One Year, Five Weeks: Eating Lifestyle On The Upswing!

It's amazing what you can do when you stop being lazy!

I shopped. I prepped. I planned. And I lost three pounds!

310 never felt so good.

Rotisserie chicken was the main food for breakfast, with a packed salad of romaine lettuce and grape tomatoes, sans dressing. I don't need dressing, so this wasn't so much a weight loss choice but a personal one. I also took a nice crunchy apple, cored and sliced or diced melon for easy snacking.

That lasted me all morning. 

For lunch there was Green Soup and an orange. For dinner? Well, I tried to keep away from the typical starchy stuff, but my husband made four trays of mac and cheese, so that's what was for dinner most of the week. I had one helping and supplemented with fruit later.

When I ran out of chicken, I did have breakfast sandwiches, but only two days that week. On the weekend I made myself special eggs (scrambled eggs with sauteed spinach and cherry tomatoes with a slice of American cheese in them) and a side of bacon. Yum!

Some days I forgot to eat lunch or didn't have time to eat, and ate what was left of my apple slices instead. I was amazed at how little I really needed to eat without feeling deprived. Sometimes I came home with leftovers!

This week I'll buy two chickens so I can also make chicken salad, and slice up some green peppers to go with it. Together they make a really good meal!

Lessons learned:

When you don't focus on food a lot, you realize you're not as hungry as you thought.

Eat when you're hungry and only when you're hungry.

Eat until satisfied- not full.

A few bites every hour or so is better than eating all at once- especially when your job is driving!


It wasn't easy doing all of this. Maintaining the fridge and keeping it full of grab-and-go good food is hard when time is limited. Sometimes I don't have time on the weekends and have to do it on my short breaks during the week- but it can be done. I just have to stop being lazy about it!

I have to remind myself that this isn't a fad diet- or any kind of 'diet' at all- this is a lifestyle I have to maintain if I want to continue losing weight- the proof is on the scale. Smart shopping works. Prepping works. Planning works. But it's up to me to keep things going!