I got the book today and with the inpending snow storm .. I think I'll have time to start reading it lol. I'm not going to get too personal with this on going quest to end my years of dieting struggles but ..  I will "share" some info .. who knows .. I may just find a "diet buddy" out there lol. The first thing I did when I decided to start this "hopefully the last " diet was to tell everyone .. my theory was it's harder to quit or fail if the whole world is watching (makes sense and no pressure here lol) the next thing I started doing was buying some "staples" of this diet .. did you know tofu is in the produce section? lmao .. well .. needless to say some of the stuff on this list was a real quest for me lmao. I've been buying alittle everyday and I almost have enough to maybe do the diet for a week .. maybe .. everytime I look at the recipes .. I find something else I forgot and it always brings back memories of "Oh yeah .. I use to eat or drink that!" I did see one thing I really .. REALLY hate and that is soy milk ... yuk! ok .. number one it's a light brown color and number 2 it tastes nothing like milk .. someone should sue them for putting the word "milk" in the same sentence as "Soy" lol. So I'll stick with skim -non fat milk or water . There's something else that's really odd on this diet and that is eating cereal with orange juice not milk,maybe it's one of those magical chemical reacting foods that when combine is suppose to shed the pounds? All I know is .. Supper is going to take at least 20 minutes to consume when I decide to make the orange juice and cereal  That's it! they say it takes your body 20 minutes to tell your brain your full .. so I guess the worse it taste the better it is? just joking .. I'll give it a try .. honest.

 

 

How much Protein do you need?
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/nutrition/a/protein.htm

A list of high protein Foods
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/highproteinfood.htm

 

Like I said last week .. I was trying to follow the diet without really going and buying anything different .. my energy level dropped off ....alot , I discovered it's hard to stick to a diet if I'm tired .. it had nothing to do with being "lazy" or not having "will power" ,I found if I get 7 hours sleep (my daily need) and eat more protein .. not only has my energy level gone up , so has my "will power" .. and how about that!

It's been more than 2 weeks now since I've decided to make the change and start the diet (I didn't start posting about it until I was on it a week) and I gotta admit the last couple of days have been hard .. I've been hungry and I've been going to bed hungry .I know it's been a hard week at work and I know my stress level is really high ... I've actually started having a "nervous twitch" and that's not good. but ... I wanted to face my problems "Head on" and not find solutions in a bottle of wine (god that sounds so good lol) or go shopping or just plain do anything but deal with the problem ... so my body is combating me and I know it and I'm hanging tuff but .. I'm not too sure if I'm handling problems right .. but I'm trying and that's all I can ask of myself .. right? As for the diet ... I have my weekly "cheat day" tomorrow .. that's were I get to eat something I've been craving  ... just enough .... I won't go overboard .

I meant to mention .. I've lost 10 pounds so far , not in two weeks mind you .. but since the beginning of the year. One of my new years resolutions was to lose the excess weight so yes .. it's been a steady and planned out weight changes and lifestyle changes process . Yes ... I have my "set backs" but I'm not beating myself up over it .. I forgive myself for being human and then I move on , no more wasting countless hours dwelling on problems or mistakes .. I now think about it .. put it in perspective (maybe learn from it ) then .. move on . You may be wondering how much I want to lose or what is my goal weight .. well .. I don't have one for either lmao. I know deep in my heart that I'll know .. when I get there ... I'll just know it .

This diet is getting easier .. or it's my body adjusting to it? one of the two lol. This last week was a "test" .. a test on how I was going to react to stress and I'm giving myself a pat on the back .. I handled it .. ok.Instead of reaching for something to eat ... I faced the problems head on and the stress that I can do nothing about .. I'm learning to "let it go" . There's an old saying about when you stop drinking and it goes something like this "When you stopped drinking your faced with that wonderful personality that made you start drinking in the first place " .. so replace the drinking with the over eating and you get alittle insite into what I'm trying to deal with .I was brought up at a time where you ate everything on your plate or you didn't get up until you did .. you know... cause those "people are starving in China" thing . .. it was one of my mom's favorite sayings . We didn't have alot of money so you can guess it was filled with lots of fats and carbs and my family wasn't overly friendly with showing effection so .. when I needed comfort .. it was from food . Now ... that last statement is about the most insightful thing I have ever admitted to .. you all or myself , so maybe there's hope for me yet? And if you wonder how I'm dealing with the comfort thing .. it's hard .. I get little from my husband (none) but I do have a wonderful supportive son and my Sister Chris .I don't mean to exclude Rosa .. I can't count the times she's been there for me and continues to be there for me . Pam and Tessy .. you both always know how to cheer me up and I"ve come to count on that .. and I appreciate that more than you'll ever know . Ok .. enough of this .. I'm off to do some surfing lol.