Day one (kinda)

Here's some of the pertinent info on exactly what I'm planning on doing on a daily basis including food and exercise and a glimpse at day one.

The Plan:
Food: I have used the "Zone" diet by Dr. Sears in the past and have had great results from it so I plan on doing the same thing again this time. What I love about the diet is that the science behind the research was fascinating to me when I first read the book. The diet itself appears to be another "South Beach" meets "Atkins" meets "you fill in the blank" but the diet was designed to be followed very precisely thus using food as a "drug" to control insulin levels and thus avoid storing fat and instead utilizing what has already been stored as fat reserves to burn for energy. It's very scientific and may be really boring to many people so if you're interested but don't want to read the book you can find short cuts online or I will be posting my food intake here.
The best thing about the diet is it does exactly what it promises if you are able to stick to it. I find that it took about two weeks of eating "perfectly" to feel the results of; having more energy, better mental clarity, I needed less sleep and felt great, and lost fat! I really did feel like I had been taking some sort of miracle pill and wondered why I didn't eat like that all the time (yet here I am about to confess I had a huge bowl of ice cream tonight).
The diet worked for me even when I wasn't exercising much and didn't have much weight to lose right before my wedding, my "last five lbs" just fell off. So if it ain't broke don't fix it right?

On to the Exercise:
I already mentioned I will be starting with the treadmill alone. I may add an at home DVD in the near future and definitely be adding the gym and weights when Gage gets to the month mark and can go to the nursery (about 3 1/2 months from now). So in the beginning I will do what I can when I can but really at least 20 minutes of alternating running and walking and gradually increasing intensity and length. I will also spend a day or two a week on endurance alone so running as far as I can without stopping no matter how slow or how long (I usually set my minimum at one mile because I would quit way before I had actually gotten to the "as far as I can point").

And Today:
I started out fairly good, having a piece of whole wheat toast with PB (breakfast is a really good milestone for me, although that's not a zone perfect one) I had a Zone Perfect lunch of a salmon patty (from Costco used for salmon burgers) and green beans (frozen fresh also from Costco).
Dinner went down hill coming up with something for the whole family on the spot and having cheeseburger pie followed by ice cream (I am an all or nothing kinda gal so once I blow it I have a tendency to just say, since I didn't get it right today, I'll try again tomorrow....bad thought process). No workout today, my major obstacle still being sleep deprivation. The baby is sleeping better and I worse because I wake up every little bit wondering when he's gonna wake up and if he's okay. This too shall pass but I've literally been in my workout clothes all day and put my tennis shoes on twice to get on the treadmill to have someone start crying (I have 3 under 5 years so odds are stacked against me) or be hungry, get in a fight, etc. I need to make it happen in the morning when everyone can still be distracted with TV and I lessen my chances of missing it all together and then being too tired much like I am right now :)

Tomorrow is a new day! I will be posting my starting measurements, weight etc, as well as a couple of my meals I have that are Zone Perfect.

Good Night!