HCG - Day 5 - My First Pounds Lost!

OK, so I've not blogged the past two days. Sunday I just didn't feel like it. I was watching NFL football and the Indy race and when Dan Wheldon got killed, I lost my heart for writing about dieting. And yesterday I was running around all day, first to physical therapy (2-1/2 weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery) and then to my surgeon, who's quite happy with my progress.

Yesterday was the first day I've actually felt good in quite awhile. Driving to my surgeon's office, I had this wonderful peaceful feeling. Oh, I'd love to bottle that up and sprinkle it over myself and others at will. Peace is better than euphoria, IMHO.

Progress on the Beta HCG weight loss program: I am going to start calling it a health program rather than a weight loss program because my ultimate goal is -- and I think the ultimate result will be -- much better health. The first few days haven't been easy. My stomach is still hungry some of the time; it rumbles at times. I don't crave anything, but boy the foods I eat, especially the protein (especially shrimp!) and Melba Toast, sure taste good! The veggies? Tomatoes, which are the easiest veggie to work with, just aren't that appealing to me. Yesterday I had a mild headache all day and today it's more intense. Ugh! I still have moments of nausea, too. The other night I said in my head, "F*ck this! It's not worth it." But thinkin' ain't doin' and I knew I'd stick with it. And I have.

It took 48 hours to lose the 5 pounds I gained on my "gorge" days, so by yesterday morning I was back to where I started. Today I'm down 2-1/2 pounds! My first loss! I am quite excited because it's been way too long since the scale actually was going in the downward direction. I can see why they tell you to weigh yourself at the same time every day, upon waking and after peeing. After drinking 2 huge glasses of water, the scale showed that my 2-1/2 pounds were back. OK, so I was curious. I know I'll be down again tomorrow morning and nearly every morning after that, other than plateaus.

Having real food around is much more challenging than the artificial and/or packaged food I lived on before. I'm not used to having food around that spoils or gets moldy. Strawberries and tomatoes get moldy. Meats spoil. I've got all kinds of real food now, much of which I stuck in the freezer until I'm ready for it.

I am getting used to the mechanics of the plan, i.e., weighing the meat and fish on my letter scale. I now know what 3.5 ounces of shrimp and beef look like. Tonight I'm going to Longhorn Steakhouse with my usual Tuesday dinner pals and I'm ordering the 7-ounce filet (Flo's filet) and I'll bring half of it home. I get two pieces of Melba Toast a day, and as I told my HCG mentor, John Martin, yesterday when he called to check up on me since I hadn't blogged for two days, that Melba Toast tastes so good that I can say with certainty that if I drop a crumb on the floor, I'd definitely pick it up and eat it. So I'm keeping my floors exceptionally clean. Stay tuned....