Days 4 and 5 :)

Yesterday went great! Woke up, weighed myself and I was down 2.2 lbs for a total of 3.2 lbs since Monday. I had my fruit and coffee for breakfast, chicken and salad for lunch,strawberries for a snack and chicken and salad for dinner. They say you shouldn't do the same protein twice a day but I was just really wanting chicken again last night. lol

Today I'm down another .8 lbs for a total of 4 lbs. since I started Monday. I still feel great! I know weighing yourself every day doesn't work for everyone but it really keeps me motivated to see the numbers going down. lol I found my charts I kept last year when I did this and so I've been able to check it against my new charts everyday to see how they compare and so far they are about the same.

I decided to do this diet again for a handful of reasons. I wanted to lose a little bit of weight, I wanted to get back in the habit of eating healthier and I wanted to feel better. What has been a nice little bonus is sleep. :) For months now I've had a horrible time falling asleep at night! I'd be up til 2, 3, or 4 am just trying to fall asleep. My doctor gave me some meds but they didn't help. They only thing I found that really helped was actually over the counter, Tylenol PM. But I hated knowing they only way I could fall asleep was if I took something. A bad part of being up all hours of the night is eating at all hours of the night, which I know is a huge NO NO! LOL But since I've started this diet I have been asleep almost every night this week by midnight. I know that's still late to a lot of you but for me that's great! lol Add in the fact that since I'm in bed earlier I'm not snacking at night! I've tried to be in my bed by about 9-9:30, after I get the boys in bed. All I have with me is my bottle of lemon water and my book. :) Let me tell you, being asleep by midnight and getting to sleep til about 8-8:30 is wonderful!!

A little side note, since Monday and Tuesday were my "load days" I was allowed to have soda. Well, I only had some on Monday so it's been 4 days with no soda...I haven't gone this long without ANY soda in I don't know how long! I actually haven't craved it yet and I'm feeling great so that's a good sign! :)

One little thing I will admit I cheat on with this diet is my coffee and tea. During this diet you can only have water, tea and coffee. The catch is that the coffee has to be black with nothing added to it and the tea has to be unsweetened. Well, that's a problem for me. lol I CANNOT do black coffee!! Never have, never will. So my coffee does have creamer in it (Coffeemate-Italian Sweet Creme or Hazelnut) and I've switched my sugar to Truvia. With my tea, I honestly don't mind unsweetened tea but I also like lemon sweetened tea so I do both. I did this last year on my diet and it didn't effect it at all. For my coffee, the creamer is low fat and the sugar is calorie free.

I told you I'd be honest on here so there you have it! lol

Jenny :)