Day 6: Operation HOPE

Day 6 is D.O.N.E.  Whoo Hoo!!  I cannot believe that I'm almost a week into this new lifestyle.  At times it feels like it's been forever, and at other times it feels like it's only been 6 days.  I can honestly say that it's not as hard from a food stand point as I thought it would be.  It helps tremendously that I'm 98% of the time very satisfied.

I've made some adjustments to the caffeinated green tea issue.  I'm trying to have it for breakfast and lunch only, and have an herbal tea for dinner.  Also, when I go out I make a travel mug of herbal tea to drink while I'm out and about.  This has helped calm me down a bit.  Thank you, Lord!

I did realized today that I feel alert and feel like I have more energy.  Joy abounded again today, and my smile and laughter continued.  In addition to the great nutrition, I'm taking 5000mcg of B12 twice a day, which I think is definitely helping in this area.  My mom noticed a difference in my demeanor, and Scott told me last night that it's been nice seeing me smile again.  These two compliments meant the world to me because of all the people in the world, they're the ones who have seen me at my absolute worse.  Thank you, Lord, for showing me and those I love these small {but huge} changes!

I can report that when I woke up this morning I noticed that my pajama pants, that used to "just fit", were a little loose and baggy.  Whoo Hoo!!  Now, mind you, I'm not doing this to get "skinny" {although that's a plus}.  I'm doing this to get healthy and get out of this oppressive pain.

Speaking of pain...yup...it's still here.  With. A. Vengeance. Tonight.  My back is screaming.  My hands, wrists and elbows are killing me.  My shoulders and neck are hurting.  My legs and feet are aching and sore.  So, this is why I'm doing this. This pain has got to go!

Tomorrow is Day 7...but I must sleep first!

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Day 6: Menu

Breakfast was a little weird.  I had to eat three different fruits every 1-1/2 to 2 hours apart.  I started with a whole grapefruit at 7 a.m., then 1 cup of grapes at 9 a.m. and an apple at 11 a.m.  I had no idea why except that's what the menu said.  Of course, I also had to have green tea and lemon water.  Nothing about this was hard at all, except watching the time from 7-11 a.m.  And, I really didn't even watch the time.  I set a timer!  So, it really wasn't hard.  Remember earlier this week when I said I really didn't like grapefruit.  Well, today I crossed over from dislike to like.  I totally enjoyed that whole grapefruit.

Lunch was a cup of the hour plus vegetable soup I made on Day 3 and a green salad with oil and vinegar, plus green tea and lemon water.  Nothing hard about this either.  I defrosted a package of soup this morning {I was able to freeze 6-7 1 cup packages of the soup on Day 3.  A bonus for all that hard work!}.  All I had to do was warm it up and then put some mixed greens & baby spinach in a bowl, and top it with oil and vinegar.  It all was so good, and so filling.  Oh, and so easy!

Dinner was 4 ounces of chicken, steamed vegetables, green tea and lemon water.  I made an awesome braised balsamic chicken with fresh onions, tomatoes, garlic, basil.  It was awesome!  The vegetables were whole green beans seasoned with a little salt and pepper.  I also spooned some of the balsamic sauce on the beans.  So. Stinkin'. Good!!

Snack was raw veggies with hummus.  I never got around to having this snack, and honestly didn't miss it.