And the scale says.....

.... that I lost SEVEN pounds!  What?!  Wow!  

Now, I know that this is mostly water weight because the book says so and how else could you lose that much in four days?  But still, SEVEN pounds.  Also though, I had a big huge heavy meal Sunday night and then weighed Monday morning so it probably has a little to do with that too.  Now I just have to stick to it and not gain the water weight back.  How do you do that?  By drinking water, exercising, and eating some certain foods which are built in to this diet.  Isn't that weird though?  Drink water to not retain water.  I'm on glass four of the day.

Now, let's discuss what I've eaten so far today.

Breakfast

Whole Grain English Muffin with 2 tbsp "Natural Unsalted" peanut butter and half a banana sliced on top.  

Yumtastic.  It was very good.  This peanut butter doesn't taste quite like your regular peanut butter, mostly because it doesn't have salt, but it's also gooier.  Still, it was a nice change from sugar-free puffed rice cereal.

Moving right along.

Lunch

This is my lunch.  Can you say, "delicious?"  Because friends, this little sandwich is amazingly delicious.  So delicious.  Here is how to make it:

1 whole grain English muffin (I suggest toasting this)

1 sliced plum tomato

3 slices of romaine lettuce

1 slice of Muenster cheese

2 slices of Turkey bacon

2 tbsp of black olive tapenade

I had to make my own tapenade because I couldn't find it in any store and it turned out super well.  Goodness is it ever good.  If you like olives, you should make it and then make this sandwich.  The sandwich has about 385 calories.  

Now, I did not follow the recipe exactly because they suggested a specific organic brand of cheese and the same organic brand of pre-cooked turkey bacon.  I didn't buy those because they cost about $2 more than regular cheese and turkey bacon.  I bought regular low-fat cheese and turkey bacon with comparable nutrition information to the brands they suggested.  (I got Jennie-O turkey bacon and Sargento cheese.)  Also, I couldn't find pre-cooked turkey bacon so I had to cook it.    The recipe didn't say to toast the English muffin but I highly recommend it because the English muffin is better that way, in my opinion.

Here is a link for the black olive tapenade recipe that I used.  It makes about 2 cups which is excellent because that means there is more for another one of these sandwiches tomorrow AND my hopefully-tasty swiss and sauteed onion burgers which I plan to make sometime this weekend.

Have a very nice Friday!