Winner

(Not our dinner, just an example, our portions are much smaller)

So, I was extremely stressed about this diet. I was dreading eating, because of all the veggies. However, we finally found a winner. Steak with sauteed onion! Yum! I actually enjoyed eating dinner tonight. Which is a big step towards the direction of sticking out the diet. Tomorrow is celery with chicken for lunch. Then steak and grilled tomato for dinner. Slowly but surely, we'll keep experimenting until we find some good mixes. But I am definitely relieved after dinner tonight. Yum.

Vegetables

So, if you know me at all, you know I have been battling vegetables all my life. I am officially at the make it or break it point. I have to eat 8 oz of veggies twice a day. Which may not seem like a whole lot, but when the most you have ever eaten in a day is 6 green beans and that was about 16 years ago, that is kinda of a staggering amount.

So last night, as Chris and I were weighing out 3.5 oz portions of steak, chicken, and fish. (Our freezer at this point, only has these portions of meat and vegetables and is completely full.) I was also blanching and freezing asparagus and zucchini in 8 oz portions. And steaming some asparagus for lunch today. So, in just a few hours the first battle begins. I have a little flexibility in the veggies I can eat, so there will be lots of experimentation.

But, I have 40 days of 8 oz twice a day, so I will either learn to like them of simply have to grin and bear it.

Here's to finally growing up and becoming a big girl!

Update: Lunch - Seriously, a lot of asparagus for one meal. And I tried, I really did. I gagged like a six year old, but I couldn't get it all down. But I did eat 14 pieces. Which still makes me pretty proud. Tonight is a salad, so I'm off the hook for today. After the diet, we might eat asparagus more often, but in MUCH smaller quantities.

Sunkist

I went to get an airbrush tan today as a trial before the ballroom dance competition in two weeks.

My oh my, I wish I had never faked baked before.

It so much more even then I ever attained in a tanning bed. It looks incredibly natural. And then there's that whole instant gratification thing. I got a very lightest tan color and it looks like I have spent days laying out in the sun. And you know that whole no cancer bit.

The tanning girl even sculpted my non-existent abs. I laughed as she did it and told her that there was no need. I wouldn't be showing my stomach off to anyone but my hubby.
But it does makes it a lot easier to put on a dress that is far less than my normal coverage, when things are tan looking.

If you ever have need of a tan, I recommend the airbrush tan. Not the mystic tan or the other automated spray tans.