2 Day Check In

So after 2 days of following the plan, I am down 8 pounds. I know this 8 pounds is water weight, but it's nice to see it gone anyway. Typically the first week of any diet results in the highest weight loss for a single week and is generally attributed to losing water weight. I will also confess that I was and actually still am retaining water from my pre-diet meals (Mexican and movie theater popcorn).

So far, so good as to my choices. I very nearly considered eating some dark chocolate yesterday, but decided not to. I didn't really need it or even wanted it, so I skipped it. Chocolate is not on this eating plan, but as I looked at the nutritional content I figured I could have one or two and it would be OK. Maybe later I will give in.

My sister and I have agreed that once we hit the 20 pound loss we will have our first cheat meal. The diet does build in what they call free meals in order to help you not feel like you are giving up everything. So far I haven't used a free meal. I would like to stick to the 20 pound goal, but that could come pretty quickly. I asked her what happens if one person gets to 20 before the other. Her initial idea was to go ahead with the cheat meal for the one who lost the 20 pounds and make the other one watch as motivation and/or punishment. Once she realized that she would likely come in second for this challenge, she decided she didn't want to has to watch me eat something yummy and off plan. So now the plan is to wait until we both hit the 20 pound mark.

Since I stayed home today, I had a yummy chicken breast for breakfast. I have been eating eggs, but since I could have anything I wanted I went for the much higher in protein chicken with a morning banana. I will resume eggs again tomorrow as I will be back at work.

I hope to continue to drop any sort of weight before I weigh in again on Tuesday morning. I have only been on the plan since Tuesday morning and I expect great things from this diet. The book did state that people often can lose 15-20 pounds in the first week so I hope to be right up there.

Tonight I am having chicken fajita chicken with guacamole, grilled veggies and fruit. I am finding the fruit is very helpful in keeping me on the plan. I am also finding that it tastes so much sweeter with I haven't had any other sugar.