MY HCG JOURNEY – DAY 17

Here we are after a long, very busy weekend. Camelot, shopping, teaching a lesson, and family visits all combined into a long, but wonderful 2 ½ days.

One of the main things I noticed this weekend was how easy it was to pass up foods that are not on the plan. They were not even a temptation. I watched family members who were not on the plan eating in the normal way, and it was a diet ephipany. I do have the strength to say ‘no’ to foods I shouldn’t eat. I didn’t feel deprived, I felt empowered.

As I totaled my food calories on Sunday, it was an almost perfect diet day. Some days are better than others, depending on the food choices. I’m going to list my daily menu so I can look back and know what the best choices were.

I’m getting more comfortable talking about that fact that I’m doing the diet. My weight loss is still pretty slow, but I know I’m better off than I would be if I were not doing this. I haven’t broken the magic ‘zero’ yet, but I’m a lot closer to it. [Lanny and I both dropped another 2 pounds over the weekend]

I woke up with a badly injured hip today [no idea why], so I’m wondering how this will affect my loss this week. I can barely hobble, so there will be no ‘2 mile walks’ in the near future.

Here is my Sunday menu. The total calorie count is 506.

SUNDAY MENU
BREAKFAST
1 ORANGE (68)
2 MELBA TOAST ROUNDS (18)

LUNCH
3.5 OZ GRILLED CHICKEN (168)
1/2 CUCUMBER - SLICED (7)
4 SPEARS ASPARAGUS (12)

SNACK
1 C STRAWBERRIES (48)
2 MELBA ROUNDS (18)

DINNER
3.5 OZ ORANGE ROUGHY (80)
VEGGIE STIR FRY USING:
1/2 YELLOW PEPPER (25)
2 STALKS CELERY (20)
1 ROMA TOMATO (18)
1/8 ONION (15)
3 ASPARAGUS SPEARS (9)