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Okay, this regimen of food is getting quite boring lol. Seems like it's chicken twice a day with the same 3 choices of veggies and fruit. I do my best to mix it up a little. For instance, yesterday I made a soup with half a cup of chicken broth, and chicken bits and chopped onion with spices added. That was good. I'm looking forward to being able to eat a bit more variety. In Phase 3, as long as I abstain from carbs, I can indulge in fats a little more, and I'm looking forward to eating ham and pork, especially in a chef's salad and pot roast (2 different meals mind you lol), and definitely looking forward to being able to mix my veggies, since you can't have a proper salad with only lettuce or spinach!

Yesterday and today, I deviated from the strict meal plans, because Dr. Simeons stated that on occasion, he allowed his patients to have eggs, as long as it was 1 whole egg mixed with 3 egg whites. So, for breakfast yesterday, and dinner today, I had scrambled eggs seasoned with salt and pepper. It was a welcome change from the constant amount of chicken. It's good, don't get me wrong, but I can only eat something so many days in a row before getting sick of it. It's like eating birthday cake every day, twice a day, to the point where if you never see birthday cake again it will be too soon!

I have only 5 more days of taking HCG, and then I have to stay on the low calorie diet for 3 more days. So, Saturday will be my last day of the low calorie diet. Which is unfortunate, since my friend's wedding is Saturday, and I'm going to be going all the way to Portland to see her, and I won't be able to eat any of the delicious food after the wedding (Russians make the absolute best food in the world, second only to Italian!). I'm wondering if it will hurt if I stop the HCG one day early so that I can eat the food at the reception (particularly the sweets... refer back to my comment about Russian food, only this time it's bar none!!!). I'll have to look it up.

Weight loss is slower now that I've lost all the water weight, so I'm averaging much less per day, but that's okay. I lost a pound this morning (143.5) and I've had my smooth move tea today, since it didn't seem to really work last time. It worked this time, so I'm anxious to see how much weight I've lost tomorrow :D

By the way, kind of adding on to yesterday's post, you know what I did today? My son came in and sweetly asked me if we had any cookies. I told him that no, we didn't, but we had graham crackers. He then, Oh-SO-Sweetly asked if he could make some cookies! Well how could I refuse that cute little face being so polite?! SO I told him that yes, we could make some cookies. Turns out we didn't have any chocolate chips, so I told him we could make Oatmeal cookies. He thought that was quite funny. He's never had them before, and couldn't decide if it was normal to put oatmeal in cookies or not. But, we went ahead and made them (with him holding all the measuring cups above the bowl for me to pour into - he's such a good little baker!) and you know what? I wasn't even tempted to take a taste of either the dough or the finished product. I'm so proud of myself. I am so going to deserve that butterscotch pudding!