Round 2

I started round 2 of the 3-day military diet today.  I have been able to keep off the 4 pounds I lost the first round (yay!), even though I'm not quite sure how because I had cookies, cake, ice cream, lots of stuff I shouldn't have, but hey, it still stayed off.  So, not so hungry this time around which is great.  Drinking lots of water and staying busy definitely help!  I'll let you know how I do.

Chair Cardio Videos

Hi Ladies,

So I did one of the chair cardio videos and it was actually pretty good.  I was actually sweating.  They are no impact so it's not a problem with my foot.  So, my goal for next week is to do two of these videos every day Monday through Saturday.  Who wants to join me?

And the Winner Is...

4 pounds!  I lost 4 pounds in 3 days.  Yay!  Now not to turn psychotic and gain it all back!  Wish me luck!  I am going to break down and actually keep a food journal.  We'll see how that goes.

War is Heck!

Hello Ladies,
Well, I decided it was time to take control and quit making excuses.  I'm doing this all to myself, so it's time to say "No more!!"  On Wednesday I started the 3-Day Military Diet.  Yes, I saw it on Pinterest.  I also looked at some other blogs where people did try it.  The food was all something I would eat and easy to get and prepare.  It's actually super simple to follow.  Here's what I ate on Wed:

Breakfast- 1/2 pink grapefruit, 1 slice whole wheat toast, 2 tbs peanut butter
Lunch - 1/2 cup tuna on 1 slice whole wheat toast
Dinner - 3 ounces turkey, 1 cup green beans, 1/2 banana, 1 small apple, and 1 cup Breyer's vanilla ice cream

I weighed myself Thursday morning and lost 1-1/2 pounds!  Yay!  It was not too bad getting through the day.  Was a little hungry waiting for dinner, but not bad.  There is NO snacking.  I exercised for 1/2 hour on the balance ball doing boxing (since I am still in the boot).

Here's what I ate on Thursday:

Breakfast- 1 egg fried in Pam and put on 1 slice whole wheat toast and 1/2 banana
Lunch - 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 hard-boiled egg, and 5 saltine crackers
Dinner - 2 all beef hot dogs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 cup carrots, 1/2 banana, and 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream

I weighed myself Friday morning and have lost a total of 3 pounds!  I have to admit I was hungry all day.  Lunch was boring and not very tasty.  By mid-afternoon I was so exhausted I had to take a nap (but I figured it kept me from eating).  At 9:00 PM I cheated and ate one chocolate chip cookie.  I exercised for 1/2 hour like the day before.

So far today (Friday), here's what I have eaten:

Breakfast - 5 saltine crackers, 1 slice cheddar cheese, and 1 small apple
Lunch-1 hard-boiled egg and 1 slice of toast (I sliced the egg onto the toast)
Dinner - 1/2 cup tuna, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup broccoli, and 1 cup vanilla ice cram

It was supposed to be 1 cup tuna, but who can eat that much dry tuna?  Yuck, so I substituted 1/2 cup with cottage cheese (similar in nutritional makeup).  I also added the broccoli because I was STARVING!  Tough day, have hunger headache.  I also cheated around 3:00 PM and had 1 chocolate chip cookie (Dang Covel for making a batch on Thursday while I was trying this diet).  I also ate about 6 baby carrots at lunch.  So I have cheated, but not too bad.  I can be sooo much worse :)  I was really tired all day, but made myself stay awake.  Keeping busy is the best antidote for this diet I think.  I found some videos online for chair cardio exercises which were actually pretty good so I did 1/2 hour of those (see my Fit Inside and Out Board on Pinterest).

Also, I've drunk at least 10 glasses of water every day during these three days (anything to try to keep my stomach full with something!).  I pee all night, which maybe why I'm so tired as well as the lack of calories.  This is between 850 and 1100 calories per day. 

I will weigh myself in the morning and see what happens.  The idea of this diet is to do it for 3 days, take off 4, and then do it again.  We'll see if the weight stays off.  I may try it again with a few modifications.  I think adding more vegetables would be a good thing.  I hope this will kickstart my metabolism and I need to make sure to exercise every day, even if it's only for 1/2 hour.  I'm thrilled to have lost 3 pounds so far because I haven't been able to do that for a long time.  I'll post what my final weight loss is tomorrow.

Good to Remember...

Lost My Mind, Then Found It...Briefly

Ok, Mel and Deb, I'm baaaack!!  Finally figured out my user name and password so I can join in the fun.  Deb, love the February posts.  Such good ideas.  My goal for today was to figure out my user name and password and so...voila!!  mission accomplished.  I am good for the day!  Our lesson in R.S. today was about the Atonement and how we need to remember the Savior is there to help us achieve what we need to achieve and to make up the difference when we've done all we can do.  The youth were taught a parable along these lines to illustrate...

A woman was walking along the road when she suddenly fell in a deep pit.  It was so deep she could not get out.  She waited and waited until finally someone came by and put a ladder down in the pit so she could climb out.  She couldn't do it all by herself and would not have ever been able to get out of the pit by herself.  Thus, it is like that for us.  When we sin, we fall into a pit that without the Atonement of our Savior it would be impossible to repent for.  However, not only does he put the ladder in the pit for us to climb out, he climbs down the ladder and HELPS US UP the ladder. 

We are asked to do so many things as LDS women.  The list is staggering and multi-layered:  tithing, service, callings, raising families, Word of Wisdom, scripture study, prayers, attending church, fast offerings, temple attendance, loving your neighbor, and on and on.  You get the drift.  It is impossible for us to do all  these things to perfection.  Heavenly Father and Jesus know this, that is why they gave us the Atonement.  After we have done all we can do, the Atonment steps in and does the rest for us.  I think it is a beautiful lesson and the good news of the Gospel, one that is so easily forgotten as we struggle to go about our daily living of JUST SURVIVING!!

So, with that in mind, my goal this week (taking a page from Deb's book of ideas) is to pray for myself.  This is something I almost never, ever do.  You pray for everyone else, right?  I need to pray for the motivation to do what I need to do to get healthy, for my foot to heal correctly, for energy to do even a modicum of exercise, and peace that the efforts I make are pleasing unto Him.  Believe me, this is hard for me.  I will make an admission right now...I've never been great with prayer.  I talk to God more in my thoughts throughout the day than actually on my knees in prayer.  Okay, that's out now...don't judge :)  I am very slow at coming to the Lord for help when I'm overwhelmed, but have always felt Him there.  I need to ASK for guidance and help instead of just kind of expecting it to show up.  Do you know what I mean?

Life is overwhelming and in so many ways totally SUCKS!!   The LAST thing I want to do is exercise and eat right.  I deserve that cookie, I deserve that ice cream, right?  Well, all the deserving is going to slowly kill me off.  I deserve better than that.  So, prayer, real prayer, this week, then next week we'll see.  Baby steps, right Deb?

Love you gals!  We can make things better for ourselves, our families, those we come in contact with.  Praying for you too!!