HCG: Day 7
You’d think the first week down with 9 pounds lost would get me excited… it does, but only a little. Today was a rough day. I didn’t cheat, but today I was more tempted than any other day.
I have been a little on the dizzy side and have had a headache all day. Part of me wonders if I am having caffeine and sugar withdrawals. Before the diet I would drink a lot of Coke and Dr. Pepper. Somedays I would drink as much as 64 ounces of pop (not hard when you get a large at McDonald’s on the way to the office and for lunch). Then, I quit cold turkey (mmmm, turkey).
So, you see the picture at the left for True Orange? I found this at Fred Meyer last week and have been experimenting with it a little. I figured out a way to mix it with stevia and carbonated water to create a pretty good diet drink. It is not sweet like a non-diet pop, but kind of tastes a little like Fresca. I put the recipe at the end of my stats on this post.
I took an appetite suppressant (half) about 3 hours ago and sure hope it kicks in. I figure tomorrow I am going to take a full one and see if I can get one day of reprieve from the pangs. My doctor said the first two weeks would likely be rough… he was right. Once I feel like I have a baseline of how successful this is (maybe 4 or 5 more days) I’ll start experimenting with the typical HCG Diet no-nos like Crystal Lite, sugar-free mint gum and mixed vegetables. Partly I am doing this diet to lose some weight, but partly I am doing this to see how the diet really works. I just don’t understand why artificial sweeteners would cause a problem, so I am going to test one thing at a time and track it for a few day to see what happens.
I also wonder what would happen if I had an extra portion of fruit every day… I mean could an extra 60 calories really have that much affect… we’ll see how that plays out as well… but not now when I am starving hungry :( but when I have a good baseline.
Breakfast – 60 calories
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4.5 oz of peaches
Lunch – 190 calories
4.85 oz of chicken
4 oz of broccoli
Snack – 60 calories
4.5 oz of peaches
Dinner – 190 calories
4.85 oz of chicken
10 oz of celery
Total Calories for the day: 500
By the way, I used two different Mrs. Dash seasonings on the two meals of chicken. That is a great way to get easy seasoning.
So, my faux Fresca… 12 oz of carbonated water, 2 packets of True Orange and three packets of Truvia (stevia). It is nice to have something other than just water. You don’t have to use the carbonated water, but if you use it, then it tastes more like pop (if that is a sticking point for you).