Day 2- A bit of a short coming on my 17 day Diet

Day 2- My Second Day 
    
Lost 2.6 lbs.     Current weight:149 lbs.


 Feeling:  Overly stressed out right now. I also feel bad, because I didn't follow the plan for dinner, but I am going to try again tomorrow.

Struggled with:  It was very hard for me today.  I have 3 Court Cases tomorrow and I screwed up a little on my diet. I guess I am so used to Comfort Food, like chips, chocolate, or pizza. I will not give up. I will try to do better again tomorrow.


I had my Wake-up Drink of Hot water and lemon juice, once again, I plugged my nose :-)
For Breakfast, I had :  1 small serving of fat free yogurt with about 1/4 c. black berries. 1 c. green tea


For Lunch, I had: 1 small salad with 1 TBSP. virgin olive oil and 2 TBSP. balsamic vinegar. 1 c. green tea. (I was supposed to have a LARGE salad, but I wasn't very hungry...nervous about tomorrow.


For Dinner, I had: 1 small bowl of canned spaghetti-o's, half a string cheese, and a yogurt. 1 C. green tea. (I was supposed to have veggies with a large portion of Salmon..I hate fish)


For My snack:  I did manage to eat 1 peach for my fruit.


Yes, I did exercise my 17 minutes today.  I cleaned and walked up and down the stairs a lot to get to the other computer to print out Court paperwork.


I'm feelin pretty mad at myself for skipping out on the right dinner food, but I am human and everyone makes mistakes. I will try to do better tomorrow. I'm still pretty stoked that I did still lose almost 3 lbs. 

Day 1- My very First Day on the 17 Day Diet

Day 1- My First Day
    
Lost 4.4 lbs.     Current weight:  151.6 lbs.


 Feeling:  Excited that I lost that much weight, already.

Struggled with:  My old bad eating habits are still in full force. I was so tempted when getting gas with my fav. ready to eat pizza.  I resisted and thought, I would rather be healthy and look great :-) My fiancee' decided that he didn't want to try the diet with me and I am not forcing him, but hopefully he will see how good it makes me feel and try it out :-)                                                                            

*~*~*Re-Cap of The Day*~*~*
I woke up around 10:30AM. I had the wake up drink:  (1) 8 oz. glass of hot water with half a lemon squeezed in it.  -This was very unplesant, I plugged my nose to drink it all.

For Breakfast, I had:  2 scrambled egg whites; cooked with a lil olive oil, 1 tangelo, and 1 c. green tea.

-I struggled to eat the eggs and get through breakfast. I usually don't ever eat breakfast and I really hate the texture of eggs, but hey, anyone can do something for 17 days, so I sucked it up.

 For breakfast it states I can eat 1/2 grapefruit or any fruit. I also can't stand grapefruit, it reminds me of the vomit aftertaste. I suppose I never realized how picky I am, lol

For my excersise, I went to Wal-Mart, because I needed to pick up a lemon juicer, more lemons, and a weighing scale. I thought it would be difficult to spend that long in the store, but since I didn't ask anyone for help finding my items, I spent about 30 mins. walking. <---Excersing wasn't as bad as I thought, by the time I had walked around, it just felt like running an errand..

I spent $26.00 at Wal-Mart on the bathroom scale (digital health-o-meter), cucumbers, lemons, and a lemon juicer.

I had a few things to do, so it took me a while and I had a late lunch.

For Lunch, I had:  large salad with cucumbers, carrots, tuna fish, and tomatoes. For the dressing 1 Tbsp. oil and 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar.  I drank 1 cup of green tea.


 ~My two year old, ate a lot of my tomatoes and carrots.  I was begining to think, maybe, just maybe this is a good way for her to eat healthier too:-)

I had a snack of yogurt about 3 oz. with 1 tsp. sugar free strawberry jam.

 I was very  hungry while dinner was cooking.  The yogurt is fat free and it was, well horrible. It seems like a  lot of stuff on this diet is kind of bitter tasting. The yogurt, the lemon, and the icky eggs. I am determined to lose weight, so I continue on... plus the results were pretty sweet so far.

For Dinner, I had:  Grilled chicken breast with lemon pepper seasoning, 1/2 ear of corn on the cob with no butter or salt, fresh carrot sticks, and fresh cucumber sticks. 1 c. of green tea.

~Dinner was really tasty.  I love chicken and eat that mostly anyways and I LOVE LOVE LOVE fresh veggies.

Day 0- Preparing for the 17 Day Diet

My name is Amanda. I'm 24 yrs. old. I am 5'4 and I weight 156 lbs. I am going to try out the 17 Day Diet and blog about it. My goal is to trim up and eat healthier. I am going to make myself do at least 20 minutes of walking every day, to help with this. 


  ~*~*Disclaimer, I didn't write the 17 Day Diet Book and I don't guarantee your results will be the same as mine~*~*~*


 First Stop, Wal-Mart. Purchase total:  $103.58
 Items I Bought:
- 17 Day Diet Book by Dr. Mike Moreno ($22.50 + tax)
- red grapes                                                 -steam bag corn
-corn on the cob                                          -steam bag mixed veggies
-celery                                                        -frozen bag mixed fruit
-Fat Free Mozz. cheese.                             -peaches
-tomatoes (fresh)                                        -dozen eggs 
-Shredded lettuce                                       -ground turkey (roll)
-1 box lipton green tea                                -light fruit yogurt  
-bag skinless boneless chicken                    -asparagus
-can crushed tomatoes                               -Fat Free cott. cheese
-jug balsamic vinegar                                 -head of cabbage
-lemon                                                      -fresh black berries
-turkey breast                                           -whole carrots
-salmon in a pouch                                    -whole cantaloupe
-egg plant                                                  -tangelos
-sugar free straw. jam                               -x-ta virgin olive oil
-plain fat free yogurt


Second Stop, Tops: Purchase total:  27.96
Items I bought:
-1 jug of Flaxseed oil (pills)                 -fresh okra
-1 bottle acidophilus
-bag baby spinach 


Grand Total Spent, so far:    $131.54.
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I was supposed to buy kefir, which I have no clue what that is and neither did anyone in Tops or Wal-Mart. I bought baby spinach instead, assuming it was a green. I was sadly mistaken, when I googled it at home. 


Apparently kefir is a fermented milk drink. Here is the wikipedia explanation:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefir  So, since, I have not seen this ingredient anywhere, I will make the kefir smoothie, when instructed to on the diet, instead with soy milk and a acidophilus tablet in it.


**Also, it says to find acidophilus milk...I couldn't so I'm substituting soy milk with acidophilus pill.

Day 0- Preparing for the Challenge

*Blog Feelings*
  Well, right now I am feeling excited to start a new diet and I hope it will work.  I am wondering if my fiancee' is going to be upset that I spent so much on all this food. I am really hoping he helps me with this diet and maybe it will help him too.  We don't eat very healthy and I am pretty lazy, well except for chasing the kiddos. We live in a very small town, but maybe someone in a larger city would be able to find all the exact ingredients in this diet. I have to check Wal-Mart later for a scale. I am going to weight myself at the same time every day and record it along with a picture of my gut...just to see if I can notice any changes. Wish me luck everyone as I embark on my journey.

  ~Time to give my 2 yr. old daughter a bath and put her to bed. Then I will set some chicken out to unthaw for tomorrow