Yesterday and today have been my worse days yet. And my best!!
I was hungry off and on for the first fifteen days. I expected to be hungry. You can't take a 1500 to 2000 calorie-a-day diet, change to an 800 calorie-a-day diet and not expect to be hungry. But the hungry was easy to manage. The tummy started its minor discomfort about every 2 to 3 hours. Since I was supposed to eat every 2 to 3 hours, everything worked out great. It was like having a built in alarm clock telling me when to eat next. And the shakes and bars were just enough to satisfy my hunger. They taste really good. But that was before Day 16.
Day 16 and Day 17 have not been so easy. The alarm clock has lost its timing and I find myself hungry much more often than every 2 hours. I used to eat my optional sugar free popscicle or sugar free jello cup just for something sweet after dinner, Lately, its become a way to keep from eating everything portioned out for the day in one sitting. The tips in the MediFast diet materials have helped me get through this. Tips like splitting my vegetable up. The diet allows three servings of vegetables a day. So I have taken 2 of the servings and created a additional meal. I eat this extra meal close to lunch, since I reserve my main meal for dinner with the family. But the hardest part of the last two days is going to bed hungry. My 22 year old daughter wants to spend July 4th in Galveston and I'm just not sure I can stand the heat and a 'rumbly tumbly'. We'll have to see.
I have also starting drinking more water. Today I had 6 half liter bottles of water and a 16 ounce glass of water at dinner. I normally try to keep my intake between 4 and 5 liters, but it has been unusually hot and humid here in Houston Texas.
But, . .all this said . . . . I just stepped on the scales to check my progress, something I do often to reasure myself the weight-loss program still working and that I am actually still following the plan (this is actually not recommended by by MediFast, I'm just sort OCD about this), and I was excited to find I had finally broken 220, wieghing in as 119.2. Oh, I think I forgot to mention that I started this journey at 234.5 pounds. The ladies at the MediFast office in Clear Lake, near BayBrook Mall, Janie and Jamie, have been so wonderful to me. I am grateful for all their encouragement.
Well, it's time to go to bed now, hungry but happy!
God Bless You and Be With You on your journey for self improvement.
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