Day 17

Day 17...at least I think I'm on day 17...Kind of lost track without updating everyday. Sunday will be our 21 days. Yayyyy! We made it!

We've been sticking to our meal plans as usual, with very little variety in our meals. Eggs and turkey bacon for breakfast. Cereal or oatmeal as a snack. Grilled 4 oz of chicken and some sort of veggie for dinner. With green tea for every meal, and even sometimes just because I crave it, and lots and lots of water!

We've done really great, we only weigh in on Sundays and so far I'm down about 10lbs in 2 weeks. Not exactly where I wanted to be, but add in all the lazy days I've given myself and it makes sense. We have done much better with our exercise regimens. Been riding my bike around our street a few times by myself, and we rode at the lake 5 miles together. Plan on getting up extra early tomorrow morning and walking.

So we're taking a 1 week hiatus after the 21 days to take a break from all the prep and schedules, which has really been our only complaint throughout the whole time. Jason wants a steak, cheese and ranch. I want pancakes, chocolate cake, and a taco...HA! NEVER have I ever been a sweet eater, but the day before we started the diet, I started getting a craving for chocolate cake, and have thought about it ever since. And also the day before we started we had pancakes for breakfast from a little shop here in town, and it was the best pancakes I've ever tasted in my life. And taco's...well thats just my favorite food ever. But besides these few food items, I'm perfectly happy eating our regular meals. Last night we had our cheat meal, and a ate a grilled chicken potato...And I hated it. I ate most of the chicken, some of the potato but avoided the cheese as much as possible...I felt guilty about it before I even put the first bite into my mouth. And I felt HUGE after I got done eating it, and I didn't eat but maybe half of it. It was like my stomach was rejecting it..I used to enjoy those, a lot! But it just didn't taste good to me anymore....Guess I should be happy about that. But it makes me nervous for our week off. We don't plan to go back to our old eating habits by any means, just eat a few things we've been missing for the past 21 days, but I find myself more nervous about getting off of the diet than I was starting it. Guess that is a good thing also...

I do want to do some research on some new recipes for after our week off, since we're repeating meals fairly often. I am a pretty good cook, but that was with the foods I was used to preparing, foods like my mom cooks that are entirely not on the list. So I'm excited for trying new ideas and trying to fit them into what not only I enjoy but what Jason will also.

Well, I guess that wraps everything thats been in my head lately up...I  will def. check back in to reveal the final product! Whether I hit my goal or not, I know I will be happy about it either way, since I am now in a frame of mind that is a complete 180 from the way I used to be. The future I've always planned and dreamed about is no longer a dream, but becoming a reality.

Day 12

So I missed another day due to a night of catching up on tv shows with my favorite man in the world. Hawaii 5-0, and one tree hill are the devil. We also had a huge storm last night so the net was down.

So on Day 11- breakfast was

• 2 egg whites, 1 cage free egg
• 1 slice of bacon
• less than 1/4 cup of onions
• green tea 
• h2o

After breakfast, I decided to NOT go back to sleep even though I was feeling bad, and do some cardio. I did 30 minutes of hip hop abs that seemed like an eternity. I'm so out of shape that I felt like I would never catch my breath again. Finally I wound down and felt instantly better for a few hours. About the time I got done with that it was snack time

• 1 packet of oatmeal
• less than 1/4 cup of mixed berries
• green tea
• h2o 

Lunch came before you know it with not to much in between and we had

• 1 whole grain wrap
• 2 oz chicken
• 1 handful lettuce
• less than 1/4 cup of diced tomatoes and onion
• 2 tsp of lite italian dressing 

After lunch I was hurting badly again and decided to get to moving since it seemed to help the last time...I started cleaning out our closet...that took about a hour...then I decided to clean out our spare bedroom, that took about a hour and a half. So throughout the day, even with only 30 minutes of cardio I was moving a good bit.
Our 2nd snack was

• 1/2 cup kashi cereal
• 1 cup of 1%milk
• mixed berries

Dinner

• 4 oz chicken
• 1/4 cup of broccoli, onions, and peppers 
• 1 cup of lima beans

 Today is day 12, I had to work this morning also, we got up at our usual time, the butt crack of dawn! It's been hard getting up these past few days, I dont know if its because I'm sleeping soooo much better or it's because I'm getting up, staying up, and staying up later than I would like. But either way, coffee is certainly missed.
This morning we had an omelet made of

• 2 egg whites, 1 caged egg
• 1/4 cup onions, and...broccoli! a surprise ingredient! 
• 2 slices of turkey bacon
• green tea 
• h2o

I ended up taking a nap till 8:30 this morning instead of doing what I should have, and done some cardio...dangit. In retrospect, I'm furious at myself for it. So, I was running late to get to work and had to eat my snack at 10:20 instead of my usual 9:30. My snack was oatmeal and berries. My lunch was late too...2:30 I ate my salad I brought and had about 4 heads peak over my shoulder to see what it was made of...

