Day 2 - Attack Phase

Day 2, Monday

Stats:
Weight: 163.8
BMI: 22.2
Fat %:  25.1
Water %: 53.8

Weigh in: lost 2 lb!  Two lbs in ONE DAY!!  Also went down on BMI, Fat %.  But strangely went up a little on Water %.  Weird.  I'll put in the exact numbers later, I'm not at home to look them up at the moment...

Yesterday wasn't so bad.  As I said before the saving grace is that you can eat unlimited quantities of the foods on the attack phase list.  That way you can get rid of your cravings, even if you have to eat something you don't really find appetizing!

Today I don't think about carbs until I smell them. 

Breakfast was a repeat of Day 1, Galette and ham/eggs.  Yesterday I used egg whites but today I used two whole eggs.  Be careful when cooking your Galettes, mine NEVER take as long as is recommended in the book.  I'm talking about 3 mins max on either side and that's it.

Oh, also...on Day 1 I followed the Galette recipe in the book and accidentally put 2 TBL oat bran in my galette but still lost two pounds.  So it's not the end of the world if you accidentally put 2 TBL instead of 1 1/2.

Yesterday I was a little worried about lunch time because this was my first day at work on the diet.  I didn't know where to get food and felt a little paralyzed because of it.  So instead of trying to search for something to eat in the tunnels (we have a series of underground restaurants near my work), I just left work at 1.  I had to leave for a Dr appt anyway.  But I went by the store and bought some smoked salmon, capers, imitation crab meat and dijon mustard.  Strange combination huh...but these were the foods I was thinking about all morning.  I had eaten smoked salmon, cream cheese, capers, lemon and a bagel in Seattle recently and it was good, so I decided to recreate that.  I also was determined to make the classic mayonnaise recipe and use it with our leftover shrimp and the crab meat.  I would recommend you eat mid-morning to avoid thinking about foods like this.  Because when I got home with that food I was in a TIZZY trying to get that stuff prepared to eat.  My puppy was wanting in and out and I was so frustrated with him because I was starving!!  Don't let yourself get to this point!! 

So for lunch I made the classic mayo and had it on the shrimp and imit.crab.  The classic mayo is not coming out right...it's very runny and gross looking.  But it tasted pretty good so I ate it anyway.  I was desperate.  Man I could really taste the oil in that mayo.  The whole TEASPOON of it.  I am thinking this is not coming out right because I"m using canola oil instead of the recommended vegetable oil.

The smoked salmon/cream cheese/capers/lemon thing sounded a whole lot better than it tasted, probably because the smoked salmon wasn't that great.  Also the capers were more bitter than I'd remembered.  And of course the absence of a big fat bagel changed the taste quite a bit...but all in all a good lunch.

Afternoon was quite difficult for me...probably because I was home alone and not very busy until my appointment.  Today I tried greek yogurt, lemon juice and sweetener.  Tasted a little like lemon pie (or at least that's what I imagined while a ate it).  I also had to have another helping of cottage cheese/sweetener/vanilla to tide me over until dinner.  I am eating a lot more and a lot more often than I did before this diet!

Dinner was grilled salmon, a hard boiled egg and a side of vanilla/sweetener/yogurt.  The salmon was ok, wish it were more fresh.  I would recommend that you get good fresh fish so at least you'll enjoy what you're eating.  It was not fun eating salmon that didn't taste very good.