I am in shock and feeling a little bit of denial. I was feeling like the pounds had stopped coming off for awhile. Once I hit 15 pounds, it seemed to just rest there for over a week (which was unusual since starting this diet). I was frustrated. But the past couple of days, the pounds have started falling off again, and I can't believe my eyes!
3 days ago, the scale said 136 (16 pounds down, so I was excited!). 2 days ago, it said 136 again (okay, I can deal with 16 pounds!). Then all of a sudden, yesterday it says 134! That's 18 pounds! And then again, this morning, I was in complete shock. I stepped on the scale, and it went up to 135 and then adjusted to 133!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT?!?!?!?!? So I tried it again, thinking the digital scale could be off. Nope, it still said 133. That's 19 lbs.!!!! I am THRILLED, to say the least. I haven't been at this weight in three years, since before I got pregnant with Keira. I was so discouraged resting at 137. I know....waah, waah...15 lbs. So terrible to have only lost 15 lbs. But eating what I'm eating (and NOT eating what I am not eating for almost 2 solid months!), I want to see results! So I am relieved to have gotten past that plateau. I definitely want to stop the official diet as of April 30 and start adding some foods back in sparingly, but I really wanted to lose at least 20 pounds first. Hopefully my weight loss will continue. I'm not going to add too much back in - just enough to satisfy some of my cravings. And I'm going to make an effort to begin exercising on a regular basis, using the treadmill Dan bought me.
Unfortunately, Dan and I have been dealing with medical bills from the gallstones and kidney stones, and we've found out our insurance basically covers nothing. So, I probably won't be able to be tested again to see what progress I made, but I am encouraged that I have not had any real pain since starting the diet. I'm just bummed to not be able to get proof that this diet works and builds your body up to begin healing itself. As long as I'm pain free though - that's what matters most, next to being the healthiest I've been in my entire life.
Dan and I also decided last week that I am able to have a short vacation! I'll be taking Carter with me since he's still nursing exclusively, but only one baby is a vacation when you have three kids, age 4 and under! I'm very excited to be going to Florida with my college roomie in May, and I'm excited to have a new body to put in a bathing suit!
I'll keep you posted on the diet if anything else develops (and I may post some kind of before and after pictures when it's all through), but overall, I'm very pleased with the results and would recommend this to ANYONE, whether it's to lose weight or to address a major health issue. I would do the hallelujah diet again in a heartbeat!
