HCG: Day 25
I grew… and not in a good way. I added another 1 pound to my already substantial girth this morning (well, it is less substantial than it was 3 weeks ago).
It is a little frustrating to be extremely strict on a diet and find negative results.
Yesterday I said that if I was stagnating that I would eat nothing but apples for all my calories. So, today, I have had nothing but apples. I can have 33 oz of apples for 495 calories.
I actually kind of enjoyed it. I enjoyed the simplicity of it all. For about 8 oz, I heated it up with stevia and cinnamon on top and ate that while the family had my favorite baked chicken dish and dutch oven potatoes.
I have 10 oz left to go on the apples for today. I just cut them all up and I am going to snack on them and watch a little TV. As a reference, the apple in the picture above is just less than 5 oz. I usually eat just less than an apple for one of my fruits every day.
I got to thinking that after this HCG diet is over, I will definitely be eating a lot more fruit. I am toying with the idea of planning one day a week where I eat only fruit. Or maybe a couple of days per week where I get 50% of my calories from just fruit. Regardless, going forward, I want to get a larger percentage of my calories from fruit. I think that the sweetness in the fruit helps to subside sugar cravings.
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All meals – 495 calories
33 oz of apple
Total Calories for the day: 495
How do you like them apples?
I should say that I am confident this strategy is going to work at least a little. Usually in the evening I am up about 4 pounds from the morning and just before I go to bed I am up about 2 or 3 from the morning and lose it all over night. This evening, with my clothes on, I am the same weight as I was this morning. So, I am assuming that I have been holding on to a bunch of water and I have been shedding it all day long.