Day 8 VLCD - Spinach Does the Trick

I had a good day, but noticed some cravings. I started thinking about where I am in the month and lo and behold! Tom is due in a couple of weeks. Yikes! I added a bit of garlic salt to my asparagus and devoured my grapefruit half. I'm okay, right now but I think I'll have one more cup of decaf later on. I guess I'll have to be really careful over the next few days. Don't want to slip up because of dumb, TOM cravings.

The other thing it could be is fuel-need. I shoveled the driveway this morning, removing loads of heavy, wet snow. It felt like sandbags! I was achy and sore on the way to work. When I worked out regularly in the past, I tended to be hungrier (fuel-need). Wonder if it's the shoveling? Guess I'll find out tomorrow, if I end up retaining water and have a stall (or worse, a weight gain. Ugh!)

Observations - I was down one pound this morning. As I reviewed my daily plate log, I noticed that the mornings I woke up with weight loss over one pound was when I'd had spinach the night before. The vitamins and fiber probably due me worlds of good. There's also quite a bit of calcium. Good stuff!

Here's the day's log:

March 5th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,154; calories consumed: 435; calories burned: 161 Net calories: 274

Mood: Tempted

I think my TOM is coming. I'm craving salt and sugar. This evenings asparagus with garlic salt and grapefruit helped with those issues. [edit this diary entry]

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Cube Steak	1.00	169	4g	77mg	38mg	0g	0g	0g	31g
Old London Melba Toast	1.00	20	0g	0mg	37mg	4g	0g	1g	0g
Napoleon Balsamic Vinegar	1.00	10	0g	0mg	5mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
Popeye Fresh Tender Spinach	1.00	25	0g	0mg	80mg	4g	0g	2g	3g
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
Grapefruit, Half	1.00	26	0g	0mg	0mg	7g	0g	0g	1g
Folgers Classic Decaf Instant Coffee 8 oz	2.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Celestial Seasonings Black Cherry Berry Herbal Tea	1.00	4	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Beef Stir Fry Meat	0.25	51	2g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	7g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Shoveling - snow	20.0	-161.0
Totals:		274	9g	132mg	353mg	20g	3g	5g	67g

Down one pound at 176.2 this morning.