• 2 handfuls of spinach leaves
• 4 oz chicken
• 1/4 cup of onion, broccoli, tomatoes
• feta
• 2 tsp lite Italian dressing
• 1 green apple

4 o'clock came finally and before ya know it I was starving again, the hustle and bustle of work gets to me I suppose. So I came home and had some cereal for my snack.

We decided to have our cheat meal tonight...usually do it on sundays but since I will be working that night I wanted to do it tonight. We ordered out.....salmon and wild rice :) Pretty good for a cheat meal!

So here we are with plans to get up in the morning, have breakfast, run a few errands and hopefully it will be pretty enough to take our bikes out to the lake. NO EXCUSES! remember this Lindsey!!

day 10

Day 10 of 21, so almost half way there.. What an accomplishment.
We started it off pretty sleepy, but got breakfast cooked and fed our bodies. Kept it pretty simple this morning with

• 2 egg whites, 1 cage free egg 
• 1 slice of turkey bacon
• 1 slice of whole grain bread with 1tsp of omega 3 butter
• pinch of cinnamon 
• honey dew melon
• green tea
• h2o

I was feeling horrible this morning and ended up taking a nap after breakfast. I'm disappointed because I had every intention in riding my bike this morning... Well it was raining anyhow, and I really was feeling run down and physically sick. So I'm not going to beat myself down too much, but from here on out--no excuses!

Snack was

• 1/2 cup of Kashi Autum Wheat
• 1/2 of a banana sliced up
• 1 cup of 1% milk

Lunch I wasn't starving like I usually am, but I know I needed to eat otherwise it was going to be much worse.

• 2oz chicken (4oz for Jason) 
• 1 whole grain wrap
• 1 handful of lettuce
• less than 1/4 cup tomato and onion
• 2 tsp of lite balsamic dressing
• sprinkle of feta
• green tea
• h2o

Yummmieeee! It's nice switching from salads even though I really enjoy the salad. Just something different makes a lot of difference in how much you tend to enjoy it I think.

2nd snack

• 1 packet of oatmeal
• less than 1/4 cup of mixed berries
• green tea
• h2o

Dinner was a treat because

1. I didn't cook it
2. It was delicious!!

Jason cooked the chicken the day before, sauteed onions/peppers/mushrooms to throw on it and cooked lima beans ( the frozen, non can, aka much better for you kind)
so...

• 4oz chicken ( jason had 5 oz b/c tonight was our "cheat " night)
• Less than 1/4 cup of onions/peppers/mushrooms
• about a cup of lima beans

So no cheating for me, but I have been feeling so guilty for not exercising and feeling as if I haven't lost any weight so I didn't want to give myself an opportunity to eat badly.
Obviously I've been keeping track of everything that we take in and a few days ago I made a list of every item that we eat, and the calories that are in that serving. So I'm curious to see how many calories I took in today..

Lets see!!

Okay, without adding the intake for the fresh fruit I had today ( which none of the calories are from fat anyways so honestly does it even count? ) We're looking at

 1970 CALORIES 

So we are looking at  530 below the standard 2,500...give or take.
So, the average person who takes in 2500 cal. a day for a week will take in 17,500 calories a week.
We are taking in 13,790 (give or take) yet taking in more nutrients than the people who are eating the standard 2500.....

Pretty cool. While I was browsing our nutrient facts trying to do the math, I noticed that there is hardly any calories from fat in any of our foods. And I've become much more aware of the protein...
Another thing thats funny about the Dolce Diet..makes you much more aware of EVERYTHING!! And I mean everything. I'm looking at the food on other peoples plates ( a plate with a whole grain wheat wrap, but with ricotta cheese, turkey, but with mayo, tomatoes, but with chips as a side, not to mention theres two of them) and thinking good try, but thats not going to help!

