In all of April I lost only 4 pounds. Better than gaining I know, but that means it was over $100.00 per pound and that is just crazy. Part of it was my fault but part is that I know I lose weight slowly and my body has a plateau at the weight I am now. There is a new nurse at the clinic who gave me the excuse I needed to take another break. I test my urine at home before I go so that I know I am burning ketones. Despite having a positive sample at home, when this same nurse takes a reading she says its negative and takes away my fruits for two days! That means I am getting just over 700 calories and that makes me feel cranky and weak. I argue with her and she will say, "okay it is a bare trace" which is good enough. The last time she did this, I had lost a whole pound between visits and she still said no fruits! So I decided I was taking a break. I want to lose a bit on my own and then I will go back to finish up and go on maintenance. So for the next little while I will enjoy getting up on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and be able to have a glass of water, not have to weigh various items of clothing looking for the ones that weigh the least, not worry about whether or not my urine sample will test dark enough for the nasty nurse and I will sleep better because I won't be obsessed with weighing less in the morning. I am going to continue with the diet and test my urine at home so I will know if I am eating too much.
The past week I have had almost no appetite which is a good thing except if I forget to eat and I am out for a walk, I can start feeling a bit weak. I have lost my craving for chocolate which is wonderful but I imagine it will return when I get to Belgium and Paris!
I made some baked potato microwave cloth bags for a craft sale and then I had to try one to see if it worked and it did but I also ate the potato! Although I enjoyed it the carbs made me feel splodgy.
