Day 4 - Down 3.5 lbs.

Day 4 was pretty successful. In the morning, I was down 3.5 pounds after only 3 days on this plan. Can’t wait to see what it says tomorrow! Seeing the number on the scale go down provides so much motivation for me. Before this plan, I had been putting in only half effort in my attempts to lose weight, but still somehow expected that whatever I was doing would provide me with results. I have now learned that this 5-Day phase provides the structure and discipline that I needed to “get the needle moving again” while providing me with confidence that I can lose this weight again. More than anything, I cannot even put into words how good I feel. My stomach feels slightly smaller, my mood is great all day long, and I have tons of energy – after only 4 days!! Not to mention, I’ve been super productive at work. I am scratching things off my “To-Do” list left and right.

Meals today were exactly the same as yesterday at the same times, but the cheater in me was of course tempted by other kinds of food all day long. I fought back most of the day until I got home from work and my husband mentioned that he just gave my son some Nilla wafers. As I started to make dinner for them, I managed to eat two of my own. Then, after I made their salmon, wild rice, and mixed veggies, I thought that the salmon looked so good that I managed to sneak a bite while cutting up the meal for my son. The drool practically ran out of my mouth. :-) But, oh well. It was probably less than 75 calories altogether. Not sure that will make much of a difference. I certainly can’t wait for that daily dark chocolate indulgence that is allowed on the plan. This is how I will “cheat” going forward!

I have been so excited to start eating meals from the Core Plan that I wanted to read more of my book before bed. Out of all the meals that I bought ingredients for last weekend, I was smart and put some of them in the freezer (corn tortillas, whole wheat pita bread, etc.) and refrigerator (4 avocados - yikes!) until I could actually eat them on Thursday and onward. I picked out which 4 meals that I wanted to eat first on Thursday. I decided on the Banana Ricotta Hazelnut Toast, Zesty Slaw Pita, California Sunshine Salad, and the Turkey Mock Tacos! I wanted to eat foods that might go bad first. I’ll decide what I want on the day itself after Thursday...