Day 5

Today I wish I could quit! No, not really, but kind of. I keep seeing all these yummy looking foods and I want some. I know I won't have some, but still it is a really hard day. Yesterday wasn't really great. I had canned chicken with celery for lunch and an orange. For dinner I had more of the canned chicken with cucumbers and strawberries. Oh and I had my Melba toast with each meal. This morning I was only down to 184.0. Still down, but when I was seeing bigger numbers everyday this morning kinda stunk. Anyway... it will be until Sunday before I can post again. We are going camping and I have all my food measured out and ready to go, so I won't cheat. I am determined to do this!!!

Kristina asked me to post something about the shots. They don't hurt. I was surprised. They release I think it was like 1500 calories of the stored fat. I'll have to double check the exact amount. That is the only reason I have energy. 500 calories of food is so tiny!!! This is very hard. Oh well, I'm sure in 15 more days I will be happy I did it and will look and feel much better.

Day 4

Okay, yesterday was interesting. Lunch was boring Tuna heated up for a change with Romain lettuce a Melba toast and strawberries. I did try a new drink I can make with sparkling water and flavored stevia and I put way too much stevia in it so it wasn't so tasty as it was way too sweet. Then dinner came. I made steak with a southwest rub, red potatoes cooked in butter, Rhodes rolls, cucumbers, carrots & peas fresh from Shawn's mom and dad's garden(made by Shawn's mom). We had Mom and Dad Williams over for dinner last night and everything smelled sooooo good! I was so proud of myself for getting through a very difficult situation. I am a very social person who loves to have company over for dinner... a lot.... well, what did I eat you ask? Well I'll tell you. I had my steak and cucumbers. After we ate dinner we went swimming and I realized I had not eaten my Melba toast, so I had that. Then a little later I had some more Strawberries with a little milk (1 tablespoon) and a little vanilla stevia. Delicious. I felt so surprised that I stayed on what I needed to. I have to realize that for the next little while everyone around me is going to be eating really yummy not so good for you food and it is okay that I am going to be eating my special diet. I am proud of myself for being strong. This morning was kinda weird with the scale, first I weighed myself and I was 185.2. Then I had my bath and dried off and weighed again... I know I probably shouldn't have weighed again.... and I was down to 184.6. Holy Cow! This really works. It is hard, but do-able. I was telling Kristina on the phone how I have plenty of energy, but I feel like my stomach is hungry. There just isn't a lot of food going in, so about an hour after I eat I feel like I want to eat again, but I just have to wait. I can't wait to see what the scale says tomorrow. I will not cheat on this. I realize that I am the only one it affects if I do cheat, so really whats the point of that?

Day 3

Yesterday I ate tuna with lemon juice and salt and pepper on Romain lettuce spears for lunch with my one Melba toast. Then I had 7 medium strawberries with 1 tablespoon of mild and a packet of Stevia. It was good. Then for dinner I had tuna with a cup of celery cut up in it with some lemon juice and salt and pepper. Then I had an apple cut into slices sprinkled with cinnamon and Stevia cooked in the microwave for about 3 minutes. It was like apple pie on a plate. I really liked it. This morning I am down to 187.6. More tomorrow....

Day 2 of the 500 calorie diet

Today is Day 2 of the 500 calorie diet. I feel really good. I'm surprised by how much energy I feel. I think not having sugar for three weeks is going to be hard for me, but I know I can do it. Yesterday I ate 4 oz. of chicken for lunch with a tomato and a Melba toast. In the afternoon I ate an apple. For dinner I had a hamburger patty, asparagus, and a Melba toast. After Family Home Evening I made everyone a yummy Strawberry shake with ice cream and I just had strawberries. I drank a ton of water, and that saved me from dying to snack all day. Ice water is the best!!! This morning I was down to 189.0... more tomorrow.

HCG

I started my HCG diet on Saturday. The first two days were really easy! The diet calls for two days of loading which means eat as much junk basically as you can or want to. :-) Today is my first official day of the 500 calorie diet, so we will see.

HCG?

I'm thinking really seriously about doing the HCG diet. It would require absolute discipline, but I think I could do it. I'm going to call around to a few clinics today.