Phase 2, Day 35

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Weight/Measurements:

Weight: 125.5 pounds
Bodyfat: 24.5%
Waist, holding in stomach like I normally do: 27.5 inches
Waist, letting it all hang out: 28
Waist around my belly button, holding in stomach like I normally do: 31
Waist around my belly button, letting it all hang out: 31.5
Hips: 37
Chest: 30
Bust: 36.5
Thighs: R21.5, L20.5

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Weight: 134 -- 131 -- 129 -- 130 -- 127.5 -- 127 -- 125.5

Bodyfat: 29% -- 29% -- 27% -- 28% -- 27.5% -- 26% -- 24.5%

Waist, sucking in: 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28 -- 27.5 -- 27.5 -- 27.5

Waist, hanging out: 30 -- 29.5 -- 29 -- 29 -- 28.5 -- 28.5 -- 28

Belly, sucking in: 32 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31.5 -- 31

Belly, hanging out : 34 -- 33.5 -- 33 -- 33.5 -- 32.5 -- 32 -- 31.5

Hips: 38 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37

Chest: 32 -- 31 -- 31 -- 31 -- 30.5 -- 30 -- 30

Bust: 38.5 -- 38 -- 37 -- 37 -- 37 -- 36.5 -- 36.5

Thighs: R22/L21 -- R22/L21 -- R21.5/L21 -- R22/L21 -- R21.5/L21 -- R21.5/L20.5 -- R21.5/L20.5

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By my calculations, if I'm buring 1900 calories a day I should be at 125.5; but if I'm burning 2000 a day I should be at 124 (for the full seven weeks I've been on the SBD). I'm at 125.5, but I don't quite trust the number. Up till now, my losses have reflected a 2000-a-day pattern. I do feel a bit bloated, and I'm due to start my period in a few days. Plus, I'm probably carrying water still from my wild weekend in Pennsylvania. Or maybe not; maybe I do burn 1900 a day instead of 2000. I will withhold judgment until next week.

My inches lost look pretty satisfying. I'm continuing to slowly lose in the belly, but I'm managing for the most part to keep my boobs. What more can a girl ask for?

On a sad note, my hip really seems to be a problem. Have I mentioned that before? I went for a 3.5-mile-or-so run today, and my left hip hurt so bad that I could barely walk afterwards. It's been a recurring problem for a couple of months now, even though I hardly run at all anymore. I'm worried it's a stress fracture. I had a stress fracture in my foot last summer that completely shut down my running for a couple of months, and I never really got back into it again after it healed. Could I have one in my hip, now, too? And if so, why? As a vegan, am I not getting enough calcium? I am completely lackadaisical about taking calcium pills, it's true. Today's episode was so bad I'm finally convinced I need to go to the doctor about it.

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Breakfast: Gargenburger sausage patty; a few bites of a mealy apple; hot coffee with milk

Midafternoon snack: 3/4 of an orange; hot coffee with half-and-half (in both cases, I didn't have the option to use nondairy creamer. And as the father said in one of my favorite all-time children's books, _A_Day_No_Pigs_Would_Die_, "God never intended a man to drink his coffee black.")

Lunch: spring greens with olives, pistachios, cucumber, red bell pepper, grape tomatoes and hemp oil/balsamic vinegar

Dinner: lentil-apricot salad; romaine lettuce salad with dried cranberries and walnuts; jarred marionberries [dinner at a friend's house]

Exercise: 3.5 mile run

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