17 Day Diet

Good morning! Happy Monday!

Don't get freaked out by the title. I'm not going on some insane diet, I'm more jump-starting a healthy lifestyle.

So. The 17 Day Diet. It's an eating plan with four different cycles. It's designed for instant, jump-start weight loss, followed by healthy eating maintenance. My brother and sister in law are in the middle of cycle 1 right now, and have each lost 5 pounds in the first week.

Cycle 1 is basically unlimited protein and veggies, two servings of low-sugar fruits, two servings of probiotics, and two servings of healthy fats (i.e. olive oil). You drink 64 ounces of water, and about three glasses of green tea. Every day for the first 17 days. It comes to about 1,200 calories.

Today, I've packed an egg-white scramble, raspberries, an apple, a salad, yogurt-based chicken salad, and sliced veggies. I've got my green tea, and am mainlining H2O.

The tricky part about this, is it's cutting calories to the point where I can't really stick with the P90X. I can do the cardio ones, but weightlifting will be a problem.

But the GOOD news is that thanks to daylight savings time, I'll be able to do my first evening trail run of the season! I'm excited.

Tonight, we're having a yogurt-Parmesan chicken with roasted veggies.

And in case you're wondering, no. Scott isn't doing the eating plan with me. He was on board until I told him he couldn't have his morning pineapple. That was a deal-breaker.