End of Week Two

I thought about posting many times this week but it seems so hard sometimes to put thoughts into words.  I haven't found the diet exceptionally difficult to stick with (the ideal protein foods taste so good) but my mind still struggles with the things that I can't have.

So today ends week two.  Day 14.  Weigh myself day. 
I really didn't know what to expect but I knew not to expect a week like last week. 
So I gingerly stepped on the scale to discover that I lost

4 lbs. 

Not 11 but good none the less.  I am okay with that.  So two weeks in and I am down 15 pounds.

I have sat through everyone at work eating delicious turtle pie and not caved. 
I have sat through my bible study group having banana chocolate chip bread and fruit and dip and didn't cave.
I am proud of myself.

And so.............I continue on. 

This week I am going to try to introduce more exercise.

First Weigh/Measure

Well today is day 7 of my weight loss/healthy choices journey, the end of week one.

Today I was able to re-measure myself and weigh myself.  I am trying only step on that scale once a week.  And what a surprise.

Weight loss  11lbs.
Chest  -1"
Waist  -2.5"
Hips   -2"
Thighs -1"

I am realistic enough to not expect a week like this again.  But it is so encouraging to see my determination and hard work this past week pay off.

Gold star for me this week.

Tomorrow starts week 2.

Victoria Day Challenge

Today being a holiday day was a bit of a challenge.
Not so much with feeling hungry but with ordering my day.
I slept in a bit this morning (after being wide awake from 4:30 am to 6:30 am).
So then it was a challenge to have my breakfast (Peach/Mango drink)
and then find time to make a proper lunch.  So I confess I had a Chocolate Peanut bar (Ideal Protein)
for lunch and didn't have my full veggie serving.  (2 cups).
So for supper I am having a bit more than 2 cups of diced rutabaga with my slice of Xtra lean ham and my tossed greens.
Bible study tonight so I am going to take my 8pm snack with me.  I think I will have a chocolate ready made drink instead of making it myself.
Trying to make this plan easy on myself.
First weigh/measure tomorrow night.
I know I have lost this first week but I am excited to find out how much.

Starting out

I started a new journey last Wednesday. May 18, 2011.
It is a new weight loss journey. Because I have found myself doing some deep thinking I thought a blog might be a good place to write my thoughts.
I started using the Ideal Protein Diet last Wednesday.

I don't expect to be a skinny model, I want to be healthy enough to run around and play with my grandchildren with out struggling to keep my breath

Basically I have a protein package and vitamins for breakfast
A protein package and 2 cups of select veggies, sea salt, olive oil and all the lettuce I want for lunch
5 - 8 oz of lean protein (meat), 2cups select veggies, sea salt, olive oil and all the lettuce I can eat plus vitamin and calcium supplements for supper
A protein package for a snack at 8pm
Lots of water and black tea

The protein packages have been surprisingly tasty, the diet not as difficult to stick with as I thought it would be.
I have had my first eating out challenge and was able to switch my supper and lunch around and had a 60z sirloin, green beans, mushrooms, salad greens and water for lunch. Was it hard to watch everyone else eat home made meals and desserts that looked incredible? Yes, but not as difficult as I thought it would be.
Surprisingly it was wandering around Costco that I found hard. My mind struggled with all the great deals and not getting any of them.
I am finding it isn't so much my stomach that is struggling but my mind seems to feel a sense of loss.