Its been awhile since I have had time to post, and even to lurk here. I hope everything is going well for everybody!
May 25, my husband had arthroscopic knee surgery for a torn meniscus and a large plaque behind his kneecap - he is pretty much fully recovered and is back to working overtime already. That was stressful and hectic, but we both made it through it. We also went to Kansas City to visit one of my friends and have some fun before I started Optifast. That was a blast. I do have to say, that if any of you live near a Dave and Buster's, you must go, it is awesome!
I started Optifast Wednesday, June 7th. Today is day 6. The first 2 days, I had horrible headaches and couldn't even move from my chair because I felt like crap. Friday was better, I was able to do my normal Friday errands. Saturday, I had a tough challenge, as we spent the day with friends going to some of the local carnivals, and everyone else got eat at Arby's and I got sip on a diet Dr. Pepper. That was hard - it was probably too soon for me to be around people eating, but I SURVIVED!
Sunday was good (for me anyway) and my husband and I ended up going for a short leisurely walk - something we haven't gotten to enjoy together in a long time because of his knee! I felt normal!
Today, I went to the gym to do strength training... I haven't lifted for over a month, so I thought I would just do my lower body. Well, I felt so good, that I decided to do my upper body as well. And I still have energy to spare. I also weighed myself, as I don't go back to Wichita until this Thursday. I needed some motivation/justification that it was working. The scale showed an 8lb loss... WOW :
So my dad and I are going down to Wichita every week for checkups (that is a 3 hour drive). We are both doing 600cal/day. The variety of shakes was surprising... we were able to sample the ready to drink shakes and decide what we could tolerate, and I found one that doesn't taste or smell like protein and it doesn't make me gag! I also really like the chicken noodle soup, it tastes like normal soup - just the noodles are kinda weird. I think I might try the tomato soup this go around.
It isn't hard... I thought it would be because food is everywhere. But because you know this is all you can have, you don't have to make a choice. So it really has been easy. However, I truly cannot comprehend doing this for 3 months or longer... so I just think of it day by day. I don't think about the fact that I can't sit down to a meal tomorrow, or that will make me depressed. I just think about making it through today.
I am seeing my personal counselor once a week now to help with my emotional issues tied to food.
I guess, so far so good. I feel great! Ketosis is GREAT! But, oh, what I wouldn't give for a piece of chicken! LOL That will come in time. Another motivator is all the money we are saving on food, wow... my husband is so easy to please as far as meals go; so we lowered the grocery bill and we aren't going to be going out to eat.
I don't ever want to eat like I used to. NEVER again. I hope that with this program I can get the weight off and relearn food.