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VD Day 4 and 5

Ryan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:32:42 +0000

Whew, these days were rough. I actually had to eat a solid meal each day. I felt so sick, and the last protein shakes of the day were making me gag. I just couldn’t force myself to drink it down, I tried! However, I feel fully renewed and am doing it complete again.

Part of this diet is to teach you self control, portion and intake control, and to try and springboard you into healthy eating for fat loss. I’ve relearned to do some of these things, and eating a solid meal every day or every other day that is clean and healthy doesn’t make me feel like i’m going against the diet. After the honeymoon I shot up in weight quickly, and now being back down around 200 lbs has helped re-energize me.

I can continue losing fat now, and stop eating bad

Velocity Diet Day 3

Ryan — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:20:28 +0000

I’m towards the end of day 3 of the diet. I did choose to have my healthy solid meal today which included baked grouper, a sweet potato, lots of spinach and green beans mixed, and a little sauerkraut (Rob wanted it with his meal, I had just a small portion). Today is rough as far as stomach cramps and feeling run down. I’ve been reading the cramps come from the flax seeds, and I now believe this to be true with me as well.

You really aren’t supposed to weigh every day, but I have been so far. When I started this on the 1st, I weighed 209 lbs. As of this morning I weigh 201. Extreme water weight loss? I’m not sure yet. I do know i’m almost back to my state of vascularity before our cruise. The diet is incredibly healthy, and I think the slight sickness i’m feeling is the transition of sugar burning to fat burning. I’ve also noticed i’m constantly hot, and i’ve read that an increased metabolic state will raise your body tempature.

I need to try and keep at least a small post for every day, it’s helping me to get this out!

Velocity Diet Day 2

Ryan — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:20:30 +0000

Day 2 has been exponentially harder than day 1. The cravings today are really horrible. Every thing food-related I smell drives me up the wall. Bonita also made rosemary cakes at Rob and Karen’s, so that didn’t help matters! I love her rosemary cakes!!!!

This morning the scaled showed 204.5. I also tried a vanilla shake with fruit punch, sugar free, crystal light in it. Delicious! I’ve noticed some light stomach cramping, not sure what that was from. Overall energy is still pretty good, and I feel a bit shaky. The last shake of the day was Strawberry/Chocolate with Peanut Butter mixed in. It was pretty thick and definitely ended the night well.

(Note: I wrote this post on the 3rd and back dated it to have a more complete journal)