Day 3 - Can I Do It Again?

Today I thought I'd take a trip down memory lane and talk about what I did last year to lose 18 pounds. Besides exercising at least 6 times a week (well, most weeks), I cut out ALL of the following:

• Most Carbs, including bread, pasta, crackers, cereal, waffles/pancakes, and all other delicious things I love
• Most Dairy, except light or nonfat yogurt
• Coffee (FML)
• Red Meat
• Sweets
• Alcohol (except for Super Bowl Sunday....priorities)

So what does that leave, you may ask? Pretty much: fruits, veggies, rice, fish, chicken, and ground turkey. This year I'm taking the same approach. It took my body a little while to catch on to what I was doing so it took a couple weeks to start seeing real results. However, I saw this quote on my favorite site Pinterest.com:
"It takes 4 weeks for you to notice your body changing, 8 weeks for your friends, and 12 weeks for the rest of world. Don't Quit."

Yesterday's Recap:
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Breakfast: Banana and two hard boiled eggs
Snack: Mandarin orange
Lunch: Apples slices and a small salad - red leaf lettuce, broccoli, cucumber, onion, carrot, raspberry vinaigrette 1 calorie spray dressing
Snack: Almonds (about a palm full) and another Banana (I love bananas and they go bad fast)
Dinner: (thanks again to my fabulous hubby to be) shrimp stir fry with veggies and brown rice and lite Asian sesame with ginger and soy dressing
Water: four 24 oz bottles
Exercise: 45 minutes in the gym after work (should/would have been longer but I had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction...live and learn)