Day 3

They say day three is the worst, I'd have to agree. Last night I was felt more hungry then I did the first day and this morning I woke up with a slight headache. I feel all achy and stiff today (although that might have something to do with cleaning out the flower beds last night). I feel hungrier and just not satisfied. It's not terrible ... yet, but I'm thinking about the things I can't have more today then previous. One of our drivers brought in popcorn (one of my fav snacks) and I passed it on to the other guy that works here. I still feel like I'm not doing well on the program, maybe because I expected to feel worse?! Maybe because I have failed before on different plans? I am following the plan to a T, but not as serious as one of my friends did. I am still having my coffee in the morning but with 1oz of 1% milk and some Splenda (which I'm pretty sure your allowed) but I also have about two cups of tea (with Spenda) through out the day. So I'm hoping that the tea won't slow down my progress? I'm not sure if there is a limit to how much Spenda you can have? It feels almost like a treat, cause of the sweetness, and as I understand you aren't suppose to have any sweets cause your pancrease is suppose to be resting and not worrying about putting insulin out? Or something like that? I didn't have my supper salad again last night and thought if I got hungry later on I would have it as a snack but never did!? Hopefully this doesn't hinder my loss either (although I'm pretty sure all it does is help with BM?)

I have tried a couple different recipe/ concoctions for salad dressing and I think so far my favorite is oil and vinegar with herbs - it almost tastes like Italian dressing!? I have decided that I'm not a big fan of raw broccoli but steamed is awesome. Apparently Jacob likes it too cause he ate almost all my broccoli off my plate last night. I also will not be buying anymore radishes, they aren't what I remember them tasting like!?

Last night I had the chocolate pudding for a snack, it was good - not as good as the chocolate drink. As I ate it I thought it would be even better with a bit of Fat Free Cool Whip but I'm not sure what the stats are on that ... probably unacceptable!? I'll have to check the next time I'm at the grocery store!? This morning I tried the cappuccino drink again but this time I had it how you are suppose to and didn't try mixing it in my coffee!? It was OK, but I don't think I will get it again? Or not as many!! My coach said it was one of the popular ones so I grabbed about 3 of them. So far the chocolate drink was by far the best!! It tasted like a fudgesicle!! hmmm

So ... I snuck a peak ... I had to - I was dying to find out what the scale said and to my surprise it really wasn't that great of a number!? Maybe my expectations are too high? Maybe I went way over board on the weekend after my weigh in and should have re-weighed in on Monday before actually starting IP?? So I'm hoping that now that I'm past the dreaded day 3 my body will be in ketosis and things will just melt off!! :D Wouldn't that be great!!!

Day 1 on IP

~Day 1~

So, today is day #1 on IP and so far I suppose it's not too bad, last night I went shopping. Bought my olive oil (2 different kinds, one has garlic in it the other is Extra Virgin). I bought a variety of veggies and a new vitamin/ pill organizer to keep track of the vitamins.

When I got home I got busy cooking up my chicken breasts, Jacob helped me rip up my lettuce for salad and I cut all my veggies. I feel like I am well prepared to do well at this diet - now to just follow the plan!!

So this morning I thought it would be a good idea to make the vanilla drink and add it to my coffee (since I usually have vanilla creamer with my coffee). But I soon realized that I only had vanilla pudding so I thought the cappuccino one might be the same. On my way to work I realized I had forgotten my shaker!! I was soo excited to use my new shaker too and almost opted to start tomorrow instead of today and just buy my lunch today. But no .. I stayed strong and figured out a way to still make my shakes without my fancy new ball shaker.

When I got to work I made the cappuccino drink, tried some ... it was good, frothy and tasted like coffee. I added some to my coffee and tried that ... bad idea! Note to self - do not mix cappuccino mix with coffee! It wasn't horrible but it would have been better by itself. I think I will stick to tea since I only need a little Splenda in that.

So far today I had some cucumbers with my salt, they were good. And now I am getting hungry again. All morning I was worried that if I ate my lunch too early that I would be starving later so I keep watching the clock to see when a appropriate lunch time would be. I think now would be good, I "feel" hungry. I have 2 cups of mixed veggies and about 2 cups of lettuce. My only decision now is to add my veggies to the lettuce for a huge salad eat them separately. I also have another shake (chocolate) that I think I will save for later in the afternoon. When I packed my lunch last night I was soo worried that I would be starving all day but honestly it's not too bad ... yet! :)

need vitamin!

So far things are going well, I think, I weighed in on Monday just to see if I was on the right track and was disappointed to see there was no change. So I stuck to it, stayed 100% for the rest of the day, went to the gym and weighed in again on Tues. It said I had lost some so I was happy to see that, so now I am trying to stay 100%, I eliminated the extra starch that I am allowed and actually feel a bit better? I think I cheated too many times and kicked my body out of fat burning mode, so now that I am back on track I am hoping for a good number on the scale tomorrow!! I decided to try Fitday and see how many calories, fat and protein I was in taking in a day and was very surprised to see how high my calorie intake is!! Just from having mostly liquid meals!? I know that the protein bar I have at lunch and my morning coffee with FF creamer are adding lots of calories but I really enjoy these two things so if I can continue to loose weight and have these I will be very happy!! If I feel that my weight loss is stalling I will eliminate one at a time in hopes that I still see the numbers go down! So if you are curious here is my Fitday, everything I ate yesterday, calories burned and circle graph with it all broke down: http://www.fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=Annieann77&Year=2010&Month=3&Day=20

I have noticed though, with only one day entered it seems to me like my carb intake is kinda high and my sugar intake? I would like to cut that back and increase my protein. Fitday has also told me that a few of my essential vitamins are low for daily % so I NEED to start taking a daily vitamin!! I used to take a "one-a-day" from the grocery store and thought that was fine but then my girlfriend told me about these vitamins she is on and the difference between them and grocery store ones, it made sense and I no longer think the grocery store ones are worth it. So, I checked out health food stores just to see what they had and to be quite honest I was overwhelmed by the choices so I decided to just go with the vitamins my girlfriend are on. I already know that they are good, and I have tried them so even though they are way more then grocery store ones I think it is worth it to bite the bullet on this and start taking them!

