I actually lost track of time today and forgot to weigh myself this morning. So, today’s weight is a big of a guess, but since I ate relatively good yesterday, let’s say that I weighed in at 342.0 lbs. (see photo to the left). This means that I’m down only 0.1 lbs. since yesterday, conservatively speaking, but 5.0 lbs. since I started this diet.
Here’s how I did today! The following rules are based in order of importance…
[Yes/No] Rule #1: Spend your day focusing on something other than food. You will save a lot of time not having to prep during this plan, so what will you spend your time on?
I put up another gig onto Fiverr, this time a yoga video. I also read a few books on my Kindle.
[Yes/No] Rule #2: I can only eat for 8 hours a day maximum. This means that I will be fasting for a minimum of 16 hours each day.
Total hours eating today: 5 hours! I started just before 2 pm and finished just before 7 pm.
[Yes/No] Rule #3: I [did] [did not] adhere to the following allowed eating guidelines today.
During my eating hours I am allowed one of the following choices:
Daily Option #1) [Potatoes] + [one vegetable: carrots, peas, mushrooms, lettuce, cabbage] + [one salad] + [one 100 calorie dessert].
Daily Option #2) [Potatoes] + [three pieces of fruit; apples, oranges, bananas] + [one salad] + [one 100 calorie dessert].
Daily Option #3) [One cheat meal all within one hour] + [one vegetable: carrots, peas, mushrooms, lettuce, cabbage].
Daily Option #4) [No potatoes] + [Only one of these mentioned below (as many times as you want) during the day] + [one salad] + [one 100 calorie dessert].
a) Egg white sandwich: two slices low calorie bread, egg whites, slice cheese, deli meat.
b) Burrito wrap: one large low calorie wrap, egg whites or deli meat, lettuce.
The following condiments are allowed each day: ketchup, mustard, salsa, 1 tablespoon lite mayo/relish/ketchup dressing.
The plan was to eat only burritos today, and I started off today okay (see burrito to the right). So good with hot potatoes, deli turkey, and salad in a low-cal wrap. So good in fact that I had two of them!
I washed these two burritos down with a diet Coke (see photo to the left).
For what was supposed to be my 100 calorie dessert today, I had a Christmas cookie (see photo to the right). Kind of a sugar cookie with some sprinkles on top!
Where I went off the rails today was when the family decided to eat out at a Chinese restaurant after getting our hair cut. I started off with Hot & Sour soup (see photo to the left). I sure love those crunchy little croutons you put on top… So much so that I actually got two of them.
Singapore Noodles were next up on the agenda (see photo to the right). So good! They were supposed to be spicy, but they weren’t!.
When we got home I had a Christmas cake (see photo to the left). Certainly not in the plan! I shouldn’t have, especially when you look at the box and see how many calories were in them!
For my final food item of the day I had an ice cream cone (see photo to the right). As with the previous dessert, certainly not planned, and not on the plan.
[Yes/No] Rule #4: During the 16 hours I am fasting I am allowed zero calorie beverages like tea and coffee with some creamer. I am also allowed zero calorie sodas and water of course.
I had roughly 4 cups of coffee with zero-calorie French vanilla creamer in my “rest hours” today. I also had two cans of zero-calorie diet Coke.
[Yes/No] Rule #5: Each day I will have my daily vitamins.
Yep! I took my daily vitamins today.
[Yes/No] Rule #6: I will drink at least 3 cups of water each day.
Yep! I drank 3 cups of water throughout the day today.
[Yes/No] Rule #7: I will exercise for 30 minutes each day, whether a cardio or weights or abs workout.
I was so tired by the time we got home from the Chinese restaurant I had some dessert, watched a bit of tv, and then went to bed!
[Yes/No] Rule #8: I will spend at least some time doing TM or meditation today.
See above… I went to bed early… No TM today!
