Day Three!

HEY! I've survived three day's on this craziness and have lost 3 lbs as of this morning! The first day was not bad, although I had to go to the grocery store, and that is always hard for me. I came out with some mozz/cheddar string cheese sticks and wasabi edammame nuts, which were really yummy! Okay, so those weren't on the diet, but helped me make it though the day. For breakfast I had the oatmeal raisin bar, which was quite good, shake was a french vanilla shake, also good, and trust me, I've never tolerated a shake as a meal, but it worked. Lunch was the chicken noodle soup, which was good, but needed some zip, I added some s&p, heavy on the p...haha. Afternoon snack I had on the way to the store, and it was the peanut butter crunch bar. It was VERY good so far as bars go. I pee'd like a race horse ALL day long. Lost 2.5 lbs the first day. From peeing, I assume.

Day two: wanted to eat ALL day, just for the sake of eating. Wasn't that I was hungry, just had the "I wanna eats" so in and amongst all the prepackaged stuff, I fixed two pork chops and had a diet cherry cola. Wasn't even hungry by dinner time, but had to feed the husband, so I had him grill some chicken breast and the other 2 pork chops. Had diced butternut squash, which was hum ho...but made some AWESOME slaw from broccoli slaw mix I picked up the day before. Made it through the rest of the day without eating anything.

Got up this morning and had lost another .5 lb. That makes you feel good. Now what doesn't make me feel good is that DH started cutting back on Monday also, and has lost 7 lbs already! GRRRRRRRR MEN! Today was an okay day, wasn't hungry much. I did fix tostadas for dinner and probably shouldn't have had the shells, but they were only around 7 carbs per shell, so I didn't think that was bad. Had no cheese, so I loaded it up with spring mix and tomatoes, lots of taco sauce and sour cream. REALLY good. I had nothing else after dinner. I know I'm not following the "Medi-fast" program the way they lay it out exactly, but I gotta get through these first few days! I also need to place another order!

For now, I'm okay with it!

Okay...I know it's been awhile...LOL, like, last year?! What has happened in my life since that time? Too much to tell, so let's just stick to the major's. Moving and diet.

We moved to Nashville to a HUGE old house and are having a ball. Lovin' that we can just get in the car and eat anywhere we like within 5 minutes instead of 35, lovin' the 13 acres and will definitely love the pool when it ever gets warm enough to get in!

On the diet front...weigh more now than I did when I created this blog, tried Flat Belly diet, hormone replacement AND weight watchers in the last 7 months. Hate weight watchers, I always have, never lose enough to keep me motivated, although I had positive effects from the HRT weight loss was not one of them, and due to the negatives, I have been temporarily taken off of them for at least 3 months. I had a major voice change and no longer have enough vocal range to sing anything except alto or low tenor LOL...AND excessive hair growth in places a woman would rather not have hair. HA! The doctor seen a pattern in my estrogen that he wasn't sure about and felt it better to just discontinue treatment and draw blood for the next 3 months to see why it's bouncing up and down. I miss the energy that HRT gave me, and some days find it hard to put one foot in front of the other.

However, I am DESPERATE to lose this 40 lbs. Today I started Medi-fast. I know it's going to be hard. I know I'm going to act like a spoiled child and whine about it. I know I'm going to be hungry for the first week, but, I have made up my mind that I am going to do this for at least 6 weeks. I have a "mini-goal" of 20 lbs by the second week of June, in time for my yearly Vegas trip! I'll have a week off...then, back home to buckle down for the next 20. I know I can do it, I just have to find the "zone" to put my mind into. I have SOME how got to chance my relationship with food, and think of it as fuel for my body, rather than an escape. If I can look at food as purely nutrition to feed my body, I think I can change the destructive pattern I've been in for the last 20 years.

I am definitely going to try to keep up with my blog as added accountability. Will ya'll keep me motivated????