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.