Today I start day 4 of a 1200 calorie diet with meal replacement shakes. So far I have not cheated at all and my cravings have definitely not gotten the better of me. In fact, I'm not really craving anything. Yesterday I did get a good whiff of the tuna sandwich that everyone else was about to eat for lunch, but instead of being in the room with them and watching them eat, I decided to go take a nap. When I got up, they were done eating and there were no remnants of food. That was an easy distraction for me.
The main problem appears to be that the shakes are very boring. I have a vanilla flavored one and a chocolate flavored one. I have fallen into a pattern where vanilla is for breakfast and chocolate is for lunch. This seems boring, but it is the way of life. I definitely need to find new ways to spice them up in order to make it more likely for me to not fall off of the plan. This morning I decided to add crushed strawberries to it, but I think I should've used a blender instead of just smashing them with a fork and putting them in the shake. If I added ice and strawberries it would've been a nice strawberry milkshake. Now all it is, is a vanilla shake with strawberry pieces in it. My dietician also suggested putting kale into the vanilla shake, but I don't know how I feel about that one. Especially since I'm rather picky when it comes to taste.
Dinners have been simple and easy. I'm currently visiting my in-laws for the Easter holiday and I thought that traveling during my first week of the plan would be difficult, but they have made it supper easy on me. The dinners have been healthy; in fact everyone seems to be eating healthy because that is what I'm doing.
The next step is beginning to add exercise into the mix. Today I'm going to try a walk around the neighborhood and see how my back and knee feels with that. I know that if I don't start working out now and working through the pain that it will last a lot longer since it will take me longer to get the weight off.
I'm actually anxious for my first weight in on Tuesday night.
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