Water Weight (P2, D16)

One of the totally understandable side effects of this diet is that you can get a bit, umm, backed up. I really haven't had much trouble with it until this week, but it's the thing people complain about the most, more even than hunger.

Shannon has me taking epsom salt baths when I can to help with the detox (not sure exactly how that works, but it feels good and is relaxing) and I noticed on the bag that it also serves as a laxative. I decided to try it yesterday, and can confidently report that yes, it works. In fact, though I've never done a colon cleanse, it works more like you might think a colon cleanse would. I drank LOADS of water yesterday and today to try and make up for it and keep from getting dehydrated.

So I'm down a lot today, but I feel like it's all water weight. I will be surprised if it is a real loss that actually sticks. It is in my nature to be skeptical.

But I'm excited! I never want to see 210 again. Goodbye, 210!

Day	Date	Weight	Daily Change	Total Loss
Day 1	11/1/2010	229.6	n/a	n/a
Day 2	11/2/2010	225.6	-4.0	-4
Day 3	11/3/2010	221.6	-4.0	-8
Day 4	11/4/2010	218.6	-3.0	-11
Day 5	11/5/2010	218.6	0.0	-11
Day 6	11/6/2010	216.4	-2.2	-13.2
Day 7	11/7/2010	215.8	-0.6	-13.8
Week 1 summary: down 13.8 #
Day 8	11/8/2010	214.8	-1.0	-14.8
Day 9	11/9/2010	215.4	0.6	-14.2
Day 10	11/10/2010	213.8	-1.6	-15.8
Day 11	11/11/2010	213.6	-0.2	-16
Day 12	11/12/2010	215	1.4	14.6
Day 13	11/13/2010	213	-2.0	-16.6
Day 14	11/14/2010	212.2	-0.8	-17.4
Week 2 summary: down 3.6 # this week; 17.4 # total
Day 15	11/15/2010	212.4	0.2	-17.2
Day 16	11/16/2010	210	-2.4	-19.6

Wouldn't it be nice to lose at least 0.4 tomorrow and have a 20+ pound weight loss in 17 days?! Why yes, it would be nice! But I am trying to prepare myself for a couple of slow days now since I just had such a big loss. But we'll see. I'll try to be optimistic.