R9VLCD12 - 171

Weight: 171

OK, this is getting annoying.  I seem to be stalled at 171 and I don’t like it one bit!

Yesterday, though, as I put my hand on my hip, I realized that my muffin top seems a bit smaller, and that was definitely reaffirming.  Remember, it’s called Pounds & Inches for a reason!

I’m not going to do an apple day to break the stall.  The protocol says it’s only water anyway, and I tried it once when I first started this diet.  The only thing I accomplished was to feel deprived.  Even though I haven’t been hungry this week, due to the increase in my dosage, doing an apple day would still feel mentally hard and I’m not going to do it, not for just water weight!

Yesterday, as I was driving home from work, I started having thoughts of “real” food.  You know, the habit of “hey, it’s Friday night, let’s relax with a glass of wine and football food” sort of “real” food.  It was interesting because it helped me recognize an expectation, a habit, something that will need to be accommodated for post-diet.

Yes, I knew about this before, and this sort of thing has prompted cheating on the weekends in the past.  Some of that was being hungry, some of it wasn’t.  This round has been very different than any of the others.  I don’t feel like I’m on a diet.  That might be partly explained in that we eat pretty good, healthy food most of the time now.  I’m also not hungry.  I mean, really not hungry, and that has been a problem in the past.

I’m glad I am doing this round right now, before the holidays and my birthday in January.  It feels right, and I don’t think I’m going to be too tempted during the Thanksgiving.  Christmas cookies are another story!

R9VLCD11 - 171

Weight: 171

What can I say, I just need to stay steady.

R9VLCD10 – 171.5

Weight: 171.5

I had a feeling I wasn’t going to have a drop today.

I’m not exactly sure why; I wasn’t as cold as I was the day before, and for me that has always been a part of this diet.  Yesterday was also my “low” dose day for my thyroid medicine.  The doctor is having me take 2 grains for Armour on 2 non-consecutive days, and 3 grains on the other 5.  We’ll try that for a couple of months and check the results.  After my initial large weight losses, he moved me to 2 grains all the time, so he adjusted the dose with the extra stress I’ve been under lately.

I went to the chiropractor yesterday and my upper back is really sore this morning, so sore that I got up at 4:20 and did 25 minutes on the elliptical and stretched.  I’m not exercising to try to push the weight loss, but because I’ve been so stiff and sore sitting so much in my job.  Not only that, I’ve been in training for the past 2 days on very uncomfortable chairs, and have another half day today.

I’m hoping for a good drop going into the weekend!

R9VLCD9 – 171.5

Weight:  171.5

Wow, I’m sure happy to see a 1.5 pound drop this morning!  That makes feeling like death warmed over much more agreeable!

What I mean by that is, I get FREEZING cold on this diet.  Almost dead-body cold.  Yes, I really mean that.  I’ve got a thyroid problem, too, and before my medicine got adjusted properly my body temp was my biggest symptom.  And that’s what I felt like yesterday.  I was in the first of a 3 day training, and I had to wear my London Fog coat and mittens all day long.

I’m wearing a sweatshirt, hat, scarf, and fingerless gloves today!

R9VLCD8 - 173

Weight:  173

I was surprised the drop was only .5.  I was a bit hungry the day before, though, and have been at breakfast for the past few days, so I upped my dose to 200.

My strategy has been to skip breakfast and eat lunch and dinner.  The problem with that is that I adore breakfast, so it’s not only hard mentally, skipping this meal makes me feel a bit deprived, even if I’m just eating at my office instead of my own breakfast table.

So, I’ve decided I’d make a veggie soup, and that’s my “breakfast”.  Problem solved.

R9VLCD7 - 173.5

Weight: 173.5

I'm not super happy about only a .5 weight loss, but I'll take anything. 
I didn't drink enough water yesterday so I shouldn't be surprised.
Besides, I've been this week a lot, so if possible I will have a hard time getting past it.

One nice thing is that my pants are finally starting to get a little bit looser.

Onward, ho!

R9P2VLCD6 - 174

Weight: 174

Well, I sure didn’t expect a 1.5 pound drop, but very glad to have it.

Yesterday I went out for morning errands, and I took my veggie soup, made with low sodium chicken broth.  But I forgot my water, and boy was I thirsty!  Of course, my errands took my much longer than anticipated, so I didn’t even get to eat lunch until 2pm.

One of my errands was Costco.  Yes, I went there on a Saturday, with all of the samples lining the aisles.  I refrained, even from trying the gummy-bear style calcium supplement, because it had a crust of sugar on the outside.

One of my issues is being afraid of being hungry.  I actually managed that fear quite well yesterday, so I’m very proud of myself.

Today, lots of sewing and quilting!