Sheep Guarding Llama

Medifast Status: Day 38, Down ~26lbs

I’m keeping my updates short and sweet.  Nearly a month behind on updates now and struggling to get anything posted.  I was in the office today and went to RaceTrac around lunch time to get a refill on my soda.  I’ve gotten Dan addicted to the cheap soda refills as well so we are going every day together sometime during the work day.

Got home at six and had my two hour conference call then spent what time I had left with the family.

Medifast Status: Day 37, Down ~25lbs

I’ve discovered that RaceTrac has $.49 refills on their 52oz fountain drinks.  This is awesome.  So I am making an effort to stop in every day to take advantage of practically free drinks.  This is way cheap than a little Keurig coffee from home.  And it is cold which is important as my drive is in a car without air conditioning and it is insanely hot in there.

At lunch today I had to go down to Irving to meet up with Dominica, Liesl and Luciana so that Dominica could go to her checkup with her doctor.  The checkup went really quickly and we ended up being able to go to lunch together after the appointment.  Everything is good and she is healing well after having Luciana.

We went to Rockfish for lunch.  Dominica has been loving eating there now that she is not pregnant and can eat fish again.  They had Copper River salmon today which is a special treat at Rockfish so I got that.

After lunch I spent the afternoon working from home.

Medifast Status: Day 36, Down ~25lbs

Slight progress on my diet today.  Just a tiny bit but as long as it is visible it keeps me going.

Worked at the office today and came home to spend time with the girls at lunch.  Boy am I glad that I am able to do that.  I get a lot of quality time with the girls because I am home when they are very much awake and Liesl, at least, tends to nap while I am in the office in the afternoon so we continue to get maximum time together.  I feel bad that I was home full time when Liesl was born and am not able to be with Luciana.  So I am working as hard as I can to get quality time with her through improved coordination.

This evening we decided to do La Cima for dinner.  It turns out that this is our last chance to eat from the old menu that we have gotten so used to over the past year.  Time now to say goodbye to our culinarily familiar friends and look forward to soon to be new items on the new menu that arrives shortly.

Medifast Status: Day 35, Down ~24.5lbs

Another day of dieting without visible results.  I know that most people don’t see diet results day to day but it sure is nice to get up in the morning and realize that you are lighter than the day before.  Really makes you think hard about going off of your diet at all when you know that it is working every day.

Normal day at the office.  Came home for lunch and spent some time with the girls.

This evening Dominica decided that she really wanted to go out to eat at BJ’s Brewhouse so we drove up there.  We both got the southwest salads which were really good.  I’m probably not supposed to be eating avocado but it is just so tasty.  The booths at BJs are huge which makes it really easy to go out with the girls.  Liesl even insisted on sitting between Dominica and Luciana all on one side of the table and they fit just fine.  It was a nice evening out and both girls were very well behaved making it quite easy to eat out – even at a crowded restaurant.  It was a nice change of pace.  Since I’ve been on Medifast we have been struggling to find variety in what we are eating.

Medifast Status: Day 34, Down ~24.5lbs

Finally today I have another weight drop on MediFast.  These days with the big drops (two and a half pounds, today) are really encouraging.  Going for days without seeing anything at all is really frustrating.  I am past the days of the big, sudden drops in weight and am now dealing with the long, slow journey through tiny weekly drops in weight that will stretch on for months and months.

Today is Sunday an we managed to have a day that was pretty relaxing as a family.  I am plowing right through Fable III now.  Dominica is really enjoying watching that.  We’ve waited so long to be able to play it that we are just shooting right through as fast as we can.