Day 1 Results

So day 1 was as expected, not that bad.  Day 1 is never bad.  You have motivation and anticipation on your side. It's Days 4-15 that are not so good.  On those days you start lusting after food.  You don't even lust after good food.  The lust is for the bread on a sandwich or the black beans with your fajitas. 

Since we just finished up Valentines Day and my birthday, I have extra candy lying around.  This morning as I was making my smoothie, I saw half off a sea salted dark chocolate bar which my sister-in-law, Tracy, gave me for my birthday.  I looked at it and thought "Ha! I'm not even tempted by you!" I honestly thought to myself that I would have no problem resisting it and the bag full of Lindt truffles from my Dad for the whole challenge even though they would stare me in the face every morning.  Then I remembered days 4-15.  I realized I would have to get the crack out of the house before the dawn of day 4. 

To succeed in healthy eating, you must never let yourself get hungry.  I found that is the key.  I know this, but yet I still let it happen.  Once you get hungry, your 300 lb, couch potato, alter ego Helga takes over and you can't be held responsible for anything that goes in your mouth.  There are 3 distinct times that I know I can't let myself get to that blood sugar dropping hunger state: 1) Before I go to the grocery store, 2) Before I go to lunch at work (especially if chips or bread are served for free before your meal), and 3) Before I leave work.  Those are my 3 most vulnerable moments.  The goal for today was not to get hungry.  So, I decided to eat something small every 2-2.5 hours.  I also tried to drink my water.  I did pretty well today.  I tiptoed in the danger zone after Cross Fit on the way to the grocery store, but I managed to take back control by heading straight to the deli counter first.  I got a pound of turkey and helped myself to a few pieces while I shopped.  I'm sure it was real attractive watching a grown woman eating turkey out of the Ziploc bag while browsing the salad dressings.  Hey, I had to do what I had to do.  It could've been a bad scene, but crisis was averted. 

It's no 8:45 and I have made a conscious decision not to eat anything else even though I'm a tad bit hungry.  I will sleep much better than if I eat something else and have a too full stomach.  As promised, below is what I shoved into my mouth today.  Very boring, but successful:

Breakfast:
Smoothie (1 c. unsweet vanilla almond milk, 1 banana, 1 tbsp cashew butter, 1 tbsp unsweet cocoa, 1 c. of frozen black cherries)

Snack:
10 oz. green tea w/ 1 tsp. honey (Tracy believes honey is allowed; therefore, I believe it is allowed)
1 Apple (a sour green one :( yuck!)

Lunch:
3 oz. deli turkey (Boars Head only - no preservatives)
1 small sweet potato w/ 1 tsp. olive oil, salt & pepper
2 small clementines

Snack:
1 oz. cinnamon almonds (no sugar)

Snack:
Pecan Pie Lara Bar (one of THE best flavors)

Snack:
5 oz. deli turkey

Dinner:
2 scrambled eggs
1.5 slices of bacon

Tomorrow will probably be more of the same; however, I did purchase some chicken sausage so variety might be on the horizon if I can overcome my lazy cooking gene.  I clearly need some more vegetables...but I don't really like them.  Maybe asparagus....or salad....

Until tomorrow....