Day 1
Saturday, 20 June 2009 18:00
I am starting the HCG diet with a gain of an additional 2 lbs from loading – that sucks. I’m sticking with the promise that it will come off easily. I got up at 6 am and took my HCG drop as I was making coffee and unloading the dishwasher – my morning routine. As I am required to wait 10 minutes before eating of drinking anything, I headed to the laundry room to fold a load of clothes. I then had coffee, one Tablespoon of milk and a packet of Stevia. I am not thinking about my usual bowl of cereal and I head back to the laundry room to move the clothes and add another load to the washer – hey, if nothing else, I’ll get a ton more housework done!
On my way to run a few errands, I stopped at Sonic and before you all begin shaking your heads and screaming, “Nooooo!”, I ordered a large water with lemon. My plan is to keep the Sonic cup filled with water all day and to drink as many as I can during the day. This should help keep me full and flush out all that fat the HCG drops are moving into my system.
I ate my lunch sitting at the kitchen table – a chicken breast and lettuce. I used a little red wine vinegar to punch it up a little. I’m not really hungry but I have had two large Sonic cups of water. I’m certain that helps.
I ate a large apple sliced into very thin slices as I sat at my computer answering email at around 2 pm. This is always a tough time of day for me. I get tired and sluggish and really crave something sweet. The apple tamed that sweet craving but I had to get up and walk around a little to pump some oxygen through my system and wake me up. Again, the water is a big help. I added a Crystal Light package to the water cup this afternoon for a little “treat”.
Dinner was broccoli and chicken breast. I had fixed my family meatloaf (which isn’t my favorite so I didn’t feel like I was missing out). I ate very slowly and focused on setting my utensils down between bites. I drank another two large glasses of water and I really did feel full.
I took my HCG drop and retired for the evening. I’m hoping to see less of me tomorrow!
