Day 5 -- I'm happy

Good morning all, Well, I've been true to the 5dpt all week.  I must admit, the cravings are NOT gone, and it's a struggle.  But I'm learning to ride it out, so that's a good thing.  I feel full (sated) when I'm eating, but soon after I'm looking for food.  I just drink a ton of water instead.  Last nite for dinner I made turkey meatloaf--it was HORRIBLE.  I made myself eat it cause I had nothing else to eat.  Tonight is baked chicken--looking forward to seeing how that works satiety-wise. The good news...I got on the scale this a.m. and it said 125.  That's 1 lb. below goal, so I HAVE to be "good" today!  As I said, I'm finding this week difficult, and I know part of it's because I'm unemployed w/too much time on my hands! Happy 4th everyone.

KARENNNN!   there you are!  CONGRATS on riding it out!!     baked chicken sounds wonderful right about now! lol  ...i had to get blood drawn this morning so ive only had my coffee and started on a 32oz Propel ..i do plan on having some scrambled eggs in a little bit with cottage cheese and perhaps a small amount of ham ..im hungry but im going to get atleast half way through this Propel and then wait the 30 minutes out to eat! WAY TO GO on making it below GOAL!  that's awesome!! ..i still have 3 pounds to go to get to my mid-July goal of 190#  ..i have a family reunion camping trip to go to for 7/18-7/24, i WILL make it!! hehe  hope you have a great weekend!  DRINKKKKK like you've never drank before, i know you'll do fine!  -hugs- 

Thank you Dawn.  Sounds good to me.   I had a little cottege cheese w/my meds (my doc says for absorbtion I have to take w/a small amount of food)  & I'll have a protein shake before I brave the supermarket, then 2 tuna patties when I get home, then dinner!  I will buy salad to have tomorrow--definately looking forward to that!  It's funny what we miss.  Can't wait to dig in to a nectarine! You WILL make your goal & let's both DRINKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!

YEAH!!!! GFU KAREN Im sorry things have been so hard on you lately & i can totally understand the "too much time on your hands" thing. to me that = 1) sleeping or 2) eating both simply b/c im bored. Try getting out of the house - its a beautiful day... How about a nice 6 mile walk? Im also sorry to hear about the turkey meatloaf!! thats SUCKS that it didnt come out the way you'd hoped.  Both me & the fam have had the turkey tacos, turkey burgers & turkey meatloaf & they've all been great! i cook with it just like its ground beef & use the same ingredients (- so much black pepper b/c the turkey picks up the flavors really easily). what did you put in it?

Thanks, Candace!

I used what I'd normally use in meatloaf...onions, garlic powder, but this time I added an egg and ground flax & I think that's what messed it up...it was weird texture-wise as well as flavor-wise.  Oh well! 

I dont normally put egg in it & Ive only recently picked up using the ground flax. So maybe that was it!