Atkin's Breakfast Day 1

So my boss, the office girl and myself have decided to do the Atkin's Diet, excuse me, the NEW Atkin's diet for 10 days. It's not so much new as much as he has just added the word to the cover of his book. You still can only eat Meat and vegetables and for 10 days you really can't have things that don't even have carbs. Like no nuts, no sugar, no nothing. However, the food you do get to eat, I love, so I don't see this being a problem. I like eggs and turkey bacon. I love egg salad. I love grilled chicken salad and chinese vegetable (minus the corn because you can't have corn or carrots, or green beans yada yada yada).

So we're taking this 10 day challenge to jump start our weight loss which comes at perfect timing, in conjunction with my new Urban Active membership and tanning package. I never stick to anything. So I decided for the next ten days to blog about my weight loss woes, and to write down what I eat and what I did at the gym, so I can go back and be like, oh look, this is why you still have a spare tire, you never got off your ass!

Day 1 observations at my gym:

So Urban Active is typically not the type of gym that you go to, to lose weight. Everyone there is either already fit and prance around in their spandex and tight shirts. Men walk around, barely able to put down their arms, their pecs busting out of their cut off. It's intimidating. Especially when you can look around and be like, yea I used to have an ass like that (in kindergarten), and yea my stomach looks like that, if I suck mine in so tight and hold my breath so long that I risk brain damage.

I go tanning as soon as I walk into the gym. For one thing, I have never done a stand up bed before. I don't understand them. Why stand up and tan when you can lay down and tan? I would choose the lay down option any day of the week. But this is a fitness club and you're supposed to be doing calf raises or bicep curls or something while you tan. I realized that going tanning before the workout was a great idea. Full length mirrors. Even worse, full length mirrors that show every ripple in your skin. I didn't realize that gaining 20 pounds in a month would be pure fat (I mean really I thought a little bit of that might have been some muscle). But no, pure cellulite, fat rolls, dimples, everything. Looks like all the ingredients I need for a pie. So note to self. Don't look in mirror for next ten days when tanning.

First is the right choice of location for your cardio equipment. I choose the treadmill that overlooks the parking lot so that I can see if any guy I've dated is on his way in so I can run and hide in the movie room.

Then it's trying to run next to a girl with legs for days, blond and who smells like lilacs and rosemary while I'm there in a sweatshirt and smell of burnt flesh. Gotta start somewhere I suppose. Goal: To be THAT girl at the gym. The one that comes up and is so hot and fit you want to cower and cry but really it just motivates you a little more.

I ended up running 30 minutes at a 4.5 pace and I did abs. For food, I had egg substitutes (2 eggs) with 4 slices of turkey bacon. Lunch was egg salad salad on Romaine lettuce with asparagus spears. Dinner was Shrimp stir fry (no rice), and a side salad with tomato, feta cheese and raspberry vinaigrette dressing.

I also drank 4 20oz water bottles and had two cups of decaf coffee in the morning with Splenda.

I wasn't hungry at all last night or during the day. The hard part not snacking out of habit. I have realized I simply delight in the taste of good food. I love chocolate, I love my Special K cereal. Ok I'm done, talking about it makes me want it. But I don't NEED it. I just want these things. But this is the difference between a skinny person and someone like me. They don't indulge themselves all the time. I can't do that anymore I'm not 16! Besides If I don't stick to this diet, all I am eating is just fat, and I won't be burning off any carbs and I risk potentially gaining weight at first.

Day 2 tomorrow. I'll keep you updated!