Alright... so here's the deal. I haven't lost any weight for over a month now, and it's really getting me down. I guess I can admit that I've eased up a bit on the strictness of my diet... but now it's time to SHOCK myself back into losing!!!!!! I'm going to post my routine right here and update this thread once a day for the next 12 days (in twelve days I'm visiting my boyfriend... so yeah). I know there is a blog feature but this is a major accountability thing for me (I promise I won't clog up this section with posts... just once a day for the next 12 days and that's all!). Anyway, here is the routine that I have just invented:
Diet: For the next 12 days (actually starting right this second), I will only eat salads. Now before you say that's nuts... I'm going to allow chicken to be in the salads, as well as cheese and hard boiled eggs. I'll also be using a dressing that comes in a spray bottle (it's lower calorie) ***UPDATE: I just found out that you can purchase Olive Garden salad dressing (my ultimate favorite) at any Olive Garden location... so I'll likely be using that exclusively starting tonight!!!*** In addition to that I will only be drinking water. Lastly... no food from 8pm - 8am, no exceptions.
Exercise: I'll start off with a 25 minute walk/jog before I eat anything for the day. Additionally, I'll do 1 exercise video and 1 hour of house cleaning each day (mom has been bugging me to clean up around here, so she will LOVE that one). I also have an exercise class that I do 4 days a week!
And that's it! Starting this RIGHT NOW... (so that means no more food for me tonight). I'll update tomorrow!
****UPDATE**** I've read all of your advice, and I appreciate it very much! After thinking it over I have made the following changes: I will now allow myself ONE piece of fruit each day... and I'm cutting out the workout video. I realize that 25 minutes of exercise in the morning, plus my fitness class (that I do 4 days a week for over an hour each time), plus an hour of house cleaning AND a workout video might be a bit dangerous with the kind of limited diet I'm attempting. I WILL NOT make any further changes though...
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*SECOND UPDATE* Ok so.... I lied. I'm going to make one more change, which is sort of a big one I guess. You know the foods I mentioned I would eat? (Salads, hard boiled eggs, chicken, and cheese)? Well, I've decided that I'm going to allow myself to eat those foods separately (without them always being put together in salad form). So I guess the plan isn't changing *that* much because I'm still eating the same things, but not every meal will be called a "salad" anymore. I hope this doesn't make me a major wimp :P. Either way, my food selection remains very limited so I'm hoping that will make up for it!
(As of July 14, I can eat until 10pm on days that I do my exercise class).