Tammy, I'll join you and everyone else who wants to make an extra effort to be committed for the next 30 days.
As of today, I have been back on-plan for 1 week. I'm doing really well and feel fairly confident, however, this is about the point where I usually start faltering. I don't want that to happen again! Last week, I created a 1500 calorie menu that I followed for the whole week. This has made staying on-plan as easy as possible for myself as I don't have to think about what I'm going to eat. I can somewhat put myself on auto-pilot. Here is my menu:
Breakfast - Smoothie of chocolate whey protein, soy milk, banana and ground flax
Snack - Apple with natural peanut butter
Lunch - Salad of spring lettuce mix, edamame and low fat dressing
Snack - Small sweet potato with 2tsp of Smart Balance.
Dinner - Morningstar burger or chicken patty with 2 cups of either steamed veggies or sauteed veggies.
Snack - Cottage cheese with Blueberry preserves.
The only problem is that I didn't always eat everything on the menu and, therefore, did not reach my 1500 calories. I'm thinking that this might slow down my weight loss, so I need to be extra careful not to eat too little this week. BTW, I am staying with this menu for the upcoming week. My food is yummy and it works....if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Right?
I'll be adding an hour of walking each day and drinking 64 oz of water each day.
Rock on, Friends!