VLCD Day #21

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)

Day #16 207.4 (-0.4)

Day #17 206.8 (-0.6)

Day #18 205.8 (-1.0)

Day #19 205.6 (-0.2) Apple Day

Day #20 203.6 (-2.0) Thank you apple day

Day #21 203.2 (-0.4)

Total Lost 18.8 lbs

Come on everyone, we can do this!  We can still win!

I think the above picture portrays my experience right now quite perfectly.  2 weeks ago I was a 1976 Winnebago with over 400,000 miles on the engine.  Now I am a 2005 Chevrolet based Nascar that is having a rough spell.  When I weigh in with less than a half pound loss, I can hear the sputtering engine in my head.  Don't get me wrong, I am still a RACECAR.  I'm lean, I'm mean and I'll kick your butt if given the opportunity.....but just not today.  

Hey, at least it wasn't a gain.  A part of me would not have been surprised if it had been a gain considering that I am now rehydrated from the apple day.  I am glad it wasn't a gain.  I wish it had been a bigger loss.  That woulda really lit my fire today.

You're probably gonna think I'm stupid for this.  I have to evaluate again if chewing sugarless gum and drinking Crystal Light can affect loss on this protocol.  I know, I know....didn't we already hash this?  I'm a hard study at times.  I drank Crystal Light yesterday and chewed several sticks of sugarless gum throughout the day yesterday.  Can these things really affect weight loss?  It is difficult to believe that something as simple as gum could do that.  Today will be the textbook perfect day of lots of water and precisely measured and prepared meals according to Simeons.  If its another weewee loss tomorrow then I will know that its just my body and not other factors.