#21daymealplan

WELP! The fall-off happened, y’all. Today started off great with two eggs, cottage cheese, peppers, and avocado on a rice cake. Then I skipped lunch and the snacking happened. Had some of my co-worker’s sushi, 2 cups of goldfish, and then I went out with co-workers and ate a black bean burger (no bun) and fries...2/3 cup of Haagen-Dazs came later.

Moral of the story...don’t skip your lunch. LOL I knew this would happen eventually after being so strict, so I’m not mad about it. I’m super happy that I got it out of my system and I’m even more motivated to get back on track.

So I initially wanted to do weekly weight updates, but when the scale is staring you in the face every morning (might put it under my bed!) it’s kind of hard not to keep checking (not mentally healthy, people!).

When I got on the scale on Monday, I was 218.0lbs. This morning I weighed in at 214.2lbs for a 3.8lb weightloss. I think most of it was water weight, but I honestly haven’t seen 214 on the scale since December, so this is a win for me.

Okay, y’all...so I broke. I didn’t stay compliant all day, but still ate VERY healthy, so today was still a win! There are certain veggies that aren’t on the plan (most likely due to the carb count) and I ate some during dinner (brussel sprouts). I was dying for sugar, so I endulged my cravings and ate 4 tiny chocolate covered blueberries. I usually eat 10 or more, so I’m super proud of myself for having control. I will say that once I endulged the craving, it went away and I didn’t crave more. Long story short...deprive yourself completely and you’ll go insane! Moderation and control is soooo key.

Lunch: 4 oz canned tuna, 3/4 cup cottage cheese, cucumbers, 1 cup collard greens

Today’s Foods

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, peppers, and 1/3 avocado

Dinner: 2 baked chicken thighs, 1 cup brown rice, brussel sprouts

Snack: 4 chocolate covered blueberries

It’s been a week! I ant believe I made it through 7 days of this plan. It’s been SUPER tough. I will say that I deviated this weekend, but not with bad foods! I went to Red Lobster yesterday and ate NO biscuits. Only had a garden salad, crab, broccoli, and cauliflower mash (I can’t believe they serve that!). Today we went to IHOP and had no pancakes! I’m on a roll, y’all! The only thing I had that was REALLY out there was tostones (fried plantains) that I had with a grilled chicken and shrimp salad. Tomorrow I’m back to being super strict on the meal plan, but wanted to share my first week’s results!