D-7 Vlcd 5 -1.8 total -10.6

Monday morning. No headache this morning! We'll see if that lasts!
Good morning, I think I'll change up my procedure a bit by blogging in the mornings after weigh in to comment on my status and on yesterdays events. So, down 1.8. That is huge but after the even bigger days previous I can't help but be a little disappointed at my firs loss of less than 2 pounds. I know its unrealistic to expect that big a number consistently but still... it sure was fun to get on the scale and see 2 and 3 lb losses.

Yesterday I believe I over did it a bit. I used more Erythritol sweetener today, I also ate more fruit today than in the past few days. A large cup of strawberries as I walked the Sunday Market in Park City, it was really helpful to have that because there is so much good stuff there it was good to have something in my hand, it made me feel a part of it all. So what I did was walk up to a frozen yogurt booth that had fresh fruit add ins and asked her to sell me a cup of her strawberries! It was great.

I also bought and prepared buffalo meat steaks for us both, they are very lean, a little tough for my taste even tho I prepared them medium to medium rare. They are about twice the calories of Chicken though. We bought a locally made seasoning blend at the market and although it says there is no sugar, it tastes to good it makes me wonder. I think I'll not use it today and see. Also, we bought my favorite apples at the store, Pink Ladies... very yummy. Not quite as tart as Granny Smiths and more sweet. That may have been an issue too. I used Cucumbers as my vegetable for dinner for the first time instead of salad. I soaked them in a light Rice Vinegar brine, they were great and really amazingly low in calories. We split one cucumber that was about 9 inches long, I peeled it which reduced calories even more and after slicing it up we both had about a cup of cucumber that seemed like allot. I also made my vegetable broth soup again. I love that stuff! This time I sliced 1 celery stick into it along with the bok choy, about a teaspoon of crushed garlic and some onion powder. It tastes soooo good and really adds to the feeling of being really full. I know that type of vegetable mixing is off protocol but seems to be ok for now. I will keep watching it closely. Oh yea, I had 1 grassini bread stick right at bed time, that probably wasnt smart, I was just hungry for the toasted crunchiness of it... And, 2 big swigs of diet A&W root beer!

Today will be interesting, on the road all day and I have a softball tournament starting tonight. I'll get to see how my energy feels... Oh, I got a lot of good sleep this weekend, it feels really good.