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Last Day of Vacation

Well, tomorrow I go back to work. I am certainly worried about being able to keep up my diet and exercise routine. I am feeling very comfortable with the rice diet. I made a pot of oatmeal this morning so that I have my breakfast all ready for the week. I have sprouted breads and whole grain cold cereals that I can bring for lunches. I also have some tofu cheese that I will use occasionally. Later I will bag up my veggies for my lunches. I like to make my breakfast and lunch ahead, so I can just grab it each day. I will steam my rice and veggies for supper. I am more worried about keeping up my exercise routine. For the past few days I have gotten up early to walk two miles. I am planning on walking my third mile at lunch time. But I know from past experience that the desire to sleep a little longer usually wins over my desire to walk. But I will do my best to keep up the exercise. I still need to check on the water aerobics that my doctor wants me to do. I also found out that I can

I love the Rice Diet!

I have been following the rice diet for 6 days now. I have lost 4.5 pounds and my blood sugar and blood pressure are excellent! I am very happy so far. I feel good and am not hungry. I like the fact that I can eat fruit three times a day. My craving for artificial sweeteners has lessened, although I haven't given them up 100%. I don't want to post my picture because I still have at least another fifty pounds to lose. I have lost(okay - given up) 68.5 pounds from my highest weight. I am also trying to walk as much as possible. Yesterday I walked 1.5 miles, today 3.4. My exercise bike broke a little while ago. Hopefully, I will be able to fix it.

Vegetarian Menu

I've reviewed the "The Rice Diet Solution" and I have decided to try it again. I really didn't follow it to the letter before because I went on vacation the week after I started. I have lost the weight I gained during vacation and I feel good, although I am slightly craving artificial sweeteners. Because I am missing the artificial sweeteners too much, I think that it is a good thing that I am giving them up in my tea and coffee. The program allows either 1 teaspoon of honey or maple syrup at each meal or one packet of artificial sweetener. I am also still walking 2 to 3 miles a day. My worry is that once I start back to work on August 28, the new plan will be difficult to stick to. Oh well, I will just take it one day at a time!

Vacation is almost over

I can't believe that it is August 10 already! I haven't accomplished many of my list of things to do. However, I did decide that the rice diet is not for me. Even though I was eating good carbs, it was still too many carbs for me. I am back to my limit of two fruits and two or three servings of 15 grams of carbohydrate per day. I eat plenty of vegetables and the equivalent of 4 ozs of protein per meal. This seems to work the best for me to both lose weight and control my blood sugar. For the past week I have been walking three miles almost everyday and doing water aerobics two or three times a week. I saw my doctor today and he wants me to do more water aerobics and less walking. This means I need to check with the local YMCA and find out the schedule for the water aerobics. While I have been walking I have been taking a lot of pictures, so I might start some painting during the winter. Ciao!