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Day 17: Fluctuating now going into travel with HCG
Well, this morning’s weigh in was disappointing, up 1 pound from yesterday. Admittedly though, I diverted a bit yesterday. I hadn’t been on a date with just my wife in a while, so we went out. We went to Texas Roadhouse. I ordered the roasted chicken, side salad, and side baked beans. The salad was fine as was the chicken (I removed the skin) even though it was on-bone. I’m sure it was the BBQ baked beans that set me over. It is odd though, as it was such a small amount. And I drank over a gallon of water yesterday too.
Oh well, I’m doing my best. I’m feeling like I could probably get another 5 pounds out of the HCG diet and really want to, but this travel will be hard. I’m on a plane all day today and am going to try to just eat the 6 apples today to see if that helps reset anything.
As I’m going into the final week, I’m starting to think about the maintenance phase for the HCG diet. This is probably the most important. I’ve had friends lose a lot and then on the 27th day gorge themselves as a ‘reward’ — and then they eventually gain it back. To me, the HCG diet is a detox. I wanted something to reset my thoughts on food and give me a bit of a jumpstart toward better eating lifestyle while still enjoying what I want. I have some thoughts on how I’m going to accomplish this that I’ll share later.
Now, it’s off to travel! Wish me luck!
Day 17: 204.5 pounds (up one :-( )
Days 8 and 9: Weight gain and tough road ahead
Forgot to post about day 8 but nothing exciting. On Day 8 I weighed in at 207.5, a full 8 pounds in 8 days weight loss. Admittedly though the tough part is getting worse.
Day 9 I woke up today and weighed in at 209. WHAT?!!? Weight gain. Clearly for a person like me this is not motivating. I looked back on the previous day and didn’t know what might have contributed…I ate the same stuff we’ve been eating. I did have less water yesterday, but wouldn’t have thought that would make up for this gain. I’m going to ensure I hit the water intake goals now. Depressing morning though. Remember, I need immediate results :-) — I’m not motivated today but going to do my best.
The toughest challenge for me lies ahead for the HCG diet. Today, my family ventures out to Disney for 4 days. Yeah, that’s right…land of giant turkey legs, churros and no healthy food in sight. My wife says that luckily she HATES the food at Disney. I don’t think it is particularly great, but it’s festival food and I don’t mind it (hence my need for weight loss). This does suck though as we’ll be in a hotel, away from our food preparation. We’ve debated about bringing the George Foreman grill and some prepared meats, but have opted not to. We’re going to be with friends and likely eating out. We are dreading this week.
Next weekend I also start a week long business trip to several countries. This sucks for me as one thing I like to do in other countries is experience their cuisine. This will be, perhaps, my biggest food challenge. For this week at Disney we’re bringing all our apples though to ensure we have that along with us. Additionally I’m packing the Stevia along with us to ensure I can get some sweetness into my mouth as we trek Disney.
We leave today in the car…meal plan:
- Breakfast: none.
- Lunch: Eggs (3 whites, 1 with yolk) and salsa, Melba toast
- Dinner: WHO KNOWS! Hoping we can find a place that will give us a plain chicken breast :-)
- Snacks: two apples of the Gala variety
Wish us luck! I’m bringing my same scale as I need the constant feedback of how I’m doing to do my best to stay on track on this HCG diet.