First Weigh-In!

Yesterday was my first weigh-in appointment since we started Ideal Protein.  It was day 4, so I'm sure most of the loss was water weight, but I'll take what I can get!

I lost 3.4 lbs!  Yay!

So far, so good.  Day two was the worst--I had headaches all day.  So did my husband.  We also had some diarrhea, but that has faded too.  By Day 4 we both felt pretty good.  We get tired sometimes, and we've been going to bed fairly early.  I think the energy level will slowly rise as our bodies get used to it.  It was definitely a detox process.  I actually haven't been very hungry between meals.  I definitely feel hungry by the time I have lunch and dinner, but generally everything fills me up.

The food has been okay.  You kind of have to try a lot of products to find which ones you like.  I will put together a list of what I've tried and let you know what I think about them.

It really helps that my husband and I are doing this together.  We enjoy sitting down for dinner together--and I always make sure that dinner is yummy.  I'm a little nervous about the weekends--I have a tendency to eat out of boredom or out of emotion, and I don't do much on the weekends.  So I will have to make a big effort to stay busy.

I did have a moment last night when I thought, "screw this!"  I was tired and wanted something easy rather than having to cook when I was tired.  I thought that it sucked that I couldn't eat out or eat what I wanted when I wanted.  Food has been a big part of my adult life.  When I'm down I can eat and when I'm full of yummy food, then I feel satiated--even when my life is crap.  But now I have to figure out other ways of dealing with my life and my issues.  I have to create new coping mechanisms.  I also considered whether it was worth it.  Was being thinner and healthier worth the loss of food in my life?  Ultimately, I chose to move forward with my diet.  I don't know how things will work out, but I know that if this doesn't work for me, then I will either stay obese the rest of my life or I will have to have weight loss surgery (which I can't afford).

Today, though, I feel better.  I feel pretty good, and I'm eager to find out how much I lose this week.  I should be in ketosis now, so I should be burning fat!  Yay!