VLCD Day #15

Starting weight: 222.0 
VLCD Day #1 223.0 (result of loading) 
Day #2   221.0 (-1) 
Day #3   218.2 (-2.8)
Day #4   216.4 (-1.8) 
Day #5   214.8 (-1.6)
Day #6   215.4 (+0.6)
Day #7   213.2 (-2.2)
Day #8   212.4 (-0.8)
Day #9   212.2 (-0.2)

Day #10 210.8 (-1.4)

Day #11 210.0 (-0.8)

Day #12 208.8 (-1.2)

Day #13 208.8 (0.0) POOP!!!!

Day #14 208.4 (-0.4)

Day #15 207.8 (-0.6)

Total Lost 14.2

Talk about slowing to a crawl.  As you can imagine, the last 3 days have not been full of excitement and cheer as I step on the scale.  It has gotten to the point that when I step on the scale, I close my eyes, take a deep breath and hope for a "happy" number.  I then open my eyes and get the result.  Lately, no cheers, no fist pumps, no smiles.  Just start with a smirk and move on to another day.  Some people will say hang in there because a rewarding big drop is coming.  I sure hope it is sooner than later because I need it.  I know its only 3 days but that is an eternity on this diet.  I can't believe I am under a 1 pound per day average now.  That is way too soon in the protocol to be experiencing that.  I only have 40 days to reach my goal and at this slow down, I won't make it.

Because of the poor weigh in yesterday, I did a reevaluation of all of my intake throughout the day.  I had been chewing sugarless gum for a couple of days and drinking 8oz of Crystal Light for dinner.  I eliminated both of those to see if either was causing the slow down.  Since there wasn't a big difference on the scale today, I wonder.  I'll give it another day.  If my weighin tomorrow isn't more positive, I'll go postal.  

I am grateful to have lost over 14 pounds in 2 weeks.  I am grateful to have been able to shed a bunch of this weight that I've carried for over a decade.  But the journey isn't through.  I still have 25 days of this ahead.  I fully suspect to have many positive entries until the end of this protocol.