[glagoliska]

Just looking for some advice. First of all forgot a lunch at home today. I do have an apple and an orange. Is it okay if I skip lunch today? I would eat my orange or apple for lunch and then eat a regular dinner. Should I eat my whole protein portion at dinner. Otherwise, I would just eat the 100 grams of chicken at dinner.

Also, I've been getting very discourage lately with my weight loss. So far only 1.8 lost since last Friday (5 days ago). Here's a look at my weigh-ins:

09/24/11 - Loading Day 1: 272?
09/25/11 - Loading Day 2: 274.6
09/26/11 - Day 1: 277.4
09/27/11 - Day 2: 273.0 = -4.4
09/28/11 - Day 3: 270.4 = -2.6
09/29/11 - Day 4: 268.6 = -1.8
09/30/11 - Day 5: 265.8 = -2.8
10/01/11 - Day 6: 264.2 = -1.6
10/02/11 - Day 7: 263.4 = -0.8
10/03/11 - Day 8: 261.6 = -1.8
10/04/11 - Day 9: 261.6 = 0.0
10/05/11 - Day 10: 259.8 = -1.8
10/06/11 - Day 11: 259.2 = -0.6
10/07/11 - Day 12: 258.8 = -0.4 (Pickles, stevia, breadsticks)
10/08/11 - Day 13: 258.4 = -0.4 (Ate cake (I know bad...only cheat), pickles, stevia, breadsticks)
10/09/11 - Day 14: 259.0 = +0.6 Went to zumba thought I could jump start weight loss - stopped eating pickles, stevia in the raw, and grissini breadsticks)
10/10/11 - Day 15: 259.0 = 0.0 (Apple Day)
10/11/11 - Day 16: 257.6 = -1.4 (Hopefully apple day did the trick)
10/12/11 - Day 17: 257.6 = 0.0 (Zero again today)

I'm a very picky eater, so I stick to ground beef and chicken for protein and that's it. I also do oranges and apples (no strawberries yet). I really don't like any of the vegetables on the list. I'll eat lettuce, but I haven't been lately. Other than lettuce I haven't been eating any veggies (Oh, except the pickles I didn't realize I couldn't eat, so stopped *started eating pickles day 12*). I usually have a melba toast with lunch and dinner. I also had been using Stevia in the raw and the wrong grissini breadsticks which I stopped Day 14.

How important is tea? I really try to drink as much as I can, but only get in 16 oz a day.
500 calories a day: Okay to go under/Okay to go over? (by how much)

Any insight/advice would be much appreciated! Thanks!