HMR Diet - Day 13; much better

Things are much better right now as I discovered that my normally mild lactose intolerance is no match for these shakes.  So yesterday I started taking Lactaid before my shakes and my issues are much more mild now.  I think part of what cause caused the massive discomfort is because I've been doing double shakes for the past week.  I absolutely am not hungry at all anymore.  I was told that my dizziness may be corrected by having more shakes but so far that hasn't been the case.  There are days that I struggle to get 7 shakes in but right now I'm averaging 6-7.  I'm kind burned out on the chicken soup.  I mixed it with low sodium V8 juice last night and it was a little better. 

For some reason I don't feel like I've lost that much weight yet.  There are some visible cues but I guess I thought I'd start looking different by now.  Granted I've only been doing this for a month now (2 weeks on Healthy Solutions and as of tomorrow it will be 2 weeks on the No Decision liquid fast) but according to the scale at home I've lost 37 lbs since New Years.  I only have one more notch left on my current belt but a lot of that depends on my comfort level but for the most part I'm fine on the second to last notch.  I  usually like my pants a little on the baggy side, they are just more comfortable that way to me.  Now my existing jeans are very baggy.  I can probably hold out another week or two if I can average 7-8 pounds a week but I need to go through some old clothes that I have stored in bags to see if I have any jeans that will fit.  I really don't want to go out and spend a lot especially if I continue to lose a significant amount of weight in the next 10 weeks.

Another sign of weight loss is that the wedding ring that we picked out last summer no longer fits me.  It's much too big and easily comes off.  It's made of Tungsten and cannot be resized but the place we bought it from is going to let us exchange it.  We have until mid April to go in and get sized again so we can get the new one back in time.

Right now I'm debating when I should start weightlifting again.  I know I will need to do that eventually but because of the low calories I'm afraid that my body will cannibalize it's own muscle to support the protein needs by breaking down muscle fibers from the resistance training.