it's been awhile...

Well, I finally got over the previous plateau only to hit another a few days later.  I left the 196's and got stuck in the 192's.  But, as long as the ticker is still going down, I'm not complaining.

I think I've finally gotten over all of the "withdrawal" like symptoms.  No headaches, no fatigue etc.  I'm feeling pretty good overall--except that I am still hungry a lot.  Wonder if that'll ever go away.

I got my hair cut last week and that has done wonders for me.  I've always hated my hair long--it just hangs there and seems so boring!  But, I agreed to grow it out to make the bf happy.  Just to be clear, he didn't ask...I offered.  Well, after 6-months I had enough.  I love my new short "do."  So does the boyfriend.  And we've both noticed a change in my personality.   Amazing what a haircut can do!

Plateau already?

Okay, so I recovered from my peanut butter debacle and managed to drop another pound before Sunday weigh-in.  Now, though, I'm stuck!  Yes, I am one of those people who weighs every day (I know, I know),  But, the daily changes help keep me motivated.  Here is my weight from the last week...
197
196
196
195
196
196

Four of the last 6 days have been at 196.  It's possible that TOM is on it's way (I have all of the other symptoms so far).  But, it's still frustrating when I'm only on my second week of the diet!

I'm not devastated.  I'm not giving up.  I'm not thinking that it's not gonna work for me ('cause I know it will).  Mostly, I just needed to vent.  Thanks for listening.

CHEATER!!!!!!

I am so mad at myself!!! 

For some reason, whenever I go on a diet I start craving peanut butter.  The strange part is that I don't really like peanut butter.  Well, yesterday I broke down and had some...6 heaping tablespoons right out of the jar.  It was good!---but, alas, not really worth it.  Today I'm up (only .5 lb, but still up).

Good news is that it has strengthened my resolve.  I was a "good girl" today--drank all of my water plus some, ate everything when and how much I was supposed to, didn't even go crazy with the boullion.  It was a good day.

Day 5 - beginnings

Okay.  It's the start of Day 5 and things are going pretty well.  I don't think I realized how crappy I was feeling the first few days--until I started feeling uncrappy.  I also found out from the bf that I was, in fact, quite grumpy even though I didn't realize it.  Luckily, he's very supportive and understood that it was just me adjusting to the new diet--so he didn't take anything personally and we managed to avoid quite a few arguments.

I'm feeling pretty good--down 7 pounds so far!  I've finally given up on trying to make the chili and the minestrone edible.  Luckily, I found someone on a Medifast Support Forum (www.makemethinner.comwho lilkes both and has agreed to trade.

I must go, now, and work on a school assigment that's due tomorrow.  I also just realized that we have our mid-term next week (yikes!).

Later.

What I ate...

Day One:
Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal
Chili
Banana Pudding
Chai Latte
S'more bar
7 oz. ground buffalo
2 1/2 cup salad w/ Honey Dijon Walden Farms dressing

Day Two:
Apple & Cinnamon Oatmeal
Strawberry Shake
Fruit & Granola bar
Chile
Banana Pudding
5 oz. ham steak
1 1/2 cup green beans w/ Rotel

Day Three:
Minestrone
Banana Shake
Chocolate Shake
Chocolate Pudding
Oatmeal Raisin bar
7 oz. mahi-mahi
2 1/2 cup salad w/ salsa

MediFast - Day 3

Yesterday was a bit weird.  I felt great first thing and most of the morning.  Then, around noon, I felt like I'd been pummeled with a sledgehammer.  I was soooooo tired and weak!  I drank some of my "emergency bouillon" and ate a couple of pickle spears hoping that the sodium might perk me up.  When I got home around 1:00, I ate my afternoon MediFast meal and laid down on the couch to take a nap.  Never did fall asleep, but just lying down for about an hour seemed to help.I never did get to feeling quite "right," but not a completely terrible day.

Felt really good this morning!  Down 3.5 pounds already.  I know it's just "water weight," but it's still weight that I'm not carrying around anymore!

I'm feeling much better today--still a slight headache.  I've been drinking insane amounts of water but will probably break down and take an Exedrin soon.  Also fighting a feeling of diarrhea.  A little gurgling in the old stomach, but overall not a bad day so far.

Medifast - Day 1

Ooh!  I'm a dork.  I was almost finished with a great first post when I tried to fix a mis-spelling and wound up backspacing my way out of the page.  Of course, said "great first post" is now lost and I'm on my way out the door.  Argh!  I'll try again later.  Still waiting for the headaches which I know will come...but overall feeling pretty good 3 hours into my first day.