When I weighed in Tuesday morning, I was down to 196.8 lbs…that’s a 5.4 lb loss on the 3rd
day!!! I’m pretty much 100% sure that was all water weight from
retaining
water due to crappy foods and loads of sodium, and inflammation in my
body tissues, also from eating crappy foods. But still, a 5.4 lb loss
is a 5.4 lb loss and I’m counting it in my journey to lose weight this
time. So there! The first phase of the FMD
is also known as the “calming” phase because it is designed to reduce
inflammation in the body tissues and soothe it.
Wednesday
and Thursday I was in week 1’s phase 2, which is the “unlock the fat”
phase. It’s protein-heavy and puts an emphasis on building up muscle so
that you can burn
fat more efficiently. I ate things like smoked salmon paired with
cucumbers, egg white scrambles, tuna in salad, jerky, steak &
asparagus wraps, and so on. Very protein-heavy, like I said. The first
phase, while not heavy in carbs, has more carbs in it
than the other 2 phases. The 3rd phase puts more emphasis on healthy fats like avocados.
I
missed out on 2 workouts this week. Monday I was going to hit the gym
but because of errands and bills I didn’t have time. Then Tuesday I was
going to run but slept horrible
the night before so I was so tired Tuesday morning and didn’t get up to
run. So I was going to run on Wednesday morning, but again, I was
tired, probably still tired from my horrible sleep Monday night. And
then, I had to run to the store to buy a shallot
for my breakfast. I figured I’d get all my food ready for the day and
then maybe head out for a quick 3 miles, but food prep took way longer
than I thought it would, so I didn’t have a chance to run Wednesday
morning either. Then, Wednesday and Thursday
nights I worked 16 hour shifts so I only had time to sleep, wake up and
food prep and then straight back to work. I did set my alarm to wake
me up about 35 minutes earlier than I normally wake up when I do a
turnaround like that at work, so I was a little
more tired than usual on Thursday and Friday. But that’s okay.
Thursday,
I woke up about 35 minutes earlier than my usual when I work a double
shift. Funny thing is, I felt way more rested than I usually do when I
get that 35 minutes
of sleep. Hmmm. Anyway, I figured it would take me about 40 minutes
to do the food prep I needed to do before work. Wrong. It took about
an hour. I left 20 minutes later than I usually do for work. I still
got to work on time because I leave super early,
but if there had been traffic, I would have been late to work.
Wednesday night I had run to Whole Foods on my lunch break to grab a bag
of steam-in-the-bag frozen broccoli to have with my pork roast Thursday
night (well, technically, Friday morning by the
time I actually ate it, but it was Thursday’s dinner).
This
diet is making me super thirsty. For instance, in a double shift I
usually drink a couple travel cups of coffee (for staying awake
purposes) and 3-4 liters of sparkly
water. Wednesday, I drank my 2 travel cups full of coffee, all 4
liters of my sparkly water AND a liter of regular water!!! WOW!!! I’m
not really complaining, except that I had to either go thirsty for the
last 1.5 hours of my 16 hours at work that night
or take the offer of my friend’s extra bottle of water that he had
bought when he went on break. So I took the water.
When
I weighed myself Thursday when I woke up, I was down a total of 6.8
lbs!!! In the book, she writes about how her clients will experience
this kind of weight loss and
be all like, this can’t be right, this can’t be healthy, so they start
messing with what and how much they’re eating, screwing up the diet.
She emphasizes that you are supposed to lose like this, at least at the
very start. It will level off a little, but
you will continue to lose weight at a steady rate even after it levels
off. I would be very happy if I hit 15 lbs lost by the end of the first
28 day cycle and then, if I can lose at least 10 more lbs in the second
28 day cycle. If I can do that, I’ll be
just a few pounds away from my goal.
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