7 Days In - Weigh in Tomorrow....I truly am losing it!

Hello friends.

I don't know if you have had a week like I have but...it's been CRAZY in my world and in my head. 

It has now been one week since I have had a "real what you would call meal".  I remember that last meal like it was the last pizza ever cooked on this earth.  It was super cheesy with delicious crust and I carefully dipped it in ranch and washed it down with 2 TALL beers. Now approximately in pizza alone I ate 1,320 calories and 75 carbs that night.  Gross amount of calories.  But unfortunately, pizza is my most favorite thing in the world and I will spend the rest of my life figuring out a way to enjoy pizza in moderation while maintaining a healthy lifestyle and weight!  I look forward to my next slice of pizza ...a few months from now :).

Other than spending time remembering my last meal I have conquered so many things this week.  I have had victory after victory and of course some moments in absolute torment as I prayed and shed a few tears.  These tears are not tears of true misery but just little bits of courage and energy seeping out as I felt "different" - "weird" -"unhealthy"- and hungry <--not in quotes. I am not any of those things and this diet is medically supervised to IMPROVE my health not destroy it or my mental health.  It is just so emotional at first because I feel disconnected and I am pretty emotional anyway.

Now to talk about my victories: I succeeded in having my shakes, puddings, and soups this week successfully!  I am really fond of the mocha shake, chicken soup, chocolate shake and pudding, and the Apricot Pineapple shake!  I even made two batches of chicken muffin thingys that you can make with the soup mix <--pretty good once I made a few adjustments to the recipe.  Don't worry Casey if you are reading this I only added in 2 tbs of salsa that fit into the carb allotment  :).  ( Casey is the dietitian on this program and she is AMAZING)

Next huge victory--- I am in KETOSIS and I mean pee on a stick make it turn purple ketosis! Woo WOO...and for all who are unaware ketosis means my body is not longer using glucose for energy and is now burning my storage of fat to fuel my body!  Woohoo..I could probably fly to the moon on this fuel ;). Ketosis also means that I am not near as hungry as I once was and I am feeling a bit more normal in my energy levels.  The dr. says it may take a few weeks to your body to get used to this diet, so this is just a huge step in the right direction.  I still am having mood swings though so please pray for me , my friends, and my wonderful supportive husband!




I also had a team luncheon with my new team.  It was at Shogun and it was difficult to say the least- but I was able to adjust my diet that day and enjoy a seaweed salad and a bowl of miso soup along with my lunchtime shake.  I skipped my mid afternoon shake that day to make up for the calories in the soup/salad.  It was worth it for a change in pace, but things like this are used just to keep social abnormalities to a slow roar.  However, that doesn't mean that I didn't want to jump into the fried rice and swim in it along with the steak and chicken being cooked in front of my eyes.  However, I did not have to go into a carb coma that afternoon so that was a plus!! 

So tomorrow is the big day - the big weigh in..what did one week of liquid of do for me.. Stay Tuned and send me prayers, light, and lots of love!!!!