R4VLCD14 - 160

Weight: 160

I am apparently stalled for the 4th day in a row, after I cheated on St. Patty's Day (I've been super cold lately and just wanted more food).

However, my digital scale only does .5 pound increments, and one of the times on the scale (it was all over the place today) said 159.5, rather than 160, so I think tomorrow will show forward progress. Definitely doing a long round, though, because I won't make my goal if I don't, and I don't want to mess with it again!

Other than being cold, I have lots of energy; well, let me put it another way.  I've been really pushing my limits, staying up until 2am last Wednesday evening, then until midnight Thursday night.  I never recover fully when I do that, so I've been having lower energy days in general.  However, it's only when I feel really good that I can even slip into that sort of sustained energy expenditure.  So, I have to watch myself to make sure I don't burn out!

R4VLCD11 - 160

Weight: 160

I am very pleased that I dropped a pound, but I have been freezing this entire week!

Is it the diet?  Is it my thyroid medicine?  Is it that it’s been cold the last 3 months?

I don’t know, and frankly, I don’t care!  I’m tired of being cold!

I don’t mean “put on a sweater” cold, I mean downright dead-body cold.  No, really!  I try to warm up before I touch my husband, so I don’t put him into shock.  The only way I seem to be able to get warm is to touch a human body, a warm teacup, or steal heat from a puppy.

Sigh.

Blood pressure has been up, too, but there are several factors: stress, lack of sleep, minimal exercise, and probably my thyroid medicine needs to be lowered, now that I’m down almost 50 pounds.

I’m not one to complain about the weather, but I’m sure ready for Summer!

R4VLCD9 - 161

Weight: 161

I was pleasantly surprised when I got on the scale this morning…161…although I could tell that I was probably lighter before I even weighed myself.  Bittersweet:  only 4 more pounds to reach my lowest weight from the last round.

I’m feeling very good, I have lots of energy and haven’t been very hungry the last couple of days and getting in all my water.  I even took a walk yesterday.  It was raining today so I didn’t want to go out in it.

I had a very stressful day at work but I did NOT succumb to the chocolate that someone brought into the office!  I keep reminding myself that I am 15 pounds away from goal weight, without any wiggle room if I am to do a short round, although only having to do a short round would be a bonus and not something I’m counting on.

Most days are not as stressful as today was, but something will always come up, so I need to figure out some effective measures to deal with these sorts of situations.  Exercise is a fabulous way to work off steam, and I remember many 3 hour long workout sessions.  I don’t want to commit that amount of time any more, but that is a great outlet.  If I could just get over not wanting to be rained on….

R4VLCD6 - 163

Weight: 163

Down another pound, and reminding myself this isn’t new territory.  Why do we need to learn the hard (and expensive) way?

Also enjoying how I’m feeling.  My stomach isn’t sticking out so much and my pants, which are my new, smaller size, are beginning to fit comfortably again.

I’m also trying not to count how much I will weigh by such-and-such a date.  That’s a bit hard, being excited about the transformation, figuring out how much more of this sort of effort will be required for this duration, as well as trying to schedule events into one’s life.

I forgot my water bottle at home yesterday, so I didn’t get my full amount of water in, and I was hungrier than usual, too.  Not gonna make that mistake today!

R4VLCD5 - 164

Weight: 164

Good, I’m down .5 pounds today.  That makes a total of 6 pounds so far, including the load weight (which I hate including).

It’s hard to say if I would have lost more if I had eaten a different dinner last night.  While I wouldn’t recommend eating lamb on a regular basis on the diet, or even again, at least I didn’t gain!  And in the overall scheme of everything, no harm done!

R4VLCD4 – 164.5

Weight: 164.5
My hubby made me a surprise dinner….a lamb steak, with cabbage!
It smelled wonderful as I walked through the door tonight, and he was so proud to have gotten me a surprise….and I was hungry, too!  Today was the first day where I was a bit hungry during the day, but not even close to any of the other rounds.
In case you’re wondering…lamb is NOT on the list!  He got it mixed up with veal…
I counted up the calories, and I’m within my limits, so, I ate it, and we’ll see what the scale says tomorrow.  I don’t plan to make a habit of deviating from the approved food list, but sometimes you just gotta go with some love!

R4VLCD1 - 170

Weight: 170
I started my 4th round on Saturday, doing injections again.  Today is VLCD 1.
Why another round?  Well, I had 10-15 pounds to get rid of at the end of round 3 and I haven’t gotten rid of them.  I have been exercising, but not what I think of as a consistent routine like going to the gym 3 times a week.  I’ve been walking at lunch, but sometimes I can’t. 
I have eaten pretty normally in the meantime.  Actually, I pushed the limits, with the food sensitivities and allergies I have.  It’s been interesting on the one hand, but I haven’t felt as fabulous as I could.  I’m still getting used to the “new” me, at a size 12, too, although, I gained 5 pounds in the last 2 weeks.
That started with a weekend trip that included a ton of food; that should have been my load weekend, and, in fact, was going to be, but I decided to put it off since our anniversary was 2 weeks after that.  Then I hurt my back and couldn’t continue my walks.
Frankly, I’m tired of waiting, I’m tired of loading and can’t wait to get this weight off me!