Induction Period - Day Seven

Well, it's my first weigh-in day today, and I've lost a total amount of 4.2lbs!  While that may not seem a huge amount, when you consider that I've been eating normally for three days of the last seven then I think that this is a great result.

For example, on my up days I've eaten Victoria sponge cake, a whole 10" pizza, coleslaw, sausages, bacon rashers, white pudding (an Irish delicacy!), fried egg, etc.  Of course, not all on the same day, but I can honestly say that I haven't denied myself anything that I've fancied when I'm on an up day.

I know it's only been a week, but I'm beginning to think that there's something in this way of eating that does seem to be of benefit.  Not just the weight loss, but I've noticed a couple of other things as well.

My pants seem to be a little bit looser around the belly/bum area and my double chin doesn't seem to be quite as wobbly as it was ;-)

There also seems to have been an increase in my flexibility, in that bending down to the bottom cupboard isn't as much of an effort and a problem I had with lifting my left arm and straightening it appears to be getting better.

So, all things considered, it's looking good and I'm happy to keep going with it.

In a previous post I mentioned that I was finding the Ultra Lean a bit too sweet and gloopy for my taste, so on the last two down days I switched my evening shake for a ham salad - same number of calories, but the fact that I actually got to CHEW on something made the day go a lot easier.

I've been using myfitnesspal.com to track my food intake and I've been finding it relatively easy to use. I can highly recommend it if you're looking for a food and weight tracker, what's even better is that it's free.  There's not much you can get these days for nothing, so I would grab it and use it while you can.