I think I'll start with the diet. It's going well even if it is ever so slightly. After the great jumpstart and losing three pounds, we went right into a Good Friday trip and then Easter. What was I thinking to start right before Easter? Obviously not thinking at all.
With my very cool iTouch that I'm really beginning to enjoy now that we have WiFi in my building, I am able to track everything I eat (and the related calories). (And, yes, I am entering everything - just ask BAW who just went on a trip with me.) I can also offset any overeating with exercise. LoseIt! is a great little app that is really making me conscious of my food choices. I'm down about 3-4 pounds. My goal is to lose 1 pound a week - so I'm not too terribly far from that new camera.
I was waiting on sharing the name of the diet/book until I saw if it really works. The Flat Belly Diet (from Prevention Magazine) seems to be pretty good. The basic premise is to stay away from bad fat, but make sure you have enough fat. When you have enough monounsaturated fats, ie, nuts, avocados and my favorite, chocolate, the fat that is all gooped up around your organs start melting off, ie, the belly fat.
You must eat four times a day so you are never more than four hours from a meal. Your "meals" average 400 calories. According to my little calorie counter, I need to take my calories down to about 1,300 to lose my pound a week so I'm shaving off a few calories and doing a little exercise.
The amazing thing is that I can definitely see a difference in my middle section. I'll keep you posted, but any diet that seems to work that lets you have organic flax waffles with cherries and semi-sweet chocolate chips can't be all bad.
Stay tuned for many more updates. Pictures of Wild Adventures theme park, CBT's new pets and an update on James's riding. Rest up. The latter will exhaust you just reading about it.
Sounds like my kind of diet; glad it's going well for you. Sounds like you're as crazed as I am. Thankfully, everyone is still here when we come back to the computer. Can't wait to here about all your happenings.
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Traci
that doesn't sound too different from So Beach. What is a flax seed waffle and where does one find it?
ReplyDeleteIt's has flax seed. Flax is a really good thing I've learned. You can find them at WholeFoods and maybe the Publix organic section. My favorite non-breakfast food is the Turkey-cranberry muffin....a sandwich on a wheat English muffin with turkey, cranberries, laughing cow herb cheese and walnuts.
ReplyDeleteYou can have more fruit and carbs generally than on So Beach.
oh that sounds good. this weekend i'm obsessed with my vegetable sandwich: whole grain pumpernickel, romaine, sweet onion, avocado, provolone and possibly bacon. it would have had sprouts but I couldn't find any, and shredded carrots, but I forgot.
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