One week down

I went to weigh on Wednesday before class. Miraculously (or maybe not given the circumstances), I lost 8.5 lbs! Normally when I start a diet I do lose a lot the first week due to water weight etc, but I am more than thrilled with this number. I weighed before class on my scale so I would know how much it was off from theirs and it was exactly 1.5lbs off (mine says I am heavier). But I think I will just try and weigh only on Wednesdays before class. Things are going good. Not hungry at all still. The meal replacements still taste awful though. I tried making "chips" again but i just cant get past the taste! I wish I could get used to it. I tried making some vanilla cornbread from the vanilla MRs I bought, but the taste again was too much and I had to gulp diet coke with each bite.... I am really getting the "shake" form of the MRs down much easier so I have been having 3-4 of those a day. It might be hard to do all shakes but it's even harder getting the "food" i make down... I am still going to try new recipes though... Not giving up on making foods entirely. Yet. Oh and we get to buy soups now. There are only 3 flavors and they are made by UAMS. We can only replace 1 health one MR with a soup because they have less calories (90 compared to 160). I have been making the soup like this:
1 packet minestrone soup
1 tsp chicken bouillon
12 ounces water
2 tablespoons of blended Rotel mildwith cilantro/lime. The mild is mild until you blend it. Then it becomes rather spicy!
I cook it on the stove top and its delicious!!! I make it every night as my last meal and now look foward to it after my shakes all day. (see pic).

I walked the parking deck every morning this week except Tuesday. Tuesday I did the elliptical at home. I am going to start walking with weights next week.

So far so good. I think eating pickles helps me a lot. And the soup.
Only 5 weeks to go and I can have fruit/veggies:)