I feel like I have been really lucky so far. I haven't had issues with the supplements, I haven't lost any hair, I haven't suffered headaches (other than a couple times I didn't drink enough fluids) and my hunger has been controlled by my plan to have a glass of water and wait and then have my product if I am still hungry. I would say I get hungry every 2hrs or 2.5 depending on my fitness that day. I think it's best to start that habit now so that I keep that habit when I move to real food (in 7 weeks!!)
So that brings me to why I am posting about dizziness...I have been dizzy since Monday. At first I attributed it to too much coffee on Monday, but it seems the reality is more like too many fluids. We were instructed to consume 64oz of fluid in addition to the fluids we get from the products. This would mean that if I do 5 liquid products/day I'm getting about 104oz of fluids plus a couple here and there for some other fluids I don't count (like the 8oz I use for the metamucil or the 4oz I mix up for my coffee shakes since I add it to 8oz of coffee). Anyway, I emailed the MD today and the response I got was to go back to 3 shakes, 2 bars and 1 soup. I did that until last Thursday. Basically, if I'm getting too many fluids, my sodium is probably a little low although my labs are ok. So I'm gonna try it. And since I don't have enough bars this week to really test it I will just eliminate a glass of water.
On to more exciting news...I am down 28.6lbs. I am quite happy with that. And I'm still on track to be halfway to my ultimate goal by the time I transition to food. I am not as nervous about transition as I think I should be. I think one of the reasons is that I'm really good at counting calories. What I am not good at is eating consistently throughout the day so that I'm not starving by the time I leave work. So that will be a big goal for me. I have never really been more than 20lbs overweight before and that was only twice, the pounds came off fast and although I gained it back I also lost it right away again. The times I gained it back were times in my life that I went through some depressing things. So my other big goal will be to not use food as comfort! I will have to be motivated to go out and run with the dogs instead. :-)
We very briefly talked about transition in class this week. Someone asked so our facilitator told us. She says the first week will be 3oz of protein and 2cups of cooked vegetables...That is a ton of cooked veggies! From what I had read online it was like 1/2cup. I'm a little worried about the volume. Especially because it is supposed to be steamed. I'm hoping they will tell us steamed, but that we can add no calorie seasonings even if we can't add oil. 2 cups of asparagus seems like a lot. :-) I might become the queen of cauliflower mash. Ha!
One of the guys in our class mentioned not seeing himself as smaller. In a way I wish I was having that issue now! I seem to see myself as smaller than I really am. :-) One tip for him was to draw the outline of your body on a piece of paper and then have someone trace you and see the difference. I've always thought that is an interesting task, but I think not needed for me at this point. Another suggestion was that he go buy clothes that fit! And I suggested he look at his face in pictures.
Someone cheated this week. She had lima beans and a cookie. Another lady cheated with a taco. At least she did it right. :-) I don't plan to cheat at all! I feel like I would just regret it if I don't follow the plan to a "T." In my head I would always wonder what would have happened if I hadn't and think maybe I would have lost more weight. I already regret not getting 10000 steps per day every day! I think I am getting close to 9000 most days now. I guess I should look at that closer next week! I am doing about 2 days of run/walk the last 2 weeks. The reason for this week was the dizziness. Last week was laziness. But at least I still walked. :-)
Guess that's all I've got for tonight!
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