Day 31

Didn't sleep last night as my hours are wacky and i had to get up early to drive to the lake to see my family. I did weigh though and my weight for this morning was 210.8lbs! I'm not bringing a scale with me on the trip and i wont be weighing until thursday or friday so we'll see what happens! I'm just praying i can make it through these next couple days without any more drops and still stay within the VLCD. I'm prepared that if i'm starving i'll allow myself a little extra food of the foods i can have.. i'll work it off when i get home, but i'm hoping i can stick to it normally without trouble. We'll see as the days unfold..
I'm also worried about temptations as my cousin and aunt love to make brownies and such when we go to the lake, and the smell of fresh baked brownies is just torture. Hopefully they put lots of nuts in them and then it wont seem as appealing! haha :) I was happy to learn today while looking at my HCG app on my android phone that i can have small, limited amounts of peanut butter in the next phase! I'm going to try and find some low cal organic kind to try out with some celery as a snack, but i think allowing myself that once in a while will help me stay away from other things. I'm apparently also allowed small amounts of dairy, which is nice! I might try it but i think i might hold off on it until phase 3. The slowly integrating seems like the best way to go, but i feel like because my body isn't used to those things anymore, its going to fluctuate radically when i do have a little dairy or sugar or starch in the near future. Even if it's just a little, my body is going to be confused. I guess i should look at phase 2 as a good way to explore all the other veggies and fruits i can have and try to fall in love with things i wouldn't normally have eaten before this. Like raspberries, carrots, zucchini, grapefruit, blueberries, certain kinds of squash, green beans and even other veggies and fruits i wouldn't normally eat or even touch. Some of my favorite veggies are unfortunately off limits like potatoes, peas and artichokes.. but i understand considering the high starch content.
I'm really looking forward to being under 200lbs. It's going to be marvelous! But i'm aware that after these drops, it's all up to me to exercise and eat right and within a certain amount of calories to keep seeing that scale go down. My goal is to be under 200lbs by October. I think that could be reasonable! A month and half to lose 10lbs. But i wont stress if i don't accomplish that goal. I need to stay on track and keep up with the exercise and those two things are the most important. Consistency is key.

Lets pray i can stay on track!
Lady C