Today

I am losing willpower! I had one M & M today, however, I resisted freshly baked cinnamon rolls, Famous Dave's BBQ lunch, brownies, chocolate cake and all sorts of other junk food available today at the retreat! So I'm giving myself a thumbs up!

Here's today's meals (I did go 60 calories over):

Thursday, March 4, 2010
Breakfast
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8")	20	0	4	1
	20	0	4	1
Lunch
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8")	20	0	4	1
Oranges, 0.9 large (3-1/16" dia)	78	0	19	2
HCG Salsa Chicken Soup, 1 serving	212	1	9	25
	309	1	32	27
Dinner
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Chile Lime Shrimp & Coleslaw, 1 serving	131	2	7	21
	131	2	7	21
Snack
	Calories	Fat	Carbohydrates	Protein
Apples, fresh, 170 grams	100	1	26	0
	100	1	26	0
	560	4	69	49

I'm still STARVING! But I've already lost 3 pounds in 2 days! Here are yesterday's meals:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 BREAKFAST Calories Fat Carbohydrates Protein None LUNCH Calories Fat Carbohydrates Protein Cucumber (peeled), 85 grams 10 0 2 1 Chicken Breast, no skin, 3.5 ounces 109 1 0 23 Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8") 20 0 4 1 139 2 6 24 DINNER Calories Fat Carbohydrates Protein Balsamic Steak and Romaine w/ Red Wine Vinaigrette, 1 serving 167 6 3 22 167 6 3 22 SNACK Calories Fat Carbohydrates Protein Apples, fresh, 170 grams 100 1 26 0 Strawberries, fresh, 0.75 cup, pureed 52 1 12 1 Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8") 20 0 4 1 Cucumber (peeled), 125 grams 15 0 3 1 187 2 45 3 493 9 53 49

Baaah!

Apparently I'm not as awesome of a blogger as I thought I was. Well I'm back at it. I sort of have to be. I started a new weight-loss plan: HCG.

The HCG diet, in a nutshell, is where you eat 500 calories a day and take the HCG hormone. The idea behind it is that the HCG "frees up" the abnormal fat reserves, thus allowing your body to feed off of its fat reserves rather than food. You are apparently supposed to not be hungry, though I'm STARVING! Sounds a bit cannibalistic and hokie to me, but I'm going with it since I know that 500 calories a day will make you lose weight, HCG or not. I am on day 3. The first two days are "loading" days, where you eat as much fattening food as you can fit down your esophagus. Today is my first 500 calorie day. I hear the first week is rough, but after that the HCG has fully kicked in and you feel full.

So today here's my food plan. Note that I have already had my breakfast and lunch, so it's up to me to get the rest of the day right:

Breakfast:

Grapefruit, fresh, pink and red, California and Arizona, 0.5 fruit (3-3/4" dia) 46 12 0 1

Breakfast TOTALS: 46 12 0 1

Lunch:

Spinach, fresh, 56 grams 13 2 0 2 Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8") 20 4 0 1 Orange Roughy (fish), 100 grams 89 0 1 19

Lunch TOTALS: 121 6 1 21

Dinner:

Beef, top sirloin, 100 grams 202 0 8 30 Spinach, fresh, 50 grams 12 2 0 1 Apple, Gala (medium), 1 serving 80 22 0 0 Melba Toast, 1 piece (3-3/4" x 1-3/4" x 1/8") 20 4 0 1

Dinner TOTALS: 313 28 8 32

Snack:

Celery, raw, 100 grams 16 4 0 1

Snack TOTALS: 16 4 0 1

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		CALORIES	CARBS	FAT	PROTEIN
		496	49	10	55
		500