Skinny Bitch

I bought a new book on Friday night called "Skinny Bitch". It's a nutrition book about how you can't expect to loose weight if you keep shoveling the same crap in your mouth. It lists out all the vices in the typical diet and discusses why they make you fat and what you should eat instead. They single out:

1. smoking (that's easy, I've never smoked even once in my life)
2. alcohol (that's easy too since I don't drink at all)
3. caffiene (that's a little harder since I still suck down diet coke every now and then)
4. artificial sweeteners (this one's really hard for me since I use splenda so frequently)
5. refined sugar/grains (this is going to be a big challenge)
6. dairy (yikes! but they do give a lot of convincing reasons why dairy makes you fat)
7. eggs
8. meat (not a big meat fan anyway)
9. fish (I love fish)

They say try giving up one or two vices at a time and not try to be perfect all at once. They even said that achieving perfection is impossible and to just do the best you can. The biggest lesson in the book is to read ingredient lists and know what you're eating.

So I decided to give it a shot. For 30 days, I'm giving up meat and dairy. I've been at it for 3 days and I'm doing pretty well I miss cheese but I don't miss meat at all. I can't say that I've had my last cheeseburger or steak but I'm fairly certain I can make it at least 30 days. I added up my calories and it's turning out to be REALLY easy to keep my calories low without even trying (it's all that cheese that I haven't been eating.)

Here's my log for yesterday:

B: banana, orange, 1 c. chocolate soymilk 320 calories
L: fish burrito (made with grilled fish, black beans, rice, salsa & a WW tortilla) 550 calories
S: 2 tbsp. cashews 98 calories
D: 2 tofu hot dogs, 1 WW hotdog bun, corn on the cob, mixed veggies, pita chips, salsa 478 calories
S: chocolate covered frozen banana 160 calories
Total: 1606 calories
Workout: Super Body Sculpt

Here's my log for Sunday:

B: apricot, 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1/2 c. blueberries, 3/4 c. soymilk 247 calories
L: baked tofu, soycheese, 2 slices WW bread, 2 small zucchini 436 calories
S: 11 soy crisps, banana 180 calories
D: veggie burger, WW bun, salad, roasted carrots 308 calories
S: frozen fruit bar, 2 slices toast, tofu cream cheese 363 calories
Total: 1599 calories
Workout: 4 mile run

Here's my log for Saturday:

B: apple 63 calories
L: veggie sub (WW roll, avocado, lettuce, tomato, onions, cucumbers), baked potato chips 439 calories
S: chocolate covered frozen banana 160 calories
S: apricot, 3 WW crackers, 1 corn chip 92 calories
D: Boca burger, WW bun, salad, 6 fries 449 calories
S: frozen fruit bar 80 calories
Total: 1284 calories