six week body makeover

In 2010, I lost 30 lbs.

In 2012, I gained 30 lbs.

Today, I started the Six Week Body Makeover in an attempt to take this 30 lbs off.

This diet consists of: no sugar, no simple carbs (bread, pasta, crackers, etc.), no dairy, no alcohol, no pop or juice.

This diet includes: lean proteins (some fish [tuna, whitefish, halibut, cod, shrimp, scallops, crab], chicken and turkey breast), most vegetables (excluding corn, peas, carrots, beans), complex carbs (parsnips/turnips, potato, sweet potato, oatmeal, rice, brown rice, and rice noodles), and some fruits (grapefruit, berries, peaches, and strawberries.)

Yesterday I went to the grocery store, and spent about $50 on the majority of my food for the week.  I did not buy enough vegetables, so my plan is to make those for dinner fresh.  Everything else, I prepped, cooked, and packaged yesterday.

Here is what my meal plan looks like for this week.  Please keep in mind that this is in fact, a DIET, so yes, the portions are small and controlled:

Breakfast: 2 oz egg beaters and 1/2 cup spinach.  I made an egg beater "mug scramble" which is something I stole from the Skinny Girl, and omitted the cheese.  Next time, I'll add hot sauce prior to nuking for extra flavor.

Morning Snack:  2 egg whites (which I will nuke and douse in Frank's Red Hot) 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes (from our garden, and thank God I LOVE tomatoes now.)

Lunch:  1 turkey Italian sausage (which is roughly 2 oz), 1/2 cup brown rice, 1/2 cup spinach and/or watercress (depending on which container I grabbed today.)

Afternoon snack:  1 chicken tender (seasoned with hot paprika), 1/2 cup brown rice.

Dinner:  1 chicken tender (seasoned with hot paprika), 1/2 cup brown rice, and there is baby bok choy in the house right now, so 1-2 cups of that.

Dessert (if I want it) 1/2 cup strawberries.

I am also taking a Yoga class with my mom, tonight is the second one of the 4 class session.  In addition, I hope to make it to the gym on a regular and consistent basis, 3 to 4 times per week.