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TRANSITION : Week 6 – Day 1

Oct 22

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This was a difficult week for me.

After cracking and breaking one of my fillings in a tooth I first had a temporary filling to get me over the weekend when we were photographing a wedding in Minnesota. That week had been painful by itself, but not for the temporary filling but for my migraines coming back – which had been gone for months now.

Last week I received my temporary crown and ever since I’m really in pain. Avoiding medication where I can, I am not a happy camper to have Advil suddenly becoming part of my life and the only thing which allows me to get through a night or a day.

Weight wise I am trying to stabilize, but since I got the taste of sugar, wheat and oils last week I am having a very hard time getting back down to moderation. The weight shows it, I’m increasing, even with 2 milk days. And I have another out of town wedding to photograph this weekend. It should be less invasive on my weight, but I’m still worried.

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Day TWENTY-SIX

Sep 4

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I am ready to be done. Guess what. I am not going to give in until I am fully satisfied. Period.

It’s a drizzly day outside. Having an introversion headache since yesterday. Tried changing it, it’s better but still there. Today I’m trying to get a veterinarian appointment to have a checkup on Xena. Knowing that then I’ll have to talk about Tricky’s death makes me feel all the grief and loss again. Not looking forward to it.

My weight is continuing on the promised curve. And the body fat has settled on the lower range. So far for 25 days I have not once cheated. On the email list they wish each other “a perfect day”, meaning “no BLT” (no bite, like or taste of anything outside the strict protocol). So far this was not a problem for me. Why pay and go through all the hassle of this program and then cheat and severe the chemical constellation which is the reason of such great fat and not muscle loss?

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Day TWELVE

Aug 21

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Weight fluctuated and almost a pound back up. There was no BLT – no bite, lick or taste – but there was a lot of water that I drank. I actually don’t care. I think the sadness of me is weighing down the scale. I’m just continuing, it will drop again. Hoping that my pounding headaches which I’ve had since Tricky’s death and all the grief will fade away, don’t want to take anymore Advil.

Yesterday the ordered WALDEN FARM products arrived: Chocolate Dip, Marshmallow Dip, Strawberry Spread and Apricot Spread. Opened and tasted all except the Strawberry Spread. Geez is that stuff icky sweet. Sucralose, I get it, but how about just the half of it? It overpowers all other tastes. Not sure if I’ll manage to each the Marshmallow Dip. The Chocolate Dip might be interesting to use with/in a coffee and I’m hoping that the Apricot Spread in the yogurt will lose the artificial overtone.

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Day SEVEN

Aug 16

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Feeling good. Most of the first 2 – 3 days complaints have vanished, the odd numbness and tingling in my left arm and the slight headaches. Also the chills have strongly diminished.

Weight is beautifully dropping – almost 10 pounds since I began – but I still feel that I need to drink more. I do see the recommended amount rather as a minimum, the reason being that this is the same guideline I use for when I am not on a diet.

Today might be a bit of a challenge day as I’ve decided to face a get-together. But, even though I’ll have to skip on all of the good food and drink I am quite certain that I can overcome the cake and ice cream with one of these sweet Cherry Coke Zero’s.

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Body recap

Aug 13

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My head is doing fine right now. Hoping that with enough hydration and some Diet Coke that I can keep it like this.

Feeling a tad weak. My sleeping times are not yet back to normal, too late to bed and too late up for my liking and I believe this has its influence. I have also not yet gone back to my normal treadmill workout routine which I am beginning to miss.

The tingling and numbness in my left arm have diminished, a back massage from my husband helped a lot, I do have a muscle clump between shoulder blades and the spine. Still working on improving this

I am still having these odd hot flashes – chill freeze spells. It appears that this is totally unusual. They have been less severe yesterday but are still ongoing today. This morning I noticed a bite on the side of  my body with some swelling and redness and pain in the surrounding area. Seeing it I remember that I got that on Saturday. Flashes of warnings like “deadly brown recluse bite” are dancing now in my head and I am following these alarm bells and investigating with a few Google searches to see if there is any warrant for being worried and if that might be the cause of the body flashes.

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