Day 2 was a success!

Today wasn't as hard as I feared. I had a bunch of errands to run in the hour before my afternoon snack, which helped curb my hunger by forcing me to concentrate on something else besides my stomach.

Here's what I ate (a bit of a repeat of yesterday)

Breakfast: Sausage, Egg, and Cheese "Biscuit" (toasted whole wheat English muffin topped with, Morningstar Farms veggie sausage patty microwaved, 1 slice 2% milk cheddar cheese, 1 egg scrambled in 1 tsp olive oil).

Lunch: Eggplant Tofu and Grilled Chicken Breast

Afternoon Snack: Blueberries and string cheese

Dinner: Bison Chili and Jiffy Corn Muffin


I'm a busy gal, so I don't have time for variety (and I like to finish all my leftovers).

I've implemented an eating timetable to make sure I stick to my diet and don't succumb to cravings, which would be really easy, especially with my 9.5 hour workdays.

Breakfast between 9 and 9:30am
Lunch at 1:00pm
Afternoon snack at 5:00pm
Dinner between 8 and 8:30pm

With this schedule, I eat all my meals, except dinner, at my desk, so I have to majorly plan ahead. Tonight, I exemplified that. After dinner, I started marinating chicken breasts for dinner tomorrow night (but more on that tomorrow), I made breakfast for tomorrow, snacks to take into work for the next two days, and got my lunch for tomorrow all set (Bison chili again...not that I'm complaining :) It's my last full serving that's not in the freezer and I intend to savor it).

Oof...12:20am. Day 2 is definitely over. And I'm getting up early tomorrow for a special delivery...but like my chicken that's marinating in the fridge, that will have to wait until tomorrow :)

Day 1 complete!

The first week of a diet is always the worst. I get hungry and crave food that would sabotage my diet. It didn't help that today, I got into work and discovered a bag full of chocolate treats that a client had dropped off after I left for the holiday break. I somehow got through the day without even opening the plastic on the See's sampler, just to see what the chocolate map said I had in store for me when I did get to reward myself.

I know I said that no food was off limits during my diet, but I know from experience that I do a LOT better on diets if I make myself go the first week without dessert. It resets my sugar cravings and helps keep me in check when I do have the chance to indulge.

So what did I eat today?

Breakfast: 315 calories
Yogurt parfait with granola crisps (2/3 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/2 cup total blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries; 1 serving yogi strawberry granola crisps)

Lunch: 384 calories
Homemade version of Panda Express Eggplant tofu (I can't take credit for the recipe I use, but I'll post it later)
4 oz. grilled chicken marinated in soy sauce, garlic, ginger, salt, pepper, and mustard seed.

Snack: 151 calories
1 piece string cheese; 1 cup blueberries

Dinner: 491 calories
Homemade Bison Chili (recipe coming tomorrow)
1 corn muffin made from the Jiffy Mix


Total calories: 1341

Today was a success for 2 reasons:

1. I planned ahead -- my Eggplant Tofu and chicken for lunch was leftover from last week, and I made Bison chili yesterday as one of my big meals for the week. My recipe (that I will post tomorrow!!) ended up making 10 servings. Four of those servings are living in my freezer until a day when I don't have time to cook or need to grab something quickly to bring to work for lunch.

2. I kept focused on my goal, not just to lose weight, but also to prove this experiment a success. I didn't dig into my candy bag several times today because I reminded myself about how I wanted to succeed.

So far, so good. Tomorrow is my first weigh in (yeah, I chickened out this morning...) and day 2...usually the hardest day. Wish me luck!