Shangri La Diet: Day Fourteen
Weight: 257.0
Back on track after a not so great weekend. I’m also back on track with exercise, I had gotten really lazy over the last couple of weeks which can’t be helping.
I’ve changed my regimen a bit, I’m now doing two tablespoons of sugar in 16 ounces of hot water during the workday and two tablespoons of extra light olive oil around 10pm. I had bumped it up to 3 and 3 but I think that may have been a little excessive, that’s around 700 calories.
Breakfast was a McDonald’s Sausage Egg McMuffin, weighing in at 450 calories. I had been drinking my orange juice/banana/soy protein shakes which weighed in at over 500 calories and made me feel hungry after an hour or two, I assume because of the high sugar content. While the McD’s isn’t really healthy it certainly keeps me full, I probably won’t eat anything until 1pm or later. I need to find a healthier low-sugar breakfast, I’ll try oatmeal tomorrow.
This is going to be the week that, for me, proves the effectiveness of the Shangri-La Diet. I’m certain it’s decreased my hunger and food cravings, now I’m going to make a concerted effort to really reduce my calories and increase my exercise and try to force my weight below 250 for the first time in years.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Here’s my summary. Correct me if I’m wrong.
You’ve been on it 2 weeks. (Good.) You’ve lost 2 pounds. (Great.) This next week will be a bust if you don’t lose SEVEN pounds. (Hmmm.) You keep going to McDonald’s. (ARGH!)
I congratulate you on your progress so far, and wish you luck, but I think 1) you’re expecting unrealistic results for one week (a pound a day!), and 2) you’re going through that drive-through too often. I know SLD is billed as the “eat anything you want diet”, but c’mon!
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Heh, you’re absolutely right. I’m trying to find a better breakfast so I can cut out fast food entirely. On the positive side, It’s now 3:20 and I’m still not hungry, all from that one lousy Egg McMuffin.
And yeah, a pound a day is unrealistic but I wanted to motivate myself to workout. I was exercising almost every day before I started this but I got out of the habit.
June 19th, 2006 at 9:25 am
My thoughts exactly J Weightly, I’ve read several blogs where people are throwing in the towel in a 2 day- 3-wks time limit because they are disappointed in their results. I read the Shangri- la diet book twice before starting and no where does it say you are guaranteed instant results. The biggest mistake people are making is to Quit. C-mon make a committment of at least 3-6 months, stick to it, post your blog, maybe then you will have results worth reading.