Birthdays...

So yesterday was my birthday. 3-11-11 And my team at work bought a birthday cake at work and someone brought a cheese cake. So I ate a little piece of cake and a little piece of cheese cake. Then tonight, my in-laws wanted to take us to dinner for my birthday, and I tried to be good and get my food cooked without butter and no pasta or bread etc... and I was successful until my father-in-law ordered a lobster pizza for am appetizer so I ate some of that because I could have most of it, but it w as delicious. And then they brought out cheddar biscuits. And I ate 2 of those. Then I just ate my dinner and I was fine. And then they gave me a free dessert since it was my birthday, and it was a hocolate chip molten lava COOKIE with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup. So I chatted a lot tonight. But hopefully it won't do too mucc damage and I can gt back on track tomorrow. :) I am having a love hate relationship with my birthday. I loved to food but I hated cheating. At least there is only one birthday a year, right?

PHASE 2 Day 1 (3-6-11)

I get to start having carbs again! :) Sprouted Wheatless bread from Trader Joe's, one slice a day. :)

This morning I had my long life cocktail, (tomorrow I will start with just 4 oz of straight cranberry juice with 4 oz of water and the ground flaxseed)

Then I went on my walk

I came home and had a strawberry smoothie, and a slice of my sprouted wheatless toast (from Trader Joe's) with some flaxseed oil sprinkled with cinnamon.

For my morning snack I will have 1/2 a grapefruit

for lunch I am having a Meatloaf Ball (I can explain that later if anyone wants to know what that is, it is not as gross as it sounds.)
and bell pepper sticks, and 8 oz of Cran water

I will have 16 oz of Cran water for the mid afternoon snack.

4:00 snack is still TBD

As is Dinner. :)

Days 11 and 12

I've been getting home late the last 2 nights so I haven't been able to blog. But I have been doing well on my diet still. I had left over shepherd's pie yesterday and today and it was delicious. And I wanted to share some results. Today I wore my old jeans that are smaller than the ones I've been wearing because my jeans were starting to fall off. And I weighed myself today and I weighed 180 lbs so I have lost 6 lbs. in about 12 days. But I have been able to get up with my husband at 6:30 every day instead of at 8:00 like I had been. I was always so tired in the mornings I would sleep in for as long as possible. But I have had more energy and that has been priceless. That alone would be worth doing this diet even if I never lost a single pound. So I guess tha weight loss is an added perk. :) I will try to be better at blogging my food in the next few days. :)

Day 10 (3-2-11)

This morning I had to wait to eat until after I did a blood test to check my cortisol levels. And I took a pill last night at bed time so that I could take the test this morning. And I went in really early but it took a long time for me to be called, and by the time that I was called it had been too long and the pill wouldn't have had any effect on the test, so I have to go in again tomorrow and fast again :(. Oh well, what can you do?

But I drank my Long Life Smoothie

Then I drank the lemon water,

Then I had a strawberry smoothie for breakfast.

I had a hard boiled egg for snack.

Then I drank the cran water before lunch

For lunch I grilled some tuna (from the can) and put it on top of a salad of baby spring mix and tomatoes and parsley, with some flaxseed oil, and cider apple vinegar.

Then I drank my 16 oz of cran water a few hours later

I had an apple around 4:00 as a snack.

and tonight for dinner we had the Elders come, and so I made a Fat Flush Shepherd's Pie. It was delicious, and I will put in the recipe another day because it is getting kind of late right now, but it really was great. And I will have left overs for lunch tomorrow and Friday which I am super excited about. :) I love left overs. :)

And since I bought some ice cream sandwiches for dessert for the Elders and Jeremy. I made myself a frozen cherry smoothie (I thoguht for some reason that I hadn't had my second serving of fruit for the day, and so I thought this was my second serving) and even though I just realized that this was cheating since I had already had all my fruit, I don't feel bad because it was an accidental cheat, and besides it was absolutely delicious! :)

Then I also drank my 8 oz of cran water,

and I had my Long Life Cocktail before bed, and I took my pill again so that I can try and take that test again tomorrow. :)

GOOD NIGHT NEVER LAND! :)

Day 9 (3-1-11)

This morning I woke up and had my Long Life Cocktail

The I went for my 20 minute walk.

Then I came back and got ready for work. And I ate scrambled eggs with some cilantro and tomato. It was delicious!

Now I need to drink my lemon water (I just realized that I forgot to drink it before breakfast) and finish my Cran water.

for snack I had a pear, it was delicious, I haven't had one in a while, because I don't usually buy them.

then I drank more cran water 20 minutes before lunch

and for lunch I had a grilled ground turkey patty that I cut up on top of a bed of baby spring mix, and I put some flaxseed oil, and some Apple Cider Vinegar. And had another 8 oz. glass of cran water.

I drank 16 oz of cran water a few hours later, and for my 4:00 snack I had a nectarine

For dinner I had 2 tilapia fillets that I grilled and then ate on top of a salad but this I had with lemon juice and the flax seed oil. It was very good. And 8 oz of cran water

then I drank a Long Life Cocktail also. :)