Another Round of Eat-Clean: Stripped

The first 28 days of the Stripped diet have come and gone!   I was on plan about 90% of the time with awesome results.  I have to say, this is by far the easiest and most rewarding "diet" I have ever done!

Here is a rundown of my weekly weigh-ins

Starting weight:  135.8lbs (4/1/13)

Week 1 weigh in: 131.4 (net loss 4.4lbs)

Week 2 weigh in: 130.8 (net loss 0.6lbs) - TOM 

Week 3 weigh in: 129.2 (net loss 1.6lbs) - early weigh in due to travel

Week 4 Final weigh in: 131.8 

Total loss 4.0lbs

Week 2 was difficult because my TOM started and the week before I am always craving chocolate and sweets.  Then during week 3 I was traveling to Arizona for a conference so I had to be careful with what I was eating.  I did surprisingly well at the airport and the resort.  

Since it was a women's conference sponsored by the fresh produce industry there were many healthy choices at the resort.  I probably ate more than I would have on the Stripped plan because every day we had so many snack breaks!  The problem was I drank a few beers each night.  On the plane on the way home I also had a mini-binge.  It was unintentional thought so let me explain! 

I bought a chocolate chip cookie in the airport store thinking that would be my "dinner" on the plane since we didn't land back here until 10:30pm.  As I was eating this cookie (aka the yummy devil), I read the back of the package and saw 350 calories.  Ok, I thought.  That is a lot of calories for one cookie but since it's my dinner it will be ok.  Then I realized it was 350 calories per serving.  Guess how many servings there were?  2.5!   875 calories for one cookie about 5" in diameter.  Yikes!   I had already eaten about a third and went on for a little bit more so I probably had a good 500 calories worth of cookie!  Urgh!  

I was back on Wednesday but had a dinner party in Delaware that evening (and no groceries to speak of in the house) so I decided to "wing it" Wednesday and start again Thursday.  I had good intentions but I didn't exactly follow through on them.  

That brings us to today and Round (what round is it now?) THREE of the Eat-Clean: Stripped diet.  So here we go! 

Starting weight:  131.8lbs (4/29/13)

Goal weight: 124 lbs

Goal date for goal weight: May 27th

I do have two business trips during these 28 days so I know they will be difficult (and involve drinking!)  I am telling myself that if I am 100% clean for the remainder of the time, the 4 days that I am traveling will not prevent me from meeting my goal!  

June is the "Month of Islands" for me with a wedding on Nantucket on the 14th and vacation in Sanibel Island at the end of the month.  So it is absolutely necessary that I get down to my goal weight before June!  

So today is Day One!   Here is my plan for the day:

B: steel oats w/ cinnamon and 3 egg whites

S: almonds (100 calorie packs are my new best friend) and pineapple

L: spinach salad with leftover turkey breast and grape tomatoes (lemon juice for dressing)

S: 1/2 pear and mixed nuts

D: Salmon with broccolin

S: IF hungry: frozen blueberries

I plan to track daily and hopefully add pictures of my meals but don't hold me to that okay!   Let me know if you are on this journey too and leave me a comment with your progress!   I have a friend who is repeating the Stripped plan with me so maybe she will jump in for a guest blog one day!  

Now get out there and skinny-size yourself!  

Eat-Clean: Stripped (Round 2)

You may have guessed that after my fall from grace (or the Eat-Clean wagon) I did not exactly recover quickly.  St. Patrick's day turned into a busy week at the office with guests to entertain and food to indulge in and before I knew it, Easter had arrived.   I tried to start Stripped week 1 again last week but I was eating out for lunch and dinner Monday through Wednesday so that didn't work too well.

So here I am again - starting over!    This is my new motto:

Back on track - on plan - focused and ready to succeed.  

Starting weight:  135.8lbs (4/1/13)

Today's weight: 132.6 (4/4/13)

Goal weight: 124 lbs

Goal date for goal weight: May 15th

I have given myself a little more than the 28 days on Stripped to get to the goal weight since the book is all about losing the last 10lbs.  I'm hopeful that on Day 28 I will be at 124 though given the current downward trend.  

I started Week 1 on Monday and then the lure of the Easter candy took over.  So I re-started (for real this time!) on Tuesday.  I was probably up a pound or two after my little candy binge but I didn't want to know!  

My friend convinced me that I absolutely cannot for any reason have any candy, sugar or sweets!  This is hard for me because I always reward myself with one or two little chocolates when dieting.  Not anymore.  One or two leads to 10 or 20 and that quickly turns into a fat, fat mess!  So NO SUGAR ALLOWED!  

My days have been pretty similar so I will just post pictures from today's menu with some of the variations I have had this week.  

Breakfast - 7am - 1c oatmeal and 4 egg whites scrambled (some days I substitute for quinoa cinnamon bars)

8am - Green tea when I get to the office - no sugar!

AM Snack - 10am  - usually almonds and either berries or a banana

Lunch - 1pm (after the gym) - Spinach salad with grilled chicken (3oz) and cherry tomatoes with lemon juice.  This time I added egg whites and avocado but usually it's just spinach, chicken, tomatoes and lemon juice.

PM Snack - 3:30/4pm celery and egg whites, celery and hummus or celery and natural peanut butter

Dinner - 6 or 6:30pm - broiled fish with steamed broccoli or asparagus.  Tonight it was one of the recipes from the book - so good!

Evening Snack - only if hungry - fruit!  1/2c of pears, pineapple or strawberries

NO SUGAR!   NO CHOCOLATE!   NO CANDY!   NO SNACKS!

I have also started the Couch-to-5K plan (again) and I am currently on week 4.  So this week I ran on Monday, Wednesday and I will run again tomorrow.  On off days I still go to the gym at lunch and either do the Precore (aka death by sweat) machine or walk the hills on the treadmill.  My goal is to burn 350-400 calories at lunch and I will start to incorporate some weight lifting in next week as well!

Tonight I am going to make my THINspiration board - similar to this one but luckily I don't have as many numbers to cross off!