Day 4

Today wasn't too bad. I've stretched out my meals though I HAVE to eat lunch by 1130 or I'm famished. Tea in the morning helps I had a lot of tea today which helps contribute to water consumption by my calculation of course.

Lunch was yummy-replica of dinner and a lunch box size apple later on the afternoon.

What did I learn? That I'm.not a huge fan of stevia - specifically Dole’s no sugar added diced peaches no was so excited to have them as a snack but the insanely syrupy fake sweetness was disgusting.  I had to grab the container and look at the ingredients and thereby was stevia- maybe I can sit them in some water to get them out of the syrup. What a huge disappointment!

Dinner however far from disappointing - shrimp with lemon pepper string beans - deelish & so filling. Should have videotaped myself slicing each shrimp & string beans into bite-size pieces and enjoying every.single.morsel!

No judgement on the mismatch disposable/permannent utensils or the tobacco sauce stain at the edge of the plate. 

Newbie

Ok, so I know last round I said I’d be following Heather’s Half Size Me approach but I fell off the wagon of even doing that and I did what she made me vow (theoretically) not to do - try another last ditch effort. You guys I hit 198 and blew right past it to 202.8 as of this afternoon which includes loading this pst weekend with the intention of hitting 5000 calories each day. If I made it to 3500 that was plenty.  

Ok so it sounds like HCG but it’s crapton more expensive and offers a bit more flexibility with meal prep & food combinations. Intermittent Fasting is still key but I already appreciate this is doctor supervised WEEKLY! 

Drops vs shots, b12 and other supplements to go along with. The one other thing I’m trying this round is outsourcing meal prep to help me enjoy meals without the hassle of having to make it myself. Tonight’s dinner inspired this post - “breadless” deconstructed  crabcake with Dole chopped salad - Pomegranate and extras excluded + Walden Farms Thousand Island.  We all know WF has NOTHING on wishbone but ina lunch when you need something with a little kick to spruce up a dry salad nothing ever  

tasted so good. Not thrilled that it’s not all natural and or clean but by 2B mindset standards that’s a topping and doesn’t hold as much weight & falls into the 80/20 rule where my 2.5 cups of salad is the 80 & the dressing is the 20%

What’s interesting about this is that I was satisfied with dinner and this is the part where I ask why am I fat or struggling with this 40# weight gain and the answer is ideal conditions

1. Some of the work was done for me 

2. Today was not an incredibly stressful day

3. I feel like I have space to operate (which reality is I am on borrowed time as I always am)

4. I am hopeful because today went so well

Not sure how long the budget can sustain outsourcing meal prep, but if the scale moves in the right direction just may need to rework some other spend to continue this week. Again it’s only day 1 ofLosing  phase and I’m curious to see what tomorrow’s step in the scale reports 

In the meantime I will attempt to check in every few days with updates. Below is 3 oz of crabmeat and 2 cups of salad with a generous serving of dressing - guesstimating 2.5-3 tablespoons. 

Meal plan 

Lunch & dinner 4 oz lean protein, 4 oz non starchy vegetables, 1 serving bread product (melba toast, 1/2 flat out or bread sticks. Less than 60 calories each serving of bread product). 

Breakfast - coffee, tea, water, stevia