Today's Diet Dinner

My parents lent me their camera since mine isn't working, so I'm able to continue posting about my diet! I was able to snap some pictures of dinner tonight. I grilled some chicken fajitas for my friends (I'll do a separate post about that), and I made myself some grilled chicken too while following my diet program. The chicken has a marinade with fresh cilantro, cumin, fresh garlic, minced onion, etc.

Grilled chicken with grilled green peppers & onions...

...and for dessert I had a peach.

Diet Meals from 2009

     My camera is still out of commission, but I found these photos of meals I made on my diet in 2009. I thought I'd share them. :)

Curry Chicken and Vegetables

Sauteed Shrimp with Tomatoes, Garlic and Asparagus 

"Potato" Salad & Chicken

(made with steamed cauliflower, celery, onion, mayonaise, salt & pepper)

Day 3 - Diet

So, my camera is broken and I can't get the pictures off of my phone. I will have to end off on my diet updates for now until I can find a camera replacement.

I do have a bunch of old photos of food I've made in the past, so I may do posts with those if I have the chance.

I will still update on my diet once I reach my goal or get close to it. :) Can't wait.

Day 2 - Diet

Breakfast

Black coffee & Greek 0% plain yogurt

Lunch

Lunch today was on the go so I had to pack it.

Grilled chicken, celery & green peppers, apple, 4 saltines.

This also included my mid-afternoon snack: one apple & 4 saltines.

Coffee

      Then......Madison dropped my camera and the lens isn't functioning - the camera just shuts off. I tried to fix it but nothing has worked so far. I couldn't take pictures of my dinner, but it looked very similar to lunch. I had to grab it and run out of the house.

     Last night, I was feeling rather hopeless about my camera and decided to drown my sorrows in a jar of creamy peanut butter.... so I went off of my diet. I am still determined to do this 14 day game. I will try using my smartphone to take pictures for right now and continue standardly on my diet. I will miss my beautiful Canon camera though. It took such great photos. 

Day 1 - Diet

Breakfast

Black coffee & plain Greek yogurt

This is the brand of Greek yogurt I eat.

It has 18g protein and 0% fat per 6oz serving!

Lunch

For lunch I made a tuna salad.  

Salad with spring mix, cucumber, green onion, tomato.

My complete meal: Tuna with a salad, apple, 4 saltines, iced coffee & water.

Snack

Afternoon snack (3:00pm) - Granny smith apple & 4 saltines

This is another necessity in making it through a day of dieting.

Orbit Sweet Mint Gum

Dinner

Earlier in the week I grilled a few chicken breasts to last me through the week.

Tonight I made a grilled chicken salad with balsamic vinegar.

Complete Meal: Grilled chicken salad, Gala apple, 4 saltines & water.

I made it through Day 1 successfully!

....another 13 days to go.

Dr. Cohen's 1st Personal Diet

     Website: http://1stpersonaldiet.com/

    I first did Dr. Cohen's 1st Personal Diet in 2009 and lost 38lbs in less than 3 months. I didn't know how to eat properly before this diet. I used to just eat protein bars, diet sodas & rice cakes when trying to "diet" but never had any real results. I finally decided to sign up for the 1st Personal Diet after seeing the results my sister had with it, and when I was tired of seeing pictures of me looking overweight. This diet taught me to eat healthy, balanced foods. I learned to love eating fresh fruits & veggies, lean protein and drink a lot of water. My body started to crave healthy food. When I ate sugar, my system was overwhelmed and it made me feel horrible. 

     After I lost the weight, maintaining was the hard part. I didn't follow the maintenance rules layed out in the diet very well, and my weight yo-yo'd. I eventually buckled down months later and followed the maintenance rules very strictly and my weight went right back down to where it was when I finished the diet - the lowest it had ever been in my adult life.

    Then last fall I had some big personal issues come up, we moved into a new house, life was overwhelming, etc and I fled to food to seek comfort. It sure did add a lot of comfort - 50 lbs of comfort and extra padding around my body, haha. It takes a LOT of bad eating to gain 50 lbs in just 4 months. After I was unable to fit into any of my clothes except sweatpants & maternity clothing, I finally decided it was time to re-do the 1st Personal Diet. I paid for it all over again, ordered all new blood tests and received a completely new diet program.

   

  I started the diet in December 2011 and did it wonderfully until the end of April 2012 (I was only 2lbs away from my goal weight!!) I had some major personal issues come up again and I wandered off my diet, slowly gaining some weight back. It is now the 3rd week of July and I have been trying for 2 1/2 months to get back on this diet 100%. I haven't been able to do the diet more than a few days straight without going off on a binge. I have not stepped on a scale since the last week of April but I can feel myself getting chubbier every day. 

     I decided to start posting some of my diet meals on my blog. It may help encourage other dieters - those doing the 1st Personal Diet and those just trying to eat healthy. It also will help keep me on track and looking forward to my reaching my goal. More posts to come...