1 Week Down!!!

So we have made it to Day 7, and I am super excited to reach this first milestone. I don't meet with Dr. Joe until Tuesday(meet every 10 days). So the first week has been an adventure and one that hasn't been as bad as I expected. Although I really miss bread and cheese I have stayed 100% strong and on the diet. But oh how I dream of the days I can have cheese again. LOL, but I digress. 

So as I discussed in my last post, I weighed a lovely 298.4 lbs. when I started this journey 7 days ago. I am happy to share that as of this morning I weigh 286 lbs. Yes you are reading that correctly in the last 7 days(including the first day that I gained 1.6 lbs(making me 300). I have lost from my original weight of 298.4 lbs, 12.4 lbs!!! Yes you read that correctly in 1 week I lost 12.4 lbs! Was this easy heck no! Is it getting easier? Yes it is. 

So how am I feeling? Most of the time I feel okay. But a lot of this is my body getting used to the new blood sugar levels. I am diabetic and have struggled with it at times. I like my sweets and anything carbs. But this diet has done amazing for my numbers so far. I am averaging 106 even after eating. I am usually not this low and its amazing! But sadly it comes with some effects as my body gets used to this. I get a bit queasy at times and just kind of blah feeling. But usually it passes after the day goes on and I feel fine. 

The first big food adventure of the week was Day 3. I made a recipe in the book called Beef and "Rice" This is essentially beef and cabbage with spices and chkn broth. Let me tell you, I am not one that is all that familiar with cabbage. So I choose red cabbage and made the stuff. Never again it took 3 days for the smell to go away. I smelled the stuff everywhere. It didn't mind the meal its self, but the smell of my house permeated for days and every time I smelled it I wanted to get sick. So no more cabbage for me. Below is a picture of that fun meal. LOL

So since I am supposed to be eating healthy and not using canned and processed foods on Day 5(Wen) I had my first adventure and made homemade tomato sauce. This was actually a fun adventure but an adventure indeed.  So first I bought 5 lbs of Roma Tomatoes, and had to core them and slice and x in the bottom of each, than you put them in boiling water for bout 45 sec to a min, and move them over to an ice bath. After the ice batch, you peel the skin off and puree them in the food processor and then put them back on the stove to cook for 30-90 min. It was so much work, but after I added my seasoning we had an awesome dinner of zucchini spaghetti and I had lots to freeze for several more days of yummy meals!  

 

                             

  

So Day 5 was a busy day, somehow my amazing puppy dog got my brand new vitamins off my nightstand while I was gone at appointments. There was over 60 pills in the bottle and he managed to chew the lid off and eat every single one of them. He then got a trip to the Vet and 78.00 later and 16.00 for a new bottle of vitamins we have a healthy happy doggie. 

So there we go...... week 1 is done! I have it all figured out that this first 6 weeks will be done on Aug 4th. And I can't wait to get there! Also in big news I met with KC Pain this week and I go on the 13th for an epidural in my back, that will hopefully help with all the pain I have been feeling walking and I can start walking again! 

Till next time: Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust and Me!