Not to bring the enthusiasm down, but I also have to mention that I'm starving. And, no not in the I'm starving for attention kind of way. I'm starving for food. By choice. You see, I used to be thin, then I got fat, now I'm not fat, but I'm still not happy with my current weight. Although, I'm not sure that I would ever be happy with a current weight.
Right after I got engaged, I started trying to lose weight for the wedding, because those wedding photographs last forever and I didn't want to be repulsed by my own image in wedding photographs. I've always exercised (Zumba), but dieting in recent years was never something I was down with, because dieting is hell.
So, I started dieting for the dress...counting calories and fat intake. This was a slow going process so I decided to speed it up a bit. I mean, it was April 2010 and my wedding was in September 2010 and I still didn't have a wedding dress because I hadn't lost as much weight as I had wanted to! Something had to be done!
Enter the 3 day diet. Many of you have probably heard of this diet before. I was skeptical before I tried it, but I did lose 60 pounds using it and was able to reach my wedding day weight loss goal. It wasn't easy. Let me just say that this diet was created by the devil from the fiery bowels of hell. I can almost see Satan in his lair, sitting in his wingback chair in front of a fire (what else?) writing with his fire pen or the tears of imprisoned souls, or whatever he uses to write with, the contents of this diet. All while he releases an evil laugh deep from within his gut and says something like, "You silly women will follow this diet and you will be selling me your souls for food!" Random thought: He wants souls, right? At least that's what he wants in the movies. Okay, well maybe that's just what I picture. Just a little side note: I didn't sell my soul to the devil in exchange for food while I was on this diet, I'm stronger than that. His plan is easy to see through. So, joke on you, Satan.
For those of you that don't know, here is what the 3 day diet entails:
| DAY 1 | ||
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner |
| Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water 1/2 Grapefruit or Juice 1 slice toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter | 1/2 Cup of Tuna 1 slice toast Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water | 3 oz. any lean meat 1 cup green beans 1 cup carrots 1 cup vanilla ice cream 1 medium apple Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water |
| DAY 2 | ||
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner |
| Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water 1 egg (any style) 1 slice toast 1 banana | 1 cup cottage cheese or tuna 5 saltine crackers Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water | 2 beef franks or hot dogs 1/2 cup carrots 1 banana 1 cup broccoli or cabbage 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water |
| DAY 3 | ||
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner |
| Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water 5 regular saltine crackers 1 oz.(slice) cheddar cheese 1 apple | 1 hard boiled egg 1 slice toast Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water | 1 cup tuna 1 cup carrots 1 cup cauliflower 1 cup melon 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream Black coffee or tea (Sweet & Low or Equal) or water |
Condiments Allowed
- Lemon (and lots of it, if you like)
- a dash of salt and/or pepper
- mustard
- cooking spray
Substitutions
Some people use the following substitutions for the 3 day diet:- Orange instead of Grapefruit
- Tuna instead of Cottage cheese (and vice versa)
- Frozen yogurt instead of Ice Cream
- Cauliflower instead of Broccoli (and vice versa)
- Green beans instead of Broccoli or Cauliflower
- Beets instead of Carrots
- Toast instead of 5 crackers (vice versa)
So, here I am six months after the wedding and I've been able to maintain the weight loss. However, I don't want to maintain! I want to lose about 15 more pounds. But, all that will power I had before the wedding has just disappeared and I'm struggling to get it back. But, it's hard, especially since McDonald's just re-released the Shamrock Shake again...um, hello delicious.
I tried going back on the 3 day diet this week, but it appears to be much more difficult than it was before the wedding and as I type this on what is supposed to be day 2 of the 3 day diet, I find myself fantasizing about what I'm having for lunch and I've decided that this week isn't a good week for the 3 day diet. And, probably not next week either. Those last 15 will just have to wait.
Here are before and after pics for your viewing pleasure:
This is before (and also when I was going through a weird dark hair phase):
