way to let the pounds go!

i can't believe i've been awake since 3:30 am... darn if this body has no concept of how to stay on a schedule. after feeling fair yesterday (good enough to go out and do a few errands) i could feel myself getting weaker last night. then when i woke up to go to the bathroom i was much weaker, and knew that the day was going to be a total wash- something i really couldn't afford given my schedule right now. plus i felt quite hungry (something i haven't felt for a month) so i made a command decision to eat. this morning marks my 72-hrs post injection so i wasn't shaving too much time off, although i'd normally wait until tonight (tues) to eat anything other than vlc. i ate a few bites of food and waited, but was still hungry so i ate a few more bites. this went on for a while! ended up eating a few bites of steak, 1/2 an apple (only had 1/2 of my last fruit mon night), and probably a total of about 2 oz of cheese. haven't been able to get back to sleep, but i feel a little stronger. i'm figuring the scale this morning won't give me any kind of an idea since i'm essentially weighing after i eat, but i'm hoping tomorrow will be ok. i feel like i really need to load up on some protein before i head across the state on friday.

i'd really appreciate your continued prayers- my schedule is packed from thurs through monday night, and i really don't want to have to cancel anything. i'm hoping that after eating more for a few days i won't have to worry about being this weak again- but since it's a relatively new thing, i can't know for sure.

well, as long as i'm up i think i'll head down for an iv. and i'm figuring most of the people from this thread are off to the P3 lounge!

Oh good, Margie! Praying for you! Keep eating!
Colleen

thanks everyone! i've gotten stronger and stronger throughout the day. although up since 3:30 this morning, i was going until almost 10 tonight! that's more than i usually get done in a week. out to see the chiro and make a couple of stops, then worked with my cleaning lady for 3 hours sorting through basement stuff. had a 45' break, then treated a patient for over an hour, then met with a couple to show them how to mix and how to do injections. but i have to admit, it's now 11 and i'm POOPED! but very thankful, and am gaining a bit of confidence that eating is helping- if i still feel pretty good by morning, i'll be happy.

i'm going to have to carefully weigh all my options when i start another round. right now i'm thinking of doing 3 servings of protein/day instead of two, and eating veggies that have a bit more substance. i realize that my drastically slow my weight loss, but i need to figure out a way to still do this without having the degree of weakness that i had this round.

i did avoid any fats today other than what was in the cheese and eggs. but man, was the cheese ever a treat! nothing like P2 to make you appreciate the food on P3!

i'm on disability for chronic fatigue syndrome so i'm a bit of a different critter from the get go....

had a couple of days of severe weakness in R3 and R4, but many more of those days in R5. i think part of it is muscle loss, and perhaps part from losing so much weight so quickly. that's why i think i may need to add a little food for R6.

congrats on the successful apple day!