Day 4

This mornings weigh in was a 1/2 pound loss.  Not much and that's okay as it's just the beginning. I brought my water bottle to work with me today so that I would remember to drink lots of water. 

One thing I decided to do last night was to cook up several meats to portion out and freeze, so that I'll always be sure to have something available to eat. I went with chicken and beef, both seasoned with cilantro, onions, cumin, chili powder, garlic & salt.  Now the diet that came with the drops I'm taking doesn't show ground beef in any of their recipes (only cuts of lean beef), BUT looking online I found several that suggested it was okay to have once a week or less as long as it was the leanest possible. So I bought 96/4 and I'm okay with this.  It only took me about 30 minutes total to prep and cook them both, then I had to wait for them to cool before packaging up. In the end I had six packets that I can thaw, heat and add to a salad for lunch or dinner. I even made up 2 jars of homemade salsa to go with it.

Day 2 & Day 3

Day two was even harder than day one.  I don't remember eating that much food in a long time.  Krispie treats, banana bread, leftover homemade mac -n- cheese, soda, protein bars, yogurt, cheese and the list kept going.  Then to top it off we went to The Ram for my "last dinner & beer" where I had the Faburge Burger (cheddar, sliced ham, bacon, fried egg and onion crisps all on a burger), french fries, two beers and shared a mud pie with Todd. I left feeling uncomfortably full and looking forward to tomorrows chicken salad.  

Also after day one I did have a gain of 2 pounds, which I completely expected. Then this morning I had an additional gain of 1.8 pounds. Truthfully I was really surprised that it was only 3.8 pounds total after how I ate the past two days!

The one thing I've missed the most so far is the half and half in my coffee.  I've never been one to drink it black, so this is not pleasant. I think I'll probably end up switching to tea and giving up coffee for now.  Otherwise I had half an apple for breakfast and a small chicken salad for lunch and the other half of the apple as a snack.

For dinner I went with grilled chicken breast and to try something new I bought some swiss chard (red, gold & orange). After I cooked the chicken I tossed the chard into the same pan added salt, pepper, onion powder and some cider vinegar. Then I just let it cook until tender. It wasn't amazing, but it was good and made for a filling dinner.

Overall, I know I can do this.  I'm sure there will be days I want to give up, but if the results start showing soon like I'm told they will, then that will be all the motivation I need to keep it up.

Day 1

Woke up at 6am to take my drops and like I was told, they had no taste. :) Last night I packed up a bunch of food that I could eat throughout the day.  Some good for me stuff like yogurt and string cheese and some not so good for me stuff like M&M's and soda. For lunch I had a bacon cheeseburger, fries, soda and a cookie. Dinner will be homemade mac -n- cheese, pork chops, nutella rice krispie treats and the list goes on...I've been kinda "cleaning" out the fridge.

It has actually been hard trying to keep myself full all day. I've been constantly snacking or eating or drinking to do it.  Only one more day of this and then on to the really hard part where I assume I'll probably be wishing I could go back to a day like today.