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So I ditched the SBD diet as of yesterday and am now watching my intake – small meals broken up through the day. We shall see how this works. I’m was at 129.2 lbs this morning. But I don’t really trust that scale too much. I’m logging using caloriecount.com. To follow Rujuta’s diet, I know I need to grocery shop big time. I kind of have done well so far following her principles. V8 within 30 mins of waking up. Oatmeal for breakfast at 9:30. Lunch at 11 was half a cup rice with tofu curry (Thai style). I was proud of getting a to go box at lunch because I was full at about half way through. I’ll have the second half in about an hour. Last night, I encouraged hubby and myself to have dinner before 8. So have some of the principles down – will need to work on the rest slowly and steadily. I feel good about this! I really need to add exercise in somehow. Oh, also I was at the doctor’s this morning – my thyroid is out of whack. I need to get on medicine most likely – I answered ‘yes’ to most symptoms. So…..it looks like this will be something to take care of pretty quickly here.

More tomorrow! Public diaries are good, huh.

The weekend was hard! First of all, on Friday, I had a rough day at work. Broke down and had 2 donuts, a beer over lunch with my hubby and my favourite sandwich at Gordon’s. So there – blew it. But what I was proud of was that I put that behind me and continued the rest of the weekend to follow the SBD guidelines. I dont want to punish myself or feel guilty if I broke a rule here and there. That is what I had told myself when I started. I rather make this a long term thing. Also, both hubby and I look forward to our Friday lunch dates. Our only meal without Arjun 😀 I did not weigh myself this morning – a victory by itself. I want to break out of this habit. I have a BIG meeting at 11…. a very personal and emotional one at work. I think I will survive it because I’ve told myself I will. Also, there are bigger things in life to be worried about – losing an opportunity at a position that I deserve is not going to be the ditch I want to die in. Later folks!

Feeling good today. Still not feeling starved. Had V-8 within 10 mins of waking up (following Rujuta’s advice here), scrambled eggs with coffee for breakfast. Met a friend for lunch and had a Greek salad with black bean soup. I think the rest of the day will go fine. I will have my almonds and cheese stick as snacks between now and dinner. There is a carrot cake sitting in the office kitchen that looks very tempting. But I think I’ll stay away from it since I’ve done pretty good so far. I did eat some grapes as I was feeding Arjun last night, but again – I’m not following the diet to a ‘T’… if I eat some here and there, I’m not worried. 9 more days of this and then will be trying Rujuta’s way of life.

It is only 9 am. Got to work late.. missed a meeting.. have loads to do today, but I thought I’d start off with logging how my ‘diet’ is going. Feel good actually. Yesterday’s menu was scrambled eggs and coffee for breakfast, almonds for a morning snack, ceaser salad with brocolli and cheese soup (yeah, that may have not been allowed in the SBD diet, but who cares), a cheese stick for afternoon snack… and then dinner. Dinner was besan roti with cabbage sabzi. Dinner is my toughest meal because I see Reddy Saab having his rotis with sabzi, yogurt, pickle and ofcourse the beer.. and that gets me totally distracted. But I told myself that I’m sticking to 2 weeks of this no matter what! The besan roti helps a lot with feeling like I’m eating solid roti like thingys. Overall, my goal for these 2 weeks is to get myself under control to where I am fully aware of what I’m putting into my system. I am not starving so far… my stomach is feeling lighter and I feel more energetic. So lets see how far this goes. Again – if I don’t stick to the rules on one occasion, I’m not going to kill myself about it. Conscious decision not to 🙂 After the 2 weeks, I’m going to post my weight so whoever reads this knows where I’m at. Then the plan is to follow Rujuta’s principles. I think 2 weeks is enough time to finish her book that I have had on my nightstand for over a month now 😦 THAT I hope becomes my lifestyle. Fitting in exercise is the next hurdle.

132.2 lbs on 7/24/2011. Disgusting. Have been stuffing my face with everything and it is time to change that (again!). Why can I not be one of those people who makes healthy eating their lifestyle!!? What does it take to change how you’ve been living?? A health scare? Not sure. But I am once again on the South Beach. Plan is to “cleanse” for 2 weeks – no carbs that is. After that, I want to follow this 2-hour snacking diet/lifestyle change. I forget who the author of this book is, but it is who Katrina follows. I have her book and that is what I want to try next. Try, try and try until you find something that works for you 😀

After a tough 2 weeks on the SBD plan, weighed myself this morning and recorded 128.6. 7 pounds lost!! I feel incredibly proud of myself. Today is going to be a challenge though. There’s this wonderful chocolate cake sitting on a friend’s desk at work.. a birthday celebration and that is all I can think of. What do I tell myself to resist taking a dive into it? 🙂 Maybe I’ll have a piece and go home and workout to make up for it. Who knows. But I know there is no way I want any of the weight lost to creep back again. Feeling great, you guys!!