Ok, so I survived my first week on the 17 day diet. I was def WAY too harsh on this diet at the beginning. The first few days really suck, but I am now officially in love with this diet. Once you get used to what you can and can't eat, it's really easy to stick to it. Also, I decided to ignore the whole no drinking thing. I'm not a big drinker anyway, so the little wine that I drink doesn't seem to be having a huge impact on my diet. I also found an ice cream place by my house that has fat free sugar free vanilla frozen yogurt, which I have decided counts as a pro-biotic if I really need to have a sugar fix. So far I have lost 6 .7lbs and I generally feel much better. I had way too many carbs in my diet and now that I've cut most of them I feel a lot less bloated and I am generally having a lot easier time digesting my food. I haven't had time to exercise as much as I would like, but with work and my commute it's not really realistic for me to get to the gym everyday right now. Once I'm done in August, I will be better, but for now I am just walking more and taking the stairs.
One of my favorite meals on the 17 day diet is the Kefir Smoothie. It is soooo yummy and really filling. Even if you're not trying to lose weight, you should still try it, it makes a great breakfast. (1 cup lowfat Kefir, 1 cup frozen mixed berries, tablespoon sugar free preserves(i like strawberry), truvia to make it sweet, and I also like to add benefiber, but I like to add benefiber to everything. stick all this in the blender... duh).
I also have a new found love of tuna fish. I like to take 2 cans of all white in water, drain them, mix in a tablespoon of fat free greek yogurt some shredded carrots, and cubed cucumber. It's really good.
I was also totally surprised by how easy it is to eat out on this diet. Pretty much anywhere you go has grilled fish and steamed veggies. This is really important for me because the boyfriend and I love eating out. Before I started this diet, we were doing it 4-5 days a week. We have scaled way back, but I like knowing I can eat out.
Also, I fell off the wagon in a BIG way last night. BF and I went to the redsox game, and there is nothing about a ballpark that's diet friendly. To make matters worse, there was a 2 hour 2 min rain delay. I had 2 glasses of wine and soft-serve ice cream before the game even started. I then had another glass of wine during the game and a handfull of BF's crackerjacks and a few fries. I was fully expecting to have gained a ton of weight when I weighed in this morning, and I actually lost weight. I have no idea how this is possible, but I'm just gonna go with it.
OK, that is more than enough diet talk for today. peace out cub scouts
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