Day 3 - 6lbs Down

Today is my third day of the "real diet" - less than 500 calories a day. It's actually going a LOT better that expected. I am slightly hungry most of the time, but it's like being aware of hunger and just not caring.

The first day I didn't eat until almost 2pm and I wasn't hungry at all - that was my best day. But then I got a slight infection under a tooth (the re-emergence of an ongoing problem) and now I'm on antibiotics... which means I have to eat a little something first thing in the morning with the pill. Having just that one piece of Melba toast (20 calories!) makes me hungry for the rest of the day. Bummer.

I've been exercising a little bit - a light workout Monday night, and a stroll with a couple of short bursts of jogging on Tuesday. It feels great to do it, but my strength and endurance are definitely down and I'm really tired afterwards. Tonight I'll try a yoga class.

I've lost 6lbs since Monday, but really only one pound since Wednesday last week - I was 141 then, but I gained 5 eating all that fat... and now 6 have fallen off in 48 hours. Can't wait to see what happens in the next 48!