A plan is necessary

Slowly but steadily getting back in track

What I am not well prepared for is :

1. eating out ( sometimes my order becomes a fatty order like yesterday's brothy chicken soup turned out to be full of bacon which I hate - but they replaced it with their other soup which is potato soup - a sinful combo of poto and cream that I was too weak to resist !!)
2. snacks in the office frig ( how do I keep forgetting my cheese sticks and my yogurt )
3. the willpower to resist chocolate while DH eats his in front of me ( why cant I just say no ?)
4. Eating too much fruit ( this last one I am not sure is the worst thing at this point )

On the plus side

I am exercising to the point of missing it when I am not doing it
I am overall eating very healthy unprocessed food
Even though yesterday was full of flaws here is what I ate

Breakfast : 10 oz glass of 2% milk
Snack : apple
Lunch : Soup and Salad, dressing on side ( the soup was the disaster )  a little bit of bread and 2 fries ( as I say I was ravenous when I got to lunch )
Snack: another apple
Snack : 2 string cheese
Evening snack : a banana and 2 oranges
Dinner 2 eggs omelette with 1/3 cup cheese, Roasted Asparagus and Roasted Corn ( no fat )
after dinner desert : a big piece of chocolate ( 170 cals )

The Speed of Fat

I am just amazed at the speed with which I gained 3 pounds while on vacation
 Back on track again this week with less carbs , mostly veggies and lean proteins
No eating bread in restaurants
Less cheese
3 cups of green tea daily
Lots of water
30 minutes exercise everyday

ABSOLUTELY NO JUNK FOOD AND CANDY

I know I can get rid of these three pounds that I gained in a week in one week - so that is the challenge for myself

My main obstacle is the 3 day weekend that is coming up with guests at home who will probably love Indian Food ( someone say Carbs?)
Atleast I will be in charge of the food and can make sure its low fat and healthy 

The weekend

I was trying to have a good day on Saturday and not hold myself to a perfect day
And for the most part I did
No chocolate at all
Did eat a few Chessmen and too many Mandarin Oranges on the salad ( was surprised to see how calorific they are )
Took a nice long walk
As well as spend a lot of time outside
Not 17 -day good
But Pretty good

False Starts

Ahhhh - i have had so many false starts on the 17 day diet this week
Basically I do well till ;lunch time -
Then I have a moment of sweet-weakness
Then I give up
DH is being very very lackadaisical and that is a huge part of the reason why I cannot get on track
But I absolutely need to
I am trying to completely resist craving today

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 !