Superfoods and Hunger

Inspired by Lyn at Escape from Obesity, I've decided to start a Superfoods Challenge. Click here to find out more information on what exactly Superfoods are and how I plan to incorporate them while on Medifast. Essentially I will be assigning a specific Superfood to each month (one per week in August) and making it a point to consume at least one serving of that food, or its sidekicks, per week. Quite a few of the food items listed are items I eat on a regular basis, so I'm sure this is something I can handle! This month, Turkey. Turkey, and its sidekick Skinless Chicken Breast, help to build a strong immune system. I am more of a chicken eater than turkey, in fact I just had chicken last night, so I'm going to do a bit of research to see if there are any simple turkey recipes that don't involve the preparation of Thanksgiving dinner.

In other news, I am hungry. Wow. I forgot how tough the first few days can be. It's not even 1:00 and I've already had three meals. Pancakes at 7:30, a Peanut Butter Crunch bar around 9:45, and a Smore Crunch Bar about a half hour ago. Next up is some soup so hopefully it will hold me through the rest of the afternoon. Moise and I are going to be making Salmon patties for dinner tonight with steamed veggies so I wanted to hold off on my Lean and Green until I got off work. Both Moise and Andrea are trying to diet as well, and so I foresee many an evening where the three of us decide to cook a healthy meal together. As great as that sounds, it may be tough for me during the work week. During my first run with Medifast I relied on my Lean and Green to get me through the hunger pains of the afternoon. After a while, I was splitting my Lean and Green in half, eating a portion for lunch and a portion for dinner. I had honestly planned on doing the same this time around. I suppose I could only eat half of my roomie dinner, and save the rest as leftovers for lunch the next day. I'll have to play around with it once we decide how often we are going to eat as a household.

Scale update - 182.8 - wouldn't it be nice if you could lose 2.2 pounds every day? I'd be at goal in less than a month. But alas, the power of water weight soon fades and that's when the real work starts. The thing is with Medifast, it's not work. It's not hard. And I think because of that the mental games are so much worse. I don't necessarily feel like I'm dieting, at least for the most part, and without the requirement of exercise (although I plan to this time around) Medifast life doesn't differ very greatly from my normal life. With that said, I think because of this it's hard to not yearn for faster results. Because it's so easy, it's almost as if you're sitting back and just letting it happen. Because it's not work, my patience takes a toll. I'm not sure if that makes any sense to anyone but me, but it was just a thought I had.

In totally, unrelated news, I ordered the first three seasons of HBO's True Blood and they finally arrived today! I guess I know what Moise and I will be doing this evening while we eat our Salmon patties!