Day 5

 HALF WAY THERE! Feeling proud...is that ok? 😄 Contemplating plans for the future of eating...

Weight: 198.4 lb    7 lbs down!!!

I wondering about integrating some of this into my everyday diet but making it more manageable with a family. What if I did breakfast most days using the same types of foods I have been but with more fruit. Lunch I normally am by myself anyway and can eat some of the same things too. But then dinner with the family would just be normal stuff that everyone will eat while trying to sneak in more veggies. Of course, coffee will be back every day. I drink it black now so no calories. I am going to try getting some flavored decaf (flavored coffee makes it WAY more tolerable when black!) to see how that sits with me. One of the things I will have to keep an eye on is heartburn. 

Physical: Haven't had any heartburn since starting the 10 days. I quit taking my heartburn pill on day 3. I'm really happy about this but wondering if it's my coffee that's giving me heartburn....I'm just not sure it's even a REMOTE possibility to give up coffee completely. Still contemplating and will try some different things. Definitely clear headed with a normal amount of energy. Feeling hungry between meals and snacks but normally just in time to eat. 

Emotionally: not much different. Definitely feeling proud that I could walk through the break room at work today and not think more than twice (yeah, did think twice....but they where short thoughts!) about the chocolate cheesecake muffins things somebody made. And my coworker brought McDonalds for lunch and YIKES did it smell good. But I know it makes me feel terrible when I eat it. And knowing my weight has dropped is worth not eating it. 

Menu:

Breakfast: Quinoa breakfast bake (this did have some stevia in it and that made it WAY better! regular and red quinoa, coconut milk, egg, cinnamon, vanilla)


 Snack: veggies and artichoke hummus (tired of the hummus)

Lunch: Kale Salad (kale, cabbage, cilantro, parsley, kalamata olives, sunflower seeds with olive oil/lemon juice and seasoning dressing)

Snack: 1 hard boiled egg, 25 cinnamon almonds

Dinner: Sugar snap pea coconut curry with soy curls (this was supposed to have shrimp and water chestnuts in it... I hate water chestnuts and well shrimp...ewww. I tried substituting the soy curls but this was not very good. I didn't even finish it or take a picture. )


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