Staying Healthy

Last Day of Phase 1!

jeneubauer11 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:30:23 +0000

I know I haven’t been able to update the blog and I’m not going to say everything what I’ve eaten in the past few days. It’s impossible to remember them! Anyway, during the 2nd week of Phase 1, I’ve pretty much eaten everything that is the same from what I wrote here (from Day 1). Boring, I know, but I managed to stick with it!

Today is the last day of Phase 1… yay!! I’m so happy that it’s over with and start looking forward to eating fruits. I’ve already lost 11 pounds – almost 12 so I am in the right place. The weight right now is not my goal, yet, but I only have another 13 pounds to go! That’s about half-way I’ve gone through!

After I’m finished working today, I will go to food shopping for Phase 2 food. I’m seeing lots of strawberries, blueberries, bananas, apples, and many other delicious food! I will also start exercising but I don’t know when I’ll do it because I need to know the right ways to exercise. I need to focus with my butt, thighs and some parts of my upper arms plus my belly. My belly is so much better than it was from 2 weeks ago but it still needs a little bit of work. It goes the same with my butt & thighs – it’s amazing to see the difference! A friend of mine thinks I’ll be able to get to my weight goal within a month. I really hope so!!!! Crossing my fingers for that!

I’ll update again later and let you know how Phase 2 is going.

Day 6

jeneubauer11 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:49:39 +0000

Breakfast: 1/2 cup liquid egg with 1 slice of mozzeralla cheese, 2 pieces of turkey bacons and 6oz tomato juice

Mid-morning Snack: 6-8 cherry tomatoes with 1 laughing cow cheese

Lunch: Greek Salad (same stuff)

Mid-afternoon Snack: 2-3 slices of regular tomato with 1 slice of mozzeralla cheese in pieces (I put them in between the sliced tomatoes), salt/pepper & balsamic vinegar with extra virgin olive oil

Dinner: ???

Dessert: ???

Update

jeneubauer11 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:30:48 +0000

Last night, I weighed myself in and have lost over 5.5 pounds in 5 days! Averages 1 pound per day. I was so shocked because I hadn’t lost this much for so long (since I was a few months pregnant)!! I have been following up with the diet seriously and didn’t even eat anything that I’m not supposed to. YAY! Over the weekend, I had to cut up fresh strawberries for Ava & Jason and it was HARD! I managed to ignore it and put it away in the refrigerator as fast as possible! Yesterday, I gave Ava a few bites of banana bread and it was also hard!! Mary was there with us and it was hard for her, too! But we both managed it through! Whew!

This Wednesday will be 1 week of Phase 1 & 1 more week to go! Can’t wait for Phase 2 to come!

Day 5

jeneubauer11 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:23:24 +0000

Breakfast: 1/2 cup liquid egg, 1 slice of mozzarella cheese on top

Mid-morning Snack: N/A

Lunch: Greek Salad (roman lettuce, ham, tomato, cucumber with balsamic vinegar & extra virgin olive oil)

Mid-afternoon Snack: 1 stick of mozzarella cheese stick

Dinner: Ground Top Steak with salt/pepper, grilled veggies (asparagus, tomato, onion, green pepper, zucchini, yellow squash with extra olive oil) & 1% fat-free milk cheese

Dessert: 1 sugar-free chocolate Popsicle

My friend Mary & I found the sweetener flavor of Raspberry Ice (under Crystal Light Ice) supported by South Beach Diet and we were so excited! We have been drinking plain water for a while and of course, we got sick of it!! Flavoring the water is the best thing!!!!

Day 4

jeneubauer11 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:14:13 +0000

Breakfast: 1/2 cup liquid egg, chopped Canadian bacon, onion & cherry tomato with low-fat shredded cheese and hot tea with half/half cream.

Mid-morning Snack: N/A

Lunch: Greek Salad (Boston lettuce, cherry tomato, onion, cucumber & low-fat shredded cheese)

Mid-afternoon Snack: 1 stick of low-fat mozzarella cheese stick

Dinner: Chicken breast with garlic powder and chopped onion & 1 large tomato boiled with extra virgin olive oil (halved) and 1 slice of mozzarella cheese on top

Dessert: sugar-free strawberry jello

Day 3

jeneubauer11 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:08:45 +0000

Breakfast: 1/2 cup liquid egg, chopped Canadian bacon with non-fat shredded cheese

