January 9, 2012
Day 7
One week down, a lifetime to go. It's gone reasonably well. The first couple days were a little rocky, which I especially attribute to giving up (large quantities of) regular soda at the same time I dramatically reduced other carb intake. System shock. But I have to say that I haven't had any kind of problem with cravings which is great. "The thirst" has taunted me in the past. So far so good.
I'm not weighing myself at this point because I'm probably too fat for my scale. I'll worry about that in a couple of months assuming that things progress.
On with the food stuff.
Menu:
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz Meijer smoked ham, coffee
Total fail. I was really pushing it on time this morning and just grabbed the fastest thing I could come up with. I didn't even take the time to open a new package of cheese, just a few slices of deli ham. This is fail all around but thankfully it didn't cause any problems. I was able to eat lunch a little early to compensate but really wasn't extra hungry.
Lunch: 6 oz Armour roast beef, 2 big slices Kraft cheddar cheese, 2 dill pickle spears, 2 carrot sticks, 2 celery sticks, trace amount beef boullion.
Oh hey look, it's a picture.
Day 7
One week down, a lifetime to go. It's gone reasonably well. The first couple days were a little rocky, which I especially attribute to giving up (large quantities of) regular soda at the same time I dramatically reduced other carb intake. System shock. But I have to say that I haven't had any kind of problem with cravings which is great. "The thirst" has taunted me in the past. So far so good.
I'm not weighing myself at this point because I'm probably too fat for my scale. I'll worry about that in a couple of months assuming that things progress.
On with the food stuff.
Menu:
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz Meijer smoked ham, coffee
Total fail. I was really pushing it on time this morning and just grabbed the fastest thing I could come up with. I didn't even take the time to open a new package of cheese, just a few slices of deli ham. This is fail all around but thankfully it didn't cause any problems. I was able to eat lunch a little early to compensate but really wasn't extra hungry.
Lunch: 6 oz Armour roast beef, 2 big slices Kraft cheddar cheese, 2 dill pickle spears, 2 carrot sticks, 2 celery sticks, trace amount beef boullion.
Oh hey look, it's a picture.
This is probably a bit more than I needed, really, but I wanted to be sure to fuel up in anticipation of a long time until dinner. I was planning on 6 hours, it ended up being 7 until snack time and barely under 8 until dinner. In hindsight, good planning!
Snack: 2 oz. spanish peanuts.
I probably could have skipped this and gone directly to dinner. I was waffling on what to have for dinner, so instead I had a snack and read the paper while thinking about it. It ended up being late enough that I went with the easy preparation option.
Dinner: 3 eggs over medium, 4 strips bacon, 4 oz V-8 juice, 1/2 grapefruit
Yes, another picture.Snack: 2 oz. spanish peanuts.
I probably could have skipped this and gone directly to dinner. I was waffling on what to have for dinner, so instead I had a snack and read the paper while thinking about it. It ended up being late enough that I went with the easy preparation option.
Dinner: 3 eggs over medium, 4 strips bacon, 4 oz V-8 juice, 1/2 grapefruit
This is probably one of my all time favorite "diet" meals. Breakfast for dinner. In another life I would add a slice or two of toast with butter and/or jam but I'm OK with skipping them for the foreseeable future. Let's break it down:
3 eggs x 70 calories, according to carton: 210 calories
4 strips bacon, according to carton: 70 calories (actually this may be a bit higher, I may have the portion size wrong, I thought it was 4 strips, the website says 16g)
4 oz V-8: 25 calories
1/2 large grapefruit: about 80 calories (web range is from 60-84)
So a total, accounting for error, is about 400 calories. Probably a little light in that department, actually. If my avacado was ripe I'd probably eat that too.
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