Upon waking in the morning, squeeze 1/2 lemon into a cup of hot water. This will awaken your digestion.
Yes, it certainly will - but not in a good way. "I like water," I reasoned. "I like lemon. How bad can it be?" Pretty bad. You know that piece of tissue that hangs down in the back of your throat? The uvula? Mine disappeared for about thirty minutes. Shriveled right up and hid. Convinced that I had lost my mind, it apparently decided that it didn't want anything to do with this new ritual. I couldn't blame it. Fortunately, the cup of coffee that followed brought it back.
Two hard boiled eggs and one orange later, I fired up my first cup of green tea. Interesting thing, green tea. It is neither green nor does it taste like traditional tea. It really should be green, you know; it tastes like grass clippings!
Lunch brought chicken breasts and a huge salad. And grapes. (2nd serving of fruit - to be consumed before 2 pm) And, just in case I didn't enjoy my first cup of green tea, I had another chance: that seems to be the prevailing beverage on this particular weight loss plan!
Dinner: Chicken breasts and steamed cauliflower with garlic. And if I can't have the fresh cauliflower quite yet, I will say thank GOD for those lovely people at Birdseye who've given us those nice little microwave steamer bags of veggies!!
Somewhere in all of this protein and green, I have to drink 64 ounces of water. As of this writing, I've got about 18 ounces left to get there. Can't imagine how I'm going to fit it in because......................you guessed it! I've also got to knock back one more cup of green tea before bed time.
I've figured out the exercise bit of this plan, though: it's the running back and forth to the bathroom. And I have it on good authority that this is a "quick walk" that goes on throughout the night. Well, I'll have company. Everytime I get up, Annie and Phoebe get up...and come with me wherever it is that I need to go. Weight loss and "family togetherness" all in one plan........excellent!
So, off to brew my last cup of green tea for the day - and toast tomorrow: another day, another foray into the world of green tea, hot lemon water....and nocturnal bonding with "the girls".......................
Does green tea count toward your water intake? I hope so! Sixty-four ounces sounds damned near impossible to me! One day down, though:-)
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