Day 32 & 33

I just got home from a nice little trip with my mom to Donner Lake the past couple days to visit family and relax a bit. I didn't have a scale there so i haven't weighed in 2 days but i feel like i'm under 210! I can definitely see a major difference in how i look and feel! Not only do i look leaner but i can move so much more freely without getting asthma! That within itself is worth it all! Before i was getting asthma by laying down simply because my fat was pressing on my lungs! While i was growing up i was used to getting asthma during any physical activity but just by laying down? That's not right. I was using my inhaler multiple times a day and i should really only use it during exercise.
The past 3 days have been without the drops but continuing the 500cal vlcd diet until the Hcg is out of my system. I thought for sure i wouldn't be able to do it but it's proven to be much easier than i anticipated. This is my last day to do it and since i've been up since early this morning (i drove home the 3 hours at around 9am and didn't sleep well the night before), i do think i might eat more today. Its not even 3pm yet and i've already had most of my days worth of food, but since im only splurging on more strawberries and a little more meat on my entrees, i'm not going to fret. If i gain, i gain! I can focus and lose it easy.
Its going to be interesting tomorrow to eat more. I'm bumping my daily calories from 500 to 1500! Its still a diet amount but it will allow me a lot more food and leeway to introduce more foods back into my diet. I want to reintroduce slowly as to not shock my system too much with a bombardment of new or fattier foods than i was having. Perhaps it wont make a difference if i'm eating 1500calories, as my maintenance calories is about 600cal more than that. I guess this phase will have to be a little trial and error, but on the other hand i might just be psyching myself out.
Grocery shopping for new foods tomorrow and i can have more veggies, fruits and meats than before! I can even have limited dairy and limited nuts/peanut butter! I'll definitely try to not splurge on that though until i can reintroduce sugars and starches back in my daily routine. Luckily enough i am starting to crave healthier snacks like celery and peanut butter or yogurt! Even granola bars look good to me at this point.
Not sure what new goodies i'll be buying tomorrow but i'm pretty sure avocado, tuna, raspberries, and other good things will be on the list. Maybe even salami! Didn't even know i could have that before! :)
I'm debating whether to take after pictures now and after each stage or just when all the stages are done. I'll probably ask Miss A to take some for me next time i visit her. It would be fun to see a progression!

Til Tomorrow and the beginning of phase 2!!!
Lady C