When I weighed myself on Wednesday morning, I was 152.5 pounds. After stuffing my face all day on Wednesday, Thursday morning I'd only gained half a pound. Yesterday I stuffed myself even more, to the point that all the food and water sloshing around in my stomach made me think I might have to throw up. I figured I'd gained some weight, since it's not uncommon to gain during the loading phase. Nope. Not even half a pound. Still 153.
So, knowing that today was my first day of eating 500 calories, on top of all the water (approximately 76 ounces), I figured the best thing for me to do would be to prepare my food ahead of time. Since my meats of choice are chicken and beef (seeing how we have this enormous deep freezer stocked full with all the cuts your heart could desire, and also seeing how you aren't supposed to eat the same thing for lunch as for dinner) I cut up all the chicken and weighed it (100 grams per serving). For each meal you get 100 grams of meat, a handful of fruit, a handful of fruit (or one small apple or orange) and one grissini breadstick. Preparing for lunch today, I decided to combine some of those. I ground up the breadstick, chopped up enough onion for a handful, put it in a zip-lock with the cut up chicken, added a little garlic salt (very small amount) and shook it all up. For my fruit I chose cut strawberry. The steak I forgot to have Jim grab, so had to do that today.
For breakfast I had 2 cups of green tea, and lots of water. I didn't have any hunger issues until it was almost time for lunch, which I had cooked and put into a cooler since I had to run Jim his phone which he'd forgotten at home. I had my drops, went into a store to get my stevia, and by the time I had come back out, I was ready to eat (you aren't supposed to eat or drink anything for 30 minutes after taking the drops, so as to give them time to absorb). I ate slowly, and really savored every bite. About halfway through eating my chicken/onion mix I thought to myself that I wasn't sure if I'd be able to finish it because I was starting to feel full. It's really important to get those 500 calories though, so I finished it all off, and drank more water.
For dinner, I defrosted some steak, cut my 100 grams into little itty bitty strips, and chose lettuce and apple slices for the rest of my meal. Again I knew I was going to be out, so I brought my food with me in little storage containers. I ended up getting home early, so was able to sit and eat my food in piece. Well.. that is until Kaitlynn saw that I was eating apple and tried to scale the side of the lazy boy to get to it lol.... the girl loves her fruit. On a side note, the store I went to around lunch time has this absolutely amazing thing where anyone under 12 can choose a fruit for free - apple, orange, banana, etc. So both the kids got to eat a banana each for their lunch, on top of the sandwiches I had packed for them :) Gotta love PCC!! Anyway, back to my meals... about an hour before I ate my dinner I noticed that I was STARVING!!! I drank some water and tea though, before dinner, and as a result, halfway through eating, I was starting to feel full again! Often thirst will personify as hunger, and they say that if you feel hungry, drink a little water and your hunger may go away. So, I learned something from today. Being on the run made me drink less water today than I did the past 2 days. So I need to make sure that I bring my mason jar full of water, and keep a full gallon in the trunk. That way I won't experience any hunger pains.
As I'm writing this, it's about 10:30, and writing this reminded me that I feel a little hungry... more like I've got the munchies than any kind of serious hunger. This is usually about the time Jim and I are enjoying a bit of sugar cereal, so I'm guessing that's what my body is looking for, but it's going to be denied lol. No sugar for me, just stevia drops. Speaking of Stevia, that stuff is SUPER sweet!!! I opted for the drops instead of the packs, even though it was more expensive, because I wanted to have a little better control of how much I was using. With packets I'm more likely to just pour the thing in rather than pour in a tiny amount and then save the tiny packet. On the bottle, it recommends between 5 and 8 drops. The first time I put it in my tea I used 5 drops, and boy was that a mistake!! The tea was so sweet i almost couldn't drink it down! I didn't want to waste it though, so just went for it. The next time I used 2 drops, and that was perfect. It's so weird, to see 2 tiny little drops go into my large mug of liquid, and then taste the massive difference! I might be a convert! I always put sugar in my tea (although didn't this morning since Stevia is the only sweetener allowed on this diet and hadn't gone to PCC yet).
So there's my day :) I'm going to do my best to do daily updates, as time allows for it. On Wednesday, I had my friend take some pictures of me, front, side, and back (boy was THAT a wakeup call... now I'm almost afraid to let my own husband see me naked! I have rolls I didn't even know about!!) and I also measured various parts of my anatomy. I found a spreadsheet that I downloaded from the internet specifically for this diet. It has a place for your weight and for your measurements, and as you fill it in, it automatically fills in other information, such as inches lost, and pounds lost. I will not be taking pictures every day, nor measuring, but I think I will do so every week. I think it will be depressing if I can't see a difference from one picture to the next, so that's why I'm going to wait for a little longer between pictures and measurements. I'm very excited to finally be heading towards my weight goal!
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