Flat Belly Diet---Day 1

First and foremost I'd like to begin where I left off last night. After my first Insanity workout I was exhausted. The hot shower that I had felt like heaven in little rain drops. I didnt want to ever get out! I slept better than I have ever slept before...except for the huge rollers that were in my hair but that in itself is another story :) Between twitter, facebook, television, texting and talking on the phone I'm lucky to make it into bed by 1 am and thats on a school night when I know that I have to be up by 6:30 to get ready for work. That leaves me with roughly 5 1/2 hrs worth of sleep. No guessing why I'm always tired! :0( Last night after showering, rolling, and prepping my food for today I was knocked out by 10! I got a good 8 hours worth of sleep last night and it showed this morning. I had energy galore! I actually wanted to work out this morning but I did not...I mean I'm really not trying to "overdose" but I felt great this morning.

I started the flat belly diet today and I was a nervous wreck. On the menu for this morning was 1 cup of corn or bran flakes without sugar, 1 cup of lactose free skim milk, 1/4 cup of unsalted, roasted sunflower seeds and 1/2 cup of applesauce without sugar. Oh and a full glass of "sassy" water. All of that scared the heck outta me but nothing scared me more than the sassy water. I think everyone who is taking this journey with me can agree that reading the ingredients that went into the sassy water makes you want to cringe. The first thing that I thought upon reading it was "I'm not drinking that ish!" I mean it sounds yucky! The sassy water consists of water, sliced cucumbers, sliced lemon, ground ginger/ginger root and mint. It blends overnight and then you drain it and drink it 3 times the next day. I dont like water PERIOD so I was not excited about this so called "sassy" water.

I started breakfast off with the cereal and milk. I am a huge milk lover but I have never heard of or had lactose free skim milk. It doesnt matter because it was surprisingly very delicious. I enjoyed the cereal and milk but found myself extremely full afterwards. Oh oh...big problem! Sista still had the applesauce, water and sunflower seeds to go. I had the decision of continuing to eat or stopping and waiting until I was hungry before eating the sauce/seeds. I picked the second one.

The seeds which I did not think would be bad......heck I love sunflower seeds were by far the WORST of the entire meal. The entire time I was getting them down I was having to tell myself mentally "Chick you only have 3 more days, you can do this!" They were horrible. I'd rather drink 2 gallons of the sassy water then to eat those seeds but I got through it. THe sassy water wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. Imagine taking a cucumber, peeling it, and biting into it.......sounds horrible? Sounds delicious? However it sounds to you...that's how the sassy water tastes. Its bearable! Unlike those freakin sunflower seeds LOL

Lunch is in 45 minutes. Turkey, tomatoes, and cheese! Should be interesting. *shrugs* Til then

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KL