Archive for July 2008
Day 13
Weight-295
Another day without a loss and I am not going to worry about it. I know I will have to lose eventually. I am feeling pretty good and have a lot of energy but I do still get pretty hungry. I was going to try to do the apple day, but I just started feeling sick so I had to have some protein.
I have to go weigh in tomorrow so we shall see how it goes.
Sayonara
Add comment July 31, 2008
Day 12
Weight-295
No change in weight. I am very frustrated with gaining the two pounds and no loss again today. I just had chicken, broccoli and apples today. I am drinking my water and limiting diet cokes to two a day. I really hope I see some sort of loss tomorrow or I might hurt someone.
I still think it is quite impossible to gain two pounds when eating such a low calorie diet. I mean seriously, inmates in the penatentiary are eating more calories than me. Of course I don’t have to shower with someone named Crazy Shirley so I guess it could be worse.
Auf Wiedersehen
1 comment July 30, 2008
Day 11
WEIGHT-295
Normally I wait until evening to post but what I saw on the scales this morning so horrified me that I had to vent. Can dreaming and just thinking about brownies make you gain weight? How in the world can I be up two pounds? I have gone three days without any change and now I’m up? That just does’t make any sense. I have been following the suggested diet guidelines granted I have been making a few changes that I thought would be okay like sugar free all natural applesauce instead of an apple. I have kept my calories between 500-600 a day so gaining two pounds seems impossible. Today, I am going to follow it exactly with no changes or omissions and see what tomorrow brings.
Okay, I feel a little better now. I’m going to try not to let this set back get me down.
adios
Add comment July 30, 2008
Day 10
Weight-293
Today was a good day except another day without any loss. I am finally feeling pretty much normal. Hunger is very minimal. I have lost 1/2 inch off my waist. I am averaging about 500-600 calories a day which I am tracking at fitday.com which is an online food diary. I have cut down to two diet cokes a day and I am drinking about 80 ounces of water a day.
I am hopeful for a loss tomorrow. I’ll let you know.
Add comment July 28, 2008
Day 9
Weight-293
Today has been pretty much problem free. No headaches, hunger not to bad and cravings have calmed down. Weight is the same. Down a total of twelve pounds in nine days. That’s not bad.
bye, bye
Add comment July 27, 2008
Day 8
Weight -293
I have felt so much better today. No headaches. Yay! Hunger is not too bad either, but cravings and wanting something different is pretty strong. I am not even craving anything that is that bad or unhealthy just not allowed. Like a bowl of cereal, chips (baked kind) and salsa, or even just a little bit of salad dressing would be nice. But I have not given in to these cravings and I’m not planning to. Wish me luck.
I will talk to you tomorrow.
Add comment July 26, 2008
Day 7
Weight-294
I was so tired last night that I forgot to post. Down one more pound which is good. I must say that I felt much, much better today. Headaches were minimal and I had quite a bit of energy. At first I thought the headaches were caffeine related but many people have suggested to me that it’s probably carb and sugar withdrawal.
Even though I’m down a total of eleven pounds my clothes do not feel looser. I have not measured inches yet but I will do that on Monday.
You know I’m all about being honest here so I have to tell you that I cheated yesterday. And it wasn’t just more protien, but it was a…french fry. I know that’s terrible that I am cheating already on the seventh day, but french fries are absolutely my weakness. I had avoided Micky D’s for almost a whole week, but if you have little ones, you know sooner or later you gonna end up at “Old McDonald’s” as my daughter calls it.
So here is the Happy Meal bag sitting in the front seat with me and tried, I mean I really tried to ignore it for the 4.5 minute drive home, but I couldn’t resist. So I had one french fry. Just one. And you know what? It was good, but not good enough to throw away all the hard work I had done for the past seven days. So that was it. I don’t think I ever eaten just one french fry in my life. I am not proud that I cheated but I did learn something-that it’s just not worth it.
bye bye
1 comment July 26, 2008
Day 6
Weight-295
No change in weight today. I did feel better with only a couple of headaches and not too much hunger. I do feel discouraged about no change but I guess ten pounds lost is nothing to complain about.
I was concerned that I would not have enough energy to continue exercising, but I have maintained my work out schedule. I usually walk for about thirty minutes on the treadmill at least five times a week.
Mood is a little low today, not sure why. I’m sure tomorrow will be better.
Good night.
Add comment July 24, 2008
Day 5
Weight-295
Okay, I’m a little bit hesitant to post today’s weight because that would be a ten pound loss in 5 days. I weighed about five times because I just knew that couldn’t be right. I’m still pretty sure it’s not right and tomorrow I will be vindicated and oh so sad if weight is up.
Today was okay. I am still getting pretty hungry and weak and shaky if I wait too long to eat. I did the egg thing again this morning because I just feel so weak when I first wake up. I am taking a multi-vitamin and a potassium supplement.
A couple things that I have not mentioned yet is that I am taking phentermine which is an appetite suppressant. I have been on it for about three months. During those three months I lost seventeen pounds but it was just coming off so slowly that I decided to try the Releana. So I think the phentermine would control my hunger better if I had not built up a tolerance of the past three months, but I still could not imagine doing this without it.
One problem I am having is a lot of headaches. As I have said before this may be a result of reducing caffeine and not necessarily the diet. Can’t be sure.
Saved my apple again for tonight because last night that seemed to help with nightime hunger.
I will say that my cravings seem to be more under control. The only thing that I have really craved is cottage cheese. And I don’t even like cottage cheese that much.
Talk to you tomorrow.
Add comment July 23, 2008
Day 4
Weight-300
Yah! I’m down 5 lbs in four days. But it has been really hard. Today was easier than yesterday so hopefully tomorrow will be even better.
I did “cheat” again though. The nurse who is in charge of this program told my niece who is also on the program, that she could have an egg plus two egg whites if she was feeling weak. I was feeling very weak this morning so I had the egg and egg whites. I think it really helped. I don’t think I will do this everyday, but it helped today.
I still have my second fruit to go. I saved it for this evening because last night I was so very hungry at bed time.
See ya tomorrow.
Add comment July 22, 2008
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