2 days and 5 pounds gone!

[lason]

i stepped on the scale this morning and i lost 5 pounds! i'm sure it's mostly water weight, but i'll take it! and that's with my "illegal" coffee with aspartame and half and half.

[Elizellen]

Great start!

[fingers crossed]

WOW!! Congratulations, what have been eating??

[lason]

thanks! for breakfast i'll have 2 scrambled eggs sometimes with some shredded cheese, 3 links of pork sausage or bacon and coffee with (gasp) aspartame and (gasp) half and half. i tried my coffee with splenda and heavy cream and it just isn't the same so i'm sticking with it the way it is. if i stall because of it then i'll switch back to splenda and cream. lunch is usually a cheeseburger with a few dill pickle chips and salad greens (spinach, radicihio...) with 3-4 cucumber slices, shredded cheddar cheese and 2 tbsp walden farms cream bacon dressing. sometimes it's a steak with the salad if i have it available. dinner last night was a steak with steamed broccoli with melted cheddar. i think i had a cheeseburger for dinner on sunday with the broccoli. tonight we're having whitecastle cheeseburger pie from linda's low carb recipe site. for a snack i'll have string cheese. it's been super easy to stick to so far. i'm almost never hungry and i get to eat food i love. i'm waiting for someone to pinch me. i can't believe i can eat steak and cheeseburgers and real eggs and sausage and lose weight. but i am! i still don't know if i'm in ketosis yet (don't have the sticks) but my appetite has been very supressed lately. also i've been doing high intensity interval training on my bike (spinervals) which really wears me out.

[lason]

oh, i've also been drinking at least 60 oz of water. i have a pur filter on my tap so that makes it easier to drink more of it.

[fingers crossed]

Well you have done fantastic! What a great start... Good Luck with you continued weight loss x

[lason]

thanks! i was really shocked when i stepped on the scale this morning.

[msuchio]

Great start Lason! I'm starting week two today but I also lost 5 lbs in the first two days... so while not typical, I guess normal?!

Keep up the great work!

[FLdoodette]

Awesome ... congrats!