… about these things:
- My taste buds have woken up in a way I can’t even explain. Fresh, natural foods have never, EVER tasted so good! Even mineral water has a most delicious, subtle flavor to it which I could never taste before. Fresh raw veggies are as delicious now as chocolate once was.
- I woke up to another pound lost on the scale this morning as well as another inch or two off my waist. I tried on the same jeans I wore yesterday and they are noticeably looser.
- I feel much more energetic and light.
- I got a FANTASTIC night’s sleep last night and woke up feeling AMAZING.
- I am getting all of my nutritional (vitamin) needs met now with the food I eat. That has never happened before.
I have even discovered the joys of cooking and seasoning with spices like basil and cilantro – which actually have vitamins and minerals in them.
Anyway, yes, I’m super-excited about all of these things… and I know I will continue to see major improvements in my physical body as I continue on this journey of health!
Based on continued research and reading over the past few days, I have finally narrowed down my eating plan to this (all foods organic when possible):
Breakfast: 1 cup distilled water w/ 1 lemon squeezed in; mixed berries; half of an orange; 1 carton all-natural lowfat yogurt; coffee with: half and half, 1/2 teaspoon of raw honey, 1 packet Stevia sweetener.
Lunch: Either grilled wild caught salmon or grilled wild shrimp, with salad and/or raw mixed veggies; 1 ounce sharp cheddar.
Dinner: Either 1 chicken breast or 2 Omega 3 eggs, with raw veggies and/or spinach, and/or romaine salad.
Snacks: raw sunflower and pumpkin seeds, sharp cheddar, low fat mozzarella, mixed raw chopped veggies.
Seasonings for foods include extra-virgin olive oil, apple cider vinegar, cilantro, basil, black pepper, sea salt, lime or lemon, raw organic honey.
Drinks include distilled water, mineral water (San Pellegrino) or purified water (Fiji & Evian), coffee, green tea, other organic teas.
Vitamin/mineral supplements include Magnesium, calcium, potassium (I need extra of all of these when losing weight), Iodine (helps with thyroid gland, supposedly), a B complex (that I will take until I feel totally detoxified from chemicals and carbs), Zinc, Vitamin C. For Vitamin D, I spend at least 15 minutes in direct sunlight on every sunny day.
Anyway, that’s my plan!
Before this past week, I didn’t eat very many healthy vitamin-rich foods. No wonder I always felt like crap!
Keep an eye out for some diet/nutrition-related book reviews.
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Not much to update on today, so here is my menu:
Breakfast: Kashi Sunshine cereal w/skim milk (200), glass of freshly squeezed OJ (125), coffee w/teaspoon of raw organic honey (50): 375
Lunch: 1 4oz wild salmon fillet (165), 1 cup cooked spinach (60): 225
Snack: 1 oz cheese (110), 1 serving raw sunflower seeds (160): 270
Dinner: roasted chicken breast (375), chopped veggie salad w/light dressing (100): 475
Total calories: 1345
I’m eating the salmon/spinach now and it is absolutely delicious!
Today’s menu is low-carb (except for breakfast). I’m hoping that will speed up weight loss a bit more… it’s still TOM and the scale is stuck.
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This is what I ate for lunch (pictured above): delicious whole wheat fettuccine (with flax seed and omega 3), organic four-cheese sauce, a dash or two of Parmesan cheese, a veggie salad and some Pellegrino. The total calories comes out to around 300. The only veggies in this salad are romaine lettuce, carrots, and red and orange peppers. I think I will have another one of these with my dinner tonight, only add in the missing mushrooms, celery and cucumber. The best thing about this salad is that it takes forever to eat, so by the time you are done, you are satisfied!
Anyway, I blew it big-time last night with my diet. Altogether I probably ingested around 2700 calories yesterday. But I’m not beating myself up… today is a new day and I’m back on track! As a matter of fact, it’s already 3pm and I’ve only had just over 500 calories. I’m going to stick to about 1000 calories today to make up for yesterday’s indiscretion…
I went and bought a citrus fruit juicer yesterday, so I’m going to start adding in some freshly squeezed orange and/or lime juice to my daily regime!
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Since currently I am doing a mini-meal type of eating plan – 4 mini-meals a day – I’ve been working hard to come up with different ideas for meals that taste good, are generally filling AND are healthy.
So far my favorite mid-day mini meal is this:
- 1 cup (container) of whole grain brown rice (170 cals, 2 grams of fiber, 3g of protein)
- 1 small pear (80 calories, 4 grams of fiber)
- 1 container of Breakstone’s 2% low fat cottage cheese (90 calories, 10 grams of protein)
Total: 340 calories, 6 grams of fiber, 13 grams of protein
Dairy, protein, fruit and grain
Since I am also currently keeping track of calories, I am going to start posting my day’s count of calories each night here on this website. It’s a good way to keep me on track and make me accountable, I think…
So far today it’s 3:45pm and I’ve consumed 510 calories (I got up late). I know I’ll be up and out late tonight, so I am saving as many calories as I can for later…
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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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