Day Seven, Diet with Dianna

Whoo-Hoo! One Week! I've made it!  I won't know until tonight if I have lost any inches and weight. I don't feel much different or see any significant change in my clothes. HOWEVER, I have been full all week and I haven't had tiredness after meals. I have slept good and had better amounts of energy.
Let me also say, I've noticed, without gross details, that ALL bathroom related necessities and frequencies have improved and are more regular. :D

REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
Keeping a diary of my consumed food had helped me be more aware of the food that I eat. It has also helped me see where I need to improve and where I need to cut back.

FRUSTRATIONS:
Counting the grams of sugar is easy enough, but converting the carbs to servings in a very aggravating. I think that if I were to just count the carbs only, it would be easier than the servings thing!  120 grams of carbohydrates a day, is simple enough. I will see if this method is easier than the converting thing.  I just don't get the reason why they think it is easier to do all that math? Was it to make it easier?  It isn't easy for me...but if it is easy for you, okay! I hope this will get easier as I get more accustomed to it all.

EXERCISE:
I enjoy the walking. I want to add, as I said the other day, some rubber banding for toning and I will try to incorporate that starting, tomorrow.  I am easing into all this health stuff. Too much at once is overwhelming.

BREAKFAST:

Fiber One Pancakes (I made them smaller than normal pancakes). The box shows 36 g of carbs for three normal size pancakes (1/2 cup of mix). I used about 1/8 cup for each pancake. They were small but filling.
2 Tablespoons of Vermont SF Maple Syrup (`/4 cup = 11 g sugar) and SF whipped cream (5 g sugar & 18 g carbs). Two scrambled eggs, and two pieces of bacon.
Coffee with half & half.

Breakfast S/C Total: 5/2

LUNCH:

Sauted Seasoned Chicken, corn on the cob, baked sweet potato fries.

(5 S, 16 C)

Lunch S/C Total: 3/3

Afternoon Snack Time

I met the girl's for Sunday Night Starbuck's for coffee with half & half and I ate a handful of cashews before I went.:
My daughter had a vanilla frapuccino and a pumpkin scone.
My mother had a SF Vanilla Latte'.
My sister had a HUGE Mocha Frappuccino. I'm happy that they all enjoy the drinks and food. I do too, BUT  I didn't eat a thing; I did great by only having a regular coffee with half & half, and I had my own packet of Truvia in my purse. YIPPEE  *Pat-pat-pat*

Snack S/C Totals:1/0

Dinner Time:

I had two slices of a California Pizza Kitchen Margherita Pizza, a side salad of baby spinach and four pepperoni slices in light Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing.

Dinner S/C Totals: 3/3

Daily S/C Totals:12/8

EXERCISE: 

Walked about 1.5 miles... It was nearly 90 degrees outside at 10 pm, but we walked it anyway.

MEASUREMENTS and WEIGHT LOSS:

WHOO-HOO  I am down to 44" in the waist (a loss of 2 inches in one week!) 

Yippee!  I am down 2.5 lbs.!!!!!!  I am making progress! I don't feel it or see it much, yet...but the tape measure and the scales are not lying. :D

I am doing a happy dance...you'll have to take my word on this!!!!

Day Six, Diet with Dianna

Today was a most difficult day to stay on the three hour schedule. Why; Because it was Saturday. We have church on Saturday afternoons at 5 p.m. This morning was hectic just having everyone home and not on our normal week day routines. We sleep late on Saturdays, so we get a later start…it has just messed everything up and I am not going to fret over this. I've had five days of good timing; one day will not mess up the entire diet!

REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:

I cannot eat so often, because I am too full from the previous meal. I have decided to cut my portions down, even smaller. I suppose I have a slow digestion process (metabolism).

EXERCISE: Just walking, daily, a mile to a mile and a half, with my dog and other family members. I would like to add some resistance rubber banding for toning up my arms…maybe some yoga later.

I cooked for the whole family; not everyone needs to lose weight and they have not adopted my food plan. My husband and daughter eat with me and what I cook for them…they are on board that way. My two sons are strictly meat and potatoes and no low fat, no sugar, and not many fruits and veggies.  I’m still hoping that they will someday come around to the fruits and veggies!!!!!

Breakfast: (no photo...too many  people around and too busy to stop and take a picture...this time you will have to use your imagination.)

I cooked breakfast sandwiches and burritos. Eggs, bacon, and cheese are agreeable to all.  Mine, my husband’s, and my daughter’s, were all prepared on the whole wheat low carb tortillas.

Breakfast S/C Total: 1/2

Lunch:

A grilled chicken salad with balsamic vinaigrette and a side egg roll from Jack in the Box; that was my first outing to a fast food restaurant since I’ve begun. I had Diet Dr. Pepper to drink.

Lunch Total: 2/2

Afternoon snack: None, we left for church at 3:45 p.m.

No dinner, just a snack (no photo's either...we were at the church coffee shop)

After church I had a bag of Sea Salt chips and a SF Vanilla Latte Frappuccino.  They use milk and not half & half...I went way off on this one. YIKES!!!!! BIG MISTAKE!!!!!

