MY HCG JOURNEY - DAY 4

RATIONALIZATION.

Wow – I think we are all so good at doing this. If they handed out diplomas, most of us would have a Master’s Degree. Dieting is the perfect example of when this skill really surfaces.
i.e. [one of my siblings during her Weight Watchers journey] “I’ve decided that I can have a bowl of ice cream in the evenings because I forgo my daily milk intake and use the ice cream as my dairy!” Yeah, that decision, along with other rationalizations did not make for a successful trip down weight loss lane.

Lanny struggled with being hungry all day yesterday. However - - this morning he had a change of attitude. He said, “I have decided that I can do this if I just think of it as a 6 week fast.” He always plays mind games with himself when dieting, so if this helps him get ‘down the road’, then I’m all for it.

8:37 a.m. and I have been able to S-T-R-E-T-C-H my orange and melba toast for over ½ hour! Nibble, nibble, nibble

8:41 a.m. – finally finished my breakfast

12:30 p.m. – 3.5 oz grilled chicken / tomatoes and cucumber slices marinated in lime juice.

I am not concerned about the exact weight portions on my veggies. I am using myfooddiary.com to calculate all the calories, and as long as I am within the allotted amount, I think it is sufficient. Last night I couldn’t even get to 500 using all the veggies in the fridge for a salad, but the weight was more than 3.5 oz. [it takes a ton of spinach and lettuce to make a dent in the calorie count]

Afternoon snack was cut up strawberries and a melba toast. Yum.

Dinner was a chicken stir fry. Grilled Chicken (3.5), leeks, orange pepper, asparagus, celery, tomatoe. Seasoned with a dash of teriaki sauce, onion powder, sea salt, freshly ground pepper, and a dash of Italian seasoning.