Day 1

Today is the first day of our 17 day diet. Of course, it has 4 cycles so it lasts more than 17 days. I thought about starting another blog...just so that I can write about my and JR's progress without boring the hell out of other readers. I promise I will try not talk about it everyday, but I am really excited about it right now! Just hang in there, the excitement will wear off!LOL
So I am going to tell you a few things about this first cycle:
#1 NO Beef...chicken, turkey, and fish (catfish, salmon, tilapia, light tuna, and sole) so here's the thing - I dont like fish - I have never tried ground turkey - and I am not a huge fan of chicken...AWESOME
#2 Apparently yogurt is a big factor in breakfast and snacks....I dont like yogurt...it isn't the taste - the taste is fine, its the texture the way it feels sliding down my throat that makes me want to vomit!
#3 No wine or alcohol for the first 17 days...I NEED my wine on the weekends. I love to have a few glasses of red wine on the weekends...but for the next 17 days...no wine! I can do it!
#4 No sugar...so while I can still have 2 cups of coffee per day, I cant use sugar in the coffee - I hate sweet n low or equal...I want the real stuff...the only type of sugar you can use on this diet is called Truvia...so I used it this morning - and it is actually good! woohoo!
#5 this is more expensive than I thought. I spent $160 on food for only 4 days of food...of course that covers, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner...plus food for the kids, and there were a few other items I had to get but still...geeeeesh! ALSO - checking out in the grocery line, I felt a little funny - there were so many fruits and SO MANY veggies I felt like a health nut. But seriously, this is how people should be eating, so I should feel like the normal person, but instead it felt crazy to have so much healthy items being scanned! LOL Hopefully the next grocery bill wont be so high!
Anyway, I am really excited about this, I like knowing that I am putting healthy foods into my body!
I weighed in this morning at 140 pounds...all the chocolate I have eaten over the past week has really made its mark! LOL but according to the results of this diet I should drop 10 pounds in the first 17 days...JR should drop somewhere between 20 and 30. Also, apparently I am supposed to weigh about 119 pounds due to my height and body type. I think I will look sickly at 119 pounds, so I am a litte concerned about getting down that much...the median weight for my height is 135, so we will see. JR is supposed to weigh about 225...ummm I dont think that will work for his body type, but HOPEFULLY we will see what 300 looks like, and my best case would be for him to get down to about 250! That will definitely take some time, but I can have big dreams I guess! LOL
Now, no diet is for food only, but also incorporates exercise. But thankfully, for the first 17 days they only ask you to have 17 minutes of aerobic exercise per day...so brisk walking, or jogging, or anything that gets your heart going for 17 minutes a day! So this is SO doable, for both JR and me! I am just hoping that this continues to be as exciting 2 weeks from now as it is now. I am going to try to take a body photo later today, and again at the end of 17 days and see if there is a noticeable difference...I would love to take one of JR since I think the results will be much more observable, but I can guarantee that he will not allow a photo!
Anyway...I will try to keep the diet talk down to a minimum over the next few weeks!
Wish us luck!