Lots of catching up to do

Day: 7
Phase: Attack
J. Weight: 184
D. Weight: 292

It's been a full week and we've seen a lot of progress, and Dameon and I are on track with the estimates that we've found for average weight loss during the attack phase. I am going to end my attack phase after 7 days, and Dameon will continue until he hits 10 days. As you can see, we started by losing a few pounds each daily and it's seems to have hit a plateau. I am still losing but the pace has slowed down, and since I'm on track with our estimates, I'm feeling okay about moving into the Cruise Phase and adding some veggies into my daily routine. Dameon would like to get himself under 190 before he officially ends the attack phase, so he will continue for another few days. I am really excited by the idea of some delicious cucumbers, and I can't wait for some variety much longer, so I'll wuss out early.

We've experienced some fatigue, as was expected, but the hunger cravings are dropping significantly for us both. It's weird to feel full after having a single chicken breast for lunch, but it makes sense to lose weight like this, because we're simply not eating as much food each day.

As mentioned before, the daily pancakes make a nice dessert at the end of the day, and that is helping  me get my fill of simulated sweets. I have also found a few flavors of non-fat, non-dairy creamers that can turn my coffee into a drinkable dessert, if you will. It's not much, but it's all I've got. I and I will not lie, the cravings for chocolate are daily. I do miss food, but seeing such obvious progress after only one week is encouraging. I built a handy-dandy Excel spreadsheet to track out weight loss and make some fancy charts, because visualizing progress makes a nice little boost for one's efforts.

And since I keep going on about the pancakes, here, they are:

Cinnamon Pancakes

1 egg
2 tbsp. vanilla yogurt

3 tbsp. oat bran

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. no-cal sweetener

(I am using Truvia)

Beat the egg, then beat in the vanilla yogurt. I whisk it with a fork and it comes out fine. Add in the oat bran, cinnamon and sweetenr and whisk some more until it's all mixed.

  

This recipe works out great for Dameon and I because we need 1.5 tbsp. pf oat bran each day, so one bowl makes dessert for both of us. We're thinking about cooking up a large batch early in the  week so we have some after dinner munchies. In the cruise phase you can double your daily oat bran, so this might be worth it. Once everything is mixed, the pancakes are easily cooked in a pan with a light coating of non-stick spray. They come out just like any other pancake, so they are pretty easy to cook.

I've been serving them up with an extra dollop of vanilla yogurt for sauce, and it comes out nicely.

Tonight we have some marinaded New York Strips, and I'm very excited by that. We have gotten some broccoli for steaming along with cucumbers and tomatoes, so tomorrow's dinner will be a nice change from the all meat diet. I'm stoked.