Tuesday, May 25th

Well, I am at 48 lbs gone now and I've been stuck there for a few days (since Saturday). I had been loosing so rapidly for the past three weeks, and I was hoping that by now I would have made down to 50 lbs, but I am okay where I am. I knew I would have to slow down at some point. I'm sure I'll get started again soon. My mother-in-law asked me last night how I was doing and I was explaining to her that eating is almost a disappointment because "you know how you're hungry and you just can't wait to eat and you feel like you could eat the entire pan of whatever you're fixing, like you just inhale it when it's finished"; she told me "no, I've never felt that way". Well, first of all I was completely shocked that someone has never felt that way, because to me it's just a natural thing.....however, I went on to explain to her that it's disappointing because now when I sit down to eat, number one I have to eat so slow and number two, I can only eat a little bit. No more inhaling. The other night we sat down to eat dinner and the guys had all left the table, and I sat there another 10-15 minutes by myself trying to finish mine. Although Nato is enjoying the fact that I can't eat much, he gets my leftovers!