There are no significant changes in how the try-on pants fit, but I would have been shocked and pleasantly surprised if there was.  I’m only two weeks in on this pair.  Even if I lost two pounds a week, a four pound loss on a 300+ lb. woman is barely over 1% of body weight, and not likely to be visible, unless I lost four pounds in my chin.  😀  And I’d take that, believe me!

Otherwise, things are going good.  I completed another successful workout week, despite not being able to exercise on Monday because the gym was closed for the holiday weekend.  I added time to three of the four sessions, so I made up the lost fifth session.  And I learned that my body just isn’t quite ready, yet, for hour-long workouts, particularly swimming laps.  On Tuesday and Thursday, I swam 50 laps, which is 4000 feet, or over 3/4 of a mile.  And believe me, by lap 50, I was done.  Still, I’m proud that I finished yet another week, and my body needs the weekend rest.

Last week, I started adding in some calories.  I did this because I had let my daily calorie intake drop far too low; my energy levels were declining.  So, I added about 200-300 calories a day back in, and I’ve noticed a difference.  I think I had hit a point of diminishing returns; the possible extra loss of decreasing several hundred calories a day was offset by not having the energy to do anything else.

My body is doing well.  Yes, my knees still ache, but I’m still a big woman.  The candida patches behind my knees are gone, I have more stamina, I’m able to just move easier, get up from the couch and other seated positions easier.