I can't believe I haven't written in 10 days! Well, this is SUCH an up and down thing! Some days I'm hungry and have little energy and some days I'm not hungry and have a lot of energy. Then, oddly enough, some days I'm hungry and have a lot of energy and vice versa! It's not necessarily logical... Also, during the times when I'm not losing pounds, that's when people start noticing! It's an amazing phenomenon!
Today, my stats are that I've released 18.6 lbs, total. I did not release anything since yesterday--my weight stayed the same. I'm not sure if it's something I've done or just normal. I upped my dosage of hcg last week (from 125iu to 133iu per dose) and I have had better energy. I'm still hungry on a rotating basis, but the energy levels are better--go figure. Also, I'm having (sometimes) extreme cravings for sugar and things that I can't have. It's pretty intense and I didn't expect it! Yesterday, I grilled some vidalia onions and half an apple (all I had calories for was half) and that helped a little. It was a taste I felt I needed, although I probably could have powered through it or just gone to bed.
I found Campari tomatoes and they are wonderful! They taste like tomatoes are supposed to and that is a relief since my taste buds are so sensitive. It's so hard to eat only these few foods--not so much because of hunger--but boredom. I should have purchased the cookbook, but I didn't. So many recipes for hcg include things not on protocol that it worries me to be led down the wrong path without realizing it. Also, for so long I've had to split my meals into mini-meals--meaning eating each thing separately throughout the day--that it didn't make sense to try to make something out of everything I can have. Now that I'm just eating the two meals easily, it makes more sense.
Also, today I had an unsweetened Tazo Passion tea at Starbucks. I'm not sure, yet, how this will affect me, but I am tired of plain coffee each time we go. My husband likes to go regularly and I hate to do without that time together... Anyway, on the box I have at home, Passion tea has fruit juice for color--who knows how much or what kind! It tastes sweet to me while on hcg--normally, it's not sweet. I'm assuming I can taste the minute amount of fruit juice because I'm not eating sugar. Although, I do have apples, oranges and strawberries. (I can have grapefruit, but so far they don't appeal to me.)
My energy level, today, has lasted all day. I've been up (with a migraine) since 8:AM, but after taking migraine medication, I've been going strong! I'm actually pretty happy about getting some projects out of the way. I'm making some kitchen curtains (the fabric has been sitting here for a year...) and also working on some valances for my sun room. I'm finally making the pumpkin seeds from the Halloween pumpkin my daughter carved--even though I can't eat any! They sound pretty good to me, right now, too.:)
Well, I need to get my YouTube video made and get to bed. I went to bed earlier last night (I think I was asleep before 11:PM!) and I don't want to ruin my run.:) I fell behind in my food journal the past couple days, too, but thankfully, I was able to catch up today. I'm thankful for Mondays!!
Hopefully, I'll be back tomorrow. I don't know what got into me for the past 10 days! But as of tomorrow AM, I have only 16 more days of the VLCD. Then, on to phase 3--which I have to admit, scares me a bit...
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