My first post of my new blog was eaten!!! Ugh. Here we go again!

I started the 17 day diet Tuesday May 31 and I did great. Yes I sound shocked usually I want candy by early evening and fall off the wagon. I did wear my bathing suit for the first time on Monday and was grossed out so my motivation was high.

This diet claims that if you follow the plan to the letter you can lose 10-15 pounds in the first 17 day cycle.  Yes, I know it is probably water weight and the author is up front about the water weight, but it is weight and it is weight your body has been hanging on to.  So get out your life preserver because the dam is about to break!

The diet leads you thru your eating day, there is a 17 day menu right in the book. Its pretty simple actually; a typical day is egg or yogurt and fruit serving and green tea for breakfast. Lunch is chicken, turkey or fish with stir fried veg or salad. Dinner consists of chicken, turkey or fish with cleansing veggies and a cup of green tea. You get a snack yogurt or a fruit (if you snack midday the fruit is good, if you're like me and need the after dinner snack go with veg or yogurt). Fruits are not allowed after 2pm.

I was not perfect Tuesday had Teppanyaki (chicken and veg- No rice) and a couple pieces of sushi for b-day lunch and because it was my b-day I had a few bites of a sampling of desserts my family got me. I passed on the snack since the sushi and the dessert were bad and I had a medium sized salad for dinner to make up for my ills. 

 I signed up on myfitnesspal Tuesday, its a very cool site, glad to have found it. Love the tickers love how it tracks my calories, just what I need, its amazing to enter your foods and see how fast your calories get used up.

The biggest side effect I have had -(I started eating Activia yogurt on Friday) was a bad bout of diarrhea Tuesday. I totally think it was the yogurt but my tummy felt way better afterwards. Oh and how happy I was that it hit while I was at work!! Yeah!! So relieved no one else was in that bathroom and I did not stick around, I don't want to be blamed for that :-)

 Lots of water and green tea to gulp down on this diet, the toilet becomes your friend. I have forgotten the hot lemon water both days, mornings are frantic, but I will try to drink it tomorrow.

Today I was 1 lb down. Yea me.