Day 8: 306 lbs

My weight dropped two pound this morning, which after seven full days of dieting puts me down nine pounds total.

Not bad.

Of course, since this is the first week of the diet, 3-5 lbs of that loss is water and stomach/intestinal contents. That still leaves me with a gratifying amount of real weight shed during the first week.

Overall, the first week hasn't been as hard as I was anticipating based on past experience. Of course, I haven't yet lost the 10% of body mass which will really send out the starvation signals. I still think it will get harder before it gets easier.

I wish I could say that my pants are getting loose, people are commenting on my sleeker self, etc. But it is just too soon for that. Give me a month, and if I stay on the diet, then the weight loss should be visible.