Day 11 - Down .4 each

Phew, a drop! Not significant, but still a drop. :)

As emotion threatened to plow me over this morning, my very wise friend Cat made some very good points that are keeping me sane and on track. 1) I don't have that much to lose, maybe 30 pounds at most. Also, because I may not even need to lose that much, this is much more about body sculpting than it is about weight loss. 2) .4 pounds a day is really good! It's still a consistent loss. With that in mind, I am committed to not doing an apple day until I have two days of zero loss, but not until then.

Of course, Justin is pissed that he hasn't made it back to 205 yet. Don't feel too bad for him, though, he cheated a bit yesterday. He did really well considering the circumstances!! His work bought them all lunch; chicken parm, bread, pasta, pasta, pasta, and salad. Justin was very smart about it, he ate as much salad without dressing as he could before tasting the other selections. I didn't ask exactly how much he cheated, but I think it was just samples of the other food. So considering, him having a loss this morning is great.

I will say, even though the scale isn't registering as much as I would like, the reshaping I am seeing is still AMAZING! A pair of pants I wore last Thursday (which were super tight that day) I wore again yesterday and they were loose! Even after washing them! I read that women don't normally lose breast fat, but I can tell that my bras are looser. Maybe that just says that if I hadn't had the girls done I wouldn't have anything at all (which is why I got them done in the first place!). And odd as it sounds, my boots are looser. All strange but exciting.

Another interesting fact; since starting on the VLCD Justin and I both noticed that our teeth never feel icky anymore. They don't get gritty, they always feel clean, and are less sensitive. Maybe my dentist will notice a difference next week when he goes to put the crown on.

So I am not going to avoid the chili tonight. Justin made enough for us each to have some each day and it's just too good to skip! I've been over the ingredients several times and cannot find a flaw. Onward with the yummy chili! We're going to need it's durability tonight and tomorrow as we continue the snow shoveling saga that has consumed our area for the past week.

Speaking of snow, here's a funny story/update. Justin was up with a sore throat last night (not the funny part) at about 2am. Since he was up I was up too and we were cuddling on the couch. I was trying to go back to sleep but kept hearing a banging. Justin looked outside and turns out it was the douche who stole our spot the other day. He was cleaning off his car. 10 minutes later he was done. Then he left. So Justin got dressed and moved my car into the spot then and there. :) Take that, a**hole! As wrong as it is, I really hope he came back shortly after to discover his spot gone. Ha! The real victory will be whoever gets it tonight. We saw a tow truck this morning, which means the reserved spots are back to officially off limits. They haven't plowed our parking lot yet, most of the clearing having been done by drivers and residents alone. It's going to get interesting again. Also, keep your fingers crossed that we find a shovel! Still haven't gotten one, lol. And the home Depot near our house has a special recording letting callers know they are out of shovels before it gives you the option to talk to an actual representative.

Ok, so I finally got some work to do today, YAY! I'm off.

Jami: 163.0 - Total Weight Lost: 9.8
Justin: 206.4 - Total Weight Lost: 8.4