Diet Upate

Started the diet today.  And no, I am not going to do a daily update.  Well, I might twitter updates, but I am not going to blog updates.  The first day, though,  seems worthy of a few comments.  The first four days are a jumpstart of sorts.  Not really of weight loss, but of calming down your system and anti-bloating.  (I do find it a little strange that the assumption is that everyone is bloated and needs four days of anti-bloating, but whatever.)  Just for the record, there is nothing about chocolate or avocados in the first four days.  Supposedly, I will feel smaller after the first four days.  We'll see.  Maybe that's true if I fall in the bloated category.  

General observations.  Breakfast included applesauce.  I hate applesauce.  I don't like any kind of mushy fruit. Period.  Obviously, applesauce is just super mushy fruit.  I gagged it down because I am determined to do this.  Breakfast also included corn flakes.  I am not a big fan of corn flakes or cereal generally so you can imagine what I was thinking about halfway through breakfast.  And, then there's the Sassy Water.  Oh, my.

2 liters of water, a sliced cucumber, a sliced lemon, 12 mints leaves and a teaspoon of ginger root.  It's supposed to be refreshing.  Refreshing was not really the first word that came to mind.  I'm supposed to drink that 2 liters every day - 1 glass at every meal and the other 2 whenever.  I am blogging rather than making my 2 liters for tomorrow to give you some idea of what I might have been thinking.  I got it all down today - 3 more days.  I can do anything for 3 days, right?

Lunch was decent.  Turkey, low fat mozarella cheese.  A pint of grape tomatoes.  Yes.  I said a pint of tomatoes.  Now,  I don't know about you, but I don't usually associate a pint of tomatoes with a calm stomach.  

I rounded out the day with a blueberry smoothie and tilapia for dinner.  This would have probably all been perfectly adequate except for those extra calories I burn when CBT dragged me out for a bike ride for 40 minutes.  (Traci, thought of you.)

I keep telling myself that I am going to love that camera.