June 1, 2010 - VLCD Day 9

My food calories today were 480, and I lost .7lbs since yesterday. My total loss is now 12.5lbs.



I did not eat breakfast. I didn't eat until noon.

Lunch: lean sirloin stir-fried with spinach, garlic, a little green onion and kelp noodles

Snack: crab meat seasoned with lemon juice, green onion and parsley.

Dinner: Bison with cabbage and caraway seeds, cooked with garlic and a little green onion. I also added a splash of ACV. That was very tasty. I'd happily eat this while NOT dieting!

May 31, 2010 - VLCD Day 8

I'm down another 1.1lbs. today for a total of 11.8 lbs. My average daily change is 1.48, but that's including the days I lost my "load weight", which is mostly water. The average for this week should be interesting.

My food calories yesterday were 510.



For breakfast, I had a protein shake made from chai tea and the egg white protein. No fruit.

For lunch, I had a sort of chicken taco salad. Big pile of lettuce with chicken and green onion, topped with a salad dressing made from cottage cheese and salsa.

I made a snack of a salad made from fennel, chicken and half a small apple. The dressing for that involved the chicken poaching liquid from today, a little cottage cheese, lemon juice, spices and parsley. It was decent, but too thin.

For dinner I had the crab, cucumber and kelp noodles.

I'm really trying to boost protein to see how that works out. Basically, I'm eating the allowed foods in any combo I want topping out at 500 calories. I'm breaking all manner of P&I rules. Oh well. It's working really well for now. If it stops working, I'll change.

One Week Wrap-Up

I lost 10.7 lbs. the first week, and as promised, here's a shopping list to eat what I ate.




If you click on that, it will go to the google spreadsheet.

Here are my weekly stats:





I started the week at 166.8 and ended it at 156.1

May 30, 2010 - VLCD Day 7

I lost 10.7 lbs. the first week! Yay!

Today, I registered at 1.1 lbs loss, and my food calories were 463.

I went shopping, and was not at home all day. I walked two malls for seemingly hours. Ok, it was hours, and I was totally wiped out. I brought my own salad dressing for one meal (the shrimp at lettuce was at Baja Fresh), and I just went with vinegar, oregano and garlic powder for the salad at Jerry's. I wasn't expecting to eat *all* my meals out today, but that's how it happened. I brought my strawberries and a bit of cottage cheese to go with that round egg at McDonald's.



Breakfast: one MCD round egg, strawberries, home-made low-fat cottage cheese

Lunch: Baja Fresh shrimp ensalada, no tortilla strips, dressing or cheese. I brought my own dressing.

Dinner: Jerry's breadless grilled chicken sub, see above for dressing.