Everything in my life is about healthy living now..I even bought ORGANIC shampoo today...Some might call it obsessed, but when was it ever wrong to be obsessed with LIFE. And with these changes we're making, we are going to be doing a lot more LIVING!

Day 9

9 down, 12 to go!! 


I've been slacking on my blog the past 3 days so I'll do a fast forward quickly. 
After weighing ourselves, we took a bike ride around our street...but we haven't been back on them. I tried to yesterday but we had some strong winds and it about blew me off and knocked me over. Also, yesterday I almost had myself convinced in buying Wii fitness, but that was a $100 bucks I needed to hold on to for right now.  So since the biking escapade, I've had no exercise besides walking at work. Not thrilled about this but I plan on riding a little today. 


Breakfast has been the usual 2 or 3 eggs and 2 slices of  turkey bacon with honey dew melon. Except after our last grocery store visit we've been using 1 "cage free" egg a day. The calories end up being about the same as the egg whites, and Jason likes a little color with his eggs (: 


This morning I mixed breakfast up and attempted something I've never tried before.....an omelet! 
Now I regard myself as a pretty good cook, but that's with the dishes we used to eat. It's like I'm having to re-learn how to cook to fix the good stuff. So in our omelet we had

• 2 egg whites
• 1 cage free egg
• 1/4 cup onions/peppers/mushrooms
• 2 slices of turkey bacon
• green tea
• h2o
• I had 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed OJ  

I'm not sure what the policy is with OJ for the Dolce Diet but it can't be bad...I hope. 

Monday was a tough day to get through...We went to bed late, and got up at 5:45. I haven't had a problem getting up before then, but I just couldn't get motivated to do anything. So I tried to nap...wasn't happening. It was like a battle inside my body telling me to get up and do something and then telling me just go to sleep. Ugh so frustrating...I tried to take another nap around 1, I did fall asleep but I was in that half asleep half awake phase. Anyway...I guess I learned a lesson, NO NAPS! Get up and get moving is what my brain was trying to say but I just wouldn't listen. If I had I might have had a better day.

The timings and prep are getting easier to me, I guess after 9 days of basically repetition it should. I don't waver on my times any more than 30 minutes or so. I can def tell when I need to eat, I begin to feel give out, and within seconds I feel like I'm starved for nutrients!  Working nights has its set backs. I eat my snack before I leave at 3:45, so I'm scheduled to eat my dinner by at least 7. 7:00 in the restaurant business is the busiest time of the night in most cases. (same goes for lunch shifts, im scheduled to eat at 12 just like everyone else) Usually I'm literally stuffing food in my mouth between getting my food from the kitchen and chewing it up before I leave the door so that my customers aren't thinking I'm eating their food. So after eating fast, and then running my ass off from 6:30-8:30 I'm starving again by 9. So I've been taking a banana along with my dinner and eating that when I start to feel weak again. Working weekend nights, we don't close until 11, and that makes it even more of a challenge to keep fueled. Last weekend I took oatmeal and berries to give me more of a kick than just the banana. 


I've had 3 people share with me that my face has thinned out, and now ( just like I assumed ) the girls at work are asking me questions about The Dolce Diet. Wanting to see the pamphlet, wanting to know exactly what's in that salad?? will you make me one and bring it?? will you let me borrow the book?? HA I love it! Theres nothing more motivating than positive feedback! 


So heres to the next 12 days and getting more positive feedback all the while becoming just a more positive person. 

Day 6

Day 6, well we made it to our weigh in day. I've lost 6lbs! 6lbs was not really what I was hoping for. I was expecting to see something pretty drastic on the scale this morning, something more like 10. But If I'm honest with myself I guess that was a silly hope. I didn't exercise the whole 6 days. I did follow the meal plans to a T beside the few slip ups I mentioned previously. So I guess 6 pounds is good with me.

As far as the getting active aspect, we are the proud owners of two new bikes!! I'm going to call her "Jazzy", as in " I'm about to take Jazzy for a ride, I'll be back soon!" ha! So it's probably been 10, 12 years since I've rode a bike...I was pretty terrified. But I picked right back up where I left off all those years ago, I'm still pretty bad at it, but I can get around. We Live on a street that actually has the word "Hill" in the address...and Jason and I got up this morning and rode our bikes around our street. It was the hardest thing I've done in a long time..and I'm not even going to lie, I walked my bike up a hill or two. But it was fun, and it got our hearts pumping so thats whats important! I'll get better in time, I just need to master the flat lands first!

