Level 1 - Day 5 (weigh-in day)

It's Weigh-In Day!

For those of you following my blog, I'd love to hear about your weight loss progress.  So, drop me a comment every now and then.  We weigh ourselves on Friday, so I invite you to join us.

Today my husband lost 2 pounds, for a total of 17.  Men have it so much easier than us gals.  However, I was delighted to see that I lost 1 pound, for a total of 9 pounds after only 5 weeks.  It's always motivating when the scale moves, so if you're scale doesn't move from time to time, don't give up.  There are lots of reasons why, and most of them aren't your fault!  It's just the curse of being over 40.

Breakfast - First I exercised, then had a cup of Kashi Puffed Wheat with non-fat milk.

AM Snack - A big bowl of fresh mixed fruit.

Lunch - Chicken and Zucchini Soup (SS web site).  As I told you yesterday, I made this soup last night from the store-bought roasted chicken.  It was easy and fast to make, with only 3 ingredients.  See yesterday's blog for the recipe.

I have to admit that I didn't hold out much hope that this soup would be delicious, but I love zucchini, and it was fast to prepare.  But, let the whistles blow on this one, as it was filling, delicious, and very comforting.  Perhaps it was due to the fact that I simmered it longer, or that it spent the whole night in the fridge, which gave all the ingredients time to get acquainted with each other.  But, I encourage you to try this quick and easy soup.

PM Snack - One of my favorites, brown rice chips and fresh salsa.  I found the chips in the gluten-free section of our grocery store.

Dinner - Thai Beef With Cucumber Salad (pgs. 178-179 in the Slim & Sexy book).  The combination of cucumbers, ginger root, mint, and rice wine vinegar was wonderful.  The recipe also called for sliced, raw onions, but I don't care for them raw.  So, I replaced them with leftover red pepper slivers (from the Philadelphia roll-ups).  The flavors were bright and crisp.

The marinade for the rib-eye steak was wonderful, too (EVOO, fresh lime juice, plus chopped fresh cilantro and basil, and a serrano chili thinly sliced).  You put the steak in the marinade for 30 minutes, then grill them in EVOO for 2-3 minutes on each side.  The result is very fancy looking with all the fresh herbs stuck to them, plus a crispy, brown finish. 

I can't say enough about the food on this plan.  Most of the time, it just doesn't seem like we're eating on a weight loss plan.  NOTE:  EVOO is short for extra virgin olive oil, and SS is short for Suzanne Somers.