Beta HCG -- Hating Vegetables

Before this diet I liked onions and celery as long as they were cooked and not raw. I liked asparagus and zucchini. I could eat tomatoes even if I didn't love them. Now I wonder if I will ever eat any of those again after this diet ends. Every meal I dread the vegetables. I choke them down each time but I grimace when I do. Oh, for some butter to saute the onions in and some cheese to make asparagus tasty! Sigh.

I am only on Day 16 with 24 days to go. Then for another three weeks I can't eat starches or sugars. I know I will make it to the end because I am so determined. But I sure hope it gets easier.

Okay, part of my whining is probably due to the fact that I've only lost one half of one pound since Wednesday. I lost like my insides were melting until then and suddenly slammed into a big brick wall. So my total loss is 10-1/2 pounds. That actually may not be right; it may be more, depending on how you figure things. I had gained an additional 8 or 9 pounds just before my arthroscopic surgery about a month ago and lost it all just after my surgery. And two weeks after surgery I started this diet. So I've lost 10-1/2 on the diet but an additonal 9 pounds right before that. Could my body be adjusting to the nearly 20 pound loss or am I just temporarily stuck? Either way, I'll be glad when the scale starts sliding down again.

Tell me this will get easier!