I cannot always have good days, and I won’t kick myself for things that are out of my control. Today I did my best to eat as healthy as possible by sticking to the rules and picking within the sugar/carbs counting system (seen at the side panel of this blog page). Even if I fail on some occasions, I am going to pull up my boot straps and be successful at losing weight!

Dinner Time: 23/1

After Dinner Snack: Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding cup.

P.M Snack, S/C Total: 0/1

S/C Daily Total:26/6 

CHEER: I can do it. As Scarlet O’Hara said, “After all…tomorrow’s another day”.

Day Five, Diet with Dianna

Well, yesterday morning I had this bright idea to step on the bathroom scales. I was curious...BIG MISTAKE!!. It only reinforced my frustration with dieting. I am ready to see BIG results and this is only day five. I cannot get impatient and sabotage all the work and planning I have gone to, so far. I don't see any immediate results, yet. That does not give me unrestricted power to act  on my own discretion and have a pop-tart.That would be a BIGGER MISTAKE, and just for the record, I didn't eat a pop-tart. Does licking one count? No, really, I didn't but I dreamed about licking one and then dreamed I ate the whole thing. It was good!


REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
I must have patience and not fly off the handle by ruining my diet, because I haven't seen any real results, on this diet.
Note to self: Hello? It took you thirty years to put on this weight. Girlfriend, it ain't gonna take three days to lose it all. I am going to have to have more patience and persistence. Take the knowledge I know about sugar and carbohydrates and use it to my advantage. I WILL LOSE WEIGHT...IF I WILL BE PATIENT AND STICK TO IT. Day Five is a new day. I can do this. Yes I can.


Breakfast:

• Two slices of Orowhet whole wheat sandwich thins, toasted and buttered. One half has sugar free blackberry preserves and whipped cream.
• Two slices of pork bacon
• Two fried eggs, (fried in 1 teaspoons of butter and olive oil), seasoned.
• 1 cup of coffee with half & half and one package of Truvia.

Breakfast S/C Total: 6/2

Snack: 

I ate a handful of pistachios. 

Snack S/C Total: 1/1

Lunch: (Okay, I was hungry for this stuff, I know it's weird!)

• 1 cup steamed broccoli, seasoned with butter, lemon, and spices.
• 3 Dill pickles
• Two Oroweat Multi-grain Sandwich thins, 1 Tablespoon Almond butter, toasted w/ 1 teaspoon sugar free blackberry preserves.
• Glass of Tea with lemon.

Lunch S/C Total: 4/3

Afternoon Snack Time:

Handful of butered popcorn, less than 1/2 cup.

Snack time Total: 0/0

Dinner Time:

• Turkey Meatballs, leftovers from yesterday's dinner. They were pulled from the marinara sauce. Very little on there to really count??? But I'll count half the totals to be truly fair. (My store brand turkey meatballs carb count was less that 4 g per serving. I ate only four meatballs and our dogs ate the rest...I was too full to eat them all.)
• Sauted Okra and baby spinach, in butter and olive oil with seasonings. 
• SoBe Pure Life Water, Black Cherry flavor

Dinner Total S/C: 4/1

Late Snack:

J-e-l-l-o - Sugar Free pudding cup: Caramel Le Leche

Late Snack Total: 0/1

Daily S/C Total: 15/8

Well, I went over by two servings on the on the carbs by a few...but I did very good, anyway.

Day Four, Diet with Dianna

Good Day!

NOTICE: Every day, I will post my food menus and my S/C Totals, in the evenings. This will make it easier on me, time wise.  Thanks for understanding.

Yesterday was a great day for my diet. I didn't have any struggles. Sadly, I did not exercise. I just ran out of time and then it was after 11 p.m. and I just didn't have the desire to walk. My dog wasn't happy; she really enjoys her walks.

I am curious if I have lost any inches. I want to measure, but I am going to wait until I've been on this for seven days! I don't really feel any different, except for I stay full and don't get cravings.  I didn't even eat all of my meals, any of them. I left food on my plate.  I like being full and feeling satisfied without the heaviness and lethargy that occurs after eating a big meal.  A big meal is considerably smaller, but filling.

REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
This diet has required me to plan and think. Two things that I can do but haven't really practiced, when it comes to food, in a long time.  It has been like a game, almost.  I look at food differently and amazingly, It hasn't really taken that much more time in my schedule, other than the planning.  I still have to cook and do the grocery shopping. I only have to make better choices.
I still am not liking the converting food to S/C's. I know it will get easier, but I get rushed and sometimes feel impatient. I know that this is a temporary feeling and It will get better as I get better.

Breakfast:

• Oats with 8 blueberries, whipped cream, soy milk, and Truvia. S/C=4/2
• Coffee with half & half. 0/0
• Half a Oroweat sandwich thin, toasted with butter.1/1 DELICIOUS!

Breakfast Total S/C: 4/2

AM Snack Time:  

1 cup of Cheese Popped Corn. I enjoyed this and it was fun to eat. I knew it was going to be later before I would get to eat lunch. I had some in a baggie, just in case. YIPPEE!! I can be taught.

