In the periods where I was paying for and going to the Dr.Bernstein Clinic at the ass-crack of dawn M/W/F, the expecting rate of loss was about 3.5 lbs a week and they weigh you on each visit which could sometimes be very exciting to see such a drop, or very frustrating to see nothing at all (usually in the 7-10 days of PMS).
Yesterday I thought that I probably should not weigh myself often because I may get discouraged seeing as how the Dr.Bernstein plan (a ketogenic, "very low calorie" diet) ensured more immediate results.
So, this morning as I relished the few minutes of stolen time after hitting the Snooze button, I decided I would weigh myself and accept that there might not be a loss, but at least I would know how differently my body behaved on this plan. After turning to the Dr.Bernstein plan numerous times after my first big loss of about 90lbs (12 years ago), I became very aware of what to expect from my body and mind while following it, but I don't know that same information about me when following the "watch your calories, drink water and eat right, everything in moderation" plan.
I lost 1.5 lbs since I officially started putting my nose to the grindstone on Jan.12th. That's a quarter pound a day so far! Here's my report showing when I started really tracking my calories & nutrients using MyFitnessPal:
It's interesting how I've become more cognizant of the calories I'm taking in after the first couple of days of FULLY tracking everything.
It's our busiest time of the new year at work and our boss bought Swiss Delice Petits chocolates from Costco and have had them out since last week. I tracked each one that I had; it didn't take too much effort to locate the nutritional information on the internet and enter it as a food item in my food list within the app. I also looked up the info for things I ate or drank on the fly such as the Starbucks Chai Lattes which are not only costly, but expensive in calories as well (but they taste like "Fall" which is their redeeming quality and since I have a gift card I get to enjoy them for free). Did I enjoy logging that I ate 6 chocolates and went way over in my calories? No.
But I did enjoy logging that I ate 5 chocolates and managed to still stay within my calorie budget in the days following!
I also planned for popcorn while sharing a movie with a new friend!
At the end of the day yesterday, when I saw that I still had 240 calories I could spend, I ate two of my homebaked cookies stashed in my friend's freezer whose house I now look after (he's had ample time to eat them, so I reclaimed them).
It's very encouraging!
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