Holy smokes! I’ve lost another 2 lbs!! And yesterday I didn’t break from the diet at all… well, I had a few almonds – not sure if those are in the plan but since I’m making my own rules to this I think they are.
Yesterday wasn’t nearly as awful as Monday. Though I did get hungry during the afternoon. My solution was to eat plain spinach leaves (yuck!) and grapes. After about an hour of stuffing my face with both of those I felt full but definitely not satisfied. I guess that’s more of a mind over matter thing because I wasn’t hungry but I just wanted to eat a burger. But I resisted the urge to stop at McDonald’s and headed to my Mary Kay Unit Meeting instead.
While at my MK meeting, they celebrated February birthdays with a big ‘ol chocolate chip cookie cake! Ugh, it pained me not to eat it but I was very proud of myself for staying strong. I rushed home and made a juice (1 plum, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 kiwi, 3 handfuls of blueberries). It was absolutely delicious and satisfying so I went to bed happy. And I woke up this morning and BAM – 2 lbs loss for the 2nd day in a row!
To be clear, I want you to know I’m eating ALL DAY LONG. In fact, I try to never let myself get hungry because that’s when I’ll most likely slip up. So, I’m by no means depriving myself food — I’m just depriving myself of all the junk. And really that’s what my body is craving – the junk. Because when I really stop to ask myself if I’m hungry or if I’m just wanting junk food, most of the time I’m just wanting junk food and I’m sick of eating grapes. If anything, this little experience has taught me how to differentiate between true hunger and the urge for instant gratification.
That being said, I can’t stinkin’ wait to have meat and potatoes on Friday night when my parents get here!
Total weight loss: -4.5lbs!
Keep up the good work! I am interested to see how this goes for you!
I hope you are bikini ready in no time!