Happy as a clam

So I went to see the doctor this morning. He is quite satisfied with my progress. Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhh! I have lost two inches around my hips and that seems to keep him happy. I expressed my concerns and he said that it was a slow progress (and that's how it should be). He also pointed out that if I was losing weight as quickly as the lady in the blog I read, that it was unhealthy and could affect muscle blah, blah. The long and the short of it was that I needed to be patient. He actually wrote that in my chart! This from a man who did my fill today and only put in .3 cc! I am now officially at 5.8 cc. I mean, really? He says that between 5.5 and 6.5 is "the sweet spot" for weight loss. He couldn't just put me up to 6 cc? I guess not. I repeat,  sigh.

I also spoke to the nurse about my diet and again, I seem to be on track. She just went over the program a bit with me today, to refresh my memory.  I will be journal my food intake, and I will be very specific about quantities. Measure everything! I have a follow up appointment with her in two weeks - accountability and all that. But overall she said that I was doing really well.

Apparently you should "jump start" your system as early as possible. Eat protein breakfast and go from there. I eat roughly 5 times a day, small quantities. I can't really really on when I am hungry, because I rarely am. I have to think of it as fueling the machine. Not eating. Weird. The reason I say this is because I would barely eat if I went solely on hunger and that wouldn't be healthy either. The doctor was saying that if he had his preference people were eat the majority of their food in the earlier part of the day and have a very light/small dinner. Which let's be honest, is not really the North American way. 

So my goal is to eat something like this:

Protein shake
Grande Latte (I need something warm before I can even contemplate solid food)
Yogurt or cheese
Lunch
Water
3pm protein snack (no matter if I'm hungry or not)
Dinner
Water

I should mention that getting my water in is rather challenging because I am not suppose to drink any liquids 1 hour prior to, during and 1.5 hours post eating. Which boils down to never. I usually get 700 ml in the evening (just over 2 glasses) so I am trying to drink another 2 glasses in the afternoon.

As I was saying, I had a bit of a fill today. Honestly I didn't really notice the difference until dinner. I did the whole liquid diet thing till dinner tonight (smoothie for breakfast, latte, then a lovely cream of asparagus from green rebel). It was all fine and filling. For dinner we had chili. I totally measured out my portion and served myself 1 cup. I may have eaten 1/2 of that. And I noticed the restriction. I am not sure if it is because it was just done today and still swollen or if it really will be that restrictive. I'll let you know. Tomorrow will be soft foods only. A step up from liquids.

So that brings me right back to where I was yesterday. I need to make sure that I remember to be patient, I also need to just live this experience and not put any expectations on it (easier said than done).