Day One

So today I started ABC. Last night as I laid in bed my mind started to torment me. Telling me how I can't ever be skinny, I can't give up cookies and chocolate. I will forever be a fat girl. But I will shock them all, I'm only guaranteeing myself 20lbs with the ABC diet. And although 20lbs lighter is definitely not Beautiful Megan. It will keep me going. To loose even more weight.

Day One Picture

 

Meals

• Bagel and cream cheese (350 cals)
• Water
• Slice of turkey w/ American cheese (52.6 cals)
• Water

Total Calories: 402.6

Current weight: 200lbs

Organization

Creating  a schedule to keep you on track is always a good idea!
Following Ana Boot Camp, I've created a week of foods to keep me under my calorie limit. This makes me feel more safe with what I can eat and what I can't.

                                                                          

 

Is it bad that I'm getting truly giddy about Ana Boot Camp? Although I am going shopping later today, I feel like its going to be extremely awkward, as I live with my dad and he only really buys prepackaged shove in the microwave kind of food. I'm going to tell him I'm going on a diet... Which I am, just a unorthodox method of one. I think he'll accept my diet because he is definitely on the side of smaller Megan, but he's also not dumb... I'm afraid he'll ask me about the amount of calories I'll intake and shit like that.. but damn if it won't stop me from becoming the beautiful new me!

Tips

Fasting:

Drink Water!
2 liters a day... still exercising on your day of fasting? Make sure to keep hydrated, its calorie-less, it can only help.
Fasted all day, but you actually gained weight? It's your water weight, your body isn't obtaining enough water so it holds onto it, in fear of not receiving more, SO DRINK WATER!!

5 Simple Rules to Follow, while Dieting:

1. Never eat after 7 (Unless you work 3rd shift... Don't eat 3 hours before bed)
2. Eat your biggest meal when you wake up (Even if it's only 50 cal)
3. Exercise when you start to feel hungry
4. Eat slow, chew thoroughly
5. Stay Strong

A Day's Food:

Breakfast: Eat like a king
Lunch: Eat like a prince
Dinner: Eat like a pauper

***Not the type to have three meals? Can't get rid of that constant hunger? Eat small pieces all day, Always start of with a larger breakfast, but continue the day with little bits the rest of the day, 10 cherries for 50 calories! Spread out those cherries all day, have a Ritz cracker for lunch, Maybe a Ritz cracker and a piece of cheese for breakfast? Drink orange juice for dinner? For only about 200 calories.

Water Tips:

1. Carry a large water bottle with you at all times.
2. Lift the bottle over your head 5 times before drinking.
3. Use green tea to flavor your water.

Low Calorie Recipes

        

Berry Ice Cream Calories: 50

Servings: 2
Ingredients:
3 tbsp whole cranberries
1 medium peach diced and frozen (can substitute 1/2 cup frozen peaches but you lose some of the fiber)
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
1 tbsp vanilla whey protein isolate
Throw everything in a blender and blend until smooth. Can add sweetener if you’d like. It comes out almost like real ice cream and the vanilla protein gives it somewhat of a milky taste :)
Net carbs: 8g, fiber: 2.5g, protein: 2.6g





Roasted Vegetable Wrap!

167 calories, 26 carbs, 6g fat, 12g protein!
The wrap is a snap to make and surprisingly filling! I make a batch of my balsamic glazed veggies each week and this is one of my favorite things to do with them! It’s great as a snack but if you want to make it a lunch try adding 2-3 Gardein Crispy Chick’n Tenders (50 calories each), or grilled chicken breast if you eat meat.
Here’s what you need:
-1 serving balsamic glazed vegetables (32 cals)
-1 laughing cow light garlic herb cheese wedge (35 cals)
-1 La Tortilla Factory Multi Grain wrap (100 cals)

Go with the low carb tortilla and you can save 50 cals. Or you can split it into two tortillas and get more protein, and fewer carbs but more fiber. Just a thought.

 

Strawberry-and-Arugula Salad with Crispy Prosciutto

**MAKES 4 Servings (Plus my servings always tend to be a lot smaller so even more for later)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 1/3 cup sliced red onion
• Olive oil cooking spray
• 4 thin slices prosciutto (about 2 ounces)
• 6 cups baby arugula (about 5 ounces)
• 2 ounces goat cheese or feta, crumbled

Preparation

1. Whisk together first 5 ingredients (through black pepper) in a large serving bowl. Add berries and red onion; let stand 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, lightly coat a seasoned cast-iron skillet or nonstick pan with cooking spray, and heat over moderately high heat. Add prosciutto in one layer, and cook, turning, about 5 minutes or until golden brown and crispy. Transfer to a plate to cool; crumble and reserve.
3. Place the baby arugula in a large serving bowl with the cheese; add the strawberries, red onion, and balsamic dressing, and toss gently until just coated. Divide the salad among 4 serving plates, and top evenly with the cooked prosciutto
Calories: 155

Quick Snacks Under 50 Calories

• 1 peach
• 1 cup of watermelon cubes
• 1/2 cup of raspberries
• 1/2 papaya
• 1/2 mango
• 1 kiwi
• 4oz orange juice
• 1/2 cup of apple sauce
• 1 small orange
• 1 slice cantaloupe
• 10 cherries
• 1 small apple
• 2 apricots
• 1 large tangerine
• 1 sesame bread stick
• 2 graham crackers
• 3 Ritz crackers
• 10 oyster crackers
• 2 triscuits
• 2 saltines
• 1 Oreo
• 5 animal crackers
• 1 fig bar
• 3 ginger snaps

 

Starting ABC

Ana Boot Camp or ABC diet is an extreme low calorie pro-anorexia diet normally lasting 50 days. It contains 5 fast days during which the dieter is strictly not allowed to consume any calories. The rest of the days allow between 100-800 calories to take in.

I want to warn everyone that Ana Boot Camp is not a healthy way to loose weight, but anyone who is Ana's best friend, you're aware that starving works.

I will be starting ABC tomorrow on the 1st, along side an abs work out.  This challenge is a simple light work out program to help tighten your stomach, it is a 30 day program but I intend to continue with the program until my 50 days of Boot Camp are up.

Anyone who would like to join me with my path to beauty, please feel free to contact me through email, we can do this together. I would actually love a buddy to this with, so I don't break down my walls... I intend to post everyday if not at least twice a week. If your not sure about the ABC diet, I'm glad to help you all understand how I react to this and how hard it is to keep the weight off afterwards.

Stay Strong, You will reach your goals.