Day 5 Done!

I'm nearing the end! Yesterday was Day 5 and I can say it was a success! Only minimal cheating ha ha. The mealplan for Day 5 was Beef and Tomatoes (which could be switched for chicken or fish for one serving). So, in the morning I had coffee and then around 10am I decided to suck it up and eat some tomatoes with tuna and fat free italian dressing. It wasn't so bad, once I got over the whole salty foods for breakfast thing.. Then, I had my Mom group and RESISTED all the yummy treats set out for us. I even resisted another cup of coffee. I brought a water bottle and sipped on that, but was constantly wondering if I had bad breath from all the cabbage soup I've been eating (not to mention Italian dressing for breakfast). Oh well all for a good cause I guess! Got home around 1pm, and baby was finally asleep, so I ate my soup and got some chores done. I am actually starting to like the soup! I find it filling, and the hot sauce really does help. The motivation of stepping on the scale each morning and seeing the number go down is what's keeping me going. When I think about cheating I just think about seeing that number and the feeling I'll get if it's lower, OR the feeling I would get if it's higher or the same. That said, I did have a hot chocolate in the afternoon and a granola bar right before the gym (because I didn't want to pass out in my step class). I figure I would burn around 600 calories at the gym anyway..I really don't consider that cheating..donuts, cookies, cakes..THAT'S cheating. The gym was HARD. After not exercising all Christmas break, and with the diet this week, I really found it challenging. Again, I wondered if my pours were sweating out cabbage and if I was the stinky girl in class. I felt good afterwards though. When I got to my parent's house to pick up the baby, my Mom (who is also on the diet) asked me if I wanted to stay for dinner, as she made steak with sliced tomatoes.. YES! I was craving a steak the entire class, thankful to eat some real food. It was delicious. When I got home, hubby was eating hamburger helper, which almost turned my stomach. I think this diet is good because it's retraining my body to know what's healthy and what's junk. I used to love hamburger helper, but now it just looks like grease, fat and no real taste. It's the sweets I think I will find challenging, but again I think I've retrained my body, and mind too, as I'm just not hungry for food the way I used to be. It could be too that I'm drinking more water now. Maybe all that time when I thought I was hungry I was really just thirsty.

So, now on to Day 6! Beef and Vegetable day. I think I'll start the day with some zuccinni and carrot cakes (saw a recipe online) and then soup for lunch, and maybe even another steak for dinner and some salad. Yummy! You know what's even more yummy? I was 122 this morning, and that was with clothes on!