I am going to be honest here and admit that I am currently sticking to a very strict 1000-cal per day diet as of yesterday. Normally I don’t go this low in calories, but I desperately want to jump-start my next bout of weight loss. I have been working out every day for the past 3 days at the highest setting on my elliptical and doing weights, which is probably responsible for my weight staying the same despite dieting.

So for the next 6 days, I am sticking to a very strict 1000 calorie diet and exercising every single day between 20-45 minutes. I know some people will tell me “OMG you are going to become anorexic” and “omg that is so unhealthy” and “omg you are staving yourself”. Well let me assure you all up front that: 1, I am 31 years old and not in any danger of becoming anorexic! 2, It’s more unhealthy to remain at this weight, as far as I’m concerned. My blood pressure is just too high and the only way to lower it without meds is to lose the extra weight. Period. Plus I am taking vitamins every single day now, and 3, 1000 calories is not starvation by any means, especially when done with vitamin therapy, plenty of rest and light exercise and ONLY for 7 days.

I will not be getting on the scale until Sunday morning to see what I have lost.

Basically I am still sticking to mini-meals - five tiny meals. One reason for this is to keep my blood sugar stable and to shrink my stomach a bit. Next week I will move into a semi low-carb mini-meal plan.

My blood pressure is just too high right now… and it’s time I took matters into my own hands and make a SERIOUS effort to lower it before I am forced to go on meds.

So, day 2… I’m supposed to go out to eat tonight with this new guy I’m dating, but I will be sticking to salad and lean protein!

Tags: diet plan

I am still on my health kick… even more so now than ever. I am determined to get my amazing figure back once and for all. I recently found some old pictures of me from my early 20’s, and man… I miss my fabulous figure from those days! I have some pictures of me in a bikini at Venice beach with an old boyfriend, and damn did I look good (and I’m not afraid to say it). I’d even be comfortable posting them here if I can figure out a way to get them scanned in.

Yesterday my cousin’s wife and I went to lunch at an Italian restaurant (where I had less than half of a pasta dish) then we hit Whole Foods. I went to town and stocked up on more fresh fruit, organic soups, organic juice, organic cereal and organic salad. I have a menu prepared for my meals today. Estimated calorie counts are in parenthesis.

Breakfast - plenty of fresh cut up mango (140) & scrambled egg whites (90), coffee w/vanilla cream (60): 290
Snack - 1 large organic white peach (60), 1 serving of nuts (170): 230
Lunch - Organic roasted red pepper soup (mmmmmm) (220), half of a turkey/cheese sandwich(110), organic spinach salad w/2 tsps of organic dressing (100): 430
Snack - 1 Baby Bel Laughing cow cheese (70), 1 serving black olives (25), 1 pear (80): 175
Dinner - Roasted skinless boneless chicken(125), Steamed veggies (50), Cottage Cheese (90): 265

Miscellaneous - 1 orange sorbet ice-cream bar (60), 1 EmergenC drink (25), Iced Green Tea (0), Vitamin B Complex (0), 1 Omega 3 chew (10), 1 glass lemon water (15): 110

Total calories: 1500

In case anyone was wondering, my psychiatrist told me to go on a B vitamin and Omega 3 because it’s supposed to help with the physical damage my drinking caused. The EmergenC drink has all my daily electrolytes and several other vitamins.

Today’s exercise will be the elliptical, stretching and weights. It’s too hot outside to go for a walk!

^^^ If you think that is bad, today it might hit 105 with a heat index of 112! Yikes.

On a final note, I am feeling so much better physically these days! Almost back to normal… almost.

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I am making an effort to include even more fruit in my day’s eating plan. When I eat it, it gives me so much energy, completely curbs my appetite and makes me happy knowing I am filling my body with nutrients.

And for anyone who complains about how much sugar is in fruit… relax. Natural sugar is so much healthier for us than all that processed crap. One of my main goals is to cut out processed foods from my diet (except cheese, which I simply cannot give up. :-P).

So this was my first meal today:

(1 organic peach and 1 organic nectarine, which is technically 2 peaches since nectarines ARE peaches with smoother skin).

And my second meal:

1 cup blueberries and 4 cut up medium strawberries. Oh, and a cup of coffee.

I went and bought tons of organic fruit and veggies yesterday. Since I don’t really like most raw vegetables (plus they cause lots of stomach upset), I got some organic frozen veggies to heat up on the stove with my lean protein dinners.

Anyway, my weekend trip was cut short for reasons I won’t get into. Suffice it is to say that I am home now and doing OK.

I’ll update later on with what I have for lunch and dinner, if anyone is interested!