187, +3, 54 pounds total

Cheat week is over, and there are the consequences. I am so far behind now.

It was good though. I just needed to feel like a normal person for a week. Now I am back in the Optifast saddle until I lose 42 more pounds. If all goes well I will now be done by April 3, with the maintenance classes finishing on June 12. It used to be March 13, but I did what I did, and enjoyed it. Now I pay the price. Literally. 3 more weeks of buying Optifast.

What I'm hoping is that I will lose a little extra in water weight this week. Food is so salty! I ate more salt in one day than I probably had in the previous 4 months. If I don't, oh wells. Eating was fun while it lasted. I don't really have as much self-control as I would like to believe I do. I tried to eat small portions, but when a bacon cheeseburger is on my plate I can't not eat it all. It wasn't a crappy fast food burger, it was Niman's ranch beef with cheddar and fancy bacon. I need to learn to throw half of it away or something. I would have got a smaller one if they had it available. Why are restaurant portions always so gigantic?

I'm going back to the gym now, so that might make up some time too. If not, I will take my lumps.

184, -1, 57 pounds total

I'm two weeks behind schedule now. It's all because I keep cheating.

I'm so bored with the Optifast! It doesn't help that the weather is getting cooler and that just naturally makes me want to head for the warm starchy stuff. At least I'm still losing. It's just not as fast as I would like.

The Novartis factory made some unflavored batches of the Optifast 70 so they had to recall it all. They gave me Optifast HP instead. It's 200 calories per packet, so you only get three per day. I don't like them very much so far. They are thicker and have a stronger flavor, so they are harder to disguise with other flavors. I tried mixing only half the packet at a time and drinking 5 per day today and it's much better. Watering them down a lot really helps, plus I'm getting more water for the day! Win win!

185, -2, 56 pounds total

It's getting easier to look at myself in the mirror.

187, -3, 54 pounds total

Yay!