Day 4 and 5 (Days 2 and 3 on the diet)

Day 4-I got up, weighed myself (down 1 pound from my "after-loading" weight). I went about my day. Drank plenty of water. Noticed a bit of stomach growls in the morning, but followed up with my Melba Toast and a cup of tea, which definitely helped! For lunch, I had spinach w/leftover chicken from the night before and strawberries. (I love this, and don't see myself getting tired of it, but who knows?!) Melba Toast in the afternoon, tea, iced tea, and plenty of water. Went to bed feeling good. (As a side note, I attempted to make a little beverage mid-day with 1 tablespoon of Apple Cider vinegar, as suggested with water and stevia. It was so awful, I could hardly gag it down! I'd like to be able to do that, but it killed me! Yuck... Hope to try a different format tomorrow).

DAY 5-Well, today was interesting! I woke up HALF AN HOUR before my alarm. (Which goes off at 5:20am, just in case you were wondering). I felt very awake. I kept attempting to go back to sleep UNTIL the alarm went off, but just couldn't. I woke up, and weighed myself before giving myself the injection. I was pleased to be down a total of 4 pounds! The scale today said 177.1. I'm happy with that and it definitely gave me good reason to continue on.. Here is the weird part-I could SWEAR that a switch has been flipped today! I felt like I was in "the zone". Traffic was lighter than normal on my one hour commute, I hit all the green lights on the way to work. I arrived at work ten minutes early and was ready to go for our morning meeting. I just felt good. I was in a good mood, and felt positive. I had my tea and Melba Toast mid morning. Before lunch, I did a straight shot of the Apple cider vinegar and although it still sucked-it was way better doing it that way. I followed with water, which helped make the taste go away. I'd like to do that at least once a day, but preferably two! Two challenges today that I feel I passed with flying colors: First-the doctors I work for bought us lunch. I got a "side spinach salad" with nothing except the chicken breast. When it came, I split it into two servings and ate only half of it. I added 3 sliced strawberries to it and saved the equivalent amount for later. It was great, and I enjoyed it! Melba Toast for afternoon snack. I went out with our group of friends for my first "thirsty thursday" event. I'm not a drinker, so that didn't bother me. We went to Chevy's and I LOVE their food. I drank 2 iced teas, with nothing in them, ordered a chicken caesar salad-no dressing, no tortilla strips, no cheese. Just a bowl of romaine with chicken. I ate only part of it. I also had my apple at home before I left since I knew they wouldn't have any fruit to go along with it:) I felt satisfied and not totally out of the loop:)

Another interesting thing I noticed today, is that my pants do seem to fit a bit looser. I also noticed that my normally OILY skin seems happier. Not quite dry, but almost normal... Strange. I also have a lot happier tummy. I'd previously been doing Medifast, and had lots of stomach upset with that. It's a nice change and I'm happy to be eating real food. Although, I am SLIGHTLY missing those Medifast brownies:)