A Hard Start

My plan had been to update yesterday because it was my first day on the VLCD (500 calories). Unfortunately I was starving, tired, had a headache, and was very grumpy by the time I made it home from work. I was feeling very discouraged because the research I had done seemed to promise that you won't feel hungry with the HCG. I actually called the pharmacy to ask if I needed to increase my dose or my calories. I will admit I was really hoping they would tell me to eat a candy bar or something! No such luck, they said to drink LOTS more water and that the hunger would subside after a few days. I ended up drinking about 7 liters of water yesterday trying to curb my hunger!

Fastforward to this morning and I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale and it showed that I am down 2.2 lbs since yesterday. 2.2 lbs in ONE day! Needless to say that helped to remotivate me to continue. I did decide to eat a few Melba toast rounds (about the size of a cracker and 50 calories for 4) this morning. I have really not felt hungry at all today. I ate my apple about 10:30 and then lunch at noon. My lunch today consisted of lean ground beef (with a little taco seasoning) on lettuce. I put about a tablespoon of forbidden salsa for some added flavor. Hopefully my couple additions today won't come back to bite me on the scale tomorrow! I've basically decided that a few small concessions are needed to be able to stick with this strict plan. I figure the worse case scenario will be that I don't lose as much weight as I hope to but I will still be developing healthier eating habits, ie: small portions, low fat, avoiding starches and sugars. Speaking of sugar...you would be amazed how many things contain sugar that you wouldn't expect, such as table salt, garlic salt, salsa, etc. Oh, and I've also allowed myself to chew sugar free gum, which technically is NOT allowed!

All in all I am much happier with how I feel today and once again feel like it is possible to stick with this.  I continue to be cautiously optimistic. Here's hoping for another 2 lbs off by tomorrow!! : )