It seems so strange to think it's only been a little over 2 months since I started doing IP but when I think week #10 it seems even longer. I've been kind of lax on my low fat part of the diet (more red meat and coconut milk and oil) but it hasn't stopped my loss, thank goodness. I have been really, really good though about carbs. I don't crave it...that's the cool thing. If I get to have my strawberry wafer, it's all good! :-)
I am happy to say that today I achieved one of my mini goals. I always look at each 10 lbs as a mini goal so to be able to look back on these past weeks and see that I've actually been doing okay is a great thing. I was being so hard on myself about 3 weeks ago. I just couldn't get over not losing anything (although I did lose inches and actual fat) because of the stress I was under. It's funny how water weight really does affect the numbers.
So anyway, I hopped on the scale as I always do first thing in the morning and I finally went past the 30 lb mark! Now, if I want to be a little fussy and say "But wait Trina, you weigh yourself sans clothing now and you didn't before." I suppose I could say the 30 lb. claim might be faulty. But you know what? I know I weighed even more than 203 at one point. I just happened to be that when I hopped on the scale that day at the clinic. So, I'm going to give myself this achievement and not get down on myself today. :-) Now, because it was first thing in the a.m., I know that I won't see that number for the rest of the day, LOL. Eating and drinking send the numbers up as much as 2 to 3 lbs during the day. I'm just glad I actually saw it for the first time.
This is a huge achievement for me. To think I weighed that much more 2 months ago just slays me. I was so miserable physically and mentally. I was so damned uncomfortable. I just didn't know how badly. Now, I really know because I'm able to do so much more now than I could before. My knees (except for the little tear that is there) feel great. My back does not hurt anymore. My circulation feels awesome!
I spent part of my morning trying to remember what I may have weighed during the last decade. Since I avoided the scale as much as possible, I really don't know when I weighed this. I do 'think' that I was around this weight around 2004. I need to keep going back through pics and find me in specific clothing (IF I still have it) and see how it fit then vs. now I suppose.
So that's what's going on today! I am hoping I can continue with this loss through the week. I know how my body seems to work now. I need to continue losing around .5 a day in order for this to show on the clinic scale this Saturday. I have 4.5 days to see if I can keep up this pace. It's a little tough though, because I'm trying (operative word) to catch a cold or something and I'm doing all I can with essential oils and other natural products to keep me from succumbing. If I do get worse, it could wreak havoc on me because I'd have to go on meds. I'm going to rest and try to avoid anything stressful and drink LOTS of fluids. I'm allowing myself more coffee today (yes, with my non-dairy coconut creamer) so there's a bit more fat going into my system. That will probably keeping from losing much today but I would rather give myself a natural fat and avoid medicine which will possibly knock me out of ketosis.
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