Saturday, June 28, 2014

The 1 week "Wonder Soup" diet

So I am sure that many of you have heard of this diet.... It consists of a cabbage soup that they give you the recipe for and then on each day you are allowed to eat only certain things and I will post how each day goes for me and what I'm allowed to eat. I'm really not bothered with eating vegetables so I'm looking forward to it, I don't think it's going to be an extremely hard diet for me, but we will see how I feel about it at the end of the week. Wish me luck and lots of pounds lost!

Here is a quick overview of the "Wonder Soup Diet"...

Wonder Soup recipe

•1/2 head of cabbage, chopped
•1 cup celery, diced
•1 cup white or yellow onion, diced
•1 cup carrots, diced
•1 green bell pepper, diced
•2-3 cloves garlic, minced
•4 cups chicken broth
•1 14oz. can of basil,oregano,garlic diced tomatoes
•1 tsp. oregano
•1 tsp. basil
•1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
•Few shakes of black pepper
•1/2 tsp. salt(optional)

Instructions:
1. Heat 2 tbsp. of olive oil in a large pot over medium heat
2. Add celery, onions, bell peppers, and carrots.
3. Sauté until slightly tender and then stir in minced garlic.
4. Pour in chicken broth. 
5. Stir in tomatoes and cabbage
6. Bring to a boil and reduce heat, cook until cabbage is tender.
7. Stir in all spices.( I added mine while it was cooking so that the spices would permeate the food)
8. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed. 
9. Eat and enjoy!!


Day 1:
Only fruit today(except bananas) along with the wonder soup. 

Day 2:
Only veggies today(except corn or other starchy vegetables) and soup. It says you may have a baked potato for breakfast.

Day 3:
You may have fruits and veggies (minus the exceptions,and no potato...) along with soup. 

Day 4: 
Today is only bananas, milk and yogurt along with soup...( I am looking forward to this day)

Day 5:
Only tomatoes(6-8) and protein like fish, turkey, or chicken today along with soup... Mmmm... Bring on the meat!!

Day 6:
Today is protein and veggies day... Any vegetable(minus restricted) and same type protein with soup...

Day 7:
LAST DAY!! Today is fruits, veggies (minus restricted) and juices only with the wonder soup. 

Hope to be a lot lighter by this day!!!

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Boy....Today has been a day of this and that but not much of nothin....lol Does that even make sense? Slept in this morning, got up had a brunch meal as I started on making food for an upcoming diet I plan to try( more on that in my next post!) That took a while, and mostly just sat around....(Hoping to get in a evening walk...we will see) Watched some tv, chatted with my sis for a while....and yeah...that's about it.

Meals: 
Breakfast/lunch: 2 hard boiled eggs, banana/water

Afternoon/late lunch:Eric brought home some pizza, which I decided to endulge in since starting tomorrow I will be on a strict diet for a week.

Supper: salad and some cantelope :)

Snacks: Eric made some homemade icecream for a ss teachers meeting tomorrow at church and I had to taste test it ;) but just a couple bites though., apple

Exercise: a nice walk on the new community walking trail. 
Total Steps: 5,041

Water: 2 qt. 


Friday, June 27, 2014

What a day!! Busy busy busy! I had gym this morning and then got on the elliptical....THANK YOU Annika for being my work out buddy today :) After gym, came home got started on lunch...after lunch, ran my sis to work, then bank, bills, then home again. Then went grocery shopping. Then ate supper and breathed! Haha! It has been a good day :)

Meals:
Breakfast: 1 hard-boiled egg, 1 protein bar, and a banana/coffee

Lunch: had planned on salad but was in a rush so I just grabbed some chicken nuggets and a hashbrown I had made for the kids and ran out the door :/

Supper: Salad with ham, cheese, ranch and chopped up hb egg :) with a little deer meat.

Snacks: banana, apple

Exercise: 1 hr. devoted fitness, 25 min. on the elliptical
( I was super excited today.....I checked my steps after class and had close to 6,900 steps!! I was within 300 steps of my 10,000 when we left the gym!)
Total Steps: 12,285!!

Water: 2 qt.



Friday, June 27, 2014

My random thoughts...

So here is my little nugget of wisdom for the day.... If you wait till you have time to exercise... You'll never exercise. It has to become a priority on your daily agenda with a specific time set aside for it. Whether it's in your calendar or not is a good indication of just how "important" it is to you.....

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Weekly weigh-in 6/26/14

Today I weighed 310lbs. So I'm pleased with my progress. I have lost 4 lbs., I really want to keep this momentum up and finally reach the 200's!!! I didn't get to take a progress picture today, but I will def. get one next week!

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Today has been an alright day. I did some light house cleaning, and attempted to get some work done in the garden, however the rain had different plans for me :(  I was however productive in getting all my pictures from my phone copied to my computer so I could erase them off my phone! Anywho, here is my daily info and tomorrow is gym day!!!

Meals:
Breakfast: oops, forgot about that meal!!
Lunch: leftovers from supper

Supper: cheeseburger with lettuce. No bread and fried green beans. 

Snacks: apple, 2 oranges, banana

Exercise: just a movin around the house...
Total steps: 4,122...so close, but it was 10 and I needed to get to bed...

Water: 1 qt. 

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Wednesday, 6/25/14

Today has been a good day. Had class this morning and will be trying out a class in the evening on the 1st of July. We will see how that goes...hoping to find a time that works best for people to come. I really need to find me a work out partner for after class. It really stinks working out alone. So, if you need a work out partner and don't mind coming to Atlas let me know ;). I have been dropping weight and I would suspect tomorrow to be a good weigh in day. We will see :) 

Meals~
Breakfast: 2 protein bars/water

Lunch: soup

Supper: Taco Salad(chips, lettuce, cheese, deer meat)

Snack: strawberry protein bar, 3 cookies

Exercise: 1 hr devoted fitness, 25 min. On the elliptical
Total Steps: somewhere close to 10,000. I wasn't able to wear my phone the whole time in class to count all my steps. 

Water: 2 qt.