Valentines and Dolce Diet Day 1

Well, day one has come to a end. How do I feel? I have a headache the size of Mississippi. I'm going to go out on a whim and blame it on the caffeine addiction that I was unaware of. All in all it was a better day than I had expected. Breakfast went well- I enjoyed the eggs and turkey bacon. My first snack was oatmeal. Never experienced oatmeal before. And that was...exactly what it was, an experience. I dumped my allotted amount of cranberries in it, hoping it would help. It didn't. So I put a "pinch" of cinnamon. Didn't help. So then a dab of honey. It didn't help much, but with all of that combined I choked it down. Also had a cup of green tea...another experience! Pretty bad stuff right there, but wanting to do this thing right, I downed it. 


Lunch was pretty hectic b/c I worked morning shift at my job. 3 or 4 times I had to stop myself from getting a Dr. Pepper, or stealing a fry off a plate. But I always stopped myself. After thinking about it, I realized I didn't want that fry, but it was habit to pick it up and stuff it in my mouth. This may seem like a small issue, but I think I'm more proud of myself to stopping myself from doing these things than I am of taking the initiative to start this diet.Baby steps always lead to bigger ones right?


 I was a little late getting to it but my salad was fabulous! Spinach leaves, grilled chicken, feta cheese, peppers, tomato, onion, and raspberry vinegerette dressing. ( which I may have used to much of, I looked up the cal. intake but forgot to check how much it was per serving--slip up #1) 


Of course we would start this diet on valentines day, when the week before I preordered chocolate covered strawberries for the other half. I came home to some beautiful tulips, and sadly handed him the strawberries. They looked amazing, and by this time we were both worn out and that chocolate was calling my name. Not for the taste though, for the boost of energy I needed terribly. 


Snack #2, kashi autum wheat cereal, with mixed berries and banana slices. I tried to go over board with the banana slices but my loving boyfriend thankfully pointed this out just in time. And....one chocolate covered strawberry...(slip up #2)


Dinner was grilled chicken with onions and peppers, and french style green beans, and another cup of green tea. Blahhh I'm still trying to get it down.But amazingly, my headache is now GONE!!! That's whats up green tea! I just hit your "like" button. 


I told a EVERYONE I work with that I was dieting and to please stop me if they see me going for anything other than water. I wouldn't say they were supportive, but I wouldn't say they were detremental either. Kind of a, I dont really care whats going on with you attitude. I'm sure they will have a few questions when I start dropping some lbs.


All in all day one was a learning experience, and a realization that this diet is going to take time, and planning. We are so used to hoping in the car, driving 5 minutes, and having food. It's definetly going to be an adjustment, but it's something that I'm looking forward to more and more simply because my future never looked so good!