I was finding that waiting for the diet games to start was having a bad effect on me, I had this idea that I should eat what I wanted in the coming week because once the games started I wouldn't want to eat that crap. TERRIBLE mentality that goes against why I'm playing to begin with. So, at the risk of hitting a plateau during the game, I'm starting early. I'm going to start with a rundown of where I'm starting... my baby is almost 11 weeks old. Right after I had her the weight came off easy as it always does in the beginning, but now I'm stuck just about the same place I was stuck after having her brother. A good 10-15 lbs above what I believe to be my ideal weight. My life is crazy, I have a two year old and a new baby, so finding time to portion meals, eat super healthy and workout isn't easy. I will be going back to work in just about 3 weeks and then I know I can at least work out those 3 days a week I'm at the office, but I'm hoping to get some workouts in before then, that's going to be my biggest challenge.
I'm already a vegetarian and I don't like cheese, so that puts me at just about vegan. I already love healthy foods, kale, beans, all of it... my problem is the CARBS! I take a nice healthy yummy soup and eat it with a giant crusty piece of sourdough. Or healthy black beans and tofu and wrap them in a carb-laden tortilla. So my diet plan is simple, Shakeology for breakfast and eat what I normally would the rest of the day... minus the carbs! I want to use the blog to track my weight and keep an HONEST food and (hopefully) exercise blog.
So, here goes, one week early:
Starting weight: 141.6
Goal weight: 130
Breakfast: vegan shakeology, no add-ins
1st snack: handful of mixed nuts, coffee with stevia and 1T half and half
It's early in the day, but my plan for the rest of it is a big salad for lunch with lite dressing and dinner will be my swan song of regular pasta since it's leftover from yesterday and as excited as I am to start my diet I can't waste perfectly good food. So dinner will be a small portion of orzo with corn and black beans and a small salad. I hope to make it to the store after my daughter's checkup and get some low fat yogurt for snack.
Hopefully I can hop back on this evenining and update what I actually ate the rest of the day.
Update from what I ate:
2nd Snack: starbucks soy latte, no sugar added
Dinner: tiny bowl of orzo, big salad
Dessert: yoplait chocolate whips