1Body4Forty - Day 3

Amy - 175.1 (+2.8, +2.8 Total)

After two days of binging my weight went up by almost 3 lbs. which seems like a devastating increase, but I hope it will come off easily when I start the 500 calorie diet today. I am still feeling stuffed after binging for two days, so I have absolutely no hunger pains today given I am now eating a very limited diet of 2 proteins, 2 vegetables and 2 fruits.


I started the day with coffee and mid-morning had breakfast of an orange, eating my first fruit. For lunch I baked 3.5 oz of chicken sprinkled with cayenne pepper and cumin. Cumin is one of my favorite spices that I use on this diet to flavor chicken and beef. It gives food a very unique, international taste. I also had a salad with chopped tomato and red wine vinegar and Greek spice mix. For dinner I broiled 3.5 oz of organic ground beef burger, along with a 10 oz can of chilled asparagus spears (This is one of my favorite vegetables since I was young, but now I always have to make sure any brand I buy only contains asparagus, salt and water). The package of ground beef that I bought could be divided into 3 servings so I made 2 additional patties to be stored in the freezer for a later meal. Eating too much beef during this diet tends to make me stall a day so I have to space it out.


I have found one of the easiest ways to make a good, simple salad is to keep an organic, pre-washed salad mix from the grocery store in the fridge. I use a reusable container (like the plastic ones you get for Chinese take-out or the reusable/ disposable containers from the grocery store) and pour a couple of tablespoons of white or red wine vinegar (or occasionally balsamic vinegar) in the bottom. My favorite salad spice is the Greek spice mix from Spice Islands and is a blend of Dehydrated onion & garlic, spices like oregano, salt & mint leaf. I sprinkle some of the spice into the vinegar so that it absorbs some of the vinegar. Then I top it off with a cup or two of salad and usually some chopped tomato or small cherry tomatoes cut in half. Put on the container top and shake to mix the vinegar dressing into the salad as soon as you are ready to eat. This would also be an excellent way to take an easy meal to work and you can add your meat (cut up) in the bottom of the container. Just wait until you are ready to eat to shake the dressing and your lettuce will stay fresh.


I am keeping my hopes up that my weight will go down with tomorrow mornings weigh-in...