Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Grapefruit Diet

I am not insane enough to believe that the Grapefruit Diet or the Hollywood Diet or the Cabbage Diet can be sustained but last week, I had a few things come up that jolted me into sheer panic.
1. Lily videotaped me doing a rap for her Fairview Follies act. We watched the tape and besides being horrified, I was mortified. To top it off, my rapping kind of sucked.
2. Whenever I feel the need to change in p.j.s the second I am home, I am aware that is because everything I own is too tight. That's not good. I wore p.j.s all last week.
3. While stuffing a donut down my throat, I ran into someone who has probably not eaten a donut in years. If ever.
4. Lastly, I stupidly looked at old pictures. Never ever look at old pictures of yourself if you are currently in the p.j.s stage.
And because we are going on vacation in a month, I would prefer NOT to be a bloated mess in every picture. So there I found myself googling "how to loose weight fast". I chose the Grapefruit diet. I know it's crazy but I needed something drastic with strict rules. Because if you give this girl an inch, she'll take a donut.
So it's been 6 days. Day 3 was tough b/c I am sure I was going through major sugar withdraw. Given my typical diet of cereal, bread and yogurt, I was overloading every single day. Here is a list of food items I typically can't resist. No matter what.
donuts
ice cream
coffee cake
sweet cereal
But I am proud to say that today I bought Peter a Frosty and didn't get one for myself. I saw a commercial for Almond Joy Coffee Creamer which would usually set me off straight for my purse and keys but I am resisting. I am staying strong 6 days in...
Saying that, I am not a purest when it comes to the Grapefruit Diet. Who could be? BUT, I am trying to lay low w/ the sugars and increase the proteins which I typically consider to be a condiment at best. The greatest change to my diet is the amount of veggies I have managed to consume. I guess when you aren't stuffed with chips and salsa, a salad with dinner doesn't sound too bad.
I have no idea if I have lost weight. But I do know that I am not wearing p.j.s and I am not as sore (sugar causes inflammation!!!!). We shall see!!!!

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