Author (#17)September 2007 Archives

Day 6 of the cabbage soup diet was beef & vegetables.  This was the day I blew it.  I had chicken (which is allowed in place of beef) with veggies, smothered in cheese.  That wouldn't have been so bad if that had been my only mess-up.  Later that day, I had a mocha lite frappucino & espresso fudge brownie.  Oops!  When I weighed the next day, however, I had lost 5.5 pounds.  Day 7 was supposed to be brown rice & veggies.  I messed up again by having a sandwich for lunch.  Eating a sandwich was quite difficult with only one hand.  (if you're not familiar with the incident that left me one-handed, see my "Stupid Oysters Shells" post.)  I did okay for the rest of the day.  I think my total weight loss was about 4-5 pounds.  Not too bad, but not exactly what I hoped for.  The main thing is that I think I'll be able to alter my eating habits because of this diet.  I'll eat a lot more vegetables & cut back on my carbs.  I think I'll also be able to cut back on sodas.  Overall, I guess that's what counts.

Yesterday was Day 4.  I ate bananas & skim milk, along with my soup.  Not as bad as I thought today.  Today was Day 5 & I had beef & tomatoes!  Yippee!  Only 2 more days to go!  Not much weight coming off yet, but maybe it will soon!