King, Prince, Pauper

Last summer I read about the king, prince, pauper way of eating and it totally makes sense to me and I'm trying to go by this now.  For those of you that haven't heard about it here's the jist of it: 

You eat your largest meal of the day (like a king) for breakfast. Your body has gone approx. 8-12 hours without food by now (if you stop eating after dinner) and your blood sugar is at it's lowest.  You're re-fueling for the day and getting your metabolism going. 

Eat a satisfying lunch (like a prince). Just enough to feel satisfied but not full.

Your smallest meal of the day should be at dinner (like a pauper).  You will most likely be winding down for the day and soon going to sleep and you don't want that meal sitting in your stomach while you're not active.  You want to wake up hungry ready for a big breakfast.

I would hardly ever eat breakfast before and if I did it would be something small and unhealthy like a donut.  That's becasue I would eat a big dinner and then snack all night so when I woke up I'd still be full and that's why I would never eat breakfast.  Meanwhile, I was feeling tired and sluggish all day long.  Now I get excited when I get that hungry feeling in the evening becasue I know that I'm on track and that I'll wake up hungry for a big breakfast.

I watched The Biggest Loser last evening and Jillian was on my last nerve treating her team like shit - and especially humiliating that one girl (Danni?) by pouring that water over her head.  OMG!  I know that this is her "thing" but did you notice how her team just shut down from being treated like that?  Also, she is down to 2 people on her team - that's saying something, too.  Bob and Dolvett are tough but nice, still treating their team with respect, and they get great results without humiliating anyone. 

If you were on the Biggest Loser who would you want to train you?  Here is my pick in order:  Bob, Dolvett, Jillian.

Let's have another on-track day.

So Far So Good

I had on on-point week with eating and exercise so I'm proud of that. I've decided that Monday will be my weigh-in day.  I've lost 3.5 pounds this week.  Yee Haw!  I love the big whoosh that you get the first week of being on a healthy diet.  I know it will not continue, but it sure feels good now.  It's a nice little umph to get you going. One more week and I should start feeling good.

I treated myself to a manicure this weekend with shellac polish hoping that it will help my nails grow.  My DD works at a day spa and I get 40% services and products (you can't beat that!) so that's where I went.  The atmosphere is so relaxing.  Love it.  I'm going to try to treat myself to a manicure every two weeks as my non-food reward for staying on track.  I've also come to realize that it is necessary for me to treat myself to things once in a while to help me feel good about myself.  For instance, if I buy myself a new purse or shirt, it will make me feel better about my appearance and then I'll feel good and want to continue to stay on track so I will lose more weight and start looking better.  It's a win-win situation.  Before I would always spend money on the house because it was easier for me to fix the house up rather than try to buy clothes for my fat body so that's what I would always do.  My house is fine now.  I need to start spending the money on me.  I've finally realized that I'm worth it.

Did anyone watch the Biggest Loser last night?  I did and I forced myself to do kettlebell exercises through all the commercials of the first hour. (Sunny, I thought of you - remember when we used to do this every week?)  That show is so inspiring to me.  Dolvett is so hot - omg...  Also, the latest issue of People magazine is loaded with weight loss inspiration stories. 

 



I made this Harvest Slaw recipe yesterday that I found in Better homes and Gardens.  I left out the garlic and cilantro, I thought that was a little too weird.  It was tasty, light and refreshing.  I would make this again.  I brought some for my lunch today.

That's it for today.  Let's make it another great week!