Lose 30 pounds in 30 days.

I always scoffed at those signs posted on telephone poles reading “Lose 30 pounds in 30 days”, but that’s exactly what I am doing.

Since I’ve gone off TPN I’ve been losing about a pound a day.  This isn’t necessarily a good thing, but we’re figuring it’s all part of my body finding equilibrium.  Pretty soon my weight should stabilize.

The good news is I can eat anything I want, am not hungry all the time, and am not short of energy from too few calories.  So far the only foods I can’t eat are toast, shitaki mushrooms, and honey.  I also can’t eat pills in capsule form.

I’ve successfully eaten pizza, baked potatoes, hearty soups, and scrabbled eggs.  If fact, I’ve eaten most of the foods I was fantasizing about when I wasn’t allowed to eat.

Fulfilling those fantasies has been delightful.

Of course my stomach hasn’t totally adjusted, so digestion offers some challenges.  But overall things are moving along nicely.

Another encouraging thing is my hair is growing back.  As often happens with chemo, my hair is growing back much curlier than before.

I’ve let it go natural by not combing it.  It looks really good.  It could look less good if it grew longer, but that won’t be a problem since I start chemo on Wednesday.

So the take home message is I’ve found a “Lose 30 pounds in 30 days” diet program that works. Not only that, but the program curls your hair at the same time.  How cool is that?

The only down side is it is a program I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.