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Day 72: Triathletes are just like us…

We went to dinner with a beautiful couple the other night…they were both in their thirties, in great shape, and had just finished triathlons – impressive!  I couldn’t resist asking, when I noticed they didn’t each order chicken breasts, vegetables and a salad; “Do you always eat healthy?”

To my surprise, an honest answer!  He said he only drinks “Diet Cokes” now and recently cut out “Regular Coke” – but he still gets cravings for chips at night and loves junk food.  She started laughing and said that the only thing that kept her going was thinking of what she was going to order at Dennys, as soon as she finished the Marathon!…the “order” was pancakes, sausage, bacon, biscuits and coffee J

Needless to say, I just fell in love with these two immediately.  Staying healthy is a something that has to be part of your constant though, right there with striving to be a better person each year.  It doesn’t come easy to anyone and I was glad to hear a real answer, as opposed to the “I eat chicken and vegetables and just stay looking like this naturally.”

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Day 34: Me..Becoming a cave woman

This morning I got done with my workout and went straight to the grocery store to stock up on more animal proteins (it is only the second day of this diet and I already feel like a cave woman).  I spent a whopping $90 at the checkout stand and the clerk made the comment, “looks like someone is having a party…”

Needless to say, I just laughed and blamed the cart full of typical meathead picnic treats on my husband’s football party (yes, this was an outright lie).  But how else do you retain your dignity while explaining why one woman would possess a cart full of pepperoni, bacon, salami, lunch meat, chicken, cocktail shrimp, four versions of sausage, and a large pack of hotdogs? Oooga, oooga!

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Day 33: Second day on “Atkins”

I decided to skip the eggs and go right to having a much more filling chicken breast.  I bought the large bag of frozen skinless, boneless variety and just put it into the microwave with some salt (while frozen) on a plate for about 6 minutes.  You wouldn’t believe how moist and perfect this tastes!  I am considering this is the easiest diet I have ever been on.

Today I ate 8 chicken breasts – only 1300 calories!!!  I also had a large salad of romaine (that was the only ingredient in my “salad” – sad).  I feel great and slept great last night.

My workout went well this morning too and I did 15 push-ups all the way to the floor…yippee!

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Day 31: Trick to getting more energy!

I started with egg whites this morning, and a few pieces of turkey.  I ate a chicken breast for lunch, had some turkey.  Had 6 cups of mocha (sugar free, fat free, 2 carbs per serving), 2 cups of lettuce with some olive oil, more turkey and about a cup of hamburger.

I just finished adding up my calories and I can’t believe they were ONLY 1400!!!  I have felt like I have been eating something all day – but the great thing was, I wasn’t hungry and I didn’t feel run down.

I think this diet is a winner!