What a wonderful weekend! My sweet girl and I attended a little friend’s 5th birthday party on Saturday and enjoyed a breezy morning outside. I was so excited to take her – it was her first birthday party invite! Then we headed out for an afternoon of fun swimming with Daddy at Mimi and Papa’s house. Let me tell you, I feel F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!!! I have so much energy. I’m not tired all the time. I actually want to be busy instead of kicking back. Feeling good is such a wonderful blessing! Yesterday I was up and busy working around the house until 4:00 p.m. AND I didn’t feel bad at the end of the night! That is a miracle for me! The past couple of days I have found that I’m getting full very fast on the 500 calories a day. I’ve had to force myself to eat the remainder of my last two meals. That is just amazing to me.


I love to cook so retraining myself to cook with no salt, no oils/fats and no carbs is quite a challenge; a challenge that I LOVE. I haven’t really missed carbs that much but I do miss the salt. It is forcing me to experiment with lots of different spices and ways to mix what I am allowed to use to create foods that EXCITE my tastebuds!

Over the weekend we enjoyed grilled fish, grilled hamburger patties and a wonderful grilled chicken salad. I love to grill and with this change of eating habits it makes life a lot more simple to dice or slice up some fresh veggies and toss a couple of meats on the grill for dinner and lunch and be done with it.

Here’s a quick and easy vinaigrette I threw together last night for my salad.

Vinaigrette
2 Tablespoons Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
½ Teaspoon Braggs Sprinkle
¼ Teaspoon Garlic Powder
¼ Teaspoon Onion Powder
½ Teaspoon Dried Onion Flakes
¼ Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 packet of Stevia

Directions
Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl and drizzle over salad. Makes enough for one salad.

4 DAYS...10 POUNDS OFF...I AM DETERMINED!!!!!!