Day six and seven have been smooth! The TSFL food is tasting better to me and where at the beginning I found it hard to fit in 5 extra meals a day I am now finding myself being hungry and ready to eat every 2 to 3 hours!  

Day 6:  LEAN AND GREEN

I really enjoyed the turkey taco salad and Roy is always down for tacos so I made that again!  It just has so many awesome flavors and my family can eat tacos and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. 

Day 7: TODAY'S LEAN AND GREEN

I found these low carb chicken enhancers in the cheese isle at the store.  they are Kraft Fresh Takes. They are mostly shake and bake ideas to add flavor to your chicken or pork.  etc.  Full of flavor!  So tonight was Chicken Parmesan with three servings of broccoli!  We both loved it! 

 

Today was really hard.   I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the 4th of July, it's one of my favorite holidays! Growing up the 4th of July always meant family reunion at my Papaw's river camp and slow cooked BBQ on the pit.  Papaw's special recipe of course.  There was BBQ'd Boston butt, chicken, ribs..... OH, those ribs! and that's not mentioning all the side dishes!  The 4th of July was meant for  lots and lots of food and family!  

On top of missing my family, and my Papaw Paul, I wasn't able to gorge myself with delicious BBQ this fourth of July.  My first thought as I woke up this morning was "this is going to be hard."  but gratefully my very first e-mail of the morning was from my awesome coach Chantel!  It was an e-mail saying Happy Independence day and about declaring my independence from obesity and poor health.  SO, as I got into the shower this morning I used something called the Secret.  (If you have never heard of the secret you should look into it.)  I imagined myself one year from now 100 lbs. less then I weigh right now.  I imagined my body, my clothes, my smile and I made the choice to declare my independence! That wasn't the end of my struggle today though.  Thankfully my wonderful husband was able to talk me out of and take me out of a situation that involved ham fried rice and egg rolls... lol.  

TONIGHT'S LEAN AND GREEN

Tonight's dinner was one cup romaine lettuce and one cup spinach with 1/2 cup cucumber.  Topped with 5oz. cooked ground turkey breast. (99% lean).  Served with homemade salad dressing and 5 green olives and 1tbl. salsa!  Yum Yum! 

Day 4:  NO HEADACHE TODAY!!!!!  It's the first day since I've started that my head hasn't been killing me.  Sugar detox is hard stuff....  I have been feeling more hungry today.  My boss brought in bagels for everyone, that was super difficult.  I avoided the break room all day because it smelt like carbs, butter and happiness.... I can't help feeling like I'm missing out today.  

TODAY'S LEAN AND GREEN

Roy and I really enjoy going out to eat, We have decided that me being on a life style change wouldn't keep us from date night and courting each other as husband and wife.  We went to Applebees and I got their shrimp and spinach half salad with no dressing.  It was really good, but again I felt like I was missing out as I watched him eat his fish and chips.  It will get better as my body continues to adjust.  I have to keep reminding myself that I can have whatever I want, that I'm making a choice to eat healthy things.  

Day 3:  I keep hearing the first three days are the hardest.  THIS one day three was the worst by far.  I still wasn't feeling hungry, but my headache was so intense I would classify it as a migraine.  It hurt so bad my teeth hurt and my stomach was rolling, I almost threw up on three different occasions.  If every day on this diet was like day three I would give up on being healthy. LOL! 

The hot chocolate is one of my favorite meals.  A tip for it tho, don't make it per instructions on packet. I did the first time and it was lumpy and weird, this time I heated my water first and then mixed in the packet at it was much better! 

TONIGHT'S LEAN AND GREEN

This picture looks a lot like dog food to me, but it was actually really tasty.  It was Ground turkey meat cooked with green peppers, and zucchini and yellow squash. I used ketchup as my optional condiment. 

  

Day 2:  Lean and Green meal for today is 6 oz. baked chicken flavored with salt and pepper.  On a bed of 1 cup Spinach and 1 cup romaine lettuce with 1/2 cup green peppers.I also added 1 tbl. spicy buffalo low carb dressing.  YUM YUM YUM! Maybe it was the red plate but I couldn't eat it fast enough.

Day two has been a little harder... I'm not feeling hungry but I developed a headache around 8 p.m. last night and it's still going strong today.  I'm not sure if it's a sinus headache or a detox headache.  I'm positive my body is saying "what are you doing to me?" I woke up around 2 a,m. last night very hungry.  It took me a little while to fall back asleep, but I fell asleep excited to continue on this path! I discovered today that drinking the water was a little harder, I'm going to need to get some sugar free flavoring to help with that :)  I also LOVED the peanut butter crunch bar.  I think the crunch bars are by far my favorite of the meal replacements so far.  I'll have to make sure I have plenty of them on hand!

 My before pictures!  Starting out this journey at 260 pounds and easily the biggest I have ever been.  I love my body, I always have, but it's time to take control of my health!

Day one is going great! I haven't felt hungry at all. The worst part of the day is running to the bathroom every 15 minutes from all the water I'm drinking.  I'm not a big fan of the Medifast pizza bites, though they are edible. I got a really bad headache around 8:00 p.m. I don't think it's from the program, just a tension headache.  Tonight's lean and green was 6 oz of stove cooked chicken with salt and pepper to taste on a bed of 1 cup yellow squash and 1/2 cup zucchini squash sated in 1 tsp. of trans fat free margarine.  I LOVE SQUASH, I will probably cook with it a lot since it's one of very few  vegetables that Roy will also eat. Very Yummy! I read in Dr. A's book that eating in a well lit room and with blue plates will help curb appetite!  Good thing I have a lot of blue plates :)