:: Free 2 Be :: the Odyssey ::

Last week when I weighed in I had a *huge* loss that had to be mostly water weight. I bounced back up the next day and then all week I’ve been heading down and down, ending up .4 above where I was last week - but I believe this is a true weight reflecting a [...]

My first Flat Belly dessert. I knew that chocolate was a MUFA (moly-unsaturated fat), usable at any meal, but just hadn’t gotten around to buying any or choosing a menu with it.
Then, today, I did buy some: bulk dark chocolate chips sweetened with cane at Whole Foods.
Eating my unplanned meal, I realized I hadn’t added [...]

I really did it today. I started the day with too few calories, then ate my snack in lieu of lunch because I had it with me. By the time I next ate a real meal, I didn’t eat what I planned and just winged it, to the tune of 900+ calories (these are supposed [...]

I gotta tell you here first because it was here that I started getting right enough on the food that I could get back to it. Then, two days after starting back walking, I hit the aspartame debacle and quit again. ;-/
That was two weeks ago now. I really rode that debacle. ;->
I decided today [...]

Commitment is the Key to Consistancy
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What I’m celebrating today is 3 whole weeks on the Flat Belly Diet.
I have 11 days to go on the 28-day plan (so many numbers! lol) and then we re-think it. I’m thinking raise the calories, for sure if I start exercising. I’m not hungry at all but just know my body needs a little more [...]

This is a little light-weight but I’m so stuffed from lunch I can’t think what to add. All these will go into my “favorite menu file.”
Breakfast: 1 small orange, 1 cup gluten-free corn flakes, 1 cup Lactaid fat free milk, 2 tbsp. sunflower seeds & a kiwi fruit
Lunch: Large romaine salad with cucumber, radish, celery, [...]

In that post yesterday I explained the weight fluctuations this week. In the continuing saga, I dropped again today. So this is how my week looks:

Sun 269.8
Mon 273
Tue 272
Wed 272.4
Thu 272.4
Fri 271.6

Since we’re thinking Sunday was a water weight loss, this is good! However you slice it, I’m at 9.5 pounds total lost in 19 [...]

Yea! Today is *over the hump* on mini-goal #2: do the 28 day Flat Belly plan. =)

So, Sunday is my weekly weigh in day because I began on a Sunday.
First Sunday, down 6.6 pounds.
Second Sunday, down 5.8 more.
The next day, Monday this week, the scale bounced up 3.2, but I had been *on plan* so I didn’t worry about it.
The next day, Tuesday, down 1 pound, so only up 2.2 from [...]

This turned out to be one of the best balanced menus I’ve had, is easy to fix and feels like eating comfort foods. I will definitely use it again.
Breakfast: 1 small orange, 1 cup gluten-free corn flakes, 1 cup Lactaid fat free milk, 2 tbsp. almonds
Lunch: 2 slices sprouted bread, 2 oz. smoked turkey, [...]

1 cup Grape tomatoes, sliced
1 cup Artichoke hearts, canned, low-sodium, chopped chunky
4 oz. Chicken breast, pre-cooked, chopped chunky
.5 cup 1% low-fat Cottage cheese
1 Tbsp. Pesto sauce
Simple but very easy. I made this ahead and think it tasted better for letting the flavors merge. It left me feeling pampered, satisfied and slender. =)
For some reason, these [...]