Day 2...better

Ok, so first, we have blog readers in Singapore!  Hahahaha!!  (I mean welcome fellow Singaporians.)  I posted a link to another blog in the sidebar.  It has a ton of recipes.  Let us know which ones you try!  Hope it helps change it up a bit.

My day was much better than yesterday.  I also found that the more time I took to prepare my food, the more I enjoyed it and the more filling it was.  For example, the tomato I ate with dinner was pretty unsatisfying, but the steamed seasoned cabbage at lunch was great!

I'd be lying if I said I am not hungry right now...well, maybe it's not hunger, just habit.  I literally sorted through about 1000 pictures today and I think I'm going to start scrapbooking.  I need a hobby to keep me busy!

almost done with day 1 Thank the good lord!

A few things I was thinking about while my stomach was growling today.

Can we mix Benefiber into a drink? It would definitely fill up my tummy a little more between meals.

Are we allowed only one fruit at a time or all we can eat like the veggies?

I think I might have to go to Dr and get a Rx for a really strong sleeping pill to just knock me out and not let my stomach growling keep me awake! ha kidding but it would be awesome!


Also my fantastic husband brought home a dozen roses for me to celebrate my path to a healthy lifestyle! Awww although now I feel PRESSURE!! haha poor guy just can't win!

REWARDS!

Some fun things we can do :

~when we do our mmsts we can make it into a ribbon so we can have something tangible to show us all of our hard work.
~an itune download.
~a trashy magazine to distract us from wanting to snack.
~a pretty journal &/or pen to write down how awesome we are
~ flowers or a plant

We also need to come up with a "goal" to strive for every week to stay motivated to win one of these things.

I was a little concerned this morning and had to pee like a racehorse. You know the worse you eat, the darker and smellier your pee is. Well, my pee was like water. And I didn't drink any water the 2 gorge days cuz I didn't want to flush any of those 4000 calories out. I don't know if I ever really got to that many calories. I was getting so sick of eating, but I kept piling it in. So, for today, I was thinking about drinking 32 oz. of water every other hour. Well, I'm already behind in that. I just had water for breakfast. Do we have to have tea or coffee for breakfast or is just water okay? And can I drink tea or water later in the day? Alright, so I started to get hungry around 10 and ate at 11:30. It is 1:00 now and I am hungry. Real hungry. I'll have to load up on water til dinner, which can't come soon enough!

Onto Phase 2

I was actually excited to wake up this morning and start phase 2. I did all my grocery shopping so I have everything I will need for the next week. I feel like I am finally headed in the right direction after all the crap I ate in the last 2 days. Can't wait for the Monday pow wow to see how we are all doing. Maybe we should have little rewards to look forward to....new book, flowers, magazine?? What do you think?? Also should we have fun little awards every week like "most pounds lost" or "most % body weight" or "best motivating tip" ? You know, something super corny to keep us excited and competitive????

I lost 5 lbs.

Seriously. Day one. I lost 5 lbs. I am not expecting this everyday, but an amazing jump start!!!! Just a little one line encouragement from me to all of you.

Rebekah, that is 10 lbs between us. We are at 10% of our 100 lb weight goal.

I am moved by all of you. And, I am moved by me.... This will be easier today than it was yesterday and tomorrow will be easier than it will be today. How can you not be excited about that?

Are We There Yet?

That is exactly how I felt ALL day yesterday - like I was 5 years old and in the backseat of my mom's station wagon again.  I kept thinking "How am I ever going to do this for a whole month?!"  Then, of course, the mind games began.  "This morning I was so excited to not be gorging on junk today.  What happened?"  As I started to analyze why I was hating this diet already, I realized two things:  the first, that if it weren't for you ladies going on this journey with me I probably would have quit - or at least cheated - already;  and the second, the first day is always the hardest.  And now I know why.  Every day after the first day, you can look back with pride at what you've accomplished so far.  You find motivation in the pounds you've already lost and the days you've stuck to protocol.  On the first day, you have none of that - only the thought of how far you have to go.

So first, Jamie and  Tina, if your day was anything like mine, today will likely be the worst.  Hang in there and give yourself some credit - you can do this!  I bought a scale last night (analog, per Tina's recommendation) and weighed myself this morning.  I wish I had bought it the first day so I could be sure it's callibrated the same as Tara's, but there is no going back now, so I am just going to say that it is which means:  I lost 5 pounds after the first day of the VLCD!!!  5 pounds!  And now, I have found my motivation.  I am already determined to keep my mind in a more positive place today. 

A few other things I am noticing:  I went to bed earlier last night (which for me is about 11pm).  As a result I am waking up earlier.  Because I am not snacking and I think I am hungry - but really just bored - I go to bed to avoid sitting there thinking about food.  In the long run, the new sleep schedule will be much healthier for me.  I have also decided that instead of looking forward to the end of this long, dreadful, no-snacking month, I am going to be present in each moment.  Part of never going back to this state I am in now (you know, the one where nothing in your closet fits like it should), is acknowledging and remembering the steps I had to take to get out of this mess.