MY HCG JOURNEY – DAY 18

I was completely immobile yesterday [using crutches to get around at home, hobbling at work] and still lost a pound. I was surprised by that. I came home from work and went straight to the bedroom and laid on the bed all evening, so I was very pleasantly surprised at the pound loss. [Lanny is down another 2 lbs, total of 20 for him]

We chose to eat shrimp last night because it is such a low calorie food. I didn’t want anything heavy. Lanny fixed dinner, and although it tasted like he had dumped the whole bottle of pepper into the dish and left it on the stove a little too long, I was so grateful that he was willing to do the cooking.

He was getting really discouraged with the food yesterday. I think he is bored with it. We often do a stir fry because we can get ‘more volume’ and it looks like we’re eating normal portions. I need to switch it up a notch and come up with some different menus. I want to try a shrimp kabob, grilled outside. We will go by calorie count, not weight on the shrimp. Tonight we are planning fish, cabbage, and asparagus.

Lanny’s wedding ring is so loose it is falling off, mine is loose. I’ll be happy when I can’t wear mine. It is a substitute ring I bought because my real one didn’t fit anymore.

Today was department pictures. I'm certainly not where I want to be with my weight, but I'm so glad I didn't have to take a picture of those extra pounds I have lost.