Beginning Week 3.....down 12.2 pounds in two weeks!!

Day 15: Weight 204.8. That means I have gained 1/2 pound since yesterday. I am a little bummed. But that brings my total weight loss to 12.2 pounds in 14 days. That is still amazing! I was really hoping to be below the 200 pound mark this weekend, but now my goal is extended. I feel like I am so close, but so far away from it. Since I lost over 8 pounds the first week, that means I only lost like 4 the second week, so I may not be in ONE-derland until next weekend :( I was really hoping the coconut bark would be my saviour, but I guess not. I do plan on trying it again, just in case it was a fluke.

Today I am going to keep my menu clean. No Walden Farms, no chili (tomatoes make some people stall), and nothing creative. I already have a batch of cucumbers sitting in vinegar so they'll be ready for lunch, and then I will eat some shrimp. I am going to bake my apple, however :) And then for dinner I will have fajita style chicken on mixed greens. I also don't think I've been doing a great job getting all my water in, so I will focus on that today, too. Here's hoping week 3's loss is better than week 2 was!

Day 16: Weight 203.2. Whoo-hoo!! I am down 1.6 pounds from yesterday. I didn't eat dinner last night, but it wasn't intentional and I wasn't hungry at all. My daughter and I went to the mall, and I didn't even think about eating before I left. Everything at the mall is pure EVIL, so I didn't eat there. Since I wasn't hungry I figured I would just eat when I got home. I must admit, the food at the italian place looked good, but I definately didn't want to cheat on fast food. Olive Garden or Chili's, maybe :) By the time I got home I had forgotten I didn't eat dinner, lol, and went to bed.

Today my plan is to have my 4 eggs (but only 1 yolk) scrambled with some spinach. It would be much better with cheese, but I will be okay. Besides, another month or so and I can have cheese, sour cream, and the like!! I am going to have half a grapefruit at noon- I didn't used to like them, but now I LOVE them!! Probably all the sugar. I am going to have the fajita style chicken tonight, over some lettuce with salsa. Hopefully the scale will be my friend tomorrow as well!!

Day 17: Weight 201.6. OMG!! Another 1.6 pounds! I had to check three times to be certain. I really thought maybe I was dreaming! I am going to hit my goal of 199 this week!! This diet is actually the hardest thing I have ever done, but at the same time it is kind of easy. It is hard with 6 kids, not to lick the spoon when I cook for them. Mac N Cheese, peanut butter, etc. But I Haven't!!! The emotional hunger is the hard part. I find myself cleaning and reading ALOT lately. Never knew just how much time I spent in the kitchen, haha! Today I ate chili for lunch and a half a grapefruit. For dinner I ate tilapia and pickled cucumbers.

Day 18: Weight 201.0. Another half pound, yay!!! Also, my total weight lost is an even 16 pounds. I can hardly believe it. For lunch I tried a new recipe for chicken fried "rice". The rice is actually cabbage, cut up in rice size pieces. Then it is all stir-fried together with Bragg's amino acids (kinda like soy sauce, only healthy). It was pretty good. Definately NOT rice, but still a good dish. Next time I will probably leave the cabbage bigger like a traditional chinese dish. I ate an apple in between. For dinner I ate fajita style chicken with lots of salsa. It would be really good over a bed of lettuce, but I was out. It was super filling.

Day 19: Weight 200.8. Only .2 pounds, but I'll take it! I may see my goal of 199 sooner than I hoped! For lunch today I ate chili and half a grapefruit. The grapefruit is soooo good right now, very sweet. For dinner I am going to have the spinach scramble again. Maybe it will give me a big loss tomorrow!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!!! Today is the first day I have felt a little hunger. Not bad, but definately different than all the previous days. And at work they had a red-velvet cake from my favorite bakery for our meeting. It was driving me CRAZY! I had decided I would likely eat one bite. I left the conference room quickly. Still driving me crazy, a co-worker mentioned that it wasn't the most flavorful she had eaten, and suddenly I did not even want to try it! It is a miracle, but then I wasn't even the slightest bit tempted. Yay me!!

Day 20: Weight 199.4!!! For the first time in many, many years I am BELOW 200 pounds!! Whoo-hoo!! I have ben on cloud 9 all day long. For lunch I brought some ground lean meat, salsa and huge lettuce leaves to make some "Tacos". My colleague told me her husband has been eating low-carb tortillas and still losing. So I decided to try one for lunch. I put my lettuce, beef and salsa in it. Mmmmm...it was so satisfying and tasty. Now we will see what the scale says tomorrow. It will really suck if I am back in the 200's tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me! For dinner I have fajita chicken with lettuce, and more salsa. I am going to eat an apple somewhere in there, just not sure when.

Day 21: Weight 199.0. Yay! I'm down another .4. As long as it doesn't go up, I will be a happy camper :) And more importantly, I am past the halfway mark. I can't believe how long it's been. I'm still trying to decide if I want to do another round immediately or go ahead and take a three week break. I'm leaning towards just getting it done!!

Today for lunch I brought fajita chicken, lettuce and pickled cucumbers. I dropped my jar of salsa last night and it shattered all over my driveway. I was so mad! So no flavor for me today, lol!! I did bring some of the ranch dressing spritzer- another tip from a colleague- so will be trying that out today as well. I have no idea what to do for dinner, I think I am out of my pre-cooked meals. TGIF!!