Save me!

Nope, still doing well on the diet as day three begins. I don't find myself as hungry as I thought I would be (at least not when I do it right!). Eggs and coffee for breakfast again. Thank God I love eggs, I don't think I could eat the oatmeal everyday haha.

Things have been going exceptionally well. The reason for my title of this post is to explain what's been saving me from going crazy. Perhaps the one and most important thing is my boyfriend, Chris, who has been motivating me everyday, even when I grumble about how low the calorie count is. I think I'm falling more and more in love with him...So important step in diet process: Find someone or something to keep you motivated. Whether it be you significant other, best friend, or your beloved feline friend, just talking about it helps. Not that I want food to run my life, but it has been extremely beneficial to me to have people to talk to about it.

Now for the food part that helps, I've found a few products that make my food taste great!

One: Smart Squeeze. I am like Julia Child, I love butter. But on this program, impossible to have...unless you have this product! I remember my Aunt Bec always had it after I picked it up in the grocery store and examined the label. Only 5 calories per TBSP, NO fat, LOW sodium, only 1 Carb! It's ridiculous. I used it to sautee my spinach on a thing cut top sirloin, and pinned it together like a steak-pinwheel recipe my mom's always made. I felt like I was cheating and eating a delicious, creamy expensive meal from a 5 star restaurant!



Yum yum yum...

Product 2: Morton Nature's Seasons

My parents used this the season EVERYTHING, from spaghetti to chicken, it was delish! No Calories. No fat. No carbs. A little higher in sodium (16%, it has salt)..Salt, pepper, sugar, spices, natural onion flavor, natural garlic flavor, parsley, celery seeds, calicium silicate (for freshness I believe)

Items 2 and three are especially for my coffee/caffeine addiction. Seeing how coffee has no calories, it's allright by itself but I am not my mom....she drinks her coffee black as the night, yuck! I need cream and sugar. But instead of my usual 2-3 heaping spoonfuls of sugar and splash of milk, I'm replacing it with Target's Market Pantry brands coffee creamer and sugar substitute (generic sweet n low). Both cheaper than the name brands, and you get more for less. I got the "market pantry coffee creamer lite" because a friend told me that "fat free" products usually have more sugar. Creamer is 10 calories per teaspoon, no fat, 2 carbs, no sodium, and the sugar substitute is 0 everything! Thank god for Target, I save money on a lot of groceries.

And last but not least, diet sodas....Diet coke, Fresca (MMMM!!!). It fills me up too. I'll try to keep posting things that are helping, and probably recipes in the future!