The 17 Day Diet-Day 7

A week, my friends. I have gotten through the first week of this madness. So, started the day off getting a little creative. I Googled some ideas for a healthy Strawberry smoothie. In the end though, I just kinda did it all by myself. First I got 5 small strawberries from the bottom of the new pile, because I wanted to save the big, nice ones for the cottage cheese-fest I'm sure to have later. I washed them and put them in the blender. Then I added maybe 2 cups of fat free milk and a dollop of plain fat free yogurt and about a tablespoonful of cane sugar (the brown one). I blended it for a bit with some ice and that was it. It tasted a little bland, just creamy strawberries, but I thought of topping it with cinnamon powder. It really made a difference, plus cinnamon is super good for you. Bonus! After that I had 2 more bowls of that yummy lentil soup my mom had made. She likes to cook stuff in HUGE amounts, so we always have left overs. Something I've done a lot in this past week is eat the left overs. I usually don't do that, finding left overs to just be disgusting, but seeing as my options are limited, I just keep eating the same old things over and over again. It's a security thing. Anyhoo, after that, my mom and I decided to walk to Wal-Mart. The nearest Wal-Mart to us is about 2 miles from our house. So, even though we were just walking leisurely, we managed to burn 211 calories! Nice! We thought about buying a bicycle for $100, but in the end, my mom decided against it. I REALLY want a bicycle, but we have so much other stuff to spend 100 bucks on. It got dark and we didn't want to walk around at night (trust me, sometimes you get the most interesting characters after sunset), so we went and waited for my dad at the Yogurtland across from Wal-Mart. Now, Yougurtland is my place. I LOVE Yogurtland, it's WAY better than stupid Pinkberry or Tutti Fruitti or whatever non-chain place you go to. It's cheap and they have great flavors and toppings. Plus, right now they have this great promotion going on where their cups and spoons are all Hello Kitty inspired! Seriously. I love Yogurtland. Another reason why Yogurtland is so great is that they have really healthy and tasty yogurt over there, so I was able to have some! I got a little bit of French Vanilla and Red Velvet Cake Batter, both non fat and gluten free with only a little bit of sugar and calories. I topped it all off with chopped peanuts and walnuts, since I can't eat fruit after 2 pm. Yummy and nutritious! Oh, I forgot to mention that I bought a pack of gum while I was at Wal-Mart. I read online that a great way to keep your mind off your hunger is to chew gum, drink water, of go for a walk. I can do all three if I need to! And gum's only 5 calories with no sugar MUAHA. Now, when I got home, it was pretty late, but I decided to ask my mom to teach me how to do that delicious chicken she always does. I'm not a complete failure when it comes to cooking and after she explained, it turned out to be pretty easy. The only hard part is knowing which spices will make it taste better. So, first you grab a frozen chicken breast, douse it in water and put it in a pan. You then put about 1 lime worth of juice on it. Cover it up with aluminum foil and let it to just sit there cooking until it's soft. Then take it out of the pan and cut it up, still raw. Put it back in the pan and add the spices. I put garlic and herbs, parsley, cumin, salt, rosemary, and an all purpose one. Just really lay it on, the more the merrier, but of course, there's a limit. Just ball park it. Then let the cut up pieces of chicken simmer in the juice until they're thoroughly cooked and viola! Yummy marinated chicken breast! Look, I just provided not one but TWO recipes today! More bang for you buck! ...Even though this blog is free. Whatever, it's the thought that counts. I then ended with 2 cups of Almond Silk Milk and a cup of chamomile tea. Awesome stuff today.

Today's weight: 124. 9 lbs