The Grocery Store

Sorry I am a little late on my post this week.  It has been a crazy week at work and home, and I am just now finding the time two days late to sit down and tell you about what has been going on.  The good news is I am still losing weight.  I am down another 3 lbs...that makes me down a total of 18 lbs.  Yeah.......My short term goal is to be down another two lbs at least this week, so I can hit the 20 lb threshold.  I always feel like you cant see it in me until I am at least down that much weight, but who knows.  I have been trying to work out this week and it is so hard with the weather change.  This morning it was 32 degrees when I woke up.....it might be time for a treadmill......

This week was a good week but a learning week.  I figured out the trick to this diet.  The grocery store.  I have a love hate relationship with the grocery store.  I love going and seeing all the treats and thinking of different things I can make & eat.  Since I have been doing this diet, I haven't been as excited to go, but this week was different.  I pre-planned my meals and shopped accordingly.  I made lettuce taco wraps.  I used iceberg lettuce as the shell, 97% lean beef, low fat sour cream a tiny bit of fresh salsa and low fat cheese.....it was delicious. 

I think the trick to this is preparing in advance, and having the proper groceries in your house.  The best way to approach this is to have basic list of fresh foods that are needed each week, and then getting a few specific items for meals.  This way you always have the proper foods and snacks on hand.  It makes it much harder to cheat, and less desirable.

Headed of for a long walk with my dog...I need to start burning these calories......

Detox is OVER....

So, my second weigh in was very successful although I know this is because I was still doing my detox.  I did the detox for a total of 13 days.  This was probably the hardest part,  I was very limited on the foods I could eat, but I always new it was temporary.  I also knew that by doing the detox for as long as possible I would lose more weight faster.  In total during the first two weeks of the diet I have a lost a total of 15 lbs.  I have recently changed up my diet, so I am eating more foods, so It will be exciting to see where the next weigh in takes me.  I know that my weight loss from here on out will not be as drastic, but I needed this jump start to get me started. 

One of my favorite parts about MD Diet so far has been going in for my weigh ins and vitamin B shots.  The nurses and staff are so nice.  Every time I get my shot I ask the nurse a million lame questions about when I should eat, what I should eat and what I can do to optimize my weight loss at the quickest pace.  They are so nice and so knowledgeable.  It is so great to be able to ask weight loss questions and get the answer in a clinical sense.  I am have a very math oriented mind, and I love breaking down the calories, fat, and carbs to find out exactly how the food is going to affect me. 

Last night I went to dinner with some friends, and someone at the table knew the chef, so he hand delivered Russian Creme, and a deep fried Cheesecake to our table as a custom dessert he prepared for us.  I was so proud of myself that I refrained completely.  I know there will be sacrifices along the way, and although it sucks, it is nice to know that when all this is over I will have something to show for it, and that I will have my indulgences in check....and maybe once in a while I will take a bite, but until then, I am a stone wall.

Weight Lost...............is Weight Lost!!!!!!

OK.....so this week has been super crazy, and I have so much to let you in on. After one complete week on the diet, I am down a total of 9LBS. This means I only have 88LBS to go!!!! I am in utter shock that I could lose this much weight in one week. I know a lot of it is probably water weight (lets be realistic people-remember-35LBS of water), but that does not matter to me. Weight lost is weight lost!!! I have been told that the you can see it in my face. This is really awesome because lets face it, that is the first place people look at you! The other thing is that I died my hair dark brown. I decided that I was becoming a new person and why not make a complete change. This is the new me.





I have one week to go on the detox, and I have to admit, I am getting bored of my limited food choices, but I also realize that the people at MD Diet know what they are talking about since I lost 9 LBS in one week, so I will keep on it. I know this detox is a limited time thing and I will not be doing it forever.

At my most recent weigh in, I got my second Vitamin B shots. I know I shouldn't be such a baby about this part, but I can't help it, it stings!!!! And I am sure that I should probably remember not to wear a skirt on Mondays cuz I am sure the nurse is sick of seeing my hiney each week (well twice-but isn't that enough for anyone).

35 what........

So, I mentioned in my earlier post that would tell you what was on the little printout.  After my initial weigh in and the class I took on how everything works, I was supposed to hit the grocery store and begin my progress.  I decided to take one more day and hit it hard on Sunday.  I spent Saturday stocking up on all the treats (I use this word loosely since we all know I wasn't really buying treats) I would need for my three day cleanse.  I was very diligent to only get what was on list and not deviate at all.  I woke up on Sunday morning ready for my challenge.  I was sooo nervous that I would not be able to do it.  Sunday sailed past without any problems and it was soon Monday when I was supposed to report to the doctor and find out what I was supposed to do after my three day detox...boy was I in for a surprise.  I was initially weighed, and it turned out I had lost 4 Lbs in one day.....un-believable (or so I thought)...Dave, the PA handling my case pulled out the paperwork and started to go over everything they found out about my body composition.  This was to determine what I needed to do to lose all the weight and if I had any underlying thing that were going to be a problem.  The big news that shocked me then and still shocks me even as I type this is, that I had 35 LBS of extra (yes EXTRA) water weight (sooooo that was the 4 LBS).  I knew I used a lot of salt in my diet, but I was in shock that I had retained that much water.  My friend Diane has described me as salting my salt.  I put salt on everything, pizza, toast, salad, and even Bacon.  I never realized this could be such a huge mitigating factor on my weight (OK I guess I realized it, but I didn't want to hear it).  I guess the news isn't totally bad (glass half full people).  If I need to lose 97 LBS, and 35 of those are water, then if my calculations are correct I only need to lose 62LBS of fat...this is so much more doable.....I have never been more motivated than I was after this meeting.  The bad news is, they want me to stay on this detox for 14 days since I have soooo much water to lose...bummer cuz I want to widen my horizons with my food, but I am so happy with the results so far.