Wow, I am truly amazed. Down another 2.8 lbs. I'm down to 232.8 Yippeee!
Yesterday for the first time I felt great physically. I mean I really had an energy and lightness about me that was really noticeable. It was great. However, I had a softball tournament start last night and at the beginning I was really fired up and ready to go but after my first exertion I could feel that I felt weak, almost drained. I have read that this is common on the protocol so I was wondering how it might show up for me. I think I will have to just adjust how and what I do to deal with it.
Meals yesterday were a half grapefruit with my Sol Sweet sweetener all over it for breakfast, lunch was Bison meat strip lettuce wraps where I take my prepared meats and cut them into 3 slices lengthwise. I then layer 3 Romain lettuce leaves and lay the meat in the center. I sprinkled Worcestershire sauce, some Cholula hot sauce and then drizzled mustard all over the meat and lettuce too. Then I roll it up like a burrito and enjoy. Its by far my favorite way to eat my chicken and my buffalo so far. Claudia had shrimp and it was a lot of shrimp for the weight. I had another cup of cucumbers sliced into vinegar water but I couldn't eat them all. I ate a Grissini bread stick too. I had a glass of my favorite blend of Rooibos tea in Crystal Lite, then cut that by half with sparking water. Yummy. I had Chicken lettuce wraps for dinner, same way as lunch plus some of my broth soup with Bok Choy but I couldn't finish it either. I didn't finish the cucumbers or the soup... interesting. I just felt full. I contemplated eating an apple last night but although it would have been tasty I wasn't sure where I was on calories so passed. I had a swig of Pepsi Max 0 and went to bed. I will say this, I cheated in that all afternoon I couldn't wait to get to the scales... I was so uncertain whether this weight loss could continue so I stepped on the scale at bed time and although I had been drinking water and had eaten dinner earlier I was still at my starting weight this morning. It was disappointing though, so I was really curious to see what would happen overnight... boom, 2.8 lbs loss... they say lots of good sleep is critical in this protocol and I believe it. Its seems your body does a lot of work overnight...
Body functions: I have been urinating about 50% more than normal, I have been constipated though and only had 1 bm through 5 days of VLCD. I imagine I would be down even more if I eliminating better. I am going to start adding lots more fiber to my daily diet in the form of more Inulin that I will blend into my drinks...
I am tired this morning from my softball last night but no headache.
I found that Wylers chicken broth has half the calories of canned so I bought some of that along with some Tabasco Green sauce some Tabasco Smokey Chipotle. I also got some Napa cabbage for a tasty vegy stew for today.
I've heard people talk about how this diet teaches them how much fo0d has been such a big part of their day and life and how they learned that now, its just a quick minute meal and done, no biggie. However, I'm finding that the planning of meals and their preparation take a lot of my time. Its a good thing because I am eating small amounts but I am eating so well.
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