Before November is over, I can be at that number that I thought I'd never see again!!!
And I'll even give it to him that he could be correct with the true weight number. I said 159. He said 150. Heck, at this point, maybe that'll be where I end up. Who knows. I only put down 159 because seven years ago, I thought I'd never see the 150's again, and I was fine with that, because in the low 160's, I was a solid size 8. I mean, go into any store and try on the 8's and they fit and dang...I looked good. So I was content. But then, one time I went to the doctor, and they said: You weigh 159. And I was all: Say what??? Wow. That was a surprise. So. 159 it was and I thought unachievable again. But today? I'm feeling hope.
So. To this morning...I get on the scale. 205. Understandable. I had chinese AND a pretzel yesterday. My send off. It was a good send off. And my body is trying to decide whether or not to have...in deference to my unknown audience, I'll just say, that time of the month. (i have a few issues with that...no pattern...no worries, it's always been that way) So perhaps there's a little water retention going on also. Who knows. I'm not beating myself up about it.
I made my Oat Bran Galette...recipe by Dr. Dukan...for breakfast...and thought, oh bless you sir, because this is close to bread and I will look forward to this thing. I didn't use as much sugar substitute as it called for because I don't care for the after taste...added some cinnamon...don't know if I cooked it too long, but I normally do not care for things cooked/baked too dark, and this was fine.
It called for 2 TBS of the Greek non-fat yogurt (i used vanilla...i'll try plain when i add spices like curry or something). So for my 1st snack, I just finished off that little 4 oz. thing of yogurt.
Lunch came and I got my little plate out, got a piece of leftover garlic chicken, rolled me up some low fat ham, and got a boiled egg out. I didn't know how it would do with filling me up, but it worked. I was full for quite some time.
For my snack, I had a smaller piece of that garlic chicken. I am seeing the good sense in cooking more than what we're eating and then being able to grab something out of the fridge and snacking on it.
I went shopping for some shrimp and nonfat cottage cheese...my husband asked for a piece of chicken from the deli and something chocolately and gooey...he wasn't being mean...I asked if Rocky Road ice cream would suffice, he said yes. I thought YEAH!!! Because ice cream isn't a temptation to me, so I was happy to get it. The chicken? Well...I like that chicken. I'm glad there was only one breast. Otherwise, temptation may have been cruel to me.
For dinner, I got that shrimp out...and I think I remember reading about making my own cocktail sauce...hopefully, I'm not screwing things up, but I didn't quite know how what to do with these shrimp. I usually prefer them dredged in lemon juice (which i'm not supposed to be using a lot of) or some lovely scampi...haven't figured out how to do that without any fat yet...I'll figure it out. So. I made some "cocktail sauce". With a squirt of my almost sugar free ketchup, a squirt of lemon juice, and a chunk of horseradish. Got out some turkey breast. Sat down...tried my sauce and...happiness! It was great! I even had the hubby try it (he's not a big fan of cocktail sauce, but he liked this stuff), I will never go back to that other stuff. And the horseradish bite may even beat out lemon! GASP! Yup. Me. Something beating out lemon. Who'd of thunk? I also was thinking that I'm going to be jonesing for some vegetables and fruit before long.
That other food thing in the ramekin is a vanilla custard that I made from the book. I'm going to eat it in a bit. I'm curious about it. Absolutely no sugar. No sweetener of any kind. We'll see how it goes.
And I may have a pickle. Because I like crunchy things. But maybe I won't. We'll see.
Oh, I didn't mention water. He wants you to have 1 1/2 quarts of water a day (i think...), I didn't put that amount to memory because I drink more than what he was wanting you to drink every day. I almost always have a glass of ice water by my side. I carry it around with me. I refill it many times a day. I'm good on water.
While I was eating my dinner, I had to focus on not thinking about what a shrimp does during it's life. Then I cracked myself up. Because I could easily turn vegetarian. Quite often, as I'm eating meat, I'll think about what it is that I'm eating and I get grossed out. Have to be careful...and this is the diet I chose to do? HA HA on me!
So. That was day one. It's almost time for bed. I'll take my melatonin and vitamin and eat my custard. Looking forward to the morning weigh in...I'm hoping for a lower number.
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