VLCD #14

Hooray! Today I dropped 2.6 pounds on the scale for a nice 145.6. I feel better, of course! I slept in an hour longer than usual, which was really nice. My body needed it after a week like I had at work, but yesterday I had to get up early to drive my son to his job. He had to be all the way across the valley by 7 am.

I know that we are all going to hit those plateaus at previous weights. I also know that we will get past them if we just stick with the program and not get frustrated and cheat. But it isn't easy to be good when you aren't seeing results. Especially for someone like me who doesn't have a history of self control and sticking with diets. So, with that said, today's loss was a huge boost to my self-confidence and makes me want to stick tight to the protocol!

Yesterday, a friend whom I hadn't seen in a few months asked me if I'd lost weight. I told here yes, 15 pounds. She said I looked great and asked what I was doing. She works with DNA at the university here. She clones something for some kind of medicine. She's a micro-biologist. I told her what I was doing. You know what she said? "Great! Looks like it's working for you!" We were having a small party at her house for the guys and we ordered pizza and hot wings and had sodas on hand for all the boys. She and I each had a lettuce salad with crumbled fish we cooked on the stove top. I had told her no oils for me. She asked what I put on my salad I told her Garlic powder and salt. That's what I had, she had Newman's diet dressing on hers. But it was fun to share a meal with someone who ate mostly like me while those boys ate their pizza and wings!


MEASUREMENTS

Chest - 41 / 38 / 38
Waist - 34 / 32.5 / 31
Tummy - 36 / 34 / 33
Hips - 41.75 / 40.5 / 40.5
L Thigh - 23.25 / 23 / 22.2
R Thigh - 23.5 / 23 / 22
L Arm - 12 / 12 / 11.5
R Arm - 12 / 12 / 11.5

Inches lost so far............ 13.8

Well, I am going to try on a bathing suit! Hope you all have a nice Sunday!