Feeling a bit down today..

I am starting to really struggle on this diet. It was all fine and dandy when I started out and I was dropping between 2-4 lbs a day. I was in heaven. Even losing 1 lb a day wasn't too bad. Now I am stalling. I know it is in part because I am experimenting trying to find foods I can stomach. I think I decided that cottage cheese for lunch and dinner is not a good idea. I only lost 0.2 lbs doing that. I have also decided that eggs seem to work well for me... they just don't taste that great. So I guess my slowed down weight loss is because of experimenting and figuring myself house. It is just frustrating.

Last night was my sisters birthday. Mike and I went over for cake and ice cream... no worries, I didn't eat any. I just sat in the corner and watched everyone else eat. So then to stand on the scale this morning and only lose 0.2 makes me feel like I should have just indulged last night. Ugh! Anyways... I just needed to vent. I am hoping I can get myself figured out soon so I can get back into some serious weight loss. I don't want to torture myself for 40 days on this diet only to lose 10 lbs in the end!

Update

I haven't updated for awhile on my weight loss. Mainly because I stalled for a few days. Anyways it seems I am back on track losing the weight again. Right now I am on day 12 and have lost 9 lbs. Not too bad. I feel much better about myself even with the little amount I lost. I was having problems eating the meat but I think I have found some alternatives I can live with. So hopefully the weight will keep coming off!

P.S. Happy Birthday Linda!!!

Rip Off!!

I just thought this was the best blogging material ever, so here it goes...

Mike and I went to the Sunflower Market yesterday to buy a few things. One of the things Mike bought was a bag of baked chips.

They look like a nice normal bag of chips right??

Well we get home and he opens up the bag...

I am sure you are thinking this is a picture of a half eaten bag of chips... but nope... it is a newly opened bag. I know they put air in the bags to keep chips from breaking, but this is ridiculous! The bag was not even half full.

From the outside... we creased it at the top of the chips. It might be hard to tell how high the chips went from this picture but it was the best I could do. This was honestly the biggest rip off bag of chips ever!

Deseret News Marathon Update: Mike's official time in the marathon yesterday was 3:18:24. That put him 29th out of the men and 35th overall.

HCG Update: My weight loss is slowing down... but I knew it would. I lost 1.6 lbs this morning. That puts my total weight loss overall at 5.6 lbs since last Sunday. Works for me.

I also discovered the joys of Stevia. It is a sweetener that is allow on the diet that you can get in different flavors. I bought Grape flavored to start out with. It is sooo good in water. It makes it taste like grape flavored water (go figure). I am now a huge fan of this stuff! I can't wait till pay day to go buy some more flavors. I think Stevia is going to be my new best friend (along with the scale).