I REALLY want to thank you for the incredible amount of time you must have spent writing all this up for me, Brandy! This is so comprehensive and so incredibly useful. I'm still not 100% on what to do with the vitamins - I think I would rather start out with too many and work my way down than risk a deficiency. Since we do have Costcos here in Aus, I guess what I'll do is take VitaLady's list of what she includes and just price out what it would be to get similar vitamins there. We are definitely not flush with money for sure, but obviously getting the nutrients I need is a priority. If we can do that less expensively, then great.
In regards to protein powder, I'll look around and see if I can find samples of the types of powders we can get here in Aus, and I'll make getting some unflavored a priority since (I hope) that will be so frequently useful.
Re: waiting to weigh, I just know myself and my relationship with the scale very well. I just think it will be better for me mentally to stay off the scale (if I can) the first several weeks and then have a decently big number loss to be surprised with when I get on the scale finally. 
And I wouldn't have to worry about the discouragement that comes with the three-week stall.
Thank you so, so much. Your post was really helpful.
