Cheat Day, The Next Day, and Hump Day!

Hello, hello!
Well I don't remember if I told you this, but on this diet you are required (RE-QUI-ERD!) to take a cheat day once a week. Now, there is science behind this, but if I try to tell you I'm going to sound silly and I'm going to end up misinforming someone. So if you really, really, REALLY want to know I would suggest reading The 4-Hour Body.

Anyways, my cheat day technically started at midnight with my brother and my sister at Steak 'N' Shake where we had shakes and steakburgers and fries, and then Nutter Bars. After this I went home and went to bed!
For my breakfast I had a delicious egg-yolk omelet and cheese!

As well as.... Assorted candies! (Which I had throughout the day because we keep them EVERYWHERE I think o.o)

After that I had about half a mug of sugared-up coffee... in THIS giant monster!

To give you a bit of a size reference, it's about as tall as my head. not quite as wide! Moving on to lunch, I had chinese and some Mochi (an Asian treat made from rice paste, this kind is green tea flavored!)

A little after lunch I had a friend com over and help me make a cheese ball, which we both ate!

Unfortunately that's the end of my pictures, but I had at least two cans of soda, Taco Bell, and more assorted candies (Mostly butterscotch discs)

And that was my cheat day! I can tell you too, Monday was HARD, I got up and looked around my house and we still have tons of candy lying around. Everything looked good, and my diet seemed really far faaar away. I had to drink lots of water to stay focused, and I grudgingly stuck to my diet.

The good news is: it's only the day before and the day after cheat day that's hard! So once Tuesday rolled around I was back into the swing of things! 

Wednesday (Hump Day) was my cook-for-myself day, and I would have a picture for you all, but I took one and then realized that my camera had no SD card in it! (Auuugh what color is my hair, truly?!) But I'll let you in on a secret as to what I cooked (Actually I was going to tell you anyways)-

I made ground hamburger and green beans seasoned with garlic. Yeah, it was kinda lame. You can totally tell that I'm a bachlorette! But hey it was good enough and I DID actually have to use the stove and the stand around browning the meat! Soooo I suppose next week we'll try again!

Also, sorry about the measurements I keep promising! My brother and I have decided to do them on the day before cheat day (Which this week is moved to Monday for Halloween!), so until then, sit tight and thanks for reading!

Bex

PS- sorry for the late late LATE update! I'm a terrible blogger!

Week One, Day Five!

Alright everyone, I made it to day five! This is intense stuff! I don't think I've ever made it to day five of anything (Especially not Majora's Mask- but that's only because they give you three days to beat the game ;P) and I can tell you guys, I feel so great! I have more energy, and this may be my mind playing tricks on me, but I feel lighter!
Today I will get off my lazy rump and buy a sewing tape-measure so I can take my arm, belly, waist, and thigh measurements!
So as this marks the near-end of Week One, here are some thoughts on what I can do next week grocery shopping wise.

   -Eat more beans! I could probably eat some baked beans instead of re-fried beans (or I could do both) since those are the kinds of beans I like to eat most. And I might try to get re-fried beans without much salt because sometimes the salty taste gets to me.

   -Eat more cottage cheese! Seeing as it is an exception to the no-dairy rule I should take advantage of it because I absolutely LOVE cottage cheese and miss dairy so much!

   -Next time get lightly salted canned veggies! I hadn't realized I'd bought most of my vegetables unsalted and so when i went to eat my green beans this week I was surprised to find them "flavorless".

   -try to cook at least ONCE next week! Since I am out and about most of the time, I never have time to cook things, but if I plan it out just right I can cook probably more than I thought, so let's plan one meal to cook!

Alright that is just about it, Stay tuned for my Cheat Day summary! (And trust me, this one is gonna make your eyes pop!)

Bex

Week One (Hump Day)

Alright everyone, today is Hump Day, otherwise known as Wednesday! Thought I'd show you a bit of what I'm eating for meals as well as tell you all a little about the slow-carb diet I'm doing. I've taken pictures of what I've been eating (for the most part) and will share them most likely near the end, for now I will give you a bit more info about myself!
 The Slow-Carb diet comes from 4HB (The 4-Hour Body, by Tim Ferris), a nugget of gold in my world of downward spiraling- or should I say upward climbing- weight problem. As I have said in my previous blog post, I am twenty years old, 5'5 and 200 pounds on a good day (on bad days I might way about 5-8 pounds more-YIKES). When I decided to join the National Guard I found that I could be rejected for my weight, and that is when my brother came to me and said that The 4-Hour Body could work.
 I started reading Tim Ferris' book and the diet- although not FUN- is functional. I won't give you too many details, because you should go out and buy his book for yourself, but the basics of this diet are like most- don't eat this, eat more of that- but what really stumped me for awhile and my friends even was the "No fruit, no dairy" rule (to which cottage cheese and tomatoes/avocados are the exception). I can eat as much of any bean, any vegetable, eggs, chicken, beef, and pork as I like, but no bread, fruit, or milk (And for drinks no sodas or juices or other sweetened beverages)? Some friends are worried I am not going about this the right way. Phooey, we're all just college students, what do they know, right?
Anyways, so with my limited list of foods here's what I usually eat (Some have pictures, other don't because I forgot!)

Breakfast:
   Three egg whites, lightly salted, cup of hazelnut coffee with a tablespoon of cream (allowed!) and cinnamon.

Lunch:
   Refried beans straight from the can! (Yes I do carry cans and a canopener around at school)

Second Lunch:

   Two hand sized grilled chicken breasts with Garden spices (The chicken was precooked, I bought it from Wal*Mart, and the spices are from Aldi!)

Dinner:

   Turkey and Sprouts Unwich from JimmyJohns, no mayo, no tomato (not a fan), and just about an hour later a few spoonfuls of refried beans.

Late Night Snack:

   Bowl of Jalapenos from work (eaten SLOWLY for fear of stomach upset)

And that's all I had for today, of course I am also drinking lots of water  with all of these (especially the jalapenos!) So we'll see what other things I have in store!
Bex

Some Starting Info

Alright hello everyone to my weightloss blog!
I'm not gonna tell you much about myself quite yet because I have to get this done quick and run out the door- but I'll give you some basics and some pictures!
I am a twenty-year-old, female, standing at 5'5, and weighing in at approximately 200 lbs. I've started a diet plan from The 4-Hour Body (link to come later) called the "Slow-carb" diet. These are my starting pictures!

Not pretty, but not meant to be! Weight is going to be taken every week, and update pictures at the end of 5 weeks!Bex