I am feeling really good, positive and pretty energetic. I started going to the gym again just doing the treadmill for now. I am clear to do full exercise on Saturday. I will go 4 -5 times a week and do cardio, free weights, swimming, sauna, jucuzzi. I can't do ab work for 3 months, but walking/elyptical/stair master while holding in your abs works them pretty well.

I still have not gone on the scale, but my clothes are fitting much better. My thighs also look smaller. I just know I can't take any disappointment or anything discouraging and I have heard how people lose on the liquids then gain on the mushies/solids. So, I will weigh when I start the solids, so like in another 2 weeks. I don't feel hungry and I think it helps that I am always sipping on crystal light. Even if I feel like I can eat more than 1 cup right now, I am not going to push it.

I am also going to start doing the South Beach Diet on Saturday. It isn't really like a "diet" as there is no calorie counting or denying yourself, only in the first 2 weeks which is like a detox from white flour products and sugar. It is bandster friendly and has always helped me curb my appetite naturally. I am also drinking the worlds only healthy coffee (Gano coffee) for breakfast. I am going to add a packet of the Spirulina Oats to it. My friend told me she adds the Spirulina Oats to the coffee and it completly disolves. It helps keep her colon regular and keeps her full. I am going to start doing that for breakfast tomorrow.

This is what I have eaten so far today:

Breakfast: 1 cup Gano coffee with 1 cup soy milk; 200 calories, 11 grams of protein.

Lunch: 1 cup of pureed Chili beans with V8 and cheese; 350 calories and 16 grams of protein

Dinner: 1 cup of pureed chili beans with V8 and cheese; 350 cal and 16 grams of protein

Snack: 1 Activia yogurt; 110 cal, 5 grams protein

2 tbls. hummus; 80 calories

Liquids: 24 ounces of crystal light, 24 ounces of crystal light, 8 ounces of Airbornne (feeling a little under the weather), 24 ounces of crystal light

TOTAL CALORIES:1100 TOTAL PROTEIN: 48

Supplements: 1 tbsp. of Glacial Milk vitamins