Day 13 VLCD - Back with a Vengance

I woke up crazy early this morning and sat in bed with the computer, until time to work. I made my kids, biscuits, scrambled eggs, bacon and gave them sliced cache valley cheese to make breakfast sandwiches. With the help of my injection today, the food smelled wonderful, but I wasn't tempted to taste any of my goodies.

Fast forward...the cravings were awful in the early evening. I didn't eat dinner on time, so that didn't help matters. I took some L-Glutamine and will probably do the same tomorrow throughout the day. I guess it will be tomorrow, Friday and Saturday (since TOM is due on Sunday). The cravings usually stop when TOM arrives. I hope that additional supplement will keep me from gnawing off a limb.

I had a .6lb loss today. I wonder if I'll see those whole pound losses anymore? I realize that .6 is normal for women, so I'm not upset about it. It was just so much fun to have those big losses in the initial stage. It certainly helps with keeping you motivated but, I do think any loss is motivational.

Here's what I did today (notice, despite all the cravings, I was low on my calories). Perhaps that's today's observation: try to get your calories in on "craving" days.

March 10th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,134; calories consumed: 385; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 385

Mood: Hungry

Crazy hungry today. Blast you, TOM! I took a bit of L-Glutamine this evening to help. I will do the same throughout the day tomorrow. [edit this diary entry]

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Celery, Raw (large Stalk)	3.00	27	0g	0mg	154mg	6g	4g	3g	1g
Beef Stir Fry Meat	1.00	202	9g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	28g
Wasa Crackers	1.00	35	0g	0mg	60mg	7g	0g	2g	1g
Large Cooked Shrimp	1.00	60	0g	90mg	490mg	0g	0g	0g	15g
Popeye Fresh Tender Spinach	1.00	25	0g	0mg	80mg	4g	0g	2g	3g
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Napoleon Balsamic Vinegar	1.00	10	0g	0mg	5mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
Totals:		385	10g	90mg	789mg	26g	6g	7g	48g

I had quite the tummy issue this morning, but by mid-day, all was well. I weighed in at 173 but I have a feeling, when I got up to void at 3:00ish this morning, it was a bit lower. Well, I can always hope for tomorrow.