Day #3

Day #3 seems to be going a little bit better, I think. I just got back from walking around the building. That may not seem like much, but I work in the Pentagon, so walking around the outside of the building is a little over 3/4 mile. My hunger pangs are a bit better today. My stomach is shrinking, of course, but I think I'm starting to adapt. I'm also planning my meals better, which helps. I'm sticking to the calorie count but trying to include more substance. I'm learning that planning ahead is key. If I stick to the lower calorie items, I can have more of them. Obvious? Yes. But you have to plan. Not something I excel at. I am feeling some cramps in my stomach today - had some last night, too. I'm not sure if it's because of the brussel sprouts that I ate - cabbage does cause gas (sorry if that's TMI). But it may just be a general reaction of my body to this detox I'm putting it through. I ate a lot of shit prior to this diet and I just went cold turkey and started eating lean proteins, fruits, and veggies - and not many of them.

I'm supposed to meet up with an hold hometown friend tonight for "dinner & drinks". I can't do the drinks, and I have to be careful about the dinner. Not quite sure what I'm going to do. I haven't seen her in years and I'd like to see her while she's in town, but I'm so new at this diet that I'm tempted to cancel just so I don't falter. We shall see. For now, I think it's time for my afternoon snack. Half an apple. Yum! Seriously, though. Yum. I really like apples.

Day #2

I started a new diet. So I've decided to keep a journal. I don't really care if anyone else reads this. This is really for my benefit. The hardest part about all of this is will power, so I thought if I keep a journal about how I'm feeling and doing throughout it might help. The diet is called the HCG Diet. I take hormone injections every morning and eat a ELC diet (NMT 500 calories/day). I know that sounds crazy - 500 calories/day, but the HCG hormone tells your body to release about 1000 calories of stored fat from your body, so your body is still burning about 1500 calories a day. It's just that 1000 of those come from stored up fat, thus the weight loss. Don't worry. I'm doing this under doctor supervision. Promise. The hard part is that I'm only in day #2 right now and for quite some time now I have had a really, really, really crummy diet. What I'm eating on the diet right now is really healthy food - fruits, veggies, lean proteins. No starches or sugars. That's really hard for me. I really want mashed potatoes or potatoe chips and ranch dip. Or chocolate. And my stomach is shrinking b/c I'm just eating less than I have been for quite some time. So I'm hungry. Not famished. But just a little hungry all the time. That happens when you go on any diet. I've been there before. And that was what I was looking forward to the least. But I've already lost a little weight. Granted, I'm pretty sure that was all water weight. But still. It felt nice stepping on the scale this morning. That part makes it worth while. And I know it'll be worth it when I can fit into my clothes again and when I have a lot more energy to do things because I have gotten in the habbit of just eating better over all. That's my goal. Better eating habbits, becoming more active, and I want to lose 35 pounds.