Sorry I've not posted for a few days, but I've not really had anything to report. The scales have been stuck on 17st 9lbs (give or take the odd ping-pong) since Sunday and I will admit to being disappointed to say the least. I don't know if not eating enough is the reason for this, or if it's just wishful thinking to allow yourself extra calories so as not to go into 'starvation mode'. I see other bloggers have been going through the same and several seem to have got the scales to start moving again (downwards, of course!) by upping their calorie intake a little. So, on Thursday morning I worked out (approx.) how many calories I've been having, and it's somewhere between 850-1050 a day, depending on how many times I dip into the guacamole and hummus! So, Thurs and Fri I decided to up the calories a little and see what happened. Unfortunately, I'll never know whether the extra calories did the trick as I woke up at 4am today with terrible stomach cramps and spent the next hour and a fair part of today, on the loo (sorry if TMI). So, either as a result of extra calories, or extra time on the loo, or a combination of both I lost 3lbs overnight!
17st 6lb - 244lbs - BMI 40.6 (still morbidly obese, but not for long!)
So, that's a total loss of 18lbs since I started the pre-op diet on 10th January. Not sure whether this latest 3lbs will stay off for long as I suspect a fair portion of it is down to dehydration, but I'll take it for now!
whatever the reason you are down and that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting the scale to move!! And you should definitely count it. You saw the number so you win the 3 pound loss!
ReplyDeleteNot only did I see the number, I got back on the scale and checked it was there a second time!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the loss! It is so frustrating that the darn scale doesn't budge when we are eating next to nothing =/:(
ReplyDeleteOnly a few weeks from surgery and you are doing so great. Hope you keep seeing those stones dropping!
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