R1 Day 15 cont'd

I have been lucky so far to not have a lot of saboteurs during this time. I haven't been tempted nearly as much as I could have been. On the other hand, I haven't been cooking very well for the fam either. It's kind of been a "fend for yourselves" kind of time for me. I think that is why I have never dieted before. There is something about having to cook two meals everyday that just doesn't appeal to me. What can I say? So here I am at the end of day 15 counting down my time left in phase 2 and thinking to myself that if I average half a pound a day that I will only lose 7 more pounds this round which would put me at about 21 pounds lost in a month. I was kind of hoping to at least lose...well, to be honest, 30...but I know that's not going to happen so I had resigned myself to at least 25 this round. Here's hoping that I can make it happen. If that does, I will be left with only 10-15 lbs left to lose either by another round or by exercise. I think if I can get down the full 25 and maintain it, I will try to lose the last 10-15 by exercise and diet instead of doing another round. That way I can be toned and strong instead of thin and flabby. Even if the weight doesn't come off as long as the inches come off I'll be happy.

To see if I could boost my morale, I decided to measure myself to have tangible evidence that something is going on here and it isn't all just in my head. That was a double edged sword. I hadn't realized what the numbers were for me. It's really kind of sad to see how I've let myself go and not realized. How could I not have? Anyway, I'll measure again tomorrow to see if there is any change. I don't expect much but I'm hoping.

As for my meals today, I had an orange for breakfast, chicken with half a cucumber for lunch, an apple for a snack, and beef "soup" with grape tomatoes. I call it soup because I just made broth out of the meat and ate that as is with a little bit of salt.

I prepped my meat again tonight to make sure I had enough of everything on hand for phase 2 but I got some meat from a place I don't normally buy beef and there was a lot of fat on it so I opted not to use that cut. So much for that. I guess it'll just be dinner for the fam. Fingers crossed for tomorrow's loss!