10 Pounds in 10 Days: Can I do it? Day 7

By Mary MacVean, Los Angeles Times

July 17, 2012 12 AM PT

(Editor’s note: Writer Mary MacVean tried out trainer Jackie Warner’s diet plan from her new book “10 Pounds in 10 Days.” Here’s her experience. Read about her previous days, too.)

Day 7

We don’t have a scale at home, so this was the first day I weighed myself since starting on “10 Pounds in 10 Days.” I knew I’d lost weight because of the way the waistbands fit on my clothes. The moment comes: Six pounds less than when I started. I’ll take it.

I hope it’s enough of a cushion for the day ahead, which is likely to be a doozy.

My teenager makes a delicious egg, bacon, cheese and bread breakfast casserole. It’s great. Not one single thing I’m allowed. And I love every bite.

And for dinner, we go see friends. I try to plan and make some decisions in advance. Wine? Yes. Bread? No. Steak and chicken? Yes. Small piece of delicious cake, homemade by my friend, but hold the whipped cream.

And tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow: Back on the program

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Mary MacVean

Mary MacVean is the former Mind & Body editor at the Los Angeles Times. She’s a runner and a cook, and has worked at The Times as morning assignment editor, web liaison, food writer and copy editor. She was a national editor and writer focusing on food at the Associated Press and a features editor and a columnist in Moscow, where she also ran a children’s cooking school. She left The Times in 2015.

10 Pounds in 10 Days: Can I do it? Day 7

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