I feel like my cravings are starting to settle, and when I am tempted with a bite of Jacobs cookie or chip I find that it doesn't taste very good anyway so I don't even bother anymore. I am excited to see what my weigh in is tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a good loss, I'd be happy with 2lbs?! We'll see....

Typical Tuesday

Well, not too much is new around here!? I was suppose to go for an ultrasound today to check my gallbladder but one of the guys I work with that can't seem to decide if he wants to work here or his other job has taken yet another day off so he can work at his other job!!? I think the worst part of it all is that he didn't even bother to mention anything until late Friday afternoon! My boss told me not to cancel and that I should still go but that would mean that he would be by himself for the first two hours in the morning or I could have come in and left for a half hour then come back. But for this ultrasound I was not suppose to eat or drink for 8 hours before so I would have had to wait till 10:00am to even have a glass of water!! I would have had a very cranky baby never mind me! ;) I decided that I wouldn't be able to go this long with out grub and it wasn't fair to make my boss work by himself for that long (especially if we were busy), so I cancelled! :( The ultrasound was really more for me then my doctor, I just wanted to see if I had passed any of the stones or if my gallbladder was still full of them!? I figure I haven't had any attacks since getting out of the hospital so I should just continue doing/ eating what I am and I'm sure I will be fine!? And if I do have another attack I will get the ultrasound then and hopefully make the dipsh*t feel guilty for taking so many unplanned days off without checking the schedule first to see if anyone else has plans for that day!!! Something I don't think I would put up with!

Last night was pretty uneventful, we ended up going out for supper (BP's) I had pizza!!! :o It was vegetarian and I asked for them to put 1/2 the cheese on, it was nice to feel like I was having a 'treat' without feeling the pain for it later in the evening! :) So when we got home both of our plans kinda went out the window and we just lazed around on the couch. Tonight I plan on taking the dog for a walk (we need milk anyway) and hopefully my hubby will find my toque so my head doesn't get so cold!? He borrowed it to go quading or something and hasn't put it back where it came from making it MIA!!

I find it slightly odd how I don't have any real cravings yet? I would have thought I would have by now and I haven't really eaten anything that some people would consider weird!? A girlfriend of mine who is also pregnant right now (about a month behind me) was telling me about a drink she had created that was supposedly really good, it had some type of juice in it, yogurt (she used strawberry) and Honey nut Cheerios ~ put in a blender until well blended!! :P She also told me about when she was pregnant with her first kid she loved having eggs with peanut butter!!! Ewwwww - that's just wrong! I haven't done anything that weird ..... yet! ;)

Hump day!

The weeks seem to be going by faster which in my mind is perfectly fine!! :) Maybe it's because Christmas is almost here or maybe it is just life going by but which ever it is I'm kinda glad! In less then one week I will be under 200 days away from my due date and I will finally be in my 2nd trimester! I'm hoping for good things in the 2nd trimester, mostly everyone says it is best time of the entire pregnancy!?

So what used to be a fairly giggly tummy is now becoming kinda firm more like a bloated belly, it feels good to know that I am getting bigger because there is a life in me but at the same time it kinda freaks me out to know that I will probably gain back about half of what I had lost before. I'm not going to stress about it too much because I know I will be able to drop the pounds after and maybe even get to my "goal" weight finally but I just thought I would let you know that the thought is there in the back of my head. I do however find it amazing that I have only gained about 5lbs eating all the carbs and crap that I have, I know that before if I was to eat this same way I would have probably gained about 15lbs by now! It must really be hard work on the body to make this little baby!?

A lot of people told me that I would be tired and that I should nap when possible but honestly I'm not all that tired? I'm not sure if that is a good thing or bad? I have finally figured out my vitamin - bed time is the best time to take that but I sometimes forget!? :P And with the help of my hubbies suggestions I also finally think I figured out how to brush my teeth without gagging! he he I need to have a glass of water right before I spit to help swish... then spit! I think it was the texture of toothpaste that would make me gag? Hubby said I used too much but I don't think that was it, I don't use that much?! he he

Yesterday was the first Tuesday of the month which means 10% off groceries!! So off we went shopping, I love grocery shopping I find it so enjoyable. I think we will have nachos for supper tonight!! I have been craving salsa lately, although when food is talked about it usually all sounds good! On my way home I will think... what should we have for dinner tonight and I might hear a ad on the radio for chicken strips and think "ooh - that sounds good! I want chicken strips" and then about 5 minutes later I will drive past an Italian restaurant and think "oh - spaghetti and meatballs!! That's what I want ... with garlic toast!" By the time I get home I have probably thought of about 5 different meals that I want but can't decide what to make cause everything sounds good! ;) It's like having a craving but you're not too sure what would make your taste buds the happiest - salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy, filling or just a light snack!?