Mid-morning Snack: 1 stick of mozzarella cheese

Lunch: Greek Salad (Boston lettuce, onion, cucumber, 1 slice of chopped turkey & tomato with balsamic vinegar

Mid-afternoon Snack: 2 turkey tolls with onion, tomato & Cilantro Sauce on Boston lettuce

Dinner: Chef Salad (regular lettuce, onion, tomato, cucumber, grilled chicken breast with balsamic vinegar)

Dessert: sugar-free strawberry jello

Day 2

jeneubauer11 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:00:28 +0000

Breakfast: Western White Egg Omelet (1 tbsp green pepper, 1 tbsp onion, liquid egg substitute) cooked with extra virgin olive oil, 6oz. tomato juice & decaffined hot tea with half/half cream (I FORGOT splenda!!!)

Midmorning Snack: mozzarella cheese stick

Lunch: Chef Salad (Slice of turkey, regular lettuce, onion, cucumbers, non-fat shredded cheese) with 2 tsp of balsamic vinegar

Midmorning Snack: mozzarella cheese stick

Dinner: Chicken Capri, steamed broccoli

Dessert: Vanilla Ricotta Creme

For lunch, I sort of didn’t want the same thing as yesterday’s lunch but it’s only the easiest & quickest food to prepare. In the book, for all of lunch meals, they are almost all salads but some include seafood (which I hate) and chicken. I should get that orange book because it has more recipes so that I can have more choice.

Day 1

jeneubauer11 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:49:17 +0000

Breakfast: Poached egg on top of spinach, 2 Canadian bacons, 6 oz. tomato juice & decaffined hot tea with fat free half/half and sweetener (Splenda)

Midmorning Snack: mozzarella cheese stick

Lunch: Chef Salad (2 slices of turkey, cucumbers, roman lettuce, regular lettuce & fat-free shredded cheese) with 2 tsp of balsamic vinegar

Midafternoon Snack: mozzarella cheese stick

Dinner: Salad (regular lettuce, onion, baby tomatoes, cucumbers, 2 boiled eggs & grilled chicken) with olive oil & red vinegar mixed

Dessert: None (I wasn’t too hungry for it.)

Drink: About 105 oz. of water

I learned that I can mix egg & spinach together instead of separating them. It tasted yucky eating spinach alone (no flavor!) and I couldn’t eat it all! I followed the recipe in the book and thought it sounded good. I was told that I can pick out what I like the most and I don’t have to follow 100% with their recipes.

First Entry of the Blog

jeneubauer11 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:07:59 +0000

Here am I…. writing on my new blog about my diet. This blog will include my daily menus, plans, and my feelings (psychically, emotionally & mentally). And maybe other stuff like adding information or feedbacks or ideas from what I can find or hear.

OK, the 2 reasons why I have decided to start with the South Beach diet are; because I had GD (Gestational Diabetes) when I was pregnant with Ava & because I want to stay healthy for the rest of my life. In case if you don’t know what GD is, here’s the information so you can understand what it is. I also want to be a good role model to Ava so that she can eat healthy starting from now and on. It goes the same with Jason, my husband.

I found out that I had failed the 1-hour sugar test when I was 32 weeks pregnant. They usually get the test done at around 28 weeks but the doctor’s office was very busy that it was hard to make an appointment at that time. Then, I had to re-take the sugar test but for 3 hours. Thank god, my good friend, Mary, came along to keep me company! Unfortunately, the next day, I found out that I had GD and I was kind of shocked. At the time, my other 2 cousins (both from mom’s side) were also pregnant and diagnosed with GD as well. They both had GD when they were pregnant the first time and again, had it with their 2nd pregnancy. We’re guessing that this is from the genetic. Anyway, I had gained over 50 pounds and lost 20 pounds after Ava was born. I barely lost a pound ever since she was born and only gained 1-2 pounds so far. It has been pretty steady but I know one day if I don’t do anything with my eating habitat, I will gain quickly as I get older. So, that’s why I am on diet now. MANY thanks to Mary for being there to support me through-out the diet!!

There are many researches showing an average of 3 years or more after the baby was born – mothers are diagnosed with real diabetes for life because they didn’t do anything with their weight. That’s scary! So, now that you understand why I’m on diet. I am not on diet just because I want to be skinny like those models but I want to feel healthy and be able to do many things as I get older. And I definitely want to stay young as long as possible to watch Ava grow up!

Next entry will talk about what food I ate today.

I hope you will enjoy reading my journal!

Take care!

Jenny