one five zero.
Wow.
I finally bought a scale, we are going to refer to this as ground zero for the sake of this blog. My goal is absolutely the loss of 50 of those useless pounds of fat that i have no reason to lug around.
I will not starve myself but i will eat smartly. I don't eat manufactured (read frozen or boxed) food but i will avoid foods i like that i know are bad in large doses like cheese (my god i loves me some cheese). The following pictures of what i have been eating will demonstrate my trouble with foods i love.
My new structure will be what i had started just before i heard about the too-good-to-be-true 'Miami Heart Institute Diet'. I will eat better five days a week, but acknowledge that 2 days a week i will feast. Feast meaning that i won't watch what i eat as closely and i will have a few beers with family and friends.
Before my food pics from the last few days though I need to address Larry and the success he did have with this diet...it still makes me wonder.
It's not lost on me that a man in his mid 60's was able to shed 40lbs in 4 months using this diet. Although a far cry from the 10 lbs a week the diet promised, it is as good or better then most diets and he has been able to keep it off for a few years. He know watches what he eats and has always gone for long walks regularly in the evening. When he was shown the article he said what i would have said, "It worked for me." and i agree...if i don't see some tangible success in the relative future i will be tempted to try this diet again but in the mean time I will try this.
The most significant thing i have noticed is that because of the documenting i have had to stop grazing. I hadn't realized how often I stop to look in the fridge or cupboards to eat something. Not even hungry, just bored and sticking something in my face.
Now because I am trying to take pics of everything, i don't want to see all that crap...so i'm not eating it.
Below is the food i ate over the weekend. As always i have done my 100 crunches a day(except sundays) and some additional yoga or push ups on saturday.
Friday breakfast, water, 1/2 grapefruit, 2 slices french toast
2 slices of fantastic pizza for friday supper
still full from pizza, there was no breakfast, a piece of toast around12:30, then band practice and plate full of nacho's for dinner was the meal for the day. Maybe a couple of beer.
Sunday brunch, burton's eggs (bacon, peppers, onions, apple and tomato all in there) and fruit
This is some left over fish from Friday on rice with some green beans on a small bread plate so it may look like more than it is.
Monday the 18th I ended up skipping breakfast, the youngest had a morning doctors appointment so after I took the family to lunch, not something we can do very often, i had their lasagne, it was yummy but there is my love of cheese again so i wont have any more today. It's 2:30, i will probably have some fruit for snack before dinner...what that will be i don't yet know.
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