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Um... so I weighed myself this morning, and I was another 2 lbs. lighter. This is really strange. I honestly didn't think I'd lose 5 lbs. in only 2 days but... I have. Maybe it's just water weight?

Thing is, I weigh myself at the same time the past three mornings, in the same clothes, and before I've eaten. I also make sure the hand on my scale is lined up right. So- this is encouraging, but also surprising.

I've also found so far that my metabolism must be really jacked up. It makes sense, because typically lately I've been skipping breakfast, eating a lot of junky snacks during the day and around lunchtime, getting Starbucks at some point in the day, and eating a huge dinner. So now, I'm eating breakfast in the morning after exercising, having one or two snacks before lunch (usually a yogurt, applesauce, or fruit), eating a small lunch (like a Lean Gourmet), another snack a couple hours later, and finally dinner (I am trying to keep this down to one protein serving, and one carb serving).

Thing is, I keep getting hungry like 20-30 minutes after eating. And I've been eating dinners that are still larger than I'd like, but I have been going to bed with hunger pangs the last couple nights. So, I believe that my metabolism has gotten really out of whack due to my poor eating habits. Hopefully, as my body adjusts it will get easier.

I have a confession: I skipped exercising this morning. I stayed up too late last night and couldn't bring myself to do it this morning. In the past, I'd just skip being good for the day and eat what I want. But today I was really good. At one point, after lunch I was sooo hungry that I felt sick and had too many appointments to have a snack so I snuck a couple pieces of my co-worker's popcorn. But seriously, like 5 -10 pieces of popcorn, how bad can that be?

Nonetheless, I feel guilty for the popcorn and not exercising and I'm going to make myself be better the next couple days. Sunday will be my "ok day" where I will eat what I please. I've been craving the Olive Garden's Chocolate Lasagna for about a week now so maybe I'll force my husband to take me to my favorite/his most hated restaurant.

I never thought I'd be two days into this and already reporting a 5 lbs loss. Yay me.