BabyG79’s BodyBlog

Ok, I’ll skip the usual excuses for why I haven’t blogged…they have all been said before.  I’m busy, tired, hungry, lazy…whatever, I haven’t been blogging.  Moving on…

…so, despite my lack of presence on bodyspace, I have made wonderful progress in the last few months.  I have stuck with my new diet since Jan and it’s really paying off now.  It’s basically a common sense diet inspired by South Beach, where I have little or no refined sugar, bleached flour, and all the other evil stuff.  I am getting my sugar mostly through fruit (which I’m loving by the way) and I get plenty of healthy whole grains (triscuits, whole wheat bagels, brown rice, etc).  I also get my fill of poultry and lots and lots of veggies.  The progress on this diet is obviously slower then, lets say, Sugar Busters or Atkins, but this is also maintainable for me.  I’m made a solemn vow with myself not to exclude good carbs adn fruit form my diet anymore because i just can’t maintain a diet without them.  Now I think my body has finally come around   I’m only down another 6 lbs since March (from 152 to 146), but I’ve also really toned up, so I think there’s some exchange of fat to muscle that’s not reflected on the scale.  BF% is down to 23% so I’m thrilled!  I really need to post some new pics to show my progess.  I’m thinking that I’ll do that right before we leave for our cruise.  I bought a new bikini that I’m determined to look good in   So, for the next 2 1/2 weeks, I’m hitting the gym often and really watching my intake.  For the last few days my diet has been 3 or 4 protien shakes and day and a dinner consisting of a protien, a veggie and a grain.  It works out well because I really love my protien shakes:

1 scoop Vanilla Body Fortress Whey Protien (delivers 23 grams of protein per one-scoop serving, 110 calories, 1 carb, and 35 grams of cholesterol. Unlike some of the more expensive brands that list dozens of amino acids, vitamins, and minerals)

 8 oz Minute Maid Light OJ

1/2 cup of fresh mixed strawberries, blueberries and pineapple

1 egg white

…it’s like going to Jamba Juice 3 times a day!  I’ve been drinking these babies for about a month and it really curbs the hunger without overfilling me.  It’s nice and easy for breakfast too.  I’ve started making them for TB in the morning too.  He begrudgingly drank them at first since he would rather have 32 oz or thick chalky crap with 100 grams of protien, but think he’s come around…he really seems ot like them despite himself

Ok, I better get back to work!  I’ll try and keep up with my blog at least for the next two weeks while I’m getting ready for the cruise!  I’ll get new pics up soon.

 Cheers!