The Wolf of the Skies Diet Blog

Well, I have officially lost about 38 pounds on this diet. Problem is that I am starting to get worried. I am looking around work, seeing these skeletons that are my co-workers. Most of them seem to be so thin now that they look unhealthy. My cousin, who has been on the diet off and on for several years, looks like she needs to gain weight. Of course, my cousin is walking several miles a day, so maybe that is why. I don’t know.

Almost everyone I have talked to that lost weight on the plan at work, seems to think that now that they have lost the weight they still need to lose another 10 or 20 lbs. They don’t realize that the place they need to lose it, is not going to come from diet, but exercise.

I’ve lost about 6 inches around my waist. Which is good. My hips have lost around 4 inches. I’ve lost some around my arms and thighs too, but I am seriously concerned that it’s muscle not fat.

I have an exercise bike now, and some other exercise equipment, so I need to start using them a little more often.

I am really starting to worry about this low carb, no sugar diet. It’s mostly meat and a few veggies. My best friend asked me to stop using it and he would send me the diet that he went on before his weight loss surgery. I have had several people start to express concern at my mostly rapid weight loss. I started in the middle of March. It’s been almost 3 months, so I don’t think it’s that rapid. However, the more I read this book on diet myths, the more I am worried that I am really only losing water or muscle.

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Well, I have been having a rough time this month on day shift. I haven’t lost anything but a pound most of this month since I was on day shift. This morning I wake up and I realized that I have lost 28lbs since I started this diet on the 21st of March. I have lost 55lbs total, and have 130 or so lbs to go!

I also have another reason to celebrate. I get my first $25.00 from my aunt! She told my dad that she was so proud that I was doing something about my weight that she will give me $25.00 for each 25lbs I lose on this diet. So I should get around a $150 or so when it’s all said and done. It’s a nice little incentive. Probably why I am so hard on myself when I don’t lose weight. I don’t want to disappoint her. This diet costs around $200 a month, so it has been taking up quite a bit of my disposable income for paying more on CC debt, etc.

I wish I could get a raise at work, but the only way to do that is become certified, which means I would spend around 8 months on the day shift, and I couldn’t survive 4 the last time they did that to me… so that’s not a possiblity.

I am in school for Administrative Assistant, at Penn Foster. A great school, they have so many options to learn! I have like 5 or so classes that I want to take there at the moment, including Freelance Writing, and Computer stuff.

My best friend lives in Washington, and the jobs for Administrative Assistants start out at a minimum of 30,000, which is around a six thousand dollar raise. That would be really nice. I look forward to moving, that is for sure. I really liked Washington while I was out there. It was nice. I didn’t mind the misty rain.

I am weighing in at 1:00 today, and taking back my bike. It has been used twice and the dang thing is already messed up, so I am taking everything back to Walmart. I don’t think I can take back the bike chain I bought, I think I threw away the wrapper for it. I have the receipt, so maybe I can, I’m not sure. I am going to buy myself an exercise bike. The mosquitoes are so bad this year I wouldn’t be able to ride a bike anyway.

Anyway, check out my updated ticker!

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Well, last week I only lost a pound, not much to write home about. This week I lost 8.6 lbs. So I have lost a total of 19 lbs on this diet so far! That’s not bad for 21 days on a diet.

I haven’t had to take the pills as much lately, so the people at the clinic said that since I had 2 weeks worth of pills, and I didn’t want the pills, that they would exchange the weeks pills for a b6 shot. I only had 1 left, so that works out good.

I bought myself a bycle last Friday, and rode around on it for an hour, and my groin hurt for several days. LOL. I guess I pushed myself too hard for a first time ride in years. lol

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Well, I felt rather odd yesterday (Day 10). I felt like I was forcing myself to eat the 500 calories I needed. I just ate the 500 calories and nothing else. No salad, no nothing. I didn’t even take a pill to curb my appetite. Maybe my body is getting used to the new diet after 10 or 11 days and I won’t have to take as much pills now. It is rather interesting to say the least.

It may just be an isolated incident, but I found it odd regardless. I have had some days before my diet where I just didn’t want to eat at all, but forced myself, so it may stem from that. Perhaps my body was tired of salad and just didn’t want any yesterday.

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Well, I made it through week 1, and went to get weighed. I can’t believe how much weight I loss in a week!

Weight Loss: 9.8lbs

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Well, the last couple of days, I have been doing pretty much the same. Thank GOD on day 4 I was able to eat some veggies! I don’t usually eat much veggies to begin with, but I usually eat a salad every day at work and a little of whatever side meat they have. I was glad to know that Celery and Lettuce were unlimited.

I should have asked, but I would assume that since Dill Pickles are also unlimited, that a regular cucumber would be unlimited too. So I have been making Lettuce, Celery, Cucumber salads. Yesterday, after I went shopping, I added Cauliflower to my salads, giving me a serving of veggies that I am supposed to have 3 of a day. That helped. Only thing I miss is the carrots and the tomatoes. I LOVE tomatoes, but apparently, I can only eat them in moderation. So for now, I will just skip them.

I have been doing pretty good on the diet, haven’t cheated yet, though I was tempted when my boss brought some cookies to work and some potato salad. *groans* Is she TRYING to kill me? LOL. She keeps having to avoid sentences or start them over because she forgets that I am on a very strict diet. I told her not to worry, that she would get used to my diet.

She did express some concern over this diet, and said she couldn’t do it herself. I know she’s my friend, as well as my boss, so I am happy to know that she cares enough to say something. She’s a good lady, and I have so much respect for her as a person and a boss. She is the best boss I have ever had, and I am glad to know her. Quite a few people at work would disagree with me, but I think there are always people who are going to dislike something you do.

