The 17 Day Diet - Cycle 1 - Day 17

Starting weight: 222.8
Today's weight: 211.8
Weight loss to date: -11.0 lbs

Ok, I was pretty happy to see 211.8 today.  After the day I had yesterday and teeter-tottering between 212 and 213.  After I got home from work Rich said let's go for a walk, so we walked and I ended up going 1.75 miles.  Walking is harder at 3:30 PM vs. 7 PM.  I probably got some sun on my face, too.

So today was the last day on Cycle 1 for now.  Tomorrow I start Cycle 2 so I read up about it at lunch today.  I'm sure looking forward to having certain foods like steak, oatmeal, and potatoes.  On Cycle 2 I eat a from a menu of food choices similar to Cycle 1 with a bunch of additions.  Since tomorrow is an "even" date, I will eat Cycle 2 foods on even days and Cycle 1 foods on odd days.  I will do this for the next 17 days and then continue to Cycle 3.  I'll be on Cycles 1-3 until I get down to my goal weight of about 150 lbs. and then I get to move on to Cycle 4.  Cycle 4 I am looking forward to because I get to have "weekends off" -- not go overboard, but I can have 1-3 meals of my choice.  And to be honest, I will probably not ever have McDonald's again.  Did I just say that?  Even after only 16 days of healthy eating, I almost can't imagine eating fast food again.  I think I have gained a new respect for my body and want to treat it right for rewarding me with weight loss and energy and feeling great and sleeping better and all of those things that I have experienced in the last two+ weeks.

Today I was able to slip into my size 14 pants I've had in my closet for years.  Yes, I said SLIP, I didn't have to force them on.  I can't say I'm a true size 14 yet, but I am certainly close.  Surely when I get below 210 I'm going to be a true size 14.  For some reason I feel like true success for me will be slipping into a size 12 because I haven't been a size 12 since I graduated high school in 1995.  On the other hand, I can't imagine that 60 more pounds from now I will have only gone from a size 14 to a size 12.  I'm thinking more like an 8!  I just remember that my white graduation day dress was a size 12 but I don't actually remember my jeans size.  I certainly don't remember being in any single digit clothing.  How strange.

Anyways, enough ranting for today.  Here's what I ate:

Breakfast - Yogurt and blueberries and of course green tea

Lunch - Salad with balsamic and oven roasted chicken bites and a nectarine (YUM)!

For dinner I made a Kefir Smoothie: kefir, vanilla yogurt, blueberries and strawberries + 1 packet Truvia.  I'm sure I'll be hungry later, but I just couldn't stomach another salad.  I really need to find new ways to jazz it up.

Off to my scrapbook room to make a card and watch a movie!