First off....the scale tells all...203.8...a little under 5 lbs lost for the 1st week. I am happy with that. I look less thick in the middle, and the 36 work pants I wore yesterday were perfectly comfortable. The 'pants size transition' really starts as I approach 210, so glad to have some breathing room.

Day 7 was good. I was on the road till mid afternoon, so I packed 2 hard boiled eggs for breakfast and had a deli steak salad for lunch (it may have had a 3-4 more carbs then I would have ideally liked with cherry tomatoes an some sweet pepper, but since I had essentially no carbs for breakfast it was all good. Dinner was delicious lamb chops on the grill and broccoli.

Also had a pretty good workout yesterday, although I am stalled on the bench. The son knocked off his 4x5 at 175 on the bench, so it will be on to 180 for him next time.

Endeavoring to persevere!