Day 3

Oh man, I am on a roll!  Day three is almost complete.  I didn't weigh myself today because I'm trying to avoid it.  I want to have a set weigh in day. I'm thinking every 7 days.  What do you think?

Today has been pretty good so far!  I haven't felt headachey today and I'm finally getting used to the sugar-free, low carb-ness of all the foods.  I'm even looking forward to eating all the items in my baggy tomorrow!  Yay for Medifast!

My Food on Day 3:

• Apple Oatmeal - Turned this into a muffin.  Mmmm.
• Fruit & Nut Bar - Yum.
• French Vanilla Shake - Made iced coffee!  So good.
• Peanut Butter Bar
• Mango Soft Serve Chocolate Pudding

So, if you read my day 1 post, you know how gross the oatmeals in Medifast are.  Instead of suffering, I thought I'd try to turn my Apple Oatmeal into a muffin.  Boy, did it work!  It was amazing and satisfied my craving for bread.  Here's the recipe I used:

1. 1 Packet of Medifast Oatmeal (any flavor)
2. 1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
3. 1/8 tsp. Baking Powder
4. 1/3 cup Water
5. 1 tsp. White Vinegar

Preheat your toaster oven or big oven to 350 degrees.  Combine the dry ingredients, mix and set aside.  Mix together the water and white vinegar in a separate bowl.  Combine the wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.  Spray a pan that's no bigger than 6" with cooking spray.  (I used a 6" circle pan and it was almost too big)  Bake for 16 minutes or until middle isn't soft.

The Fruit & Nut bar was another winner.  I think all the bars are going to be.

For the French Vanilla Shake I decided to turn it into an iced coffee.  It was so, so good.  Here's what I did: Using my Keuring I brewed the smallest cup of Pumpkin Spice coffee (Yum!).  When that was all said and done, in a blender I added:

1. 3/4 cup cold water
2. A handful of ice
3. 1 packet of French Vanilla Shake
4. Pumpkin Spice coffee
5. A dash of Pumpkin Pie Spice

I blended on 'Smoothie' for about 20 seconds.  It became very foamy so I let it sit about 3 minutes, added ice and a straw to a glass and filled it up!  I ended up with two nice size glasses.  It was actually super delish and can't wait to make this again.

Peanut Butter Bar - See Day 1

Mango Soft Serve... Don't even get me started.  This is absolutely going back.  First off, it was a pain in the arse to make.  Especially since I didn't fork up the $40 for a Medifast blender.  It took me almost ten minutes to prepare this and I still had ice chunks.  Second... it was absolutely horrid.  Horrid!  Once you get past the nasty mango taste, you are then hit with a nasty 'fake food' taste.  I took one spoonful and threw it out and subbed it for chocolate pudding... Now that stuff is delish!

Lean & Green Meal:
Today for my lean & green meal, the fiance and I made stuffed red peppers.  Yum.  We stuffed them with ground turkey (1 lean), grated cauliflower, diced tomatoes, and a little onion.  I added some cayenne pepper, Italian seasoning, and Tabasco.  The turkey came out a little dry, but it was still pretty delish.

My Journal Entry:
Today was a good day.  I spoke to Mike, my Coach, and he gave me some good intel on the diet.  I'm having a much easier time than I thought I would.  The food isn't bad... well, some of it isn't.  And I don't even feel a headache today!  Mike said that now I'm going to get loads of energy because I'm reaching the 'fat burning stage'.  Oh yeah, can't wait.

See you guys tomorrow.