Hmmm, do I say Dear Journal? Never had an online journal before. Guess we’ll just have to see how it goes.
For now, I 'll just start with
"Hello Journal!"
And to anyone reading this, I'll just say, "Hello, Peeps!" 
I started MF on Saturday, May 12, 2007. I figured the weekend was a good time to start so by early in the next week I’d be in ketosis. Little did I consider that my family would take me out for Mother’s Day – the 2nd day on MF. More on that in a sec.
My first day I weighed in with my brand new Tanita scale which said I was 213.6. That was a shocker bec my old scale said 223. I was afraid to trust the results, but hey- everyone says these scales are super accurate, so I guess I will trust it. That might also explain why I always weigh less at the doctor’s office than I do at home.
After weighing in, I wrote down all my measurements. Then I headed for the kitchen for my first shake. Didn’t like it much, but didn’t think about it, either. I’m on a mission here – to lose my excess weight this year once and for ALL!
The first day was fine – not even one itty bitty hunger pang or craving.
Second day was Mother’s Day. I woke up and was down to 210.6 – a 2.4 lb loss! YAY!
Then my kids informed me later that day that they wanted to take me out to eat.
We left in separate vehicles for Golden Corral and their horribly tempting buffet. Hubby and I arrived first with our youngest. Then our oldest - who had left 15 min before us - showed up last with our other 3 kids. They stopped to get me fresh flowers on the way. So pretty…pink, blue, yellow, purple…. 
It was really hard watching everyone eat stuff I couldn’t have. Or should I say watching everyone STUFF what I couldn’t eat? LOL
I seriously had an ongoing battle in my head about whether it would be okay to just eat whatever and then start over the next day. AFter all...I'd only been on plan 1 day, and if I'd realized we were going out to eat for Mother's Day, I would have postponed starting until Monday.
But, I turned my back on the temptations and instead ate a chicken breast, salad and large diet Dr. Pepper.
After we ate we went to the local Putt Putt for a game of mini golf, where we all really stunk! LOL We used to play all the time, but it’s been a few years and it showed! But, we still had fun.
I was really proud of myself that I stuck to my goals and didn’t cave to my cravings at the restaurant. But, the rest of the day I had terrible cravings for things I couldn’t have, just because I SAW the food at the restaurant.
So, that’s a bit of a struggle. Even tho I am keeping to my resolve & not eating the no-no’s, it is still difficult to put them out of my head when I see others eating them. Esp around kids who are snacking all the time.
That brings me to today - Day 3. I am down another half pound. I was hoping for more, but then I reminded myself I’m only on the third day and I’m already down 3 lbs. That’s a good amount for one week, already. I am not going to depress myself with discouraging thoughts! So, goodie for me!
As I sit and write this up now it is 7:00 pm – about supper time. I just happened to notice the ring on my right finger is super dooper loose! How cool is that!?!?
What I’m finding easy about the plan so far is I am not hungry at all, which came as a surprise.
What is a struggle is steering clear of old habits. I like to watch Dr. Phil every day, and that has become my time to relax. Some people have their noon-time “stories” and I have Philly Boy. But, that is also my time to MUNCH. Also, we like to watch family movies at night and that’s when everyone cranks out the
So, I am having to plan around those things by drinking water to stay occupied or having one of my MF packets.
Another thing I’m VERY aware of is NOT accidentally putting something in my mouth when I’m preparing food for the kids. I’m a SAHM w/5 kids so I’m making snacks and meals for them all day long. It is amazing how many times I’ve had to remind myself NOT to pop a tidbit in my own mouth. But, so far so good.
Finally, so far I’m not really enjoying the MF food.
I didn’t like it when I tried the plan 2 years ago, either. But, honestly...I don’t really care this time around. Right now I feel like I have to lose my weight before I end up with serious health issues. It’s a life or death choice for me. I choose life. I choose weight loss. I choose MF. I just hope I can keep this in my head weeks down the road.
There were lots of other weight loss programs I have tried, but I think I need MF bec it has less food options to play around with and get tempted by. It’s pretty straightforward and I don’t have to think about what to eat. I make my shake and I’m done.
Well…I wrote a book, and this was supposed to just be a journal entry. I don't really plan on writing every day, but since this is my first week, I wanted to record what is going on for future reference.
Until next time....
Just one day at a time, and you WILL definitely have a great reward waiting for you..pounds GONE!!!!
I feel so special! 
until 9 when I started to get up again. Still couldn’t get up. My 18yo came in at 11 and woke me up. I was horrified at the hour. 
and remember last time I tried MF 2 years ago, I had to take Lactaid. I forgot about that. So, I’m trying that today to see if it helps. I’m also having lots of heartburn for which I already take medicine. Hopefully that will just go away once I adjust to the products.
Today I had some celery and a kosher spear during Philly Boy. Even tho it's allowed, I felt guilty having food that wasn't a shake or my L&G.
– rather just stick to the simplest things and then as I need variety I’ll try a recipe or two. Since I'm in this for the long haul, I'm guessing there's plenty of time to work on variety.
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