Round 2, Days 7, 8, and 9: Oh, What a Difference!

I regret that I have not been a dependable blogger so far.  This week has been crazy, and I've been a wee-bit frustrated.  I was VERY upset to have a gain earlier in the week, and I've been disappointed that my losses have been much more modest than they were during Round 1.  Since my bad news on Day 6, I've been steadily losing around a pound a day, and I desperately hope that I can keep that up for the entire round!  On Day 7, I lost 1.6 pounds; Day 8, I lost 0.9 pounds; and today I lost 1.4 pounds, putting me a total of 5.2 pounds below my Round 2 start weight, 11.1 pounds below my Load Weight, 33.3 pounds below my Round 1 start weight, and 36.7 pounds below my "high" weight.  I'm about 2.5 pounds behind my Round 1 progress, but as long as my progress stays steady, I'll be happy.


More good news, I tried a pair of hand-me-down jeans from another gettin'-skinny friend, and I'm down another size!  That's THREE pants sizes since September!  I wish I had some accurate measurements.  HS's skills are lacking  suck, so I have no idea what any of measurements are.  Remember how I doubted they were right because they were higher than my Round 1 measurements?  I had him re-measure me the next day, and he was getting 2 inch differences.  Perhaps it was worth it to pay somebody hundreds of dollars to measure me!  I kid, I kid...slipping into a pair of jeans that I couldn't button two weeks ago is "measurement" enough.


Just as I figured, I have been really lazy about my food preparation.  Most of my meals have been a boring slab of beef or chicken with some seasoning on it and a slice-and-go vegetable (or when I'm really lazy, a pickle!).  I was a little worried about my weigh-in this morning because I got so lazy last night, that I didn't even measure out my dinner (and I had broccoli, which caused some problems last round).  All I can say is that it's tough to cook this stuff just for me. 


Several friends started this Round at the same time as me, and it's pretty amazing to see how different everybody's experience has been.  The losses have all been good (I think I'm at the low end of the spectrum), but nobody seems to be on the same "losing" cycle.  It's really interesting to compare notes from day-to-day, and some days, it's even frustrating (see my Day 6!), but it's fabulous to have such a large group of cheerleaders (and soon-to-be skinny friends!)