Well it's the last day of Cycle 1 and the last day of my period. For the past three days I've been following the PMS Exception Diet, and that has significantly reduced my bloating to where I'm back to normal! I stepped on the scale this morning to get my final Cycle 1 weight, and I was 111 pounds! Wow! That's about 1.5 pounds lost per week! I started the diet 17 days ago at 5'0" and 114lbs...cheated a bit on weekends...didn't work out every day, maybe 11 of the 17 days...and I still lost 3 pounds, which is amazing to me! I'm happy with the results. And this motivates me to keep going.
I'm excited about Cycle 2 because there can be high calorie days (Cycle 2 food list) and low calorie days (Cycle 1 food list), one after the other for the next 17 days. Well, "high" meaning "maintenance weight calorie intake," not like, 3000 calories! And "low" meaning 1200 calories! I like that concept of "tricking" your metabolism, keeping it fired up. Let's see what happens.
Here's a few of my tips of why I think the diet worked and how I lost weight:
1) I drank A LOT of water, which I now believe is a great metabolism booster...filtered thru a Brita water pitcher. Not counting the 1 or 2 cups of green tea or any soup I ate, I drank 8-10 cups of pure water a day (with or without lemon or lime). I kept a tally on paper every day.
2) I kept a daily "diary" of all the calories I ate, because the words in Dr. Mike's book "liberal" and "unlimited" don't sit well with me...I need to keep track so I can space out my meals throughout the day and make sure I don't eat too little or too much.
3) I didn't go overboard on working out, which can harm your body if you work out hard and too long. I've done that in the past, and guess what? I didn't see any results from working out hard and long, my body adapted to it. But, in the past 17 days, I could have worked out on more days, actually. But each day that I did work out, I spent maybe 20-40 minutes doing various things. I did light aerobics and squats, 5 pound weight exercises, but I mostly did The Five Tibetans Workout, which is a moderately paced yoga-type workout. I had learned the moves from ABC morning news, and I just do them at home at my own pace. It's supposed to stimulate the thyroid gland, which deals with metabolism, so...maybe it's working!
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I just want to add that I also had a cup of coconut water almost every day, because it's tasty, low in calories, and high in electrolytes! I also had a serving of nuts on a couple days...and I even had 3 Tablespoons of fat on some days (almond butter!) So, as you can see by my blogs, I'm not one to strictly follow anything, including this diet...BUT I STILL got results :)
I don't keep a diary of my foods, but maybe that would help me keep on track a little better. On the first 17 days I did not limit my protein but I now limit it to the size of my fist. This works for me. I am not into measuring and weighting my food. This is impossible when you eat out and I do eat out. I just make better choices such as, salad instead of fries, grilled instead of deep-fried, Salad dressing on the side, no side of garlic bread......I have found that I am more conscience of what I put into my body since I started this (diet) way of life over a year ago. I am more active and feel healthier too. I wish my husband would give it a shot although he has taken on some of my new (good) habits.
Since starting the 17DD I've been writing down what I eat, but before that I would just calculate roughly in my head since I know the general calorie count of things I eat (plus I have a Calorie King calorie counter book), and I would make sure I ended up at 1800-ish at the end of the night. I found that by doing it in my head it kept my brain active! Gotta work out the brain as well as the body! Also, since about Jan. give or take I've cut out sugar drastically, and I realize I was slooowly losing weight bit by bit, from about 117 to 114 in approx 5-6 months just by cutting back and then finally cutting out sugar. I'm glad that you are more conscience about what you put in your body...I'm at that point in my life too.
Nice blog :) And congratulations to the result. But you know what there is another way to keep you in shape without deprivnig yourself eating. This is by taking healthy, delicious and mouth-watering shake as your meal replacement. Have you tried it before?
I have tried meal replacement drinks in the past and they don't work for me cause I love to chew. Hence, the craving for crunchy foods. A shake doesn't satisfy this need. But, thanks for the suggestion for it may work for some.
I guess you could say that sometimes my b-fast is a "meal replacement" smoothie...almond milk, whey protein powder, and a serving of frozen blueberries or frozen mixed berries. Oh yeah, I take my probiotic supplement with it for great digestion, boosted immunity, and weight loss.
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