Snack Total: S/C 0/0

Lunch:

I didn't get to make lunch until 1p.m. I made a Turkey and bacon wrap* with spinach, cheddar & swiss cheese, dill pickle relish (a very small amount) and some salad pepper rings.  I added a mayonnaise dressing with seasonings: chilie powder, cayenne pepper, buttermilk dressing powder, and smoked paprika powder.

Tortilla chips (way too many I ate a few and put the rest back.) 0/1

Huge glass of tea with lemon.

Total Lunch S/C: 1/1

*One La Banderita Soft Taco, Low Carb/Low Fat

Afternoon Snack time:

Nothing...I didn't have time and we ate dinner too early. Naughty girl. I am not suppose to skip meals or snacks. I must do better. :D

Dinner:

Whole wheat Rotini with Alfredo sauce, steamed broccoli, and sauteed summer squash, and to drink , SoBe Lifewater (apple cherry).

Total Dinner S/C: 7/3

Evening Snack: 

One, World Market, All Natural, Orange Chocolate Rolled Wafer

Coffee with half & half and half a package of Truvia sweetener.

Total Evening Snack S/C: 3/2

Daily S/C Total: 15/8

Well, I over did it on the sugars...I am allowed to have 6 and I overdid it by 2. 

I will do better tomorrow! I am still eating MUCH, MUCH HEALTHIER!

Day Three - Diet with Dianna

Yesterday was a good day, EXCEPT I went over on my sugar points. That's okay, I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I will plan better. I didn't have time to plan my meals. I think I shall start planning the meal for a week. I can do it on Sunday or even one night during the week. I just have to plan them, not cook them. Then I'll make out a shopping list and that should make planning better.
It's a pain to have to look up the counting for every food, but as I go along, I will get better. It's just that it's a new concept and it will take some time, trial and error.
I felt good yesterday. I didn't get groggy during the day. I had lots of energy.  I didn't eat the snacks because I didn't remember to take some with me when I was out and about.

Today, I am volunteering at my church offices and I will have to eat out. This should be interesting. I will not post my lunch items until after dinner, tonight. Sorry :(


REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
Plan ahead. Do my homework. I must budget my time better. Running around trying to figure it out as I go along, is not working. It causes stressfulness and confusion.

BREAKFAST:

• Bowl of Cheerios w/Silk Organic Sugar-Free Plain Soy Milk (Not bad...hardly noticed a taste difference. I think I was expecting something much worse. It was actually very good.) AND a half package of Truvia. (I only use half a package because I don't like it really sweet, just in case you were wondering).  S/C = 2/1
• Half a Oroweat Sandwich Thin - Multi-Grain (for two slice it would be 1/1, but since I only ate half, it doesn't have to count as 1 sugar!) 0/1
• Teaspoon of Polmar Sugar-Free Seedless Blackberry Jam 0/1
• Sugar-Free Whipped Cream topping on the toast: 0/0
• Coffee with half & half and half package of Truvia 0/0

Total Breakfast Sugar/Carb count: 2/2

Lunch:
Lunch today was out at a restaurant and I wasn't sure where we were going to go. My husband picked Bottlecap Alley Icehouse Grill. I really like this place...especially before I was dieting. Lots of yummy food and their Margaritas are kickers! Very, very strong.  B.T.W., we didn't have any alcoholic drinks. 
My husband had the burger with egg, bacon, cheese, and all the bread, too. He also had french fries and diet coke.  Grrrrr!

I wasn't really hungry because I was feeling satisfied from my breakfast, but I ordered something anyway in order to eat at the appropriate interval.

Nachos: corn tortilla chips covered in melted Monterrey Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Large glass of Iced Tea with lemon wedge and one packet of Truvia (I actually planned ahead and put several packets in my purse).

Lunch Total: S/C = 0/1  AMAZING! RIGHT?

Snack Time:
Hand full of cashews and about 6 raisins...salty and sweet.  I'm not supposed to eat raisins but they were so good!!!!! I think I had more than an ounce in my handful. My handful was not an enormous handful either. It was just enough to cover my palm. One ounce of dry roasted is an S/C of 1/1...

Snack Time S/C Total: 2/2 

Dinner:
Oh, this was delicious!!!!!! I made a four egg omelet with 3 Tablespoons of the Sugar Free Soy milk, baby spinach, seasoned chicken (that I cooked up on Monday), 8 pepperoni slices, Swiss and cheddar, 5 bacon slices - precooked and crumbled and 1 Tablespoon butter to season the pan. I added onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. I cut it into fourths. Wade and I each ate one quarter slice of a 12" round omelet. Wade and I split another quarter wedge. My daughter ate the last wedge.

Dinner S/C Total = 1/1

This seems low...I hope I counted this accurately....Yikes!!! If anyone has a correction, I'd like to KINDLY know. 


I have room for a really good evening snack....If I were hungry. Oh, Pooh! I might have some coffee, later. :D

DAILY TOTAL S/C: 5/6

Hooray! This is a better total than yesterday!!!!!