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