Back on Track

So I am back on track with my 17 day diet - I have started with two non-perfect days
Both days have been bad owing to the sugar ( I cannot resist mint lozenges and Starburst )
But they have still been pretty good - and I am going with it
I am restarting at 162
The joy of doing the 17 day diet is that I absolutely 100% sure know it works - the only trick is that one has to commit to it
DH is getting back on it and I am hoping that it will be like the September October time when we lost weight really rapidly
Hallelujah

The Great 17 day diet

I am so happy with the 17 day diet
Day 3 and I have already lost 3 of the 5 pounds that i had gained
I am so delighted

Back on 17 day

I am starting back on the 17 day diet
I put on 5 pounds over the past month ( and I kind of expected to as I went to India and ate and brought back lots of sweets )
Is it silly to be excited about starting your diet ?
I am though
I want to lose a total of 10 pounds which will put me right at where I want to be 152 !

Lost 10 :-)

Well I completely forgot to update this blog

I thought I would do it after I had reached my goal completely ( 5 more pounds to go )

In August my husband and  I decided that we needed to do something and do something fast

One of our friends recommended the 17 day diet

It a diet based on lean proteins, many vegetables and limited dairy and fruit

We went on it

It was almost horribly difficult that first week

But the pounds started to drop really fast

And a lot of our sugar craving - just went away

I have been traveling a lot these past 2 months and so I have been on a modified version of the diet and also cheating a little bit

But I have kept the weight off

I really need to lose the remaining 5 pounds as well

My own Good Health Guidelines

I am restarting with new resolve and energy

I have only 2 days of travel planned in the next month - which basically means that I will be much more in charge of my schedule than I was this past months

Unfortunately I am back at 164 :-( which is where I was where I started

No matter

I have been here before and I will come back from it

Back to managing and planning my day and following my own good health

1. Only eating when I am hungry

2. Stopping when I am full

3. Drinking a lot of water

4. Eating unprocessed food

5. Eating a multivitamin

6. 30 minutes daily activity

7. 7 hours of sleep

8 only positive self talk

Advice from a messageboard on being on a weight plateu

"If you keep doing what you used to always do , you will get what you always got"

I have been on the weight plateau for several weeks now

So today I got on the messageboard and asked for some advice

They asked me to post a sample menu and so I copied from my journal - what I ate yesterday

BREAKFAST :: instant packet of grits and 1 weight watcher cheese wedge - 4 points

LUNCH :- Chick Fila 8 nuggets - 7 points , Side salad ( o points + 2 points for a few of the kernels + 2 points for 1 serving of the dressing )

SNACK 1
: cup of tea ( 1 point) , thomas 100 cal muffin ( 3) , cheese wedge( 1 point )

SNACK 2 :: chips - 2 points, two chessmen - 2 points

DINNER : Lentil soup + Rice + Cauliflower cooked with 1 tsp oil - 5
Desert - Blue Bunny Dreamsicle - 4

Coolwhip fat free 10 tbsp- 2 points

0 points - 8 strawberries, 2 cups blueberries


The suggestions I got were :

1. Reduce  carbs, 
2. Reduce Processed food
3. Increase  protein,
4. Increase dairy
5. Increase oil
6. Increase Exercise ( 5-6 hours per week )
7. Don't eat any extra points

It was very helpful for me to write it down and share this as I was not aware of how much processed food I was eating !

Quick update

Just a quick update to say that I am seeing no movement on the scale at all
the numbers climbed back up to 162 and that is where they are staying
Last weekend I went to NYC and ate more carbs than I should have and my weight did not increase - which is the only silver lining
I am still doing weightwatchers points plus - really its a very easy and wonderful program to do- for life
The only thing is that I am not losing any weight :-(