Diet, Day 10

If you have never tried sodium free beef or chicken broth, I highly suggest you do not start now. I had bought some broth, as it is a freebie on the diet plan. Thought I could just sip a cup every so often. And since I do have hypertension, when I saw the sodium free stuff, I thought that would be even better for me. Yeah, it tastes so incredibly bland that it is mildly offensive. I ended up grinding some salt into it.

I was planning to take today as an off day from cardio, but when I got home from work, I was actually looking forward to it. I absentmindedly went in & started a workout, forgetting my plan to rest. I think I maybe coming down with something. ;-)

For those of you whose weight doesn't fluctuate much, you may not quite be familiar with how your pants, especially jeans, will stretch with you as you expand. Of course, every time you wash them, they tighten up again & you stretch them out again as you wear them for a day.

A few months back, I was wearing 46" waist jeans, and I ordered some new ones to replace them, as they were wearing out. When the new ones came, I absolutely could not fit into them, so I had to order some 48's for the very first time. And 48 is as large as Old Navy goes. That was part of my wake-up call, by the way.

I mentioned in a previous post that those 48's were always a bit loose, but they as I started losing weight 2 months or so ago, they slowly got looser. By the week before I started this diet, I had to put my hands in the pockets to discretely hold them up as walked. So I switched back to my old 46's.

A few days ago, I decided to pull those never-worn 46's (the ones I couldn't get into) out of the bottom of my closet, and to my surprise they fit rather well. Another tiny sign of progress. While I don't want to spend big bucks on clothes, I am looking forward to buying smaller sizes as time goes by.

And I noticed today as I was puttering around the house that my belly flab- the spare tire portion that kinda leans/droops over my beltline, is lightening up. Not as jiggly as it was a few weeks ago. Again, a small victory, but it feels really good.

Today, 3-05-09:

All supplements taken as directed

Water: 1 gallon+

Cardio: 35 minutes

Meal 1- 6 oz chicken breasts (6 vlp), 1 cup mushrooms, measured raw (1 veg)

Meal 2- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese (4 vlp)

Meal 3- 2 cups raw red bell peppers (2 veg)

Meal 4- 6 oz chicken breast (6 vlp), 1 cup mushrooms, measured raw (1 veg)

Meal 5- 1 grapefruit (2 fruit)

Freebie- 1 cup sodium free beef broth, with sodium added. LOL

Total- 16 servings very lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. BOOM! Head shot!