About 7 years ago, I did a form of the South Beach Diet and felt amazing! I lost 50 lbs!
Last week I joined a support group with a coach to take me through the 21 Day Sugar SmackDown!
This is not the same thing as South Beach or Atkins. There is still natural sugar in the diet (in the fruits, veggies and dairy I am eating). But it is all whole foods and full of nutrients without the empty refined sugar and sugar substitutes.
I’m now on day 5, and have seriously lost 9 lbs! I started the program weighing 188 (bashful blusing going on) and now I am at 179. I was not doing this to lose weight (although it is an added bonus)!
I feel amazing! I have energy, I can think clearer, and my sugar cravings have gone out the window (along with that bloated feeling).
Here is what I did/ate this week. The exercise part of it is not part of the program.
DAY 1
Exercise – 6 am – 30 day shred level 1 and leg lifts/sit ups
Breakfast – 2 poached eggs with 2 pieces of nitrate free bacon
Lunch – grilled chicken with green beans
Aft. Snack– 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt with 1/2 green apple and cinnamon sprinkled on top
Dinner– Baked Salmon cooked in a tiny bit of butter and shallots and green beans
Evening exercise– Ran/Walked 2.5 miles
DAY 2
Breakfast- 1 cup of decaf coffee and 1/2 green apple
Lunch- Salad with tuna/mayo on top, feta cheese and mushrooms, with olive oil and apple cider vinegar
Afternoon Snack – 1 Hard boiled egg
Dinner- Taco salad for dinner – salsa, meat, and sour cream, little bit of cheese
Done with food @ 6:15 pm.
DAY 3
Breakfast– leftover taco meat in 3-egg scrambled with a tad bit of cheese and sour cream
Lunch– 3 pieces of cut up nitrate free bacon with sauted Brussel sprouts in butter!- YUM!
Aft. Snack – Celery dipped in HUMMUS
Dinner– 2 turkey burgers with a think layer of cheddar cheese and leftover brussel sprouts
Exercise– 30 day shred level 1, leg lifts, sit ups
DAY 4
Breakfast– 1/2 green apple dipped in whole fat organic greek yogurt, with cinnamin sprinkled on top, 1 hard boiled egg
Breakfast– 1/2 green apple dipped in whole fat organic greek yogurt, with cinnamin sprinkled on top, 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch– Salad with tuna (mayo and dried minced onions), feta cheese, mushrooms, and apple cidar vinegar and olive oil drizzled on top
Early Dinner Snack – hummus with celery and nitrate free turkey bacon
I will do an update each Friday and give you my overall results at the end of day 21!
Thanks for visiting!