Current Weight: 152.8 Lost Day 7 & 8: 0.2 pounds
Total Lost: 7.4 pounds
Breakfast:
-Yogurt & Oats
Snack:
-Yogurt
Lunch:
-1/4 Chicken Piece
Dinner:
-1.5 Ham Steak
Evening Snack:
-Cup of Yogurt
So I am overall not very happy where the last 2 days have taken me. Only .2 pounds in 2 days. The chicken I had for lunch yesterday, I think was packed with Sodium. By 2 p.m. my feet were uncomfortably full in my shoes, and this is a sign I am retaining water. I am hoping this will correct itself today, with my protein & vegetable day. I think another factor, is the exercise. I am not allotting the 30 additional minutes on top of my work day that I need to to take a walk. I am feeling more energetic and the best I have felt in the last 5 days, so hopefully this will be a kick-start to be getting moving to help increase the weight loss.
As the days go on, I am finding myself needing less food. I am never at any point feeling hungry, but after 1.5 pieces of Ham yesterday, I was literally so full, and the 1/4 chicken piece made me feel like I was going to explode. Last night I had a snack which is unusual for me, usually post-dinner I have no desire to eat, but I knew I was going to a late-night baseball game so I decided since I would be up late I needed to have something, so for the car ride, I brought a nice serving of yogurt. I think I might start doing this most nights. I felt really good all night last night, and even though I didn't have a ton of sleep, I feel much more alert & rested today. I am thinking it could be correlated to maybe eating in the evening. Since I am eating so little, my body may need that extra little bit to get through the night. I am going to try making sure yogurt is part of my nightly routine & see if that helps with sleep & energy.
I am starting to feel skinnier. My shirts are fitting nice around the stomache, and I don't feel like I am bulging by any means. Even my double chin is coming down to about a 1.5 chin, and my arms are starting to feel slightly lighter. I can only imagine 20 pounds from now.
When I tell people "I need to lose 35 pounds on this diet", they are stunned and always reply "NO WAY! You will be nothing". It is kind of amazing though. If you see a girl, who is short, like really short like me, and they are 125 pounds, they are probably a size 6, maybe a size 4, and look totally 'cute' and definitely healthy - not too skinny. I once worked with a girl who was much larger, and maybe 1 inch shorter than me, I think she has probably lost close to 100 pounds by now. By the time she was down around the 140's mark, people kept saying "stop losing weight, you are withering away", but it is only because people are used to seeing that person looking a certain way. Any new person that meets her, would think "this is a cute and healthy girl". Anyone who ever has known me can't imagine how I could possibly have 35 pounds to lose, they think that is an unhealthy number but I have been 138 pounds & still was not petite, a lot of people hadn't even noticed I lost weight (scary eh?). The number 35 pounds is a big one to people, but once they see me at 125 pounds, I think they will see it is healthy for me & my entire life I have just been so unhealthy.
Every chubby girls dreams of days wear you can wear short shorts or sit down and not have to be self-conscious of the rolls bursting over your pant sides. I can see that day in the coming months and it really excites me. I feel like I can totally stick to this diet. I know I will likely slip up on this diet, as everyone is human and you can only go so long without something, but I am comfortable with how I am feeling & the foods I am eating, so I think this will actually work for me.
Week 2 feels much better thus far.
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