We've been pretty much following our usual menu, with the egg whites, turkey bacon, oatmeal, cereal, and grilled chicken. Tonights our free meal and we can't decide what we want. Literally still thinking about it as I type. We're thinking a chicken baked potato for him, and blacken catfish with a side baked potato for me.

My goal for the upcoming week is to get in cardio at least 3-4 times a week. There are times when after working the busiest restaurant in town where I feel like doing absolutely nothing, so I'm starting out with a pretty standard goal, 3-4 times a week. I plan on biking, I also have a work out video, but I'm thinking about going to get a WII fitness game tomorrow. Since we've not eaten out like we normally do, it seems we have a little bit more change in our wallets. Another perk! Woo Hoo! I also would like to go for 9lbs this week, but that is a high expectation, I will still be happy with another 6. . My goal throughout the 21 days is at least 15-20lbs, so if I can loose 1lb a day, like I have been I will be at 135, which for my height I think is average. And it damn sure would be a huge change for me! I'm beginning to really love change

"Jazzy"

Day 5

Day 5... honestly never thought I would have made it past the first day. Now I can not see how I ever went about my life being so clueless as to the tastefulness of green vegetables, red vegetables, and multicolored fruit.. I mean really? Have I been under a rock my entire life?! My mom always cooked veggies, but also a lot of potatoes, as well as huge portions. How she stays so thin I'll never know. 


The days on this diet just keep getting better as well as easier. We mixed up our breakfast a little bit this a.m. And added 2 tsp of salsa with our eggs, turns out that was a tad to much. But it was still a nice, different flavor to enjoy. 

I worked this morning and had my oatmeal before I left. I'm using less berries now since the taste is starting to grow on me. Going back to my mom, when she cooks, there is a burst of flavor in your mouth no matter what the dish. We all love spicy foods so there was a lot of that. I also have no sense of smell, so having spicy and VERY flavorful foods was (i thought) the only way I could really enjoy food. I guess since I have been eating like this for 25 years, the blandness of oatmeal just doesn't appeal to me much. But like I said, it's growing on me. 


Jason missed his snack after breakfast due to work, there was no way he could have avoided it. I'm not really sure what the protocol is on a missed snack, but luckily it was only a snack and not a bigger meal. We're still working out a few kinks in the timing and prep of our meals, but we've done great so far, so don't feel too bad baby! 


Dinner was 4 oz grilled chicken with onions and peppers, with a cup of green beans. Of course we had our water, and tea. I'm starting to really dig the tea. I believe its the only thing keeping me from having caffeine withdrawals.  Which brings me to an interesting subject which Jason and I just discussed...He asked if I knew how long it has been since I've gone 5 days without ever drinking a soda or having sugar? And the honest answer is probably since I was a baby and the only thing I was eating or drinking was milk. WOW!! That is horrible!! I am ashamed of myself. I have, in 25 years, not been without a soft drink for 5 days. My kidneys probably have been screaming FU for years and years. This just amazes me. And now, I'm drinking close to, if not, a gallon of water a day. Like I said in previous post, it's funny how once I started this diet, so many bad habits have come to mind and I should palm slap myself for allowing myself to do so. Guess it is better late than never eh? 

Day 4- dinner

Today has been all around great! Was energized all day long, and today was the first day that I felt it the whole day. I had plenty oppertunities to nap, but the thought never crossed my mind like before. My bf felt it to. So I suppose our bodies are kicking in and adjusting well.
Since we were feeling great, we discussed ways in which we wAnt to get active. Bicycling came up and the surfing began. Since we are beginners we decided to start out with basic bikes. We headed to the dreaded wal mart to scope out the inventory. We made our picks but we will have to hold out on the buy. But I'm excited!

Dinner!!! We had chicken already cooked so we took the night off from cooking and just whip up some sides. We had
4 oz chicken each
1/2 cup of black eyed peas
2 handfuls of sauteed spinach
Green tea
H2o


Still haven't weighed in but Sunday is coming quickly! Can't wait to see results, but even if there isn't, like Janis said " feeling good is good enough for me"

Ps. Love you too baby


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