Day 5 - Phew! Weight leveled off today at 207.4 lbs.
Worry that I've put myself into starvation mode because I was so hungry last night and woke up with sugar low jitters. Definately need to be more careful about eating more often to make sure I keep my metabolism high. Need to add more exercise but that will be tricky for a couple more weeks. We'll see.
We've had snow flurries everyday for over a week now, with an accumulation of 2-3 inches of snow, so far. I'm not prepared for winter, I still have to remind myself to wear socks. It makes walking and driving more slippery already too.
What is worse is I have very few clothes in current size XL top, 16 bottoms. Have been rotating the same stuff for about 3 weeks of colder temps. Need to go shopping but I just hate to, fighting with the unrealistic wish of getting back into old clothes, which are size S top, 8 bottoms. Since gaining weight I have been buying only the minimum number of tops and bottoms to get by. Feeling like such a mess. Maybe I'll order some sweaters from Lands End tonight as even big sweaters are fun to wear as pajamas when I'm back down to normal size.
Measurements: Bust -48" Waist -44" Hip -47-1/2"
Plan: all plain veg and fruit is free; count everything else aiming for 1000-1200 cal per day, including one handful of nuts.
Breakfast: smoothie
1 cup unsweetened coconut milk -45 cal
2 Tbl cocoa - 24 cal
2 Tbl flaxseed meal -60 cal
2 bananas -free
1/4 cup coffee -free
ice -free
Lunch: (I know, neither vegan nor healthy)
2 Hardees side salads w/cheese -240 cal
2 Hardees Ranch dressing -200 cal
diet Coke -free
homemade apple dessert bar -145 cal
Snack: Starbucks tall gingerbread latte - 260 cal
1 handful of mixed nuts -160 cal
Dinner: one gluten-fee 8" light cheese pizza -600 cal
diet Coke -free
1 rosette cookie -110 cal
2 chocolate covered stawberries -57 cal
Total calories for the day: 1901
(Even despite how many calories I ate today, I'm still feeling hungry so I think I ate much too litte the past 4 days, its gonna take a while to level off. Plus I really need to buy vitamins and just improve my diet. I am happy to give myself a lot of slack, but it's starting to feel embarassing how NOT vegan I am. I really have to try harder.)