added caffein. I put in one huge piece of my frozen pineapple, a few ice cubes, and some water. This actually tastes delicious. I have a very nice dinner planned too. This should shape up to be a decent first day.
Evening. AKA WAITING FOR DINNER! So today was entertaining. Everything tasted good but I'm ending my day a tad bit hungrier than normal and just a little cracked out. It's alright though, I am confident that each day will be easier as my stomach, and mind, adjust to the new lifestyle. I went snorkeling for almost 2 hours so I feel that was sufficient exercise, but swimming always makes me hungry! For dinner I am going to make rosemary and thyme tilapia with halved baby potatoes and yellow squash. Baked, not fried. I would like to eat it now, but it's not dinner time yet. And the food is raw... So I wait while the fish defrosts but when Jason gets home I will be very excited to be eating real food! So concludes Day 1, I'll report tomorrow on how I "react" to the evening pills (that I was supposed to take earlier) that I take with dinner.
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