Day 8

Woke up tired like a normal Monday. I was told I'd remember my dreams better, well I would rather not remember them. Ha. I woke up pretty good at 4:30 when my alarm went off, but decided I needed to end the dream better and while going back to sleep I had to remind myself that it wasn't real. Thank goodness.
The scale is back up a couple of pounds this morning. I had steak for dinner last night with a salad and steak Saturday night. It's fine to eat, but I'm guessing I need to reduce my portion size. My body fat has gone down which I can feel in my sides, but my belly is still seeming to be bloated. I also was hoping my skin would clear up in my face, but I feel like it's not any better if not a little worse. Maybe it has to go through this process before clearing kinda like I hear after a facial it's normal to break out before it clears. I'm not taking anything. This is all on how I am eating right now. Today is only week two. Yesterday I don't think I had enough water which caused me to be very tired and just not feeling like myself, kinda miserable, but not sick.
I can tell there must have been inflammation in my hands because my rings fit more loosely in that I have to keep adjusting them to be centered.

Afternoon: I was busy on a call, so the time went by that didn't make me hungry. I'm feeling good in my jeans today. Usually on Monday it takes a little stretchy and they feel better on Tuesday. I'm aware of what I've lost in my thighs. I was not incredibly tired after my lunch, so that's gotten better I think and I wasn't unmotivated to do anything. I got hungry again an hour after my lunch for something like a candy bar.

This evening I decided I was going to start to fast after the last I ate at 4 p.m. I failed. I got really hungry when I watched Master Chef Junior and they were making steak, so I had my steak and eggs. I was feeling really good in my waist. I'm going to aim to fast until 8 a.m. tomorrow. If it goes well--which it should except it will be hard to not have my Energize--then Wednesday I will fast til 10 a.m. I will be sure to have my last meals at 6 p.m.