17 Day Diet - Day 3

This morning when I woke up I was so anxious to weigh myself.  I know that it has only been a couple of days but since this diet claims rapid weight loss I went ahead and stepped on the scale, looked down and said goodbye to the 180s.  I lost 2.4 pounds!!! EEEK!!!

Today I got thrown for a loop. I had a meeting outside of my normal schedule and I walk into the room and there is a display of muffins, orange juice and bananas and many other delictible breakfast treats. Oh and did I mention muffins! Thank goodness I ate breakfast at home. The meeting ran into lunchtime and before I left for work this morning I was good and packed my lunch and all my snacks for the day.  But when my boss asked me to lunch I still felt bad turning down the invitation. So we went to the restaurant I scanned the menu and picked out a grilled chicken salad that would fit my diet. They were all laughing at me when I ordered it with no cheese, dressing on the side, no eggs, and I picked the croutons off. BUT I stayed steadfast and remind myself of my goal. I left the restaurant feeling refreshed I'm proud of myself for not giving in to temptation. Even though they ordered my favorite cheese dip in the whole wide world! Then when I get back to my office one of my employees brought me a Frosty from Wendy's.  Seriously people what are you trying to do to me!?!?!?!  I politely declined even though I am sure I may have hurt her feelings. 

Day Three Recap

Starting Weight 180.4

Current Weight 178.0

Total Weight loss for the 17 Day Diet 2.4 pounds!

Breakfast

• 2 hard boiled eggs
• apple
• cup of green tea

Snack

• I did not eat my morning snack.  I was in a meeting that went all the way up to lunch time. 

Lunch

• grilled chicken salad, no dressing
• cup of green tea

Snack

• Vanilla Greek Yogurt

Dinner

• grilled chicken steamed carrots and steamed asparagus
• cup of decaf green tea

Exercise

• 30 minutes on the elliptical

Birthday Recap

I know Lauren's birthday was last week.  I am behind on posting.

She woke up around 4am excited to get her day started.  We had to hold her off for quite a while because most of the days events weren't till afternoon!

She got her hair cut for only the second time and she did so amazing!  She sat in the chair so stoically.  It was kinda funny! She stared straight forward and hardly moved a muscle.  I was so proud of her for sitting still and not crying and throwing a fit.

Next we ran some errands, went to the bank and deposited her birthday money, and went shoe shopping since it was a special request by the birthday girl.

After that we headed to the movies to see Beauty and the Beast in 3D.  Lauren was very excited for it to start but since she had been awake since 4am she was getting sleepy and was pretty antsy.  She made it through about half of the movie and then needed to get up and go potty and then she didn't want to come back and sit down until the movie was almost over.

For dinner we went to the local Mexican Restaurant for a fiesta!  She loves it when people sing and give her attention so it was the perfect choice. 

17 Day Diet - Day 1

I woke up today feeling very encouraged and energized.  I weighed myself so that I would have a starting point to measure from for the next 17 days and I was pleasantly surprised.  I was down 2.4 pounds!!

So I am about to do something that I have never done on my blog before....I am going to tell you how much I way. {for the sake of keeping it real}

Starting Weight  180.4
wooo....I am about to have a panic attack!  I will not be weighing myself every day but when I do I will make sure to update to track my progress.

Breakfast

• 2 scrambled egg whites
• 1 cup of pineapple
• cup of green tea

Snack

• fresh fruit

I did not eat my morning snack.  I wasn't hungry, even when I went to eat lunch so I decided to skip it. 

Lunch

• Large green salad topped with chicken. I put lots of veggies on my salad today.  Cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, red bell pepper, and button mushrooms.  I used Walden Farms Raspberry Vinaigrette. 
• cup of green tea

Snack

• Danon Greek Vanilla

Dinner

• grilled chicken with sauted yellow squash and zucchini
• cup of green tea

Exercise

• 30 minutes on the elliptical alternating between resistance. 

Day one went off with out a hitch even though one coworker brought in cupcakes and another brought in cheese and bacon scones!!!  I did not partake because  I am prepared in advance and making sure that I have my healthy options accessible to me.  Last night I laid out each snack and labeled which day I would be eating it.  It might be a little OCD but it will help me to keep track.