Day 21 VLCD - Bless All the Dear Children

My youngest had her doctor's appointment today with a specialist, regarding something we found a few weeks ago. Turns out, she will need surgery. My heart is heavy, but I am hopeful. I will spend the other blog speaking about the emotions going through me but they played heavily upon me today, which (I'm sure) affected my protocol. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

First off, I didn't get all my water. Not because I didn't want to, but because I was at the hospital for so long. I never found an opportunity to fill my water bottle for the last time. Also, if I don't get it in before 5:00pm, I'm up all night. I allow myself the cup of decaf for dinner but that's it.

Secondly, I didn't eat well. Granted, I got in more calories than yesterday but I totally ditched my veggies at lunch and I didn't eat all of my dinner. The calculator isn't adjusted for the stuff I left on my plate. I'm just too tired to care about the small things right now.

Thirdly, I'm tired. Boy, am I tired. I will take my vitamin supplement for sure tomorrow to hold off the tired feelings. It's really a switch from the boost the HCG seems to give. I can totally tell it's leaving my system. I suppose this is something to get used to for my move to P3. I'm nearly half way there.

Observations - I read somewhere that it takes 20 consecutive times of doing or undoing something, to establish it as habit. These meals are certainly habit for me, now. I hope that my sometimes faulty memory remembers that I did all this and can remember that good, healthy eating habits can be established too.

Here's what I ate:

March 18th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,092; calories consumed: 413; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 413

Mood: Tired

Can definitely tell the HCG is pretty much out of my system. I'm so tired! On top of that, had to take Indy to the doctor's and found out she'll need surgery. It has not been the best of week's for me. On the bright side, I did have a more than one pound loss from yesterday. Hadn't seen one of those since March 7th. Pretty good. [edit this diary entry]

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Wegmans Beef for Stir Fry, Sirloin	1.00	210	12g	75mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	24g
Old London Melba Toast	1.00	20	0g	0mg	37mg	4g	0g	1g	0g
Tyson Chicken Breast	1.00	110	3g	55mg	180mg	0g	0g	0g	23g
Asparagus, Boiled	1.00	20	0g	0mg	13mg	4g	1g	2g	2g
Old London Melba Toast	1.00	20	0g	0mg	37mg	4g	0g	1g	0g
Frank's Red Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce	1.00	5	0g	0mg	460mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Folgers Classic Decaf Instant Coffee 8 oz	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Fresh Strawberries	1.00	28	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	5g	2g	2g
Totals:		413	15g	130mg	782mg	16g	6g	6g	51g

I was at 168.2 pounds this morning but, I'm tired, tired, tired.