Week 3 Transition!

So I still have no cheats.  I'm measuring things pretty religiously, but it's not too hard when you are just on protein and veggies.  I was having a hard time finishing breakfast (2 eggs plus veggies-either my egg bake or egg "muffins") so I decided I would switch to having it for snack...still no such finishing.   I start to get a little nauseous towards the  end.  Right now I am on 3 meals and 3 products.  Next week we add a serving of fruit and then we have the option of sticking with 3 meals and 3 products or all food or some combination.  I still enjoy having my shake with coffee in the AM and PM, but I also see the value of not relying on the product for meals so I'm thinking I will go ahead and purchase the 3 each week for a while and see how it goes.  I'll plan on cooking but keep the products as back up.  Most likely I will keep having my AM shake with coffee.  I also think it won't be super easy to eat 6 times a day with work.  That's the other reason I plan to just keep buying product.  I would say the hardest part, by far, is getting 2 cups of veggies in at each meal.  That is a lot of veggies!!!  I lost 2lbs this week so I'm still right on track.  Hopefully this week will be the same!  I'm at about 1100 calories/day now.  I keep planning to step up the exercise more, but I'm not super motivated to do much more than walk.  Ugh....I think I'll just focus on food for the next couple of weeks and then start rewarding fitness goals.  Exercise is what is going to help me keep the weight off and keep my body looking the way I want it to.  As far as weight goes I am now 188lbs start weight 242.6-or something like that)...my first sort of "long term" goal is 164.  That gets me just into the "healthy weight" BMI.  I also have a size goal of 10.  I didn't have difficulty really maintaining a 10 in the past, so I think it is reasonable.  Right now I am a baggy size 14. :-)  I need to buy a couple more pants for work, but can't decide if I should by the 12 or not.  Since my weight loss will likely slow down I will probably fit a 12 for a couple months, but maybe I should just stick to a baggy 14.  I'll think about it and look at finances a bit more!

My day looks sort of like this for meals:
6/7am Shake with coffee
9/10am Egg bake of egg muffins
1230pm Cottage cheese with baby carrots
230/3pm Optifast fudge graham bar
5pm Pepper stuffed with lean ground beef and tomatoes seasoned with taco seasoning
7/730pm  Shake with decaf coffee

Other meals I have enjoyed:  Chicken breast baked with peppers and tomatoes and basalmic vinegar, ground turkey breast baked in foil with peppers and spinach and salmon steamed in my steamer with asparagus and chinese seasoning.  Oh and salmon steamed with Spinach with lemon.  OH! And tonight I made spaghetti squash and combined it with a sauté of chicken breast, garlic, tomato and spinach with italian seasoning.  It was pretty good-I couldn't quite finish but that is a theme and I am happy to toss the leftovers (or put them in the pups bowls.)

I'm enjoying cooking again. I would love to have a slice of pizza so I am thinking about doing one of those cauliflower or zucchini crusts and topping with just sliced tomatoes and cheese.  I know it isn't the same, but I think it will still be satisfying.  :-)  I have my eye on my goals still so I'm not very tempted to veer off plan.  I'm also slightly afraid that I am being overly confident about all of this.  I just feel like I'm getting my health in a good place and I can't live in fear of making mistakes so I'm just enjoying playing with recipes and eating at my table. :-)