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The last two days have been filled with simple eating, plenty of fruits and vegetables and no high sodium food. Throw in a little bit of exercise and lots of fluids and this sounds like an obvious recipe for success, right? I have noticed that my body is not even remotely craving sugars like it did just a week ago when I first challenge. It seems my brain and stomach adjusted pretty quickly and have been very accepting of the foods I am consuming and the daily calorie intake associated. Even heading into Wednesday’s meals, I had not lost a lot of weight, but have been feeling really good with no bloating and a renewal of energy I have been lacking for a long time. Here was the full menu from Wednesday (including exercise): -vitamin For those of you not familiar with Market Day, it is a special program done through local schools around the country as a fundraiser. Market Day sells plenty of food items for every occasion (lunch, dinner, appetizers, dessert, etc.) and the vast majority of them are easy to make or quick to cook. Their full meals like the Chicken Breast Tuscan do have an above average amount of sodium when you consider the portions are not very big, but the rest of the nutritional statistics are pretty decent. My dinner on Wednesday took just 7 minutes in the microwave to cook. Would you believe it? The scale on Thursday morning flashed 174.1 pounds - a two pound reduction in a single day! I knew eating out the first two days of the week would have an impact, but I didn’t think the difference in results when staying away from the restaurants would show this quick! Body fat and body water were consistent with Tuesday’s weigh-in. Here was the full menu from Thursday: -coffee I went nearly seven days without an alcohol beverage, so I decided to treat myself to a single beer with dinner on Thursday. My overall menu for the day was eerily similar to Wednesday’s if you didn’t notice and not very calorie intensive at all. I will admit that the servings of grapes yesterday were larger than the first batch I had on Wednesday, but they are still a much healthier alternative over Doritos or cookies. I am predicting a case of Wii Tennis Elbow by the end of Week 2 if I keep this level of play up - any takers? Unbelievable! 172.2! Believe me - I had to look at that number three times while typing this to make sure it was correct. This would mean that I lost FIVE pounds during just the first week challenge. I will tell you that this is above even the expectations I had for myself from the onset. If these are the results I can expect from a drastic change in diet to healthier eating, I am all for it. However, even I know that a single day does not constitute a trend. In order for me to truly be successful challenge, I would like to consistently make my weight for a period of time. Still, little did I know how prominent the impact could be by removing sugars and setting a few simple guidelines around what I eat and when I eat. We still have a lot of work to do and I want to make sure Week 2 has similar success in getting me closer to my optimal weight.
We had our friends come out for a weekend a couple weeks ago, and together we decided to make our combined quest for more beautiful and healthy bodies into a fun competition - Biggest Loser style! We’ve decided to put our money where our mouth is. We’re going to weigh in every Friday, report to each other, and whichever couple has lost the highest percentage of weight gets 2 round trip tickets to Florida, where we will be departing for a Caribbean cruise! If that’s not enough, losers have to spend the entire time on the cruise ship in nothing but a bathing suit! So, the round trip airfare is motivation for the husbands, and the thought of baring it all on the cruise is more than motivation to us girls! (more…) Tag: Biggest Loser
In this article on WebMd we find that keeping a food diary is a good way to help dieters loose weight. The original study, published in states that the subjects had to keep daily journals and meet weekly with others who had the same goal. The outcome, the paarticipants lost, on the average, 13 pounds over six months. The study also found that the more diligent a dieter was at journalling the more likely they were to be succesful. After the study was conducted, these suggestions were made…
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