Week 4, Day 1, Diet with Dianna

Wow-wee! Fourth week, already. Time has gone by quickly. I am doing well and adjusting almost as well. I am starting to get the hang of this diet, now. I don't have the numbers memorized for all the foods I eat, so I have to refer to the book, most of the time.  This part of the diet takes time and I can see how someone with much less time than me would get frustrated and give up, just because of the counting and converting carbs into servings. It might be easier to just allow 30 carbs per meal and 10 carbs per snack which equals 120 carbs a day... That's just my personal opinion. The sugars are counted (even though sugar is counted separately, your body stores them as carbs) at face value, and this diet limits sugar grams to fifteen a day. Easy as pie; sugar free pie, that is.

REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
After three solid weeks of sticking to this diet, food wise, time management requires more practice, but I have noticed a significant detail. My hair; I see less of it in the drain cover collector, by a HUGE margin. I have also noticed that there is less hair left in my hair brush. This is an enormous change for the better. My hair and scalp are actually loving this diet. Less sugar, less carbs and more fiber and better foods! Amazing! I don't think I'm growing more hair; just keeping more of the hair on my head. Good knowledge; positive change.

Exercise:
Swam for one hour around 7 p.m. this evening...I really enjoy swimming in the hot summer months. Better than sweating while walking, and my dog enjoys swimming too!

Breakfast:
1 cup of plain Cheerios, half cup of Almond Breeze Vanilla (non-Milk) drink, half a packet of Stevia in the Raw sweetener, half an Oroweat whole wheat sandwich thin, and two slices of bacon. Finally, one cup of coffee with half & half and the other half of the Stevia packet. OH! So Good!

Breakfast S/C Total: 2/2

A.M. Snack

About five cashew pieces

A.M. Snack Total:0/0

Less than one ounce eaten therefore these are freebies!

Lunch:

1 cup of homemade pork barbecue (no sugar added) only made with 2 teaspoons of Stevia and canned tomatoes and seasonings.

1 slice of Dark Rye bread

1 cup baby spinach, mozzarella cheese, and Newman's Own Light Oil & Vinegar Italian dressing

Lunch S/C Total: 2/2

Snack: 

One S.F. Thumbprint cookie - homemade 

A.F. Snack Total: 1/1

Dinner:

 1/2 cup homemade pork barbecue,

1/2 cup mashed potatoes,

4 steamed Brussels sprouts,

1/4 cup mac and cheese.

Dinner S/C Total: 6/2

P.M. Snack

Jell-O S.F. chocolate pudding cup

P.M. Snack Total: 0/0

Daily S/C Total: 11/7

Way under the sugar grams count and two over in the carbs...I'm doing really great! Could do better on the carbs...must be careful not to go over tomorrow. I'm still losing weight.