IP: Day 16 done!

I'm probably going to start writing in weekly increments but I just wanted to write about the struggles that go along with this plan.

I'm still on target as far as I can tell. The scale keeps dipping down steadily in quarter/half lb increments and I'm hoping this week shows a bigger loss because of the time of the month issue. I am assuming I've got at least a lb of water sticking to me and I want it to go away now!

I can totally tell I'm in ketosis. That's the weird part. My taste buds are different. I am tasting something that isn't there but I know it's a symptom of ketosis so I won't complain. I am generally alert and awake, even if I had a late night or little sleep the night before. This feels really great, actually.  I am finding myself to be hungrier these past couple of days. I'm thinking my snack may either have to move to earlier OR I have to do dinner earlier and have my snack at rehearsal. I'll talk to my coach about it and see if there's anyway to help avoid that boredom/craving thing. The odd thing is, even though I'm hungry I'm not wanting candy or chips or crap. I just want protein! What I want out of the chips and such is salt and crunchy texture. I'm wondering if I shouldn't space out my lunch (which happens to be my Southwest cheese curls which I LOVE!) so that the crunch and the spice lasts a little longer?

As far as I can tell, I'm hovering between 10.5-11 lb weight loss. I'm hoping I wake up to good news and see me slipping into another decade lower on the scale. It's only 2 lbs away! 

The only other thing that's making me grumpy is that I am not close to shifting into a different size. I guess I was really cramming this fat body into a size too small. That makes me feel slightly ashamed as I didn't realize how overweight I was/am. I do now.... but at least approximately 11 lbs of it is already gone!  And the cute jeans that were so uncomfortable are now super comfy and loose through the waist, hips and thighs! I still look forward to having to give those cute jeans away though!

I know I should be happy and deep down, I am. I'm proud of making it through 16 days and look forward to the progress I will make over the next 6-8 weeks! I will get my weight checked in 4 days so I'm crossing my fingers that this week is a super productive week for weight loss! I hope the hunger diminishes over the next day or so..... I could see how tempting snacking could really be if I had been feeling weak!

Oh yeah, the other cool thing I noticed today is that my neck and jawline looked a little more streamlined! I have hated my full face and double chin for ages and I am going to be so happy to say goodbye to that!