Well its 330pm on my first day of the VLCD. I have ate about 367 calories...so far, I still need to do dinner. I feel great, I am not hungry. Today is my day off, so I spent the morning doing some homework and cleaning my bedroom and bathroom. I ran a few errands (got my veggies) cooked some meat and veggies for tomorrow and saturday- always gotta have those meals prepared :)
My two days of loading did increase my weight.
This morning I weighed in at 239.1 with a body fat % of 41. That is going to be my starting weight before the VLCD.
I made goals for myself for each week on how much I want to lose. The first few weeks it does average about a lb a day, and then I slowly decreased my goals. We will see what happens this first week and then I can reassess.
I am planning on running today- so I was looking towards doing about 700 cals to make up the difference for the calories I burn. I am signed up to do a 2 mile truffle shuffle run on Feb 13th, So I am going to start moving my running to the outdoors. It's still been cold here (Oregon) but the sun has been out and I should have no problem moving outside...getting some fresh air!
Today I also took pictures of myself...in sports bra and underwear. It was not pleasant. I took them because I want to see the difference. I am not posting them until I have something better to show with the bad. I am still not sure how often I want to take pictures. I think I will watch the weight loss and inches and when I think I can see a difference, I will take progress pics.
I was very disappointed in the way I look and the fact that I have let myself look like this.
I am not able to change the past though, so its all about moving forward.
I am debating on the use of my lotion (I use lotion all the time). I have read to try and avoid any oils even those in lotions and cosmetics. I use cocoa butter though to help my skins flexibility (to avoid loose skin). I think I will continue to use it....if I see that I am not loosing weight, I may try eliminating it.
I bought all kinds of veggies today at the store. I spend 50 bucks on basically produce.
Berries, squash, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, asparagus, green beans, sweet peppers, bananas, apples..ect...
I also bought some more cottage cheese, if there are any meals I would like to substitute that for the meat, and some skim rich milk.
I am ready for whatever life brings me!!
Time to work on some more homework...and my roommate should be home soon, so we can go on our run!!! :)