One of my other co-workers, well, technically two, have expressed concern for me being on this diet. They are both men, and the fact that they are concerned warms my heart because that means they care for me as a person. It’s nice to know. One of them, I will call. Tay, expressed his dislike of the program for the last two days actually. I told him that my metabolism doesn’t work and I can’t afford surgery, what does he expect me to do? He said he has a problem with any diet that requires you to pop pills to make sure you don’t eat.

My Lt. at work said that him saying things like that means he cares, and I have to agree. He was in the room when she said it, and he didn’t say anything to the contrary, didn’t shake his head or roll his eyes. We haven’t known each other very long, but he is a nice guy. I haven’t met his wife yet, but I assume that she’s the same way. I have very briefly spoke to her on the phone and she is always very polite.

The other co-worker didn’t really express his concern as much for me, but as to the program in general. He basically said that I know that everyone around here is losing weight on this diet and that it’s good that they are, but he feels it is unhealthy to loose that much weight at one time.

I do agree that losing 5 lbs in 5 days is a little extreme, but I have a lot more weight to lose than everyone else, and it seems to be about what I would lose if I had weightloss surgery without the year of waiting to see if I qualify for the surgery.

I asked a guy at Walmart how much he thought I weighed, and I think he said about 190. I looked at him in shock. I asked him was he serious and he said well, that’s what I would assume. Apparently my uniform hides my body or something. *chuckles* When I told him how much I actually weighed, he looked at me stunned and started telling me his own weight loss story. He asked me to keep him updated on how I am doing, he’s rather nice.

I went over to FIT today and got a replacement book, and got some meal replacement shakes that at the moment I eat for breakfast. She asked me how I thought I was doing, and I told her according to my home scale, I had lost about eight pounds, but I wasn’t sure, so she took me in to weigh and my scale is about 3 lbs off. Still, that still means that I have lost 5 lbs since last Friday. It hasn’t even been a week yet.

I have to work on Friday when I go in for my 4:00 appointment, so I will have an offical weight amount then. I figure what I will do, is wear some regular clothes to the office, then change really quick in the bathroom before leaving. I will actually be getting some new work clothes soon, and I figure I might have to send the pants back for some taking in if my diet continues at this pace. I mean I am losing aproxmimately a pound a day at this point.

Regardless, it is nice to be losing a pound a day. I am still struggling with drinking a gallon of liquids a day. I don’t usually like to drink so much cause of the trips to the bathroom, but I will have to live with it.

I have been having more headaches lately, so I have been adding some headache medicine to my daily routine. Luckily, the lady at FIT said that after a couple of weeks on the diet, my headaches should lessen as my body gets used to the pills. I will be glad, I had what could almost be a migraine at work last night. Luckily, I just popped a couple of exedrine and it went away.

Well, that’s all for now. I’ll post again probably on Friday for my offical weigh in.

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Well, it’s day two, and you would be surprised how little you want to eat when you drink 4 glasses of water before a meal. *chuckles* Counting the appetite suppressant, and I don’t really mind eating so little. Which is good! I really thought I was going to starve on 500 calories a day.

Luckily, there are several foods that are unlimited, so that helps too. I am finding it a bit better to drink the water today. I have this 34 oz handled jug for drinking with a sports bottle top, that I fill with water and carry it around with me. I was trying to do this with a half gallon one yesterday and it was just too heavy to cart everywhere. I have drank 2 of these so far today, I need to drink two more to get my gallon.

I know you aren’t really supposed to weigh yourself this early, but I was curious, and was shocked to look at the scales. I don’t remember the last time I stepped on the scales and saw that number. Even if it’s just for a day until my weigh in next Friday. I am happy to at least see the number.

Oh, I found the backup copy of the diet. Luckily, I found it. I will probably make a copy of the one I get tomorrow to have the updated version from my doctor. That way if I lose it again, I won’t have to get another book.

Oh, I started a ticker so everyone can see my progress so far.

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Well, it’s day one, and trying to drink a gallon of water is HARD! I stupidly somehow lost my book that they give out, but luckily, I didn’t lose the little diary which has a little tiny guide at the bottom. I had a print out of it somewhere, but it seems to be missing. *grumbles* I’ll go get a replacement on Monday before I go to work.

So far, I have only had breakfast. It is very hard to wait an hour to eat when you are hungry for the pills to kick in. I just try to guzzle water and hope it helps. I can have several unlimited items, I just don’t feel like going to get any. I would rather eat my regular meal. *chuckles*

When I go to the kitchen, I will grab a couple of sugar free jello snacks and keep them by the computer so I don’t have to walk. My dang feet are killing me today.

I look foward to having the weight off so I can walk and not feel like I am stepping on needles or something.

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Well, today I went to my first visit with First Impressions Weight Loss. The people were really nice, and many of them have had the same problems losing weight that I have. It really helps seeing them after they are all done, and knowing that they used to be bigger and now look so good.

Luckily, I already had my blood work done, so that saved me a little bit of money. and saved me from trying to have some blood taken. It takes forever. *chuckles*

I had a little snag in the beginning, and thought I wouldn’t be able to start the diet. It seems that the EKG that they give me said  abnormal, so I was going to have to get a letter from my doctor that said it was okay to start the diet.

Well, apparently my new doctor requires 48 hrs notice of any letters that she needs to write, so I called them back at FIT, and asked them what they thought I should do in the mean time. They suggested we could start on the herbal and after I got the approval I could go on the other.

Well, when I got back to the office, they said, hey, let’s try the EKG one more time. Maybe it was just a fluke. Low and behold, they were right! I will be able to start tomorrow!

Sadly, and I don’t know how, I somehow lost my book for the program at Walmart when I was grocery shopping. I will have to pick up another one on Monday.

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