Day 1 VLCD...

Today was my first day on the VLCD after loading on whatever I could find within my reach yesterday. It went pretty well! I got up this morning and weighed in. The weight on the morning after loading (I like to call it GORGING) is the "starting weight. I won't share my weight but let's just say that it is NOT 135lbs...ha! After weighing in I gave myself my injection...now, before you start freaking out, let me just say that the injections are painless! The needles are super tiny. I have always used a 1 inch 30 gauge needle but forgot to order more ( I order them from Amazon) so this time I got insulin needles. I did plenty of research and decided that it would be just as effective to use a 1/2 inch needle to avoid having to order and then wait ANY longer to begin the diet. Sidenote: you can mix HCG and take it by mouth, but I prefer the injections. Anyway, on this diet, "breakfast" is your injection. Once you inject the HCG, it gets that abnormal fat moving through the body and even though you have not consumed calories, it works as if you had. So, even if I wake up a little hungry, once I inject it almost immediately makes the hunger go away. So, until noon, I was fully satisfied with just my water and one stick of gum :) At noon, I ate 3.5 ounces of baked chicken breast and 1/2 can of green beans. Green beans are not actually on Dr. Simeons original food list, but I know lots of people who have done this diet, ate green beans and been just fine. So, this time I am doing green beans! I also ate an apple. The diet says I could have a grissini breadstick (basically a saltine cracker) or melba toast, but I am ok without it so I don't eat it. For dinner I will either have the same meal as lunch or a lean beef pattie and green beans. I try to keep my veggie and fruit the same at both meals. Not sure why, I just do. Maybe I was told by someone that was the way to do it, I don't know. As of right now I have drank 3 of my 32 ounce water bottles (96 ounces) and will probably drink at least 64 more ounces if not more. This diet calls for LOTS and LOTS of water to flush out that abnormal fat. So, the more you go, the more you lose! And trust me, I go ALOT!!!!!! Hopefully the scales will reflect that tomorrow! :) Right now, I am feeling a little hungry but this is my "hungry time" of day anyway. I will probably go ahead and eat my other apple now and then wait a little later to eat dinner. Usually once I eat my apple, or whatever fruit I am eating that day, I can go several more hours and not have any hunger. (because the abnormal fat is still circulating in my body and being flushed out by my gazillion ounces of water) ;)

Ok, so I wanted to post the food list but I can't figure how to copy and paste. If anyone can enlighten me, please do so. So, here goes. This is Dr. Simeon's VLCD:

Breakfast: HCG injection or drops by mouth, coffee or tea with no sweetner
Only 1 tbsp of milk allowed within a 24 hour period; sacchrine or stevia can be used
SIDENOTE: I do not use stevia. I do drink at least one diet coke per day but no more than 2. Today I have had 2.

Lunch: 1. 100 grams of veal, beef, chicken breast, fresh white fish, lobster, crab or shrimp. All visible fat must be carefully removed before cooking and the meat must be weighed raw. Must be boiled or grilled without any additional fat. Salmon, eel, tuna, herring, dried or pickled fish are not allowed. The chicken breast must be removed from the bird.

2. One type of vegetable from the following list: spinach, chard, beet-greens, green salad, tomatoes, celery, fennel, onions, red radishes, cucumbers, asparagus, cabbage.

3. One breadstick (grissini) or one melba toast

4. Apple, orange or handful of strawberries or 1/2 grapefruit. ( I have fudged the fruit a little and eaten grapes and watermelon, but not much!)

Ok, so that's it. I know it seems very rigid and it is! But, this is the only kind of diet I can do! I cant do WW because there are too many choices and the only other diet that I have actually had success on was LA Weightloss and their food list is also extremely strict.

Well, I guess that's it for now. I am off to eat my other apple for the day! I will weigh in the morning and give an update of my loss and also about my day. Thanks for reading! :)