Skinny Rules: 2 weeks in

Truthfully, it should be more like 1 week plus a handful of days in, as my week 1 didn’t quite go as planned.

A summary of the weeks before I dive into what have been my standard eats for the past 2 weeks (save for weekends).

Monday: good, great, excellent, right on track

Tuesday: great until our client meeting: they offered wine; I accepted, THEN we didn’t have time to run to Subway so it was pizza for dinner. Ugh. Fail.

Wednesday: right back on track!

Thursday: good until softball. I had wanted to order a Subway salad, but couldn’t understand the menu, so I had a sammich instead…….and a bud light. Oops.

Friday: again, totally on track!

Saturday: not-so-great. Breakfast was healthy, lunch was a burger (uh oh) and because we got home from the airshow at 9pm we did home bake pizzas from the local market.

Sunday: again, back on track with all 3 meals.

Monday: on track with all 3 meals.

Tuesday: on track

Wednesday: on track

Thursday: on track and I even figured out how to order a salad at Subway! (The Cowboy has softball every Thursday, so we pick up dinner and head to the field. He plays while I follow my exercise program and then cheer the team on.) PS – I may have had a BudLight…….

Now, to clarify what “on track” means, here’s what I eat in an average day:

Breakfast:

• whole grain toast
• peanut butter
• banana
• coffee

Snack:

• hard boiled egg

Lunch:

• 3 turkey meatballs
• sweet potato
• broccoli
• 6 strawberries

Snack:

• 0% Greek yogurt

Dinner:

• protein with veg

I’m also drinking 250mL of water before every meal and saying no to booze *sniff* during the week.

Here’s how my calories look on an average day:

If anything, I think they’re a tad low, but, I don’t feel starving AT ALL during the day. Weird.

The first week I started at 143.8 and ended at 145.1 (that may have been the beer on Thursday though). The second week I started at 145.1 and ended at 144.5 this morning. I’m curious if more calories would work? Or, maybe, this just isn’t the way I’m supposed to eat?

I have to say, I was really hoping to post a big loss in week 1 – but, since I didn’t really try in week 1, I’m sticking with it and will make the best choices possible on the weekends.

I find that eating during the week is by far easier than eating on the weekends. Example: Saturday The Cowboy and I have a date night – we’re seeing a matinee off The Dark Knight Rises and then plan on going out for dinner – it’s a steakhouse – I’ll be really (really!) difficult to say no to a glass of wine (spoiler: I probably won’t).

Have you read Skinny Rules? What are your thoughts?