Still here, still on diet.

It's been an interesting few days. I did really well on the food plan; after a lot of struggle I finally got into a routine and a rhythm, prepared a lot of food in advance and made sure to have snacks on me when I went out on errands. I exercised, skipped the nightly treats often, and avoided starchy snacks when I could. Ate lots of salads. Yet, this morning when I weighed myself, I had only lost half a pound since last week! As opposed to the five pounds I lost last week. I'm scratching my head.

There may be a number of reasons. Thanks to PCOS, I start getting bloated around day 21 of the cycle and then stay that way for... weeks. and weeks. Last night I ate supper pretty late, and the few small pieces of diced potatoes I ate, did bake in oil in the oven (I didnt have room in the oven to make a separate batch for myself without oil). Whatever. Who knows.

Rachel setting the over-ambitious goal of losing another 10 pounds in the next four weeks is what's making me feel so pressured. I don't like it. It's impossible for me to lose that much in such a short time, even on the best of diets. Such a big weight loss is unsustainable in the long run. This is not The Biggest Loser.

In all the diet plans I've done in the past, I lost between 11 and 15 pounds in a span of twelve weeks. I was younger and less busy then. Now at this age and stage of life, there's no earthly way I can drop ten pounds in four weeks.

So I am going to completely ignore that goal and keep plugging away, slowly but surely.

Now that I have my laptop back, I will bli neder update more regularly, especially to outline what I ate every day.

(Side note: My adorable 2.9 yr old is trying to get me to eat Crisp Snax crackers. I'm telling him that I'm not allowed to bc I'm on diet. He tells me: Nein! Mommy nisht diet! Mommy essen crackers! lol)