VLCD #8

Apparently, I am VERY bad at this!!  I thought I would be eager to get to this blog to write about my experiences, but I'm feeling so energetic, I'm out and about all day!  I AM making my vlogs more faithfully--but it's an experience that is new for me so I'm making it more of a priority until I learn it.  I've had blogs before...not very interesting ones, either.

So, yesterday I inadvertently ate too many calories!!  Yikes!!  I ate 543 calories and didn't realize because I didn't count them until I got home that evening.  I thought I was being SO good, too!:(  Well, I DID have a loss this morning, but it was only .4 lbs...but a loss is a loss (or a release) so I'm thrilled!:)  My total as of today is 9.8 lbs. lost!  Here are the daily losses:

Day #2--2.8 lbs
Day #3--2.2 lbs
Day #4--1.2 lbs
Day #5--1.2 lbs
Day #6--1.4 lbs
Day #7--0.6 lbs
Day #8--0.4 lbs
Total--9.8 lbs!

I'm really looking forward to hitting the 10 lb. loss mark!  I had some plans to celebrate, but my hubby and I went to Good Will and I found a TON of books to read and I'm going to let that stand as my reward until I hit 20 lbs.  I don't feel that setting goals is very productive as though I can actually control this.  I feel it's a gift from God and the hcg just does the work!:)  So, the reward is for persevering through the (almost) 6 weeks.:)

This brings me to another subject.  I'm a little disappointed to realize that I will have to quit earlier than 43 days.  I have a trip that I had forgotten about when I was nervously avoiding starting the protocol.  If I had started when I had intended to, I'd be fine, but since I started a week late...I'm running into this trip.  I've thought long and hard about it and canceling is not an option for me.  I could do a planned interruption, but then I'd need to be back on protocol for another few weeks to get me back on track and that puts me farther into the Christmas season than I'd like.  Either way, I'll be eating p3 foods and that's gonna even be a problem... I was thinking that doing a planned interruption MIGHT be better just because if I didn't eat perfectly p3 at least it would not mess with my stabilization?  It's just a thought.  I have to think and pray about this for awhile.  Where I'm going it will be difficult to eat p3--I'll be eating other people's cooking and it would make so much extra work for them!  I hate to ask them to make it and making it myself (there) will only make me in the way.

Anybody listening?  Anybody have any ideas?  I'd appreciate any insight.:)