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!