Day 4.

The Crystal Light Experiment

This week, in an attempt to reduce the sugar intake in my life, I tried lemonade flavored Crystal Light. Pros: Fantastic taste, easy to prepare, totally convenient.  Cons: massive headaches and a .5 weight gain every day.  Result: MiSquared is returning to the plain water, iced tea regime.

 1.5 loss.

 On Thursday I totally gave up on the Crystal Light Experiment and returned to tea and water.  The Lent 10 Commandments suggests I drink 80+ oz. this week and 90 oz. next week to prepare for the 100 oz. liquid per day consumption during lent.  I'm finding this to be quite easy as I can drink 32 oz. of water in one standing.  So far today I have consumed 96 oz. water, 22 oz. iced tea and a 10 oz. cup of coffee. I hope to see another 1 lb. loss tomorrow.

Today's menu:

Breakfast 10:30 am: the usual 2 scrambled eggs with green peppers, onions and a bit of shredded cheddar cheese and one piece of  whole grain toast with a bit of butter and a smidge of grape jelly.  (Yes smidge is a word, at least in this blog)

Lunch: 1:00 pm.  Chicken salad.  Recipe: baked chicken fingers cutup into bite sized pieces, cut celery, onions and a bunch of seedless red grapes. Dressing: Hellman's mayonnaise and honey to taste.  Consumed about 6 oz.

Dinner is still a mystery. Friday is grocery shopping night and DH (dear husband) and I usually have dinner before or after shopping.  I'm thinking Broadway Cafe for chicken rice soup and a salad.  I hope DH is thinking this too.

Thanks for reading,
MiSquared