Katie's Week 1, Day 3

Sarah and I debated which was worse, Day 1 or Day 3.  I'm going to go with Day 3 if I had to choke down all of that tuna, but because I chose to substitute, I'll say Day 1 was worse.

I really, really tried not to use any substitutions but I just couldn't take any more tuna!!  I ate half the package below with mustard and before this diet ruined tuna for me forever, I substituted a half cup of cottage cheese for the remainder of the tuna I did not eat.  I lost 1 lb on Day 3.

Bleh! I really tried but I couldn't eat the whole package!  I definitely won't be the partner in the Amazing Race eating things like cow brains or frog's fallopian tubes! lol

Awh, so much better! 

Sarah's Week 1, Day 3

 

6:45am - Breakfast

This was a pretty yummy breakfast.  My only problem with this meal is the saltine crackers.  I like having some crunch, but saltines are just empty calories.  That is one of the only issues I have with this diet and I will probably change out saltines for a cracker with some fiber for the next round of this diet.

12:00pm - Lunch

Seriously?  A hard boiled egg and a piece of bread. 



 

 

6:30pm - Dinner

Dinner was gross.  One cup of tuna fish, bleh.  Dessert was good though.  1/2 of a banana and a cup of vanilla ice cream.  Yum tyum!  I'm hoping for some more luck on the scale tomorrow.  The diet claims that you can lose up to 10 pounds in three days, but that isn't going to happen.  Starting tomorrow, I'm going to track calories using the LoseIt! application on my phone to keep on track for the next four days before I start another cycle of the diet.

 



Sarah's Week 1, Day 2

7:15 am - Breakfast

This morning's breakfast was really good and it tasted even better after I got on the scale and saw that I lost 2.4lbs already!  It was a basic breakfast, one egg (fried in Pam cooking spray), one piece of toast, and half of a banana.  I kind of missed having tea this morning, but it's not that serious. 



11:15 am - 1/2 of Lunch

2:30pm - 1/2 of Lunch

Lunch was split in half today because I teach from 11:30am - 2:20pm without a break in between classes.  I didn't want to have a rumbling stomach the entire time, so I ate about half of the cottage cheese and two crackers.  The rest of the crackers, cottage cheese and the egg were saved for after class at around 2:30pm.

6:30pm - Dinner

Dinner was a large portion of food.  Two hot dogs (with a little bit of mustard), 1 cup of steamed broccoli and 1/2 cup of raw carrots.  It was pretty filling and tasted good too.  I agree with Katie that Day 2 is the most reasonable and I wasn't hungry today.  Later tonight I'm going to enjoy my 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream with a sprinkle of cinnamon (thanks for the suggestion Katie)!

 



Katie's Week 1, Day 2

So Day 2 was actually pretty easy.  I felt very full and satisfied at each meal.  If I were to repeat any of these days over the next 4 days off, I would definitely repeat Day #2 (with a little extra food of course).  I found that hard boiling an egg isn't so bad after all and this is something I could do on any day, dieting or not. 

I actually couldn't finish my lunch.  I think between the fried egg at breakfast and the egg and cottage cheese at lunch, all the protein really kept me very full.  I saved 3 crackers and 1/2 cup of cottage and ate it 1 hour later.  For dinner, I really didn't mind the chicken hot dogs, but I don't think I would buy them again.  The casing was so thick and I prefer the taste of an all beef hot dog instead. 

For dessert, I added cinnamon to my ice cream and I put my banana in the freezer.  I don't know if cinnamon is allowed or not but it was just a teaspoon and oh so divine!  I've heard cinnamon to have many health benefits and so I thought it wouldn't hurt.

9AM Breakfast: 1 Fried Egg (used PAM cooking spray), 1 Slice of Whole Wheat Toast, and 1/2 Banana

1PM Lunch: 5 Saltine Crackers (no salt), 1 Cup of 4% Small Curd Cottage Cheese, 1 Hard Boiled Egg with salt. 

6:30PM Dinner: 2 Chicken Hot Dogs, 1/2 Cup of Carrots, 1 Cup of Broccoli, 1 TBSP of Trader Joe's Garlic Aioli Mustard, 1 TSP Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute

8PM Dessert: 1/2 Cup Vanilla Ice Cream, 1/2 Frozen Banana, and 1 tsp of Cinnamon - yum!!!

Sarah's Week 1, Day 1

Day 1 - Here we go!

Breakfast - 6:30am

After eating this measly breakfast, I learned that I don't hate grapefruit as much as I thought I did.   And I also learned that 2 tbsp is a lot of peanut butter for one piece of bread!  The tea was really good.  I had a cup of Lipton green tea with lemon and ginseng (no sweetener was added).  All-in-all breakfast was pretty tasty, but I don't think it's going to hold me over until lunch, which is also going to be a particularly pitiful meal.

 

Lunch - 11:45am

I wasn't as ravenous as I anticipated when lunch time rolled around.  I think the protein in the peanut butter helped me to remain satisfied until lunch.  (Plus, I was busy all morning and didn't really have too much time to think about it.)  For lunch I had 1/2 cup of tunafish (dry) and a piece of bread.  It was very underwhelming.  I've been drinking lots of water today and just went over to the coffee shop and purchased a hot tea.  It is TAZO decaf ginger peach without sweetener.  

At about 2:30pm, the hunger pangs really started to hit me.  I was about to give in to temptation and eat my apple early (part of my dinner), but thanks to Katie's encouragement I was able to wait until 5pm to partake in the most perfect honeycrisp apple I have ever tasted!

Dinner - 7:00pm
The apple at 5:00pm really helped me to get through until dinner. I had a really long day at work, so my meals ended up being very spread apart. But I survived my first day and I think I did really well. I also think this is the hardest of the three days, so I hope it will be easier from now on. For the final part of day one, I'm going to enjoy my cup of vanilla icecream. Yum Yum!  Fingers crossed for some luck on the scale tomorrow.

Dude, where were these bananas yesterday??

So I walk into my office this morning and fill up my 34oz water bottle and there is a whole case of bananas!  I really could of used one of these better looking bananas yesterday!  Grrr

And for those of you wondering, the tip of my dinky banana yesterday was gooey and gross, so I had to break it off and throw it out.  So, I ate 3/4 of the banana as Sarah suggested. :)

1st Day Results - meh! +0.5 lb

Not that I want to announce this to the world, but my "Aunt Flow" is visiting and I'm assuming this is why I gained 1/2 lb instead of losing anything.  I'm going to stick with the diet even though I'm a bit discouraged.  I'm really curious to see what Sarah's results will be tomorrow after finishing her first day!