Wow, looking at that title, I thought it said I was down 212 pounds! I'll never lose that much, but it will be nice to see 100, anyway.
This past week I've been sick. I hate that a 3 pound loss had to come to that, but it did. Which really worries me - I don't know what was wrong - Salmonella? Some other virus? I tracked my calories all last week and I had 1300-1600 a day. Plus food ran right through me, and I still only lost 3.2 pounds. If I'm not sick, how much will I lose with 1300-1600 calories. Not very encouraging. And I was hungry about the entire week.
Ok, gloom aside - let's look at the positives. My stomach has shrunk over the last week. Many of the calories were natural apple juice. Supposedly the pectin helps the liquid absorb better, and helped retain fluids instead of letting them rush right through. So I've definitely gotten used to smaller meals. Sticking to less calories will be easier. I've been eating 1800-2000 and seeing practically nothing happen.
Also, the majority of my food was simple carbs. Bananas, rice, toast, apples, apple juice. That was the majority of my food for a week, with a few other things tossed in like vegetable soup, tomato soup, macaroni. But it was mostly starchy. And with insulin resistance that's not a good thing, so I'd be curious to see how much 1300-1600 lower carb and not sick will get me. It could actually turn out even better than last week. Now wouldn't that be nice!
