Day 5 vlcd: +0.8lbs (-2.6 lbs total), 160

OK, so after 4 days, I've lost 2.6 pounds.  That is NOT good.  It's because of my cheat, for sure, so today I've been ON POINT.    Melba toasts, 2, check.  100 grams of lean ground beef, with lettuce salad, check.  One orange, check.  1.75 liters water so far, check.  1 tbsp milk in my coffee, check.    NO deviations.   I have an apple or orange, another 100 grams of beef, and another lettuce salad to look forward to tonight.  Maybe I should take an epsom salt bath as well....I think I'm probably detoxing in this first week, I hope.   I've been sleepy, cranky, hungry, low-energy.   But, every day does have its moments, both good and bad.   I'm still doing this.

Noooooooooooooooo! Cheated.

....yeah, I cheated at 10:00 at night, I could've just gone to bed but NO!!!!!!!!!!!
My boyfriend made this black quinoa w/ carrots, onions, marinara, some olive oil, chicken, and a little red wine.   I ate approximately 3/4 of a cup of this.   I had a tough evening so I'm not totally surprised.  OK so let's just move forward here...

Day 4 vlcd: -0.6lbs (-3.4lbs total), 159.2

So that's 3.4 pounds lost in 3 days.   That's actually not bad at all.   This is hard work for the results, so I really want to wake up one morning and see like a 6-lb-in-one-day loss, and then look in the mirror and suddenly I've magically transformed into a Victoria's Secret model, but um I guess that's not very realistic thinking lol.   Well, at least I'm taking the steps to get there....into VicSecMod-world, lol...hey, I just want to get close enough to knock on the door. :)

Day 3 vlcd: -1lb (-2.8lbs total), 159.8

Cool, another loss.  Remember, I'm not gonna have the same losses as others right now, mainly because of my botched first-week.   I'm telling myself this so I don't get disappointed!  This IS a difficult diet; I slept for at least 12 hours last night and can sleep some more.  Had dreams last night that I was on some sort of halucingenic drug that kept my awareness extremely blurred and groggy, and I had no strength....I kept waking up in the middle of it & remembering that I actually DONT have any strength or energy, lol.    I know that this stage will pass.    Just had my orange and my chicken, and am looking forward to a lemonade soda later made w/ mineral water, lemon juice, and stevia.

Day 2 vlcd: -1.8lbs, 160.8

A loss.  YAY!   About to make my tea...man, it's hard to not have my coffee w/ milk in the morning...one tablespoon of milk just doesn't cut it.   Breakfast:  Tea, lots of water.
1:55pm
Today has been difficult.  I'm not so much HUNGRY as I am just wanting to do something pleasurable that will lift my spirits.  I'm stuck at work and can't really concentrate on doing anything other than being obsessed with my diet, other peoples' diets, reading the yahoo boards, adding up my calories, drinking my water, etc., etc., etc.   Basically driving myself crazy.  Poured more than a tablespoon of whole milk into my coffee just out of habit...had half the coffee then tossed the rest.  Thinking about eating those spinach leaves....
alright this is enough. I'm outta here, see ya tomorrow!

Day 1 vlcd Starting Weight: 162.6 and I made it through my first VLCD day!

Man, today was the day from HELL, had a meltdown at work, not working well w/ my boss, so I had to take a personal day, so I've had stress...but I DID manage to get through my first official VLCD day 1 so ALL IS WELL.

Weighed this morning on my BEAUTIFUL new scale:  162.6 is my starting weight.

I know I may not have losses until after VLCD day 3 because of my last week's errors, but I almost don't care, because  DAY 1 is DONE!

And what's cool is that I stopped having hunger issues 2 days ago -- I guess the drops are doing their job!  Hope hope!

The week was a wash. Tomorrow is VLCD day 1.

Sorry to report that my first week went terribly but I'm trying to get on track again. Here's how it went:

1. Had no scale so no starting weight, then
2. Took 3 loading days instead of 2, as my time of the month arrived on a start-day.

**VLCD day 1 perfect, 500 calories
**VLCD day 2 I caved in:  1600
**VLCD day 3 I was eating normal food but not much, 1300 calories
**VLCD day 4 would be today....I'm at 1100.  

I finally got my scale in the mail so basically I can "re-start" tomorrow with an actual *starting weight*.

Stayed on my hccg drops the whole time.

I was told by someone on the forum that I should just use tomorrow as my VLCD day 1 and use that weight.  But I can tell I'm retaining water BIG TIME.  I feel like a large bloated waterbottle.