Taking the Reins

Well, the sheer panic has set in. Abs Diet day 4 reveals a 1.5 lb weight gain. I’m not sure what is happening here, but I’m going to look at what I had yesterday to see if I can identify the culprit:

Meal 1 at 9:00 am: Honey Shake - 1/2 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup Lite & Fit vanilla yogurt, 1 scoop vanilla protein power, 1 tablespooon honey, a tablespoon flax seed (Just eyeballing this, I’d say 3 points, but it could be 4.)

Meal 2 at 11:00am: 15 almonds, 1 skim milk string cheese, 1 Fiberful bar (200 calories, 4 points)

Meal 3 at 1:30pm: Chicken breast with corn, black beans, and tomatoes, covered in tabasco and 1/2 serving of low fat shredded cheese (estimate 6 points)

Meal 4 at 3:30pm: Power Shake - 1/2 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup Lite & Fit yogurt, 1 scoop chocolate whey protein, 1 tablespoon natural PB, 1/3 cup ground oatmeal (looks to be at least 6 pts)

Meal 5 at 6:30pm: Egg Sandwich: 1 Thomas’ Lite English muffin, spray butter, 2 eggs, 2 slices fat free cheese (7 points)

Meal 6 at 8:30pm: 2/3 cup of shelled pistachios (holy cow, these are 310 calories and 24 grams of fat…..pistachios are EVIL!!!!….estimate 7 points)

Activity: 30 minute weight lifting circuit — maybe 2 points?

So, 1.5 lb weight gain = salt, not enough water, and 34 WHOPPING POINTS.   I had no idea!!! I just really need to go back to what has worked…..WW…..and try to incorporate SOME of what the Abs Diet preaches into it.

So, here is what today is shaping up to be like:

Meal 1 at 9am: Coffee with creamer and 1 Fiberful bar (3 points) — Powerfood is dairy and fiber

Meal 2 at 11am: 1 cup Dannon Light & fit yogurt with 1/2 oz. walnuts and strawberries (4 points) — powerfood is dairy, nuts, and berries

 Meal 3 at 1:00pm: Chef salad with spinach, chickpeas, green peppers, hard boiled egg, in vinegar and oil — (6 points) — powerfoods are spinach, eggs, EVOO

Meal 4 at 4:00pm: 7 almonds and string cheese (2 points) - powerfood dairy and almonds

Meal 5 at 7:00pm: Protein Shake with 1 cup of Almond Breeze, scoop of chocolate whey protein, 1 tbsp peanut butter, and ground flax seed (5 pts) - powerfood peanut butter, whey protein, and flax

Meal 6 at 9:00pm: Organic oatmeal square bar (2 points) - powerfood: oatmeal

Total points: 22

Activity points: 6 (spin class)

 I’m just now realizing that nuts, although good for you, cannot be eaten by the handful. They are just loaded with fat and calories. The Abs Diet was written by a man, but I don’t know how women can eat 1800 calories a day unless they are burning big-time calories. Hopefully that’ll be me next week, but we shall see… At any rate, thanks for letting me vent and work out my issues. Helps to write!