Starvation Mode!

Well, I've hit my first plateau already! The scale hasn't moved for a good 3-4 days, even though I'm barely taking in any calories. I think my body knows it's in starvation mode, and is hanging onto every little, or big, fat cell it can!

Here's where the good doctor's advice about the scale comes into play though. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing....well, mostly. Enough so that I should still be losing weight. I haven't really done a lot of exercise yet though, but my plan is to get back at it as soon as school starts next week. I'll start with M-W-F mornings on the treadmill, and then bump it up to every weekday morning within a week or two at the most. That'll help. I was really faithful and good about my morning exercise last spring, then along came summer off and odd hours, working for others, etc. and I really fell off the exercise wagon. But I'm ready to get back on.

It'll also help once I can eat real food for meals, and the other bodily functions that come with eating kick back in regularly. : ) I am SO sick of protein drinks, I really don't know if I can choke down another one. I think I'll start making smoothies with yogurt and stuff and add some unflavored protein. We'll see how that goes. I got some V8 Splash tonight, that might make a good smoothie (Mango Peach, yum!). Only a few more days and I can "legally" have pureed food (ok, so I have cheated a tad bit). My first meal is gonna be pureed fat-free refried beans with cheese and sour cream. Oh my gosh that sounds good. I picked up some Panera Chick-pea Turkey Chili tonight too, I might freeze that for a few days and puree that too. Yummy.

But for now I'll just keep doing what I know to do and wait. That's pretty much all I can do anyway! : )