Day #1 BbA

So I thought I could stop writing everything down daily (I got this) and fell off the bandwagon in a major way. The only thing Ayman knows is that I ate some tomato sauce the week before last, and that ticked him off enough to not change my nutrition plan after 4 weeks like he said. Little does he know that I was eating the likes of dark chocolate, carrot cake, french fries and all kinds of salted food. Ugh. So now I start again. That's what life is about, right? Yeah. Rosh Hashonah.

8:30am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal with ricemilk and blueberries

10am EXERCISE
1hr workout w/ Ayman (mostly chest and shoulders)

11:30am SNACK
1 green apple

Noon DRINK
1 cup liver detox tea

Day #15 Body by Ayman

9:20 BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk, blueberries & honey
ick, why did I go back to the honey? Will leave it out tomorrow
1 Boiled egg white

10am EXERCISE
1 hr training w/ Ayman. Felt dizzy and nauseous towards the end. He told me I need to take my vitamins because I'm dieting and my body is depleted. Gave me half a stick of gum to make the nausea go away.

12:30 SNACK
3 plain unsalted brown ricecakes w/ raw organic honey
ick. got permission for the honey, made me feel grose
Had all 6 of my vitamins

2pm LUNCH
organic raw baby spinach and 2 slices of roasted turkey breast w/ olive oil
Wasn't hungry, ate anyway out of 2pm habit - even though it was earlier than 2hrs. Ugh. Felt grose. Chewed gum.

4pm SNACK
1 green apple

6pm DINNER
organic raw baby spinach with chicken
cooked at home with putanesca sauce, red onions, olive oil, red wine vinegar

6:45 CHEAT
Small bowl of brown rice with the chicken mixture.

FEEL LIKE CRAP. Texted Ayman who said noooooo tomato sauce or onions ever. And here I thought the brown rice was the cheat. Ugggggg. NO CHEATING ANYMORE AT ALL!

Day #14 Body by Ayman

8:30am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk & blueberries

11am SNACK
1 green apple

1:30pm LUNCH
organic baby spinach w/ tuna fish, red onions, cumin & olive oil (and a splash of Neubela's balsamic vinegar)

4pm SNACK
2 apple cinnamon brown rice cakes (neubela's...had sugar as second ingredient)

6:30pm DINNER
1 slice of whole wheat toast with butter (the butt, my cheat #1 for the week)
organic baby spinach w/ olive oil, balsamic vinegar & chicken (the last of my home baked this week)

7pm CHEAT #2
Organic peppermint tea with a splash of rice milk and a tablespoon of organic chocolate syrup. Yea.

Day #13 Body by Ayman

9:20am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk & blueberries
2 boiled eggs (1 yolk)

11:20am EXERCISE
50min treadmill. Incline 8.0, speed 4.0

1pm SNACK (This wasn't planned well...ended up being almost 4 hrs btw meals)
1 green apple

2:30 LUNCH (Was super hungry)
organic baby spinach with olive oil and MIL's fish (super salty)

4:30 SNACK (chewed some gum in btw...enjoyed it TONS)
3 apple cinnammon rice cakes

Day #12 Body by Ayman

Double checked at the gym and I'm totally 150 lbs! My first goal has been reached! 30 lbs lost and it only took 10 months (haha). Seems slow, but I'm thrilled =) Went down to 163 from 180, back up to 167 for a while, back down to 163 for a while, then slid through the 50s down to 150. Don't know if I'll be here for a while or keep sliding. We'll see...Yay!

8am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk & blueberries
1 boiled egg (half yolk, shared w/ Juliette)

9:30 EXERCISE
50 minute spin class

11am SNACK
1 green apple

12:45pm LUNCH
organic raw baby spinach w/ olive oil & white fish in the toaster oven.

3pm SNACK
2 apple cinnamon rice cakes

6pm DINNER
Sally Ling's chicken & asparagus

Walked around the mall for extra exercise. Bought size 13 Mossimo jeans =)

Day #11 Body by Ayman

I think I'm down to 150...that's what my cheapie IKEA scale said this morning. Wow...

8:15am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk and blueberries
1 boiled egg (half yolk, shared with Juliette) w/ black pepper

11am SNACK
1 green apple

11:15 "UNOFFICIAL" EXERCISE
Supposed to be my day off, but it wasn't raining for the first time this week so I put Juliette in the stroller and we walked to Tenafly and back (Mr.Wok, didn't buy anything).

1pm LUNCH
organic raw baby spinach w/ olive oil & home-baked chicken chunks

2:40 SNACK
3 apple cinnamon brown rice cakes

6:30 DINNER (Actually lost track of time)
organic raw baby spinach w/ olive oil, balsamic vinegar & 3 roasted turkey breast deli slices (no nitrates)

Day #10 Body by Ayman

8:15am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ rice milk & organic blueberries
1 boiled egg (half yolk, shared w/ Juliette)

10am EXERCISE
1hr training session w/ Ayman
Triceps, shoulders, back, legs, core

11:20am SNACK
1 green apple

1:10pm LUNCH
Raw baby spinach w/ canned tuna (in water,unsalted) & MIL's legumes

3pm SNACK
3 Apple Cinnamon brown rice cakes

5pm DINNER
organic raw baby spinach w/ olive oil and home-baked chicken chunks

Day #9 Body by Ayman

9am BREAKFAST
Oatmeal w/ ricemilk & blueberries
2 boiled eggs (1 yolk)

11am SNACK
1 green apple

12:30 LUNCH Super hungry & again couldn't wait 2hrs...
Unsalted canned tuna (packed in water) sauteed w/ olive oil, red onion & spinach

3pm EXERCISE
50min Cardio - seated bike, random, level 10 for most of it except my L knee started hurting 30min into it so I took the level down to 4.

4:18pm SNACK This was poorly planned. Ended up being almost 4hrs btw meals.
3 Brown ricecakes (unsalted)

5pm TASTE
Was cooking chicken and tasted it. Baked in the toaster oven with lemon juice, grated red onion, a dash of sea salt, lemon pepper and cayenne pepper. Cut it in chunks, separated tonight's dinner and put the rest in 4 baggies in the freezer.

7pm Dinner
Raw baby spinach w/ home-baked chicken chunks & MIL's legumes

Day #8 Body by Ayman

9am Breakfast
Oatmeal w/ rice milk & organic blueberries
1 boiled egg (half the yolk)

10am Exercise
1 hr workout with Ayman
hamstrings, aductors, triceps, chest, shoulders, back, biceps, abs

11:30 Snack
Green apple

1pm Lunch...I was super hungry and couldn't wait 2hrs.
Organic baby spinach w/ chicken strips, olive oil and balsamic vinegar

3pm Snack
3 cinnamon brown rice cakes (they gave me the itis and I ended up taking a nap)

5pm Dinner
Organic baby spinach w/ mahi mahi in the toaster oven and homemade honey mustard (note to self, it was absolutely wretched).

As per Ayman today I can no longer consume balsamic vinegar. I can eat canned tuna in water (no salt added). I drank a lot of water between meals. Pee is totally clear. I weighed myself on the cheapy Ikea scale today and it looks like 152lbs. Whoa.

Day #7 Body by Ayman

This entire week I stuck with Ayman's nutrition plan with very few deviations. Monday I did not eat an egg in the morning, and I had rice because I thought it was still on the plan. Thursday I had guests over and I ate a little salad (romaine, black olives, red onions, shredded carrots, tomatoes, olive oil and balsamic vinegar), some TJ 10 grain bread toasted with olive oil, garlic powder and oregano, and a little ww pasta with zucchini, eggplant, yellow squash and marinara sauce. On Friday morning I was in a hurry and had raisin brain cereal, then I had broccoli in the evening because I thought it was still on the plan. On Saturday I went to a bday party and had (no cake or candy - woohoo!) a lot of romaine lettuce with ensebollado (mmmm). Also tried the soy chicken and potatoes in sauce that Karen's mom made. Ok dang, that's a lot of cheating for one week...but still healthy.

8:45 Breakfast
Oatmeal w/ rice milk & blueberries (no raw honey for the first time; didn't need it)
1 hard boiled egg (half the yolk)

11:30 Snack
Green apple

1 Lunch
Raw Organic baby spinach w/ olive oil and balsamic vinegar
organic free range chicken strips

2:30 Snack
3 honey nut brown rice cakes (shared with J&J)

4:30 Dinner
Raw Organic baby spinach w/ olive oil, balsamic vinegar & hot sauce
wild caught mahi mahi in the toaster oven

Then I nibbled on a little bit of toasted TJ 10 grain bread w/ olive oil, pesto sauce & oregano. Then later on around 8:45 I felt so stressed out by not wanting to be around my husband that I waited until he left to bring Eddie home and I ate some ww spaghetti with yellow squash & zucchini...then I had a piece of mint dark chocolate.

I realized this last bit of eating was totally to manage my emotions because I literally felt like I was not going to survive w/o eating. Wasn't hungry in the slightest. Was hungry other evenings this week, but Pierre was not here so I was emotionally great and just drank water. Tonight it was total emotional eating, and I need to find another outlet.