Day 9- VLCD

Today I had to get out and run some errands. Oh, I wish I could stay in my house forever! It was not nice driving past all the fast food places and thinking about the food that I would have normally got from there. But, that is part of the reason I am as fat as I am now. I love out to eat food and I think we all know how UNhealthy it is for us. So, I continued to think about all the positives about NOT going to one of those places while I drove home. I really just wanted some ice cream!

"Nothing tastes better than being thin feels"- Kate Moss

A lot of people won't understand this quote. But, if you are like me and were born overweight or have been overweight enough of your life to be sick of it, you will probably agree with the possibilities of the truth. I know at one time in my life I got down to 160lbs and it felt great! I still wasn't thin though. I was thin for me and that felt great, but I still longed to be thinner. It has been 8 1/2 years, a breakup, a marriage, and 2 babies since I was 160lbs. After all that, the weight just came back on- plus some. I am sooo ready for it to be gone again!

I guess I just needed to reflect on some things for the day. Today marks 1 week of me being on the very low calorie diet (VLCD). My weight loss thus far is 10 lbs. Only 15 more to go to reach my short term goal! My sweet husband also bribed me with a nice little wallet when I reach my goal. So, I really want to reach it! Yes, I am a person that thrives well with incentives!!


Breakfast:
water

Snack:
1/2 grapefruit (just doesn't seem like that much)

Lunch:
3oz chicken breast
1 roma tomato

Snack:
1pc Melba toast

Dinner:
3oz steak
5-6 slices cucumber
baked apple yumminess

I didn't drink enough water today. That water is killing me!!!

Stupid water!

I knew my not drinking my water correct yesterday was going to come back to get me. I only lost .6lbs this morning. Yes, it is still a loss...but I wanted to see me. Okay, I will be more patient. Hey, at least I learned my lesson. Drink my water all throughout the day like I am supposed to.

So far, I am on the right track for that today! Let's hope that I keep it that way for the rest of the day!

Sleep!! I got sleep!!

I normally don't get very good sleep because 2 of our kids are crazy sleepers! They both come in get in bed with us every morning around 4:30am. One in between us, and one on the other side of me. It gets hard to sleep with no way to get comfortable and no room. So, last night when they came in I decided no more! I had the one get in bed with his brother and the other I convinced to get back in her bed with our warm doggie! It worked! I went back to my bed and sleep the best I have in quite a while now! The only thing is...it made me sleep later than normal so I had to take my HCG later than I normally do...by 2 HOURS! I hope that won't affect anything.. :\

The only other thing it really makes a difference with is my water. I have a little schedule that I like to follow. Like...drink 24ozs before my morning snack.. Now I don't have as long to gulp my water down. *wah* I hate water!

Day 6- VLCD

Today was GREAT!! I was not hungry at and if I got a headache, I don't remember it!!! Considering how addicted I was to Mt Dew, I think I am making great progress! I am still having a hard time taking in all the water that I feel like I should be. But, I am working on it!!

Breakfast:
Water

Snack:
Strawberries

Lunch:
3.5oz shrimp
1 roma tomato

Snack:
none

Dinner:
3.5oz Sirloin steak
cucumbers
yummy cinnamon apples

Day 5- VLCD

I know my post titles are so boring, but I am trying to count down my days to be done with this phase. No, the phase isn't that hard- I just want to have a little bit more freedom! Today was a weird day. For some reason, my legs felt like mush all day long- as if I had run a marathon the day before. Nothing tasted good- not even my water. I didn't drink all the water I wanted to, in fact only about half :| whoops!

Breakfast:
Water

Snack:
Strawberries
1pc Melba Toast

Lunch:
3.5ozs chicken breast
1 cup shredded lettuce

Snack:
Cinnamony Apple Bake

Dinner:
1 roma tomato
few bites of hamburger meat. It didn't taste good to me, so I didn't finish it.

I didn't eat 1 piece of the Melba toast, and I only had about 1 ounce of the meat for dinner. I wasn't hungry though so I figure it was fine... I hope it was!