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I had my first re-feed day on Saturday.  Its about the only thing that kept me going through this, that and milk.  I had it all laid out how I was going to eat my way through the day day.  Well I made it about half way on my planned stops.  Apparently my stomach shrunk a little.  It also had no tolerance for what I was eating.  I started off with 2 bowls of Lucky Charms and a Red Velvet cupcake, and then I went to yoga.  After yoga I had one more bowl and went to Krav.  By that point my stomach was already a little bubbly.  I taught and pretty much every thing ran through me for the rest of the day.  I met Jenn for Matchbox and we had cinnamon rolls and waffles.  I went back and taught the workshop.  I had the full intention of going out and getting a sandwich in the middle but I was still stuffed.  After the workshop I went home and showered and headed to 5 guys.  I was dying for a cheeseburger but I was still stuffed.  I ate what I could and had a soda a fries with it.  I snacked a bit a crackers, cookies and a cupcake during the fights but also had a bunch of chocolate milk and juice.  Who knew it could be so exciting to drink juice!  The morning of my re-feed day I weighed 147.4 and Sunday morning I was at 147.6, far less change than I expected based on what I ate.  I had a busy day yesterday with groceries, cleaning, laundry, gas, target, costco, cleaning the storage closet and cleaning the filing cabinets, though I didn’t eat much. I had my usual breakfast but this is the week for Hot Rox, which kept my appetite at bay most of the day. I had 3 pieces of cheese and a couple walnuts before bed to help me sleep.  I woke up today at 146.6.  That’s the lowest I have been since at least my knee surgery 5 years ago, but its definitely my leanest.  I need Chris to come back so I can do a baseline measurement because Jess had very different BF readings.  I can see how people get addicted to weight loss, especially control freaks such as my self.  Its also been very interesting to see how hard I can push my self on low calorie.  This past week was much more even and my energy